Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co. kicks off the 2010 Summer Season with the official opening of the seasonal Park Shop location in Millennium Park Thurs., May 27 at 11:30 a.m. The first 250 people in attendance will be given a free All–Day Hop-On-Hop-Off Signature Tour ticket. Free treats will be available, including Garrett’s popcorn, Hershey’s chocolate and a trolley-shaped Eli’s Cheesecake. Attendees will also have a chance to “Spin to Win” prizes from Blue Man Group, Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9, Park Grill, the Museum of Science and Industry and more. No RSVP required. Tickets, treats and prizes will be available as supplies last.
Check out a sneak preview video of “Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9,” a world premiere performance coming to Chicago’s Navy Pier beginning May 28, 2010 at the Pepsi® Skyline Stage®.
“Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9” is a new world premiere spectacle production for audiences of all ages filled with daring feats, breathtaking artistry and sheer joy! Acrobats will careen from sway poles suspended high above the stage, complete gravity-defying ladder balances, ride a unicycle atop a spinning umbrella and juggle. “Imperial Thunder,” features China’s finest daredevil motorcycle troupe riding precariously in a steel globe center stage.
“Cirque Shanghai: Cloud 9″ will run May 28 – Sept. 6, 2010 at the Navy Pier Pepsi Skyline Stage.
Rosemont Elementary School students were thrilled to see a Baby T-Rex, the smallest star of the upcoming “Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular” running July 28-August 1 at the Allstate Arena. The “baby” is a real-scale representation of a Tyrannosaurus at six months old, and it spans 8 feet tall and 14 feet long. Children expecting to pet the larger-than-life creature were in for a surprise as it more than made its presence known with a roar that filled the school’s gymnasium.
Tickets for “Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular” can be purchased by calling 800-745-3000, online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ or in person at the Allstate Arena box office.
Kids watch baby chicks hatch before their very eyes at "Eggs to Chicks" exhibit!
It’s back! An exhibit favorite amongst the young “peep-le,” Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago has opened its annual seasonal “eggs-hibit” Eggs to Chicks!(Okay okay, I’ll stop the puns, but it’s so hard to resist!)
Featuring a special child-height egg incubator, hatchery unit and a pen for newborn chicks, Eggs to Chicks provides a very memorable educational opportunity for children to experience the cycle of life. With more than 200 eggs being hatched at the Museum, the delivery and incubation times of the eggs ensure they are always hatching!
This year the exhibit features the rare Black Java and White Java strains of chicken, which were endangered species earlier this decade. Kohl Children’s Museum partners with Garfield Farm Museum in suburban La Fox in their endeavor to help repopulate the species. All chicks hatched will be delivered to a farm in Wisconsin where they will continue to be used for egg production and species repopulation. Sponsored by Feldco, the exhibit is open through May 10, 2010.
Dora the Explorer and her friend Kai-lan will appear in person at the Whole Foods Market, 1550 N. Kingsbury St., Lincoln Park, where they will teach children how to make their favorite healthy treat on Friday, March 12 from 11 to 11:30 a.m. This FREE event includes taste samples and some extra surprises. For more information visit www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lincolnpark/
Storytime Live! also features The Backyardigans and The Wonder Pets and will run March 12-14 at the Rosemont Theatre. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 800.745.3000.
This interactive exhibit, created by Omaha Children’s Museum, will be open through Sunday, May 24, 2010. “Pizza: Any Way You Slice It!” teaches the basics of math by encouraging playful, open-ended exploration based on one of America’s favorite foods.
Using the activities of making pizza, delivering pizza and pretending to eat pizza, children are learning. Hands-on exhibit areas encourage counting, sorting, measuring, gathering, matching, patterning, sequencing, role-playing and sharing.
Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago is located at 2100 Patriot Blvd. in Glenview, IL
Admission to Kohl Children’s Museum is $7.50 for children and adults and $6.50 for senior citizens. Children under 1 year old and members are free. www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org or call (847) 832-6600.
Walking With Dinosaurs Comes to the Allstate Arena July 28 - Aug. 1
Tickets are on sale today for WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – The Arena Spectacular, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. Tickets can be purchased by calling 800-745-3000, on-line at Ticketmaster.com or in person at the Allstate Arena box office. For discounts on groups of 15 or more, please call GroupTix at 877-447-7849.
Start your summer planning now!
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – The Arena Spectacular will perform 8 performances at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, Wednesday, July 28 – Sunday, Aug. 1.
The production originated in Australia, where after years of planning, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS came to life at Sydney’s Acer Arena in January 2007. The show proved to be such a sensation that this North American tour was fast-tracked. It began a short three months after completing its sold-out engagements in Australia. Since that time, the show’s two companies have played to 4.4 million people worldwide and generated over $210 million dollars in overall ticket sales.
Nickelodeon's "Storytime Live" comes to Chicagoland
It’s a child’s dream come true!
Nickelodeon’s latest musical adventure, “STORYTIME LIVE,” brings four of the top-rated preschool shows together for an exciting musical adventure at the Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Rd., March 12-14. Hosted by Nickelodeon characters Moose and Zee, the show features “The Backyardigans,” “Wonder Pets!,” “Ni Hao, Kai-lan” and “Dora the Explorer.”
Tickets just went on sale and are currently available online at http://www.ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Tickets are also available for purchase at the Rosemont Theatre box office and at all Ticketmaster outlets. For groups of 15 or more please call GroupTix at 1-877-447-7849.
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