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  • group of people kneeling around sweetgrass garden

    Trailside Resonance: Listening to Nature

    Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305

    A guided soundwalk invites you to slow down and listen to woodland trails, river currents, gardens and native animal habitats.

    Free
  • children playing indoors at Trailside Museum

    Baby Buds

    Baby Buds
    Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

    Join us for nature-themed interactive songs and stories. Ages 0-23 months w/ adult. Tickets first come, first served.

    Free
  • A musician playing guitar in a forested landscape.

    Little Red Rocks

    Little Red Rocks
    Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480

    Share or enjoy music and poetry as the sun sets during our open-mic night.

    Free • Registration Required
  • Bridge and trail at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center. Photo by Christine Karge Dewey.

    Listening to Nature

    Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439

    W. Long will lead us in an exploration of the soundscape via the trails of the Sagawau Environmental Learning Center. Ages 13 & up.

    Free • Registration Required
  • A bat flying through the air during sunset above a forest preserve

    Bat & Nighthawk Walk

    Camp Shabbona Woods • South Holland, IL 60473

    Join us for a walk around our 1-mile dogwood trail and look for and listen to bats and nighthawks.

    Free • Registration Required
  • A person painting outdoors.

    Art in Nature Festival

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    Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010

    Bring out your inner artist and create your own masterpiece using different mediums. Watch plein air artists painting on the trails. Local businesses and organizations […]

    Free