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• Events - Easter Cookie Workshop

  We are partnering with Amy Johnson and Amy Lozar for this fantastic class!
  Explore your creativity and learn how to make high quality
  sugar cookies during this amazing workshop!
  
  Registration $60
  
  

• Events - 2025 State of the Art Ceramics Biennial: Detour

  The Giertz Gallery at Parkland College presents
  2025 State of the Art Ceramics Biennial: Detour
  from November 17 -  Feb. 7.
  The Gallery is clos...]

• Events - Paxton's Fall Gathering

  Celebrate the season at Paxton’s Fall Gathering!
  
  This Fall celebration has fun for all ages.
  Visit over 20 vendors and artists (inside and outside),
  choose the perfect pumpkins, mums, and fall decor
  at our pop-up pumpkin patch.
  Events - 5th Annual Be a Hero 5K

  Get ready to run, walk, or stroll your way through an unforgettable morning at the 5th Annual Be a Hero 5K—happening Events - Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical

  Bring the season to a laughter-filled finale with the last production of the CPD’s 2026 Youth Theatre season, Big Adventures, Bigger Dreams - the hilariously relatable Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical!
  Events - Bat Factory Goth Night

  GOTH || INDUSTRIAL || EBM || NOISE || SYNTHPOP || DARKWAVE || DARK ALT
  
  Welcome to the Bat Factory,: where we like to look on the spookier side
  of life through a mutual appreciation of creepy music and fashion
  (goth, emo, and other creatures of the night). The night is...k

• Events - Chicago Farmer Folkin' Tuesdays

  Folkin' Tuesday

  Chicago Farmer, No cove,Every Tuesday in July,solo

  Folkin' Tuesday is the new Tuesday!

• Events - Write On!

  Do you enjoy creating stories with words and pictures?

• Events - Third Saturday Garden Tours

  Allerton Park has 14 formal gardens, created by Robert Allerton between 1899 and 1946. Join us for one of our Third Saturday Garden Tours (April through October*) and experience the beauty of each garden while learning the history behind its creation.

  Ga...>

• Events - Keith and Kathy Harden are back!

  The amazing sibling duo, Keith & Kathy Harden, are back at Alto! Keith is a very skilled singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Kathy is an amazing vocalist. They have been playing gigs together for decades. They play Beatles, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, BB King, and much more.