FROM KEVIN I hope this newsletter has been helpful to fill up your weekends! The ✈️ Cavalcade of Planes 🛩️ in Bollingbrook last weekend was amazing! I'd love any feedback you all have on how I can continue improving and sourcing more events and updates for our area! |
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HEADS UP Downers Grove Public Library is throwing a Baby Rave on Wednesday, June 17, and yes, that's exactly what it sounds like: toddler techno, a dedicated dance floor, and other adults who also need a reason to leave the house at 6 p.m. on a weeknight. |
The Naperville Farmers Market is running Saturdays now. Everyone who traded a Logan Square apartment for a backyard still wants real tomatoes in August, and this is where you get them. Vendors, live music, and plenty to keep the kids busy while you hunt down garlic scapes. Check VisitNaperville.com for hours and the vendor list before you go. |
| NEW THIS WEEK  The Belmont just opened at 35 S. Washington, and it's doing the full classic steakhouse thing: prime cuts, seafood, a proper cocktail program. Downtown finally has a room for the expense-account dinner or the real occasion, no drive to Schaumburg required. Reservations are up at belmontsteak.com. |
 A new wellness and gift boutique called Regenerate is opening Friday, June 12 at 143 W Jefferson Ave, and they've talked Whisk'd Matcha into doing a free matcha pop-up from noon to 3 p.m. for anyone who shows up. RSVP through their Instagram bio to hold a spot; the store stays open until 7 p.m. for the people who miss the matcha window. |
| THE EAT  Solemn Oath is running World Cup watch parties all summer, and the Group Stage schedule is already posted. Drinking a Belgian beer while yelling at a screen in a room full of people who actually care is a legitimate way to spend a summer afternoon, and now it has a home. |
| THE WEEKEND The Forecast Friday's straightforward: starts cool in the low 60s, climbs to the high 70s by midday, stays there. Grab layers you can shed and you're golden.
Saturday looks deceptively nice through morning and early afternoon, sunny and pushing 83, but rain's likely to roll in by evening. Plan indoor activities by late afternoon or accept that you'll get wet.
Sunday's a washout start to finish. Low 70s, damp, probably drizzly. The week's weather reset button. |
The children's museum throws itself a street party Saturday, June 13, 4 to 10 p.m. on Ellsworth, and the ticket money goes right back into the museum. It skews family-friendly early and more grown-up as the evening runs. Going to a block party is the easiest charitable act you'll commit all month. |
 Cantigny built you a full Saturday, June 13: Revolutionary War reenactors, military camps, and battle demos from 10 am, a free Wheaton Municipal Band concert on the lawn from 7 to 9 pm, and fireworks to close it out. Sunday, June 14 runs the history side again from 10 to 5 for anyone who cannot make Saturday. Buy parking in advance, and keep an eye on the radar: rain is likely after 7 or 8 Saturday evening. |
Naper Settlement's splash pad is running again through September 30 for kids 2-7, with the covered wagon, playground, and trading post all open alongside it. Water only flows on 70-plus-degree days, so check the forecast before you load everyone into the car. |
Art fair on the Fox River Saturday, June 13, 10 to 4, with 60-plus local makers. Stack it with the river trail and lunch in downtown Aurora and you've built yourself a whole day. |
| THE TIP JAR  Solemn Oath is releasing a limited Hazy IPA this Sunday, June 14 (1-5 p.m. at both taprooms), with $1 per pour and 4-pack going to One Tail at a Time, plus vendor pop-ups and a photo op if your dog is more photogenic than you are. Bring the dog, leave the stroller at home, grab a 4-pack to go. |
Cantigny's letting people bike the gardens on Wednesday, June 17 (6:30 to 7:30 p.m.), which is the only time bikes are actually allowed in there. It's $15, you can bring one kid free, and the group is small enough that greenhouse grower Bob Carr is personally walking you through what's blooming. Register before it fills up: the link is in the source post. |
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