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St. Patrick's Day Celebrations at the IAHC (Festival)
Location: Irish American Heritage Center

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 5 celebrations this March at the Irish American Heritage Center. Events include a a large scale party after the downtown parade, children's activities, live music and dance and more.

“Pizza: Any Way you Slice It!” exhibition (Exhibits)
Location: Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago

Kohl Children’s Museum opens its newest traveling exhibition, Pizza: Any Way You Slice It! on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. This interactive exhibit, created by Omaha Children’s Museum, will continue 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.

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Seussical Jr, (Theater)
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Oak Park Arts Center

CYT Oak Park presents Seussical Jr explores the witty, wild and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss as you've never seen it before. Travel back to your childhood to the Land of Whos and the Jungle of Nool and re-discover the delightfully zany characters created by one of the most beloved storytellers of all time. Recommended for all ages.The Arts Center of Oak Park 200 North Oak Park Ave. Oak Park, IL847-516-2298 or visit www.cytchicago.org - $9-$11 presale, 2+ at the door

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Illinois Fathers Support Group (Lecture/Talk)
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E Maple St, Hinsdale, IL

11/12/20097 pm to 8:30 pmIllinois Fathers Support Group, Hinsdale, ILLocation: Hinsdale Public Library, 20 E Maple St, Hinsdale, ILMike Doherty, Chairman of Children's Rights Counsel-IL, guest speaker, will discuss their research regarding updating Illinois family law in order to help over 35,000 children each year who will experience the separation or divorce of their parents. The goals are to increase greater father involvement in their children's schooling, fewer animosity-generating court battles, greater communication and incentives for parents to cooperate with each other, improved post-divorce adjustments, less elevation of one parent into a monopolizing role and clearer signals to all parents that children in Illinois need a meaningful relationship with both parents. Contact # 630-408-5200. Register @ IllinoisFathers.org for updates in legislation regarding parenting agreements and visitation.