EVENTS GUIDE FOR FUN AND DISCOVERY

SUMMER 2018

June 16-17 Art in Bloom Fine Art Festival July 28-29 Military Through the Ages August 11 French Picnic Under the Stars 2018 Outdoor Concerts

June 3 B 3 pm The Class of ’68 June 10 B 11 am Miss Jamie’s Farm (family) June 10 B 3 pm June’s Got the Cash June 15 P 6 pm 7th Heaven (Family Fun Night) June 16 P 10 am–4 pm Guitarra Azul & Classical Blast (Art in Bloom) June 17 P 10 am–4 pm Guitarra Azul & R-Gang (Art in Bloom) June 21 MH 7 pm ZAZZ: Alternative Jazz Quintet June 23 B 1–5 pm Riverside Folk Fest with Glass Mountain ($5/pp ages 8+, plus parking) June 23 F 7:30 pm DuPage Symphony Orchestra (Symphony Passport required) June 24 B 3 pm The Four C Notes July 1 B 11 am ScribbleMonster (family) July 1 B 3 pm Billy Croft & the 5-Alarm Band July 4 F 3 pm Southwest Community Concert Band July 7 MH 3 pm Wheaton College Festival of Piano July 8 F 3 pm The United States Army Field Band July 14 F 7:30 pm West Suburban Symphony Orchestra All concerts feature lawn seating. Symphony Passport (Symphony Passport required) Guests are encouraged to bring lawn Purchase a Symphony Passport for chairs or blankets, and picnics are the June 23 or July 14 concerts: $30 July 15 B 3 pm New Odyssey welcome. Concessions available. in advance or $35 week of show; July 20 F 6 pm The Millennials (Family Fun Night) Unless noted, concerts are free with Cantigny Park members pay $25. July 22 B 3 pm American English paid parking. A Passport admits one car and its occupants, up to four people. A separate July 29 B 3 pm Good Clean Fun Concert Locations Passport is needed for each concert. August 5 B 3 pm Second Time Around B = Bandshell Advance Sales August 11 B 3 pm Blooze Brothers F = First Division Museum plaza Symphony Passports may be pur- August 11 P 6 pm Chicago Elite Orchestra* MH = McCormick House chased online at Cantigny.org or by (French Picnic Under the Stars) P = Parade Field calling 630.260.8162. Passports also are available in the Cantigny Shop. The August 12 P 10 am–4 pm Traveler’s Dream (French Connection Day) front entrance parking booths will sell August 17 P 6 pm Catfight (Family Fun Night) Passports on day of performance only. August 18 F 6 pm Lang Lang Scholars with MYAC Symphony August 19 B 11 am Rocking with Leonardo (family) August 19 B 3 pm ABBA Salute August 26 B 3 pm Hot Rocks Band August 31 F 6:30 pm Brass from the Past (Cantigny Park members event) September 2 B 3 pm Charles Walker Band September 3 B 3 pm The Wayne Messmer Big Band September 16 P 12 pm Sammy & The Knights (Cantigny Car Show) *Special Event parking applies: $15 per car ($12 for members), up to four occupants. Summer 2018 Events Guide

June

2 Vegetable Gardening Workshop: 9 Second Saturday Family Program: 17 Father’s Day Brunch Grow it Forward! From Farm to Park Red Oak Room Education Center, 9 am Education Center, 12–3 pm Seatings at 10 am, 12:30 pm & 3 pm Reservations: 630.260.8194 3 Baseball Breakfast 9 Vintage Base Ball Le Jardin, 8:30 am ($) Parade Field, 1 pm 20 FIT4MOM Stroller Fitness Visitors Center, 9:30 am ($) 3 Vintage Base Ball 9 Beer & Donut Pairing: (dupagecountyfit4mom.com) Parade Field, 10 am WWI Centennial Event First Division Museum, 6:30 pm ($35) 21 Evening Garden Tour 5 Garden Tour: Perennials Visitors Center, 6:30 pm Visitors Center, 11 am 13 Garden Photo Tips Visitors Center, 6:30 pm 28 Founders Craft Beer Dinner 6 Free Parking Wednesday! Red Oak Room at Cantigny Golf, 14 Civic Awareness Series: Opioid Crisis 6:30 pm 7 Heartland Blood Drive McCormick House, 7 pm ($65 all inclusive) Visitors Center, 12–4 pm Register at wheatonlwvil.org Reservations: 630.260.8194 7 Summer Evening Stroll 15 Family Fun Night: 7th Heaven & 30 Vintage Base Ball Gardens, 6 pm Touch-a-Truck Parade Field, 1 pm 9 Bird Walk Parade Field, 5–8 pm Visitors Center, 7:30 am 16– “Art in Bloom” Fine Art Festival 17 Parade Field, 10 am–4 pm

July

3 Author Georgiann Baldino 19 FIT4MOM Stroller Fitness 23 Afternoon Tea McCormick House, 7 pm Visitors Center, 9:30 am ($) McCormick House, 2 pm ($) (dupagecountyfit4mom.com) 5 Summer Evening Stroll 26 McCormick Day Gardens, 6 pm 19 Lunch & Learn: Robert R. McCormick Parkwide, 12–5 pm McCormick House, 12–1 pm (free parking) 10 Tour: Idea Garden Visitors Center, 11 am 19 Summer Evening Stroll 28– Military Through the Ages Gardens, 6 pm 29 Reenactment 10 Cantigny Member Event Bandshell area, 10 am–4 pm Pond and Display Gardens 19 Civic Awareness Series: Immigration Re-Opening, 6:30 pm McCormick House, 7 pm Register at wheatonlwvil.org Preregistration is requested for programs 11 Free Parking Wednesday! marked with . Please register online by 16 Golf Course Cart Tour 20 Family Fun Night: The Millennials & visiting the calendar pages of Cantigny.org 11 Date with History: WWII Cantigny Golf, 5:45 pm ($5) Frisbee Golf Visitors Center, 7 pm or call 630.260.8162. Program policies are 18 The Spirited Botanist First Division Museum plaza, 5–8 pm also listed on the website. Programs (excluding dining events) are free unless 14 Purple Martins 101 Idea Garden, 6:30 pm ($25) 21 Princess Breakfast Cantigny Golf, 7:30 am otherwise noted. Programs marked with 18 Gardens Bike Tour Le Jardin, 8:30 am ($) are available to Cantigny members at a 14 Second Saturday Family Program: Visitors Center, 6:30 pm 21– National Gathering of American special price. Aviation 22 Indian Veterans Education Center, 12–3 pm 18 Garden Photo Tips For the complete schedule of Visitors Center, 6:30 pm Parade Field Cantigny Golf events and clinics, please visit

15 Vintage Base Ball Tournament (visit trickstergallery.com) CantignyGolf.com. Design: Bring, LLC, Chicago Parade Field, 10 am Movies in August the Park!

1 Free Parking Wednesday! Celebrate summer with some Friday night family time under the stars! 2 Summer Evening Stroll Movies begin at dusk. Seating is on the Gardens, 5 pm grass at the red bandshell. Blankets, 4 Dog Days at Cantigny chairs and snacks welcome. Free with Parade Field, 10 am–4 pm paid parking ($5).

6 Cantigny Post 556 American Legion June 1 My Little Pony: The Movie Pasta Dinner Le Jardin, 4:30–8 pm June 8 Wonder ($10 per person; $3 ages 4 and under) June 15 Jumanji: Welcome 7 FIT4MOM Stroller Fitness to the Jungle Visitors Center, 9:30 am ($) June 22 Peter Rabbit (dupagecountyfit4mom.com) June 29 Paddington 2 7 Tour: Lower Bur Oak Garden Visitors Center, 11 am July 6 Justice League 11 French Picnic Under the Stars 16 Military History Trivia Night 8 The Spirited Botanist July 13 Despicable Me 3 Display Gardens, 6:30 pm ($25) Parade Field, 6–11 pm ($15) at Alter Brewing (Downers Grove), 7-9:30 pm July 20 Coco 9 Heartland Blood Drive 12 French Connection Day Visitors Center, 12–4 pm Parade Field, 10 am–4 pm 17 Family Fun Night: Catfight July 27 Beauty and the Beast Parade Field, 5–8 pm 9 Gardens Bike Tour 15 Garden Photo Tips August 3 Sherlock Gnomes Visitors Center, 5:30 pm 19 Vintage Base Ball Visitors Center, 6:30 pm August 10 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Parade Field, 1 pm 16 Lunch & Learn: Illinois Bicentennial 11 Bird Walk August 17 Black Panther Visitors Center, 7:30 am Visitors Center, 12–1 pm 20 Afternoon Tea McCormick House, 2 pm ($) August 24 Wonder Woman 11 Second Saturday Family Program: 16 Summer Evening Stroll Gardens, 5 pm 31 Cantigny Members Concert Paper Making August 31 Jaws Brass from the Past Education Center, 12-3 pm 16 Civic Awareness Series: Paul Vallas First Division Museum plaza, McCormick House, 7 pm 6:30 pm Register at wheatonlwvil.org

Cantigny Grapevine News and notes from around the estate

Our new Red Oaks Farm playground in the Family Fun Nights feature live music, kids’ RSVP for our Founders Craft Brew picnic grove is open. You’re gonna love it! activities and food trucks, capped by a Dinner at Cantigny Golf on June 28. Movie in the Park. See you June 15, July 20 Call 630.260.8194.

Cantigny Park members have more fun! and August 17! See our member-only events, listed in NEW for 2018: Woodside Pavilion at red, on July 10 and August 31. Evening orchestra concerts are back! Cantigny Golf is now open and available We welcome the DuPage Symphony on for your next big event! Cantigny is a “Summer of Golf” June 23, and West Suburban Symphony Look for our beautifully painted sponsor. on July 14. Tickets on sale now. Try the new Bertie’s Bistro in our golf ball in downtown Wheaton! remodeled Visitors Center, open daily. Children’s Classes and Activities Registration is required for the following classes and activities. Register online at Cantigny.org or call 630.260.8162. All programs meet at the Cantigny Education Center unless noted. Parking is free for all fee-based programs.

Inchworms CAMP PROGRAMS Ages 18–36 months, with adult Girls Make History 9:30–10:15 am ($8 per child per class) June 25–29 June 6: Little Ladybugs Entering grades 6–9: 9 am–12 pm June 13: Amazing Ants Entering grades 2–5: 1:30–4:30 pm ($105) June 20: Wiggly Worms July 11: Doting Dragonflies Camp Cantigny July 16–20 July 18: Repeat after me, Mr. Parrot! Entering grades 2–5 July 25: Zipping, Zapping, 9 am–12 pm Zooming Bats ($105) August 1: Croak, croak, Mr. Frog LEGO Camps August 8: Terrific Turtles July 2–6 (except July 4th) August 15: Fin-flappin’ Fish Visitors Center Medill Room ($112) Intro to STEM, Ages 5–6 Cantigny Sprouts 9 am–12 pm Ages 3–5, with adult Wednesdays, 10:45–11:45 am STEM Challenge, Ages 7–12 ($24 per child per 3-class session) 1–4 pm June 6–20: Bugs Don’t Bug Me WEEKLY DROP-IN PROGRAMS July 11–25: Just Flyin’ By! (free; no registration) Tom Brandseth Tom August 1–15: Hop, Crawl or Swim? History Connections NEW IN 2018! Tuesdays, June 5–August 28 Doodlebugs Tea Time Social 1–3 pm Ages 4–6, 1–2 pm Ages 4–9 First Division Museum 11 am–12:30 pm ($39) ($24 per child per 3-class session) Wild Wednesdays June 11, June 22, July 9, July 24, August 2 Thursdays, June 7–21 June 13–August 8 or August 14 Art Around the World 1–3 pm Cantigny Park Allée August 21, 22 & 23 Visitors Center backyard Picture Perfect Paintings Kid Rock Music Programs History Alive! Ages 5 and under, with adult Thursdays, June 7–August 30 Storytime in the Gardens 10–10:45 am ($12/child) 1–3 pm June 21, 10 am KaupertGlenn July 13, 10:30 am June 27: Happy Birthday America First Division Museum Music Together Summer Sing-Along Celebration July 19, 10 am Ages 6 and under, with adult Rockin’ Science Thursdays Back to School Bop August 16, 10 am Choose 9:30, 10:30 or 11:30 am start August 28: June 28–August 9 ($59 first child per 4-class session; 1–3 pm Military Science: Rockets Family Yoga Saturdays $47 siblings; siblings under 9 months free) Ages 11–14 3:30–4:30 pm ($5 per person) South Porch Tuesdays, June 5–26 10 am–12 pm ($17) Adults with kids ages 2–6: Fridays, June 1–August 31 Tuesdays, July 10–31 June 26, July 12 or July 24 July 7 and August 4 1–3 pm 1–3 pm ($17) Adults with kids ages 7–12: McCormick House August 1 July 21 and August 18 First Division Museum General Information

Cantigny Park Parking Cantigny Membership 1s151 Winfield Road Cantigny’s regular daily parking fee is Support the park and enjoy the many Wheaton, IL 60189 $5 per car. Parking is free on the first benefits of membership. Details at 630.668.5161 Wednesday of every month. On Saturdays Cantigny.org. Cantigny.org and Sundays, May through September, parking is $10. The $10 rate also applies on Keep in Touch!

Cantigny Shop May 28, July 4 and September 3. Parking Sign up for emails at Cantigny.org (click 630.260.8263 is free at all times for Cantigny Park under Get the Scoop, at the bottom of all pages). To receive text messages about members, and free for those attending Banquets and Receptions Cantigny events, text PARK to 36000. 630.260.8145 Le Jardin ticketed events or other fee-based 630.260.8145 Red Oak Room programs. 630.260.8145 Woodside Pavilion Hours Cantigny: The Colonel’s Gift Cantigny Golf The park is open 7 days a week March Discover the beautiful 500-acre legacy of 27w270 Mack Road through December. Please check Canti- Colonel Robert R. McCormick (1880–1955). Wheaton, IL 60189 gny.org for daily hours of operation and Cantigny was his home, and today it’s 630.668.8463 Tee Times holiday schedules. yours to enjoy—spectacular gardens, 630.260.8197 Golf Shop Class/Program Registration fascinating museums and championship 630.260.8270 Youth Links Use calendar links on golf. These attractions and special events 630.260.8229 Junior Golf Clinics Cantigny.org, email throughout the year await your visit. Get 630.260.8199 Golf Academy [email protected] more information at Cantigny.org! CantignyGolf.com or call 630.260.8162