Amanda Sims

Take the whole gang out to dinner without breaking the bank (or fretting over money spent on picky eaters) at these Chicago-area restaurants where kids eat free. Check back for...

The children's area at the St. Alphonsus Oktoberfest — aptly called KinderFest — returns this year to both days of this weekend's festival (instead of Sunday only as in previous...

If your kids have ever spent hours obsessively watching hilarious cat videos on YouTube, then there's a perfect (or should we say "purrrfect"?) activity for your family Saturday. The Internet...

This weekend, a stretch of Lincoln Park right near the zoo takes on a whole new look: Between 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, families can navigate Play Together, a...

Back-to-school days can be a drag. Luckily, the Chicago Public Library has a good reason to celebrate — and dance. Now through Aug. 29, CPL is hosting its first-ever Back...

Rev your engines this weekend at Retro on Roscoe, where—amid three stages plus plenty of food and antiques—wheels-obsessed kids (and kids at heart) can ogle antique cars and motorcycles. Open...

Ed Debevic's, the '50s-style diner famous (or should we say infamous?) for its side orders of sass and dancing wait staff, serves up a luau-themed fest Saturday for its 30th...