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Posted December 24, 2008 10:00 pm

The Holiday Train is one of the seasonal highlights at the Morton Arboretum. Kids get free admission through Sunday, Jan. 4.

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Trees for free

Kids ages 2-17 get free admission to the Morton Arboretum through Sunday, Jan. 4. This outdoor museum, featuring more than 4,000 kinds of trees, shrubs and plants from around the world, is hosting some special events for the season. Stop by the indoor Enchanted Railroad exhibit or view the holiday tree display. Sip cocoa and listen to storytellers as you ride the Evergreen Express trolley that tours the arboretum's grounds. Youngsters can even take a "Cool Kids Nature Hike" in the Children's Garden.

The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Check Web site for hours. Adult admission $5-$9. Parking free. (630) 968-0074 or mortonarb.org.

Stan the piano man

Hear Stan Karcz play favorites on the piano in Lefty's Lounge at the Double Vision Club.

6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at Double Vision, 240 Town Center Lane, Glendale Heights. Free. (630) 893-0700 or clubdoublevision.com.

$10 and under

Comedy for all ages

The Improv Playhouse Improv Comedy House Team, with its college team players, performs the sketch comedy and games show "Lost Not Stolen." This family friendly improv show is similar to the style of "Whose Line is it Anyway?"

8 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, at the Improv Playhouse Studio Theater, 735 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville. $5. (847) 968-4529 or improvplayhouse.com.

Rainbow of lights

See millions of colorful holiday lights with 300 animated displays in a 1.6 mile light show at Clearbrook's Fourth Annual Wonderland of Lights.

Daily through Thursday, Jan. 1, at Arlington Park, 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. 5:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays. $12 per car Friday, Dec. 26-Sunday, Dec. 28; $10 after that. (847) 577-4646, arlingtonpark.com or clearbrook.org.

Dress up and dance

The Young at Heart Singles Club hosts an evening of ballroom dancing. Semi-dressy to dressy; no jeans.

8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at the American Legion Hall, 9757 W. Pacific, Franklin Park. Members $7. Guests $9. (630) 415-3449; driving directions (847) 678-7068.

Art by Woody Crumbo

Limited edition, silk-screen prints by the late artist Woodrow "Woody" Crumbo, a member of the Potawatomi Native American tribe of Oklahoma, are on display in the "On the Plains: The Art of Potawatomi Artist Woody Crumbo" exhibit. Crumbo was a man of all trades - he was not only an artist of Native American subjects, he was a dancer, a flute player and a mineral prospector.

Through Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, 3001 Central St., Evanston. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays. Suggested donation $2.50-$5; family $10. (847)-475-1030, mitchellmusuem.org.

Howard and the White Boys

Howard and the White Boys present their own brand of rhythm and blues and rock music at Walter Payton's Roundhouse.

10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at Walter Payton's Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway Ave., Aurora. $7. (630) 892-0034 or walterpaytonsroundhouse.com.

Drive through a 1.6 mile display of colorful holiday lights at Clearbrook's Fourth Annual Wonderland of Lights. Bill Zars | Staff Photographer

"Peace Pipe Prayer," a work by the late Native American artist Woodrow "Woody" Crumbo, is on display at the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.

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