5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbs

Posted August 26, 2018 11:00 pm

By Scott C. Morgan

Maddie & Tae coming to Septemberfest

The 48th Annual Septemberfest features loads of bands, an arts and crafts show, a craft beer and wine tent, a carnival and more this weekend on the grounds of the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Center, 101 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg. Saturday music includes Suburban Chicago's Got Talent winner Sea salt at 5 p.m. and Mike DelGuidice at 8:30 p.m.; Sunday: Maddie & Tae at 8:45 p.m.; and 7th heaven at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Fireworks at 10 p.m. Sunday. Free admission; three-day VIP concert tickets cost $25 or $10 daily. (847) 895-4500 or villageofschaumburg.com. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2; and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3

Civil War Encampment

See what life was like more than 150 years ago for members of the 10th Illinois Regiment and their families during the Civil War Encampment. The living historical re-enactment returns to the Graue Mill and Museum, 3800 York Road, Oak Brook. $5; $4 seniors; $2 kids 4-12. (630) 655-2090 or grauemill.org. 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2

Celtic pride

Embrace all things Irish this weekend with Long Grove Irish Days. Irish music, dancing and food stalls are centered at Long Grove Fountain Square, 228 Robert Parker Coffin Road, Long Grove. Free admission. (847) 634-0888 or longgrove.org. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2; and 11 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3

By the river

The Downtown Batavia Block Party & Taste of Batavia features concerts, classic cars, a pie bake-off and more. The family fun happens on North River Street and the Batavia Riverwalk, 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia. Free admission. (630) 761-3528 or downtownbatavia.com. 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2

Brandi Twiley's 2015 painting "Teanna" is part of the exhibit "On Anxiety" at the McAninch Arts Center's Cleve Carney Art Gallery at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. Courtesy of Cleve Carney Art Gallery

Anxious art

Worry and fear are at the center of many art pieces featured in the new exhibition “On Anxiety,” which opens to the public this weekend at College of DuPage's Cleve Carney Art Gallery in the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn. Free admission. (630) 942-3206 or clevecarneygallery.org. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; now through Saturday, Oct. 13; opening reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8

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