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

Posted October 30, 2018 6:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

Big holiday house

More than 50 artisans and food vendors are part of the Wilder Mansion Holiday Market at 211 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. Free admission. rglmarketingforthearts.com. 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3

Prairie state

Author Frank Cicero Jr. explores our state's past in a presentation tied to his new book, "Creating the Land of Lincoln: The History and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870," at Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton. Free admission; $5 parking. (630) 260-8162 or cantigny.org. 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3

Lauren Andrick of Vernon Hills throws a pumpkin in the Pumpkin Drop collection bin at the Mundelein Community Center during last year's event. Daily Herald File Photo

Gone</ourds

See leftover Halloween gourds go flying through the air at the annual Mundelein Pumpkin Drop at Keith Mione Park/Sports Complex, 1461 N. Midlothian Road, Mundelein. Free admission. (847) 566-0650 or mundeleinparks.org. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

WWI novel

Get a tease of historical fiction when author Daniel Mason appears for a reading and book signing for his new novel, "The Winter Soldier," at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. Free admission. (630) 355-2665 or andersonsbookshop.com. 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4

Living art for Armistice

Chicago multimedia performance art troupe Manual Cinema stages "Three World War I Poems: Commemorating the Centenary of the Armistice" to explore different aspects of "the war to end all wars." The visual vignettes - John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields," Edward Thomas' "The Owl" and Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum EST" - will be staged at Sleeping Village, 3734 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Free admission. (312) 787-7070 or poetryfoundation.org. 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5

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