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

Posted May 14, 2019 6:00 am

By Scott C. Morgan

There will be sweet treats galore at the Long Grove Chocolate Festival, returning Friday through Sunday, May 17-19. Courtesy of Grimaldi Public Relations

Sweet treats

Sample all kinds of chocolate-infused creations at the Long Grove Chocolate Festival. There's lots of chocolate treats, a chocolate scavenger hunt, a pie-eating contest, a carnival, a chocolate carver from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Luke's Hot Dog Eating Contest at 3:30 p.m. Sunday and more this weekend around 360 Historical Lane, Long Grove. Headliners include Sixteen Candles at 9 p.m. Friday, 7th heaven at 9 p.m. Saturday and Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers tribute) at 4 p.m. Sunday. $5 daily admission for those older than 12; free for kids 12 and younger; $15 three-day pass (available online only). (847) 634-0888 or longgrove.org. Noon to 11 p.m. Friday, May 17; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 18; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 19

Try your hand at making fudge during the Long Grove Chocolate Festival Friday through Sunday, May 17-19. Courtesy of Grimaldi Public Relations

Past thrills

Learn about local thrill rides past and present at the new exhibit "Worlds of Wonder: Remembering Chicagoland's Amusement Parks" starting this weekend at the Elmhurst History Museum, 120 E. Park Ave., Elmhurst. Free. (630) 833-1457 or elmhursthistory.org. 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and Sundays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays; through Sunday, Aug. 18

The new exhibit "Worlds of Wonder: Remembering Chicagoland's Amusement Parks" starts at the Elmhurst History Museum on Friday, May 17. Courtesy of Elmhurst History Museum

Pavement pigments

Marvel at what creative minds can make with chalk at a Sidewalk Art Contest at Gregg House Museum, 115 S. Linden Ave., Westmont. Free (day-of registration possible if space is available). (630) 960-3392 or westmontparks.org. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18 (rain date is Sunday, May 19)

'New World'

Cellist Ben Fried is a guest soloist with the Highland Park Strings in a concert featuring Shostakovich's Concerto for Cello No. 1 and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 at Highland Park High School, 433 Vine Ave., Highland Park. Free. (847) 367-0707 or hpstrings.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19

Puppetry & poetry

The Poetry Foundation and live technological puppetry troupe Manual Cinema! team up again for the new show "Multitudes." The show, which looks at the life and work of American poet Walt Whitman, is at Sleeping Village, 3734 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. Free admission. (312) 787-7070 or poetryfoundation.org. 7 p.m. Monday, May 20

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