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Budget-friendly fun: Eggs, ice cream galore at Capannari's massive Easter Egg Hunt

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Eggs and ice cream

Kids (ages 2 to 7), get your baskets ready: More than 5,000 eggs will be hidden in Mount Prospect's Moehling Park for Capannari Ice Cream's 13th annual Easter Egg Hunt. Meet the Easter Bunny, too. Capannari's, at 10 S Pine St., Mount Prospect, will be serving its March specialty flavors, including Irish Cream, Mint Cookie Crunch and others. Free. (847) 392-2277 or capannaris.com. Noon Sunday, March 29

Jazz on campus

Hear works from jazz greats including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock and Charlie Parker when the Trinity International University Jazz Ensemble performs in the university's Arnold T. Olson Chapel, 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield. Free. tiu.edu. 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 27

Gone Country

Country cover band Gone Country, which is comprised of former rock musicians who have switched to country (with a bit of a rock edge), headlines Docks Bar and Grill, 313 E. Liberty St., Wauconda. No cover charge. (847) 526-3625 or docksbarandgrill.com. 9 p.m. Friday, March 27

Elgin Coin Club Show

Buy, sell and trade coins and bank notes from the United States and other countries at the Spring Coin Show hosted by the Elgin Coin Club at the Elgin Moose Family Center, 925 S. McLean Blvd., Elgin. More than 25 dealers will be on hand, and free appraisals will be available. Door prizes every hour. Raffle tickets available at front door. Free prize coins for anyone younger than 16. Free admission. worksandwords.com/coins/ecc. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 29

Play ball!

Join author and sports historian Rich Lindberg as he presents the multimedia program “Celebrating the White Sox” at the Bartlett Public Library District, 800 S. Bartlett Road, Bartlett. Copies of Lindberg's books will be available for purchase and signing after the program. Free. bartlettlibrary.org. 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29

$15 and under

International Quilt Festival

The International Quilt Festival offers hands-on workshops and more than 700 works of art on display at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont. More than 200 booths will feature fabrics, quilts, sewing supplies, machines, books, antiques, notions and more. $8-$10. Kids 10 and younger admitted free when accompanied by a paying adult. (847) 692-2220 or quilts.com. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 27-28

World's Fair Memorabilia Show

Collectors and dealers can buy, sell and trade items at the 21st annual World's Fair Memorabilia Show, which focuses on Chicago's World's Fairs and the 1893 Columbian Exposition, at the Elk Grove Holiday Inn, 1000 Busse Road, Elk Grove Village. There will be more than 20 tables of World's Fair items for sale and continuous showings of newsreels from the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair. Admission is $6; $5 for seniors over 64. worldsfairshow.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 29

‘Jumanji'

See a screening of the 1995 family film PG-rate film “Jumanji,” starring Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst and Bonnie Hunt, at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. $1. (630) 896-6666 or paramountaurora.com. 7 p.m. Monday, March 30

See items relating to World's Fairs, from 1876 to the present day, at the 21st annual World's Fair Memorabilia Show. Pictured is a ticket to the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago. Courtesy of Rick Rann
The Elgin Coin Club hosts its annual Spring Coin Show Sunday, March 29.
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