Mark your calendar for various productions of “The Nutcracker” and “A Christmas Carol,” Dickens of a Holiday, Holly Jolly Days, holiday concerts and light shows and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Dickens in Dundee, tree lightings, parades and festivals throughout the suburbs, Breakfast with Santa, Highwood’s Elf Invasion Pub Crawl, “Nutcrackers” and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Jurassic Quest in Rosemont, tree lightings, productions of “The Nutcracker,” Itasca Winter Wonderland and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for the opening of Santa’s Rock N Lights in Geneva, Aurora Christkindlmarket at RiverEdge Park, Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic, Long Grove Vintage Holidays, the Great American Dog Show and more happening this week.

Fireworks, Santa visits, parades, holiday performances and more are a part of suburban tree lightings this season.

Mark your calendar for the Morton Arboretum’s IllumiBrew kicking off Illumination: Tree Lights, Brookfield Zoo’s Reindeer Run, Sinfonietta Bel Canto’s “Hansel and Gretel,” Mini Comic Con and more happening this week.

Mark your calendar for Veterans Day observances throughout the suburbs, the Chicago Toy and Game Fair, Brew It Forward in Wheaton, violinist Rachel Barton Pine performing with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and more happening this week.

Communities across the suburbs will observe Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, with ceremonies and concerts. Here are some of the events planned in the suburbs in honor of the men and women who have served in the United States armed forces:

A look at the suburban volunteers mobilizing this election behind the scenes.

Mark your calendar for Halloween events across the suburbs including Naper Settlement’s Howlin’ at the Moon and Randall Oaks Zoo’s Boo at the Zoo, as well as the Lake County Home Show, Chicago Women’s Expo and more happening this week.