Exhibits
The Grove, Glenview, Illinois
The Grove has had a small exhibit about cicadas for many years, but their extensive
new exhibit is scheduled to open May 5,
2007. According to Chicago
Wilderness magazine, the exhibit will include "displays on
the insects’ life-cycle, their role as food (for animals
and humans), and cicada collections that go back to the 1870s."
Here is another article about the exhibit:
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/glenview/news/287226,gv-cicada-030807-s1.article
Go here for information about The Grove:
http://www.glenviewparkdist.org/fa-grove-grounds.htm
Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois
Listed as a daily activity in May: "Periodical Cicadas. Learn
about the insect that returns to our area every 17 years in this small but informative exhibit.
Plant Clinic. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m."
http://www.mortonarb.org/events/may2007.htm
Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois
There exhibit opens April 21, 2007. Once you pay to get into the museum, the
exhibit is free.
Here is the Nature Museum website:
http://www.chias.org/
They also have a web page about cicadas:
http://www.naturemuseum.org/index.php?id=233
This is from their official press release, dated March
29: "While Chicago and suburban residents anxiously await the emergence of
periodical cicadas this June, the Notebaert Nature Museum opens Magicicada: The Magic Cicada, a special exhibition all about
the insect, on Saturday, April 21. Magicicada is the Latin genius name for this
particular species of cicada."
From Chicago
Parent Online:
"This exciting educational exhibit celebrates the
17-year cicada emergence occurring in the Chicago area this June. This
exhibit features a two and a half foot long cicada, photographs by cicada enthusiast, Roy
Troutman, artists' collection of cicada exuvia (skins left behind during
the molt process) created by Chicago artist Colleen Plumb, and specimens from the
Academy's collections."
According to Chicago
Wilderness magazine, "This summer (2007), the Notebaert Nature Museum
will feature special programs designed to educate visitors about cicadas.
Discover how they make their distinctive sound, create your own cicada
instrument, explore more about this fascinating insect’s morphology and
anatomy, and learn how to start your own collection."
The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
The Field Museum is also opening an exhibit about periodical cicadas on May 18.
Here's a link to a recent press release:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-07-2007/0004581806&EDATE=
Here's a mention of the exhibit in a Chicago
Sun-Times article:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/293911,CST-NWS-cicada13.article
Also, keep an eye on the Field Museum website:
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
The Cicada Mobile, Lake County, Illinois
Quite a few news articles mention the Lake County
Forest Preserve District's Cicada Mobile, a traveling exhibit that will visit schools,
libraries, and festivals in Lake County (north of Chicago)
starting April 16.
Here's a link to the Lake County Forest Preserve web
page about the Cicada Mobile:
http://www.lcfpd.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.details&intObjectId=25286
Here's a link to a PDF file with the Cicada Mobile's schedule through June:
http://www.lcfpd.org/docs/cicadamobile.pdf
Here's a link to a Chicago Tribune article about
the woman who travels with the Cicada Mobile:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/illinois/chi-ap-il-cicadamobile,1,3061039.story
Programs
They are arranged in
order by date. We found some of these programs by going to Chicago
Parent online and searching their calendar pages:
http://chicagoparent.com/calendar.asp
MAY
"Cicada Mania: Hear the Buzz"
An all-day cicada celebration, with a cicada-themed coloring contest, a big
balloon cicada, the Cicada Mobile, and a cicada origami demonstration.
May 19, Saturday, all day, 494 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, IL
Free
Phone: (630) 790-2735
http://www.gigglesngaggles.com/calendar/index.php?eventday=19&month=5&year=2007&eid=30&bigcat=0
"Return of the Cicada"
Informative talk and walk to explore the large but harmless insect's
strange life cycle.
May 20, Sunday, 1 p.m., Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Ave.,
River Forest, IL.
Free
Phone: (708) 366-6530
http://www.fpdcc.com/tier3.php?content_id=5&file=abt_5f
"What's the Buzz? The 17-Year
Cicadas"
Entomologist Dr. Fredric Miller discusses cicadas and
then leads a search for them.
May 20, Sunday, 2-3 p.m., Morton Arboretum, Route 53
and I-88, Lisle, IL.
Free with arboretum admission, all ages welcome.
Phone: (630) 968-0074
http://www.mortonarb.org
JUNE
"Celebrate Cicadas" and "Cicada Shakers"
at the Morton Arboretum
"Celebrate Cicadas" with a drop-in activity
where you make special party hats while learning about the life cycle of
cicadas. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in June.
"Cicada Shakers" helps you learn about
cicadas while you make a cicada sound shaker to take home in this drop-in
activity. From 1-4 p.m. weekends in June.
Morton Arboretum, Route 53
and I-88, Lisle, IL.
Free with arboretum admission, designed for families.
Phone: (630) 968-0074
http://www.mortonarb.org
"Cicada Symphonies" at the Chicago Botanic Garden
Discover how cicadas make their distinctive sound, pin
and label your own specimen, and play a cicada instrument to mimic their
songs. From 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in June
except June 16-17.
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe
Free once you are in the garden, designed for families
Phone: (847) 835-5440
www.chicagobotanic.org
"Periodical Cicadas: The Plague and the Puzzle"
Presentation by cicada biologist Gene Kritsky.
June 2, Saturday, 7-9 p.m., Ryerson Woods Welcome
Center.
Adults and children 12 and up. $10 ($8 for Friends of
Ryerson Woods)
Call 847-968-3321 to register.
For more information:
http://www.lcfpd.org/docs/media_pub_24969.pdf
"Cicada Mania: They Don't Bite!"
Celebration with games, crafts, hands-on
exhibits, Cicada Mobile.
June 3, Sunday, 1-5 p.m., Ryerson Woods
All ages invited, free, no registration.
For more information:
http://www.lcfpd.org/docs/media_pub_24969.pdf
For more information about Lake
County Forest Preserve's cicada programs, check out these Web pages:
http://www.lcfpd.org/cicadas/
http://www.lcfpd.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.details&intObjectId=25286
"Cicada Sing Along with Erin Flynn" at the Chicago
Botanic Garden
Join musician and educator Erin Flynn for songs and
games about cicadas. Kids will make their own instrument to sing like
cicadas and learn about their lives.
11 a.m. and Noon on both
June 9 and 23.
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe
For children and their caregivers, free once you are in
the garden
Phone: (847) 835-5440
www.chicagobotanic.org
