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Monday, June 22
- 🌿 Free admission | Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | Lincoln Park
- ⚾ Toy Story Night at Sox vs. Guardians | Sox Park | Bridgeport
- 📽️ “Sarah’s Oil” | Taylor Park | Grand Boulevard | Free
- 🎶 Summer Music Series | Millennium Park | Loop | Free
- ⚡️ Laser tag | Gill Park | Lakeview | Free
- 💋 Tassels and Tunes Burlesque | The Owl | Logan Square | Free
- 🪘 Afrobeats on the beach | Pier 31 | Bronzeville | Free
- 🎣 Go Fishing with Jonathan | Marquette Park | Free
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