DuPage Children’s Museum plans winter-themed activities

The DuPage Children’s Museum’s Winter Break Wonderland will feature winter-themed activities for children and their families through Sunday, Jan. 4.

Children can slide in the museum’s indoor sock skating rink or use math and measurement skills to mix pretend cocoa. They can learn about ice and snow at the Zamboni table and experiment with buoyancy with icebergs and arctic animals at the water table, a museum news release said.

Other activities include a winter smells station, buckets of snowballs and a chance to build with blocks of ice or snowy bricks, no coats or mittens required.

Families looking for a quiet moment can relax in the Cozy Cabin with Northern Lights projections and campfire-inspired play, officials said.

The Naperville-based museum at 301 N. Washington St., designed for children up to age 10, offers hands-on exhibits and play. Wonderland activities are included with museum admission or membership.

For more information, go to www.dupagechildrens.org/winter-break.

Part of Book Road closed through spring for pipeline work

Book Road has be closed between 75th and 83rd streets through spring so the DuPage Water Commission can install a water pipeline beneath the roadway, Naperville city officials said.

The 30-mile water pipeline extension will provide Lake Michigan drinking water to Montgomery, Oswego and Yorkville, which are currently obtaining water from an aquifer that does not meet the needs of a growing population.

According to a project update, Book Road will be only open to local traffic between 75th Street and Rickert Drive and closed to all traffic between 75th and 83rd streets. Detours will be posted.

Sidewalks parallel to Book Road between 75th Street and Rickert Drive are closed, the project website said. Springbrook Prairie Trail on the south side of 75th Street remains open.

For more information, go to www.waterlinkpipeline.com.

Park district limits hours at some facilities for the holidays

Naperville Park District facilities will have limited hours for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, park district officials said.

Fort Hill Activity Center will be open from 6 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 24, and closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Regular hours will be offered Dec. 26 to 30 but reduced to 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. New Year’s Day. Exercise class members should check napervilleparks.org/groupexercise for an updated holiday schedule.
Springbrook and Naperbrook golf courses and driving ranges are closed for the season, but the golf shops will be open through Dec. 23. Weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sportsman’s Park Trapshooting Range is closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center will be closed Dec. 24-25. It will be open 8:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 31 and closed Jan. 1.
Knoch Knolls Nature Center will be closed from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1.

For more information, go to www.napervilleparks.org.

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