National Park Week. Free admission on Saturday

Most national parks and monuments offer free entry year-round. But there are popular sites that charge visitors an entry fee.

Except, that is, on the handful of days when park fees are waived nationwide.

And Saturday, April 19 – the first day of National Park Week (April 19 to 27), is one of those days.

So, find a park and make it a fun, free day.

The Corning Museum of Glass – new exhibition

In Corning, New York, the Corning Museum of Glass opens its newest temporary exhibition, Brilliant Color, on May 11.

The exhibition celebrates all things colorful in glass with a color wall of rainbow glass and delightful examples of how people of the past brought color into their lives through the science and innovation of beautiful glass objects.

(courtesy of CMoG)

Summer festival season in: Chicago

Chicago hosts the well-known Lollapalooza and the Chicago Blues Festival each summer, but also plenty of other fun ticketed and non-ticketed events, including the Chicago Pride Fest, the Windy City Smokeout, the Chicago Air and Water Show, the Chicago Jazz Festival and several others.

Take a look at the line-up here.

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