This Week in Hyde Park: Goodnight Moon to Holiday Trees

Your week-ahead guide to Hyde Park — three picks worth planning around, from the Griffin's Goodnight Moon exhibit to a returning holiday tradition.

By Raj Singh · Published November 1, 2026.

ALL WEEK

America@250 — Now Is the Time: Artists Go to Work @ Court Theatre

At Court Theatre, Now Is the Time: Artists Go to Work marks the country's 250th year — a reckoning with the Declaration of Independence and, as Toni Morrison framed it, the stories a nation has the courage to face.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Goodnight Moon Exhibition at Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

Step into the Great Green Room: this immersive exhibit turns Margaret Wise Brown's bedtime classic into a walk-through world and looks at the science behind sleep, dreams and lunar cycles. Admission is $17.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7

Christmas Around the World and Holidays of Light

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry's holiday tradition returns Saturday: a four-story Grand Tree ringed by more than 50 trees representing Chicago communities, with the Holidays of Light display honoring Chinese New Year, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Hanukkah and more. It's included with museum admission and runs into early January.

Find more Hyde Park events on our neighborhood page.