The fourth annual Monarch Festival sponsored by the Oak Lawn (Illinois) Park District will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. September 14, 2019, both inside and outdoors at the Oak View Center, 4625 West 110th Street, Oak Lawn, Illinois.

Admission is free. Family-friendly activities will include live butterfly tagging, a bug zoo, caterpillar aquarium, butterfly arts and crafts for kids, an interactive puppet theater, live music, and a movie in the theater.

(Photo courtesy of Melissa Carlsen Schmitz, Monarch Minders of Northeast Illinois)