Explore Your City

WTTW and Fred Rogers Productions, in partnership with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and the Office of the 26th Ward Alderperson Jessie Fuentes, will host Explore Your City on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Humboldt Park Fieldhouse, 1440 N. Humboldt Boulevard in Chicago.

Explore Your City invites children and families to participate in hands-on activities while developing the curiosity to explore the city around them in the spirit of Alma’s Way. The event also celebrates Puerto Rican culture inspired by the animated PBS KIDS series as seen on WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station. The event will include a special opportunity for people of all ages to meet costume character Alma from Alma’s Way.

Throughout the day, attendees can learn about places families can explore throughout Chicago via public transportation including 40+ Double Dutch Club, Adler Planetarium, Anne & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Ballet Chicago, Chicago Baseball and Education Foundation, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago History Museum, Chicago Park District, Field Museum, Floating Museum, Forest Preserves of Cook County, Garfield Park Conservatory, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, Inuit Art Museum, Jones Corner Store, Lincoln Park Zoo; My Block, My Hood, My City; Open Books, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Schoolhouse Kitchen, The WasteShed, and We Rock the Spectrum –Franklin Park. Families can participate in educational activities, add artwork to a community mural, meet a ballerina, take a Bomba lesson, test baseball and boxing skills, learn how to double-dutch, and enjoy performances, storytime, games, crafts, a virtual reality experience, giveaways, and more. Sensory-friendly activities will also be available.