Kite festival promises uplifting family fun

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 10, 2007| Author: Delia O'Hara | Copyright information

Kite Festival

- 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday

- Chicago Botanic

Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Rd., Glencoe

- Free admission.

Parking, $15

- (847) 835-5440; www.chicagobotanic.org

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Kites aren't allowed in the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe except for two days a year, when the 385-acre plant preserve hosts its own Kite Festival. Those two days are this weekend.

The third annual festival on Saturday an...