Event List

This conversation cafe provides a safe and supportive space for English Language Learners to practice and develop their language proficiency through informal dialogue, interactive activities, and community engagement.

Get the latest news on the state of the opioid crisis in Cook County. Presented by The University of Illinois Extension and the Cook County Department of Public Health. Training provided on how to administer Naloxone/Narcan.

Come hear stories and songs to end the day on a happy note.

Assist library staff with this youth program. Check youth description for program specifics. 

Grades K-2. Sailor Duck and the Snow Monster have some unfinished business! They want to make teams and face off in all sorts of different games. Can you score the winning points in this friendly competition? 

Start your weekend off right! Bring the family together for stories, songs, and fun!

A guided workshop on the art form of Creative Writing.

All Ages. Join Ms. Izabel for a fun-filled story time where children learn rhymes, sing songs, and hear stories in English and Polish. 

Tell them how much you love them with this unique 4"x6" wood postcard featuring a fun romantic poem or quote. Previous Glowforge experience or having taken our Glowforge Basics class is required to participate in this project class. 

Tell them how much you love them with this unique 4"x6" wood postcard featuring a fun romantic poem or quote. Previous Glowforge experience or having taken our Glowforge Basics class is required to participate in this project class. 

Assist library staff with this youth program. Check youth description for program specifics. 

Grades 3-5. Put your creativity to use and have fun creating unique valentines for your friends and also the senior residents visited by our Outreach Department. If you can’t make the program, we’ll have extras to make in the Children’s Library.

We will have fun as we read, sing, and play together to build early literacy skills.   

Ageless Grace® is a highly effective brain fitness program that keeps participants moving and thinking through the power of play.

Assist library staff with this youth program. Check youth description for program specifics. 

Join the Citizens Utility Board to learn about your energy choices and ways to save on utility bills. 

Grades K-2. Surprise your special someone with a Bear-y cute valentine after hearing a sweet story. 

The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.

Birth-11 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

12-23 months with parent or caregiver.

Stories, songs, fingerplays and fun all while building early literacy skills.

In this lecture-style class, we will take a basic look at navigating your Apple iPad. You may bring your own iPad if you would like to follow along.

Registration is required.

Learn how to create balance and harmony within your space with the principles of feng shui.

Grades 3-5. Do you admire handknit hats, mittens, or scarves? This is your chance to learn to knit, so you can create your own. Parents are invited to accompany their children.