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LitLoot

All Day 12/1 - 12/15
Online at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts, Books & Authors, Games & Recreation
Age Group:
Teens

LitLoot is a free literary subscription box filled with a custom selected library book and other free goodies! We’ll contact you when your box is ready for pickup at the end of the month.

Registration Required
Virtual Event
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Teens
Event Type: Arts & Crafts, Books & Authors, Games & Recreation
Registration Required
Event Details:

LitLoot is a free literary subscription box filled with a custom selected library book and other free goodies! We’ll contact you when your box is ready for pickup at the end of the month.

Wee Read

Wee Read

Friday, December 5, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:15am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Wee Read

Wee Read

Friday, December 5, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Performance: The Roots of Tap

Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Performance
Age Group:
Adults

Living National Treasure Reginald "Reggio The Hoofer" McLaughlin will bring the roots of tap dance to life through performance and historical storytelling.

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Living National Treasure Reginald "Reggio The Hoofer" McLaughlin will bring the roots of tap dance to life through performance and historical storytelling.

Build-A-Reader Storytime: Transportation

Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
STEAM, Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Join us for a fun storytime featuring our transportation-themed DUPLO Read & Build set. Siblings are welcome but build and craft supplies are limited to registrants. 

Ages 2-5 with a parent/caregiver

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: STEAM, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a fun storytime featuring our transportation-themed DUPLO Read & Build set. Siblings are welcome but build and craft supplies are limited to registrants. 

Ages 2-5 with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Monday Morning Playgroup

Monday Morning Playgroup

Monday, December 8, 2025 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Games & Recreation
Age Group:
Kids
Monday Morning Playgroup:

Drop in for some open-ended play and meet new friends at our weekly playgroup. Birth to 5 with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Games & Recreation

Drop in for some open-ended play and meet new friends at our weekly playgroup.

Birth to 5 with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Listen Up!

Listen Up!

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Listen to stories, sing songs, and more at this all-ages storytime!

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Listen to stories, sing songs, and more at this all-ages storytime!

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Due to the room capacity, attendance at drop-in programs is limited to 50 participants.

Tuesday Movies: Superman

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adults

Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned.

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Movie
Event Details:

Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned.

Listen Up!

Listen Up!

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 11:15am - 12:00pm
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Listen to stories, sing songs, and more at this all-ages storytime!

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Listen to stories, sing songs, and more at this all-ages storytime!

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Due to the room capacity, attendance at drop-in programs is limited to 50 participants.

Creative Lettering Workshop: Gift Tags & More

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids

Express yourself in style. Learn simple creative lettering techniques that add flair to your writing.

Grades 3-8

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Express yourself in style. Learn simple creative lettering techniques that add flair to your writing.

Grades 3-8

Evening Craft for Adults and Teens

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Tap into your inner creativity with a fun and easy craft project. This month: hot glue snowflakes.

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tap into your inner creativity with a fun and easy craft project. This month: hot glue snowflakes.

Board of Trustees Meeting

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Cooperman Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Board Meeting

RESCHEDULE. Original meeting date, Thursday, December 11.

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Cooperman Room
Event Type: Board Meeting
Event Details:

RESCHEDULE. Original meeting date, Thursday, December 11.

Toddler Time

Toddler Time

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Get your little one acquainted with the Library at this toddler-riffic storytime. To attend, children must be between 18 and 36 months old at the time of the class.   

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Get your little one acquainted with the Library at this toddler-riffic storytime. To attend, children must be between 18 and 36 months old at the time of the class.   

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Social Seniors: Arts & Crafts

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Tap into your inner creativity with a fun and easy craft project. This month: hot glue snowflakes

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tap into your inner creativity with a fun and easy craft project. This month: hot glue snowflakes

LitLounge: Litera-cheers

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Off Site
Event Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults

LitLounge is meeting in partnership with Skokie Public Library. Contact Cailyn Heintzelman (cheintzelman@mgpl.org) for details.

This meeting is being held at the Skokie Public Library, in the Cosmos Room.

Offsite Event
Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Books & Authors
Event Details:

LitLounge is meeting in partnership with Skokie Public Library. Contact Cailyn Heintzelman (cheintzelman@mgpl.org) for details.

This meeting is being held at the Skokie Public Library, in the Cosmos Room.

Winter Storytime

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Enjoy stories about snow and make a puffy paint snow craft!

Ages 3-5 with a parent/caregiver

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy stories about snow and make a puffy paint snow craft!

Ages 3-5 with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Back to Mayberry: The Life of Andy Griffith

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Presentation
Age Group:
Adults

Historian Jim Gibbons will discuss the life and career of actor Andy Griffith, from his beginnings as a University of North Carolina graduate to his rise as a television and film icon.

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Presentation
Registration Required
Event Details:

Historian Jim Gibbons will discuss the life and career of actor Andy Griffith, from his beginnings as a University of North Carolina graduate to his rise as a television and film icon.

Family Engineering Night Crane hoisting the moon

Family Engineering Night

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
Kids, Teens, Adults

Once a month, we turn a STEM idea into an engineering project. Projects are intended for school-aged kids and above, though younger children are welcome to participate with a grown-up.

December's project: Catapults

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Type: STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Once a month, we turn a STEM idea into an engineering project. Projects are intended for school-aged kids and above, though younger children are welcome to participate with a grown-up.

December's project: Catapults

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Wee Read

Wee Read

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:15am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Chair Yoga (In Person)

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Class, Health
Age Group:
Adults

Practice seated poses in one of the gentlest forms of yoga available, led by certified yoga instructor Joan McGee. All experience levels welcome. Wear comfortable clothes.

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Class, Health
Registration Required
Event Details:

Practice seated poses in one of the gentlest forms of yoga available, led by certified yoga instructor Joan McGee. All experience levels welcome. Wear comfortable clothes.

Disclaimer(s)

The Library strongly recommends that you consult with your physician before beginning any exercise program. By participating in this program, you agree that you do so at your own risk, are voluntarily participating in these activities, assume all risk of injury to yourself, and agree to release and discharge Morton Grove Public Library and the class instructor from any and all claims or causes of action, known or unknown.

Wee Read

Wee Read

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Stories and songs for our littlest listeners. Please bring a tummy time mat or blanket for the baby. Older siblings welcome. 

Birth to 24 months with a parent/caregiver

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Crafting for Charity banner

Crafting for Charity

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 9:30am - 11:30am
Baxter Auditorium at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Create handmade knitted and crocheted crafts for local organizations. Please bring your needles and/or hooks and some acrylic or cotton yarn.

Registration Required
Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Baxter Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create handmade knitted and crocheted crafts for local organizations. Please bring your needles and/or hooks and some acrylic or cotton yarn.

Crafty Saturday

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 9:30am - 4:30pm
Youth Services at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids

Use supplies provided in the Youth Services Department to make a seasonal craft.

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Youth Services
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Use supplies provided in the Youth Services Department to make a seasonal craft.

Family Storytime with rainbow heart

Family Storytime

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Activity Room at Morton Grove Public Library
Event Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Kids
Family Storytime:

Bring the whole family to this storytime filled with stories, songs, and fun.  Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver 

Location: Morton Grove Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Kids
Event Type: Storytime

Bring the whole family to this storytime filled with stories, songs, and fun. 

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver 

Disclaimer(s)

All participants should be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

Due to the room capacity, attendance at drop-in programs is limited to 50 participants.