Event List

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.   

A Cook County Animal & Rabies Control representative will discuss how the department serves our community.

Learn all about seeds and seed germination through an engaging storytime, an arts-and-crafts project, a hands-on activity, and a snack. This program is presented by the Cook County Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program. 

The Library will stay open late for students in grades 9–12. There will be extra group study spaces and quiet study spaces. Therapy dogs will be available Tuesday night to help with pre-finals stress.

A special puppet storytime for preschoolers. We'll each make a simple puppet craft then use them to act out our stories and songs. 

Between the Lines is now held on two different days, either in person or on Zoom.

Learn to how to identify things like plants, birds, and music using specialized apps on your smartphone.

Learn how to play chess with chess master Chris Christmas. All skill levels welcome. 

Grades 1-8

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

Practice seated poses in one of the gentlest forms of yoga available, led by certified yoga instructor Susan Wilkens. All experience levels welcome. Wear comfortable clothes. Please use a sturdy chair without arms (if possible). 

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

Part of the Mental Health Series for Adults presented by NAMI. This presentation offers a powerful, personal look at what it’s like to live with a mental health condition.

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

Explore the health benefits and techniques of infant massage, stretching, and aromatherapy with certified infant massage instructor, Loredana Tomasello.

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

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver

In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.

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

Birth to Age 5 with a parent/caregiver.

Between the Lines meets for online discussions via Zoom. Registered patrons will receive an email the day before the program with the meeting ID and password for joining the event. New members are warmly welcome!

Drop in with your toddler for a variety of activities designed to build their motor skills and exercise their brains.

Ages 18-36 months with a parent/caregiver.

Maintain and enhance your cognitive function and memory with this interactive program.

Spend time winding down for bed with a few stories and songs. 

Birth to 5 with a parent/caregiver. 

Feel the rhythm, hear the rhyme; it’s Mini Music Maker time!

Ages 2-5 with a parent/caregiver