Event List

Make the Library a stop on your trick-or-treating route! Stop at the tent by the sidewalk or in the lobby (depending on the weather) and get a sweet treat!

Bring your friends to this fun hangout featuring a different activity at each scheduled meetup!

No Registration Required!

Grades: 6-8 

Join us for an hour session of open play chess in the Community Room. All skill levels are welcome to play. There will be no formal instruction given, but Mr. Steve will be on hand to answer any chess related questions.

Join us as we hand-sew a custom pincushion. You’ll learn the backstitch and invisible stitch, plus how to stuff it to perfection. All materials provided, just bring your creativity.

Grades 5-8

Join us for a book chat about The Book That No One Wanted to Read by comedian Richard Ayoade.

Drop in and spend quality family time exploring different STEM concepts. Work together using Library supplied kits to learn about electricity, magnets, circuits, engineering, robots and gears.

Bring your friends to this fun hangout featuring a different activity at each scheduled meetup!

At this meetup we will be watching, A Minecraft Movie (2025).

Strictly Self Defense will be coming to the Library to hold an afternoon workshop on basic self-defense for teens.

Build your family fort and settle in with your favorite books to celebrate Illinois Family Reading Night.

Grades: K-8

Drop by after school on the first and third Fridays of the month to enjoy some relaxing and creative time with your friends. All instructions and supplies are provided by the Library. No Registration required.

Bring your friends to this weekly hangout featuring a different activity at each meetup! No registration required.

No Registration Required! 

Grades: 6-8 

Join the master chefs from The Kids' Table as they instruct tweens in the fine art of creating Iced Lemon Cookies.

Join us for a one-hour session of open play chess. All skill levels are welcome to play. There will be no formal instruction given, but Mr. Steve will be on hand to answer any chess related questions.

Grades: 3-8

Get together to meet other home-schooling families in the community, learn about how the Library can support you, and do some fun activities. Join us for a Winter party!

Drop by after school on the first and third Fridays of the month to enjoy some relaxing and creative time with your friends. All instructions and supplies are provided by the Library. No registration required.

All are welcome. This program will be bilingual.               

Todos son bienvenidos. El programa será bilingüe.

Your fellow puzzlers needs your help! It will take a team of clever students and maybe their parents to enter the escape room and solve all of the puzzles for the win. Will you join the team?

Grades: 3-8

Bring your friends to this fun hangout featuring a different activity at each scheduled meetup!

At this meetup we will be watching the holiday classic A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Join us for a cozy evening filled with delicious hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies, and the joyful sounds of Christmas carols! Gather the whole family and sing along to your favorite holiday classics as we celebrate the season together.

Calling all Page Turners, Smart Cookie and One More Chapter participants. This party is for you. Join Mr. Steve and Ms. Sam for a fun-filled time to celebrate the year we've had and pick up your first book for 2026.

Drop by after school on the first and third Fridays of the month to enjoy some relaxing and creative time with your friends. All instructions and supplies are provided by the Library. No Registration required.

Get together to meet other home-schooling families in the community, learn about how the Library can support you, and do some fun activities.

Join us for a one-hour session of open play chess. All skill levels are welcome to play. There will be no formal instruction given, but Mr. Steve will be on hand to answer any chess related questions.

Grades 3-8

Ready to turn your dreams into something you can see? In this fun and creative workshop, you’ll design your own vision board filled with your goals, passions and future plans.