Event List

Practice your English conversational skills with staff and friendly volunteers.  Basic conversation skills recommended. 

Inkscape is a free software that can be used to make graphics and designs for your next laser cutting or embroidery creation. Ages 11 and up. Sign up begins 6/26.

Summer Games  Thursday, July 11, 10:00 – 12:00 p.m.   Baby Races returns for the 2nd year followed by a Toddler Obstacle course. Sign-up begins 6/27.     Ba

Michael Hall lends you advice for your personal sewing projects. Drop in.

Learn how to cut a design on the Cricut and enhance the colors using sublimation. Basic Cricut software skills suggested. Materials provided. Sign up begins 6/28.

Learn how to cut a design on the Cricut and enhance the colors using sublimation. Basic Cricut software skills suggested. Materials provided. Sign up begins 6/28.

Practice your English conversational skills with staff and friendly volunteers.  Basic conversation skills recommended.  Sign up begins two weeks prior to each date.

Learn how to use Inkscape and Ink/Stitch to design your own pattern for use on the embroidery machine. Ages 13 and up. Sign up begins 7/2.

Explore basic grilling techniques with Kristyn Slick. Both vegetarian and omnivore options will be presented.

Create more adaptability in your clothing by learning how to turn buttons into snaps, add Velcro, and add elastic to existing pieces. Sign up begins 7/5.

Practice your English conversational skills with staff and friendly volunteers.  Basic conversation skills recommended. 

Take your designs to the next level by learning more about editing nodes, paths, and manipulating text to give your Workshop projects a more polished and professional look. Ages 11

Michael Hall lends you advice for your personal sewing projects. Drop in.

Deep dive into helpful features like trace bitmap, adjusting stitch types, and improved paths and layering in Inkscape for clearer stitch-outs on our embroidery machine. Ages 13 an

Attend this session to learn about the requirements for the citizenship test.  Sign up begins 7/18. Presented: Zoom.

Join others interested in genealogy for a session of sharing tips and learning about new research tools. Presented: Zoom

Practice your English conversational skills with staff and friendly volunteers.  Basic conversation skills recommended.  Sign up begins two weeks prior to each date.

Inkscape is a free software that can be used to make graphics and designs for your next laser cutting or embroidery creation. Ages 11 and up. Sign up begins 7/24.

Michael Hall lends you advice on your personal sewing projects. Drop in.

Learn how to use Inkscape and Ink/Stitch to design your own pattern for use on the embroidery machine. Ages 13 and up. Sign up begins 7/29.

With props and pictures, learn all about coyotes, a very common and often misunderstood animal neighbor found throughout Cook County.

Practice your English conversational skills with staff and friendly volunteers.  Basic conversation skills recommended. 

Learn how to navigate the software so you can put your designs on various materials using the Cricut. Ages 11 and up. Sign up begins 7/30.

Transform simple focaccia into edible masterpieces with Kristyn Slick. From vegetable bouquets to herb-infused designs, discover how to turn your dough into delicious works of brea