Thanksgiving Hours

All Library locations are closed Thursday, November 28 for Thanksgiving.

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Program Type
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ESL Conversation Club

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 1 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

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

Open
Required

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Main Library, North Hoffman Branch, Rand Road Branch, In the Community, Virtual
Closing
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL Conversation Club - Virtual

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

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

Open
Required
Virtual Event
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL Read Together

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room 3 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Develop your English reading skills in a welcoming environment by reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach together. Copies available at the Information Desk.  Sign...

Open
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Genealogy Group

Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
About This Event:

Join others interested in genealogy for a session of sharing tips and learning about new research tools. Sign up begins two weeks prior to each date. Sign up begins two weeks ...

Open
Required
Virtual Event
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Friday Morning Book Group

Friday, December 6, 2024 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 2 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

The Art Thief  by Michael Finkel No one has been quite as successful at art theft as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. He carried out more than two hundred heists ov...

Filled
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL Conversation Club

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 1 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

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

Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

The Magic of Raina Telgemeier

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Register at: https://bit.ly/ILP_RainaTelgemeier   This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries ...

Virtual Event
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Crime Readers Book Group

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 1 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Called home to care for her grandmother after a fall, Jess, a journalist, discovers a book chronicling the police investigation into an old unsolved murder that has a shocking conn...

Filled
Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Experience Little Women: The Musical (2022)

Friday, December 20, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Register at: https://bit.ly/ILP_LittleWomen Louisa May Alcott’s classic story of four sisters growing up in 19th-century Massachusetts made its London premiere in this accl...

Virtual Event

Christmas Eve

All Day
Main Library, North Hoffman Branch, Rand Road Branch, In the Community, Virtual
Closing

Christmas Day

All Day
Main Library, North Hoffman Branch, Rand Road Branch, In the Community, Virtual
Closing

New Year’s Eve

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Main Library, North Hoffman Branch, Rand Road Branch, In the Community, Virtual
Closing

New Year’s Day

All Day
Main Library, North Hoffman Branch, Rand Road Branch, In the Community, Virtual
Closing

New Year's Day

Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 12:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library, North Hoffman Branch, Rand Road Branch, In the Community
Closing
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Friday Morning Book Group

Friday, January 3, 2025 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 2 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Book Share  Share a favorite book with other readers.   

Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL Conversation Club - Virtual

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

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

Required
Virtual Event
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL Read Together

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room 3 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Develop your English reading skills in a welcoming environment by reading the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach with us. Copies available at the Informatio...

Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Crime Readers Book Group

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 2 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben  Receiving evidence that his son might still be alive, an innocent father convicted of murdering his own child breaks out of prison to ...

Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Chicago Pizza - Past, Present & Future with Steve Dolinsky

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Register at: https://bit.ly/ILP_SteveDolinsky Illinois Libraries Present Steve Dolinsky, well known Food Guy reporter at NBC 5 (Chicago) and James Beard Award winner for hi...

Virtual Event
This event is in the "Adults" group.

ESL Conversation Club

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room 1 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions, Multicultural
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

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

Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Laser Cutter Activity: Medical ID Tags

Friday, January 17, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Workshop Lab at Main Library
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
About This Event:

Make your own medical ID tag for free on metal by using the laser cutter. Ages 13 and up. Materials provided. Sign up begins 1/3.

Required
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Muestra de Cricut

Monday, January 20, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Rand Road Room at Rand Road Branch
Program Type:
Classes & Workshops, Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, All Ages
About This Event:

Conozca la variedad de proyectos que se pueden realizar con la máquina de corte Cricut. Drop in.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Monday Evening Book Group

Monday, January 20, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 2 at Main Library
Program Type:
Discussions
Age Group:
Adults
About This Event:

Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash A young girl is sent from London to live in America during World War II and fits in so seamlessly with her new family that she is hesita...

Required