Event List

Welcome all teens and tweens! After school on Wednesdays, drop by the Dierkes meeting room on the lower level to hang out with friends, play games, and more!

Come and learn about reputable, reliable, online consumer health resources. The Library’s Social Services Coordinator will present this 30-minute program, followed by time for questions and conversation.  A resource list will be provided.

Looking for a way to let your inner comedian run free? Want to improve your quick-thinking skills? Join us for a night of spontaneous comedy! All skill levels welcome. Warning: hilarity will ensue.

Welcome all teens and tweens! After school on Wednesdays, drop by the Dierkes meeting room on the lower level to hang out with friends, play games, and more!

Join us for musical fun with your little one! Tiny Toes Music features fun songs, dancing, a storybook and instrument activities especially created for young children. 

Ages birth-5. Older siblings welcome.   

This month's film is Last Breath: A heart-pounding film that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.

Stop by the Library to read to a specially trained dog for 15 minutes. Reading time is a one-on-one experience as it provides an opportunity for each child to read aloud without being critiqued.

Let loose with watercolor as you learn how to paint flowers with Audrey Ra. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to paint tulips and sunflowers in the loose style.

Looking for a way to let your inner comedian run free? Want to improve your quick-thinking skills? Join us for a night of spontaneous comedy! All skill levels welcome. Warning: hilarity will ensue.

Join us for musical fun with your little one! Tiny Toes Music features fun songs, dancing, a storybook and instrument activities especially created for young children. 

Bring a pillow, a snack, and a friend or two for a movie on our big screen. 

Level up with edible pieces Bingo! Play for a chance to win a prize from our prize bag, and even if you don’t win, you can still eat your Skittles at the end of the game.

Grades 5-12

Join us at Sedgwick Park (10th Ave & 48th St. La Grange) for simple activities and play!  From 10:00 to 10:45am, enjoy a performance and family-friendly fun.

Instead of calling numbers and letters, we'll call out Pokémon. Mark your squares with M&Ms and try to catch a Bingo! No Pokémon Master-level knowledge is necessary — everyone will be able to play.

Stop by the Library to read to a specially-trained dog for 15 minutes. Reading time is a one-on-one experience as it provides an opportunity for each child to read aloud without being critiqued.

Enjoy a morning of hands-on sensory play featuring our pets.  Stop by each station for a multi-sensory experience and create a pet-themed craft. Be prepared to get a little messy as we play, explore and have fun. 

Offsite program at the Little Red School House Nature Center, located at 9800 Willow Springs Rd, Willow Springs, IL 6048.

You and 11 others find yourselves trapped in a spooky, toy-decorated mansion after responding to a mysterious babysitting invitation. Can you work together to solve the clues, open the locks and escape this babysitting nightmare?

You and 11 others find yourselves trapped in a spooky, toy-decorated mansion after responding to a mysterious babysitting invitation. Can you work together to solve the clues, open the locks and escape this babysitting nightmare?

Unleash your creativity in this fun, beginner-friendly program where you'll paint a portrait of your beloved pet! All supplies are provided.

Hear some of Chicago’s top Latin-jazz musicians performing instrumental selections combining virtuoso improvisation with the infectious rhythms of Cuba, Brazil, Africa, the Caribbean, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Latin America and more.

Work together to solve puzzles and crack codes in a fun, mystery-filled mini escape room adventure. It’s a race against the clock to unlock the clues and escape! 

Work together to solve puzzles and crack codes in a fun, mystery-filled mini escape room adventure. It’s a race against the clock to unlock the clues and escape!