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Late Opening-Open at 1:00pm

Friday, March 6, 2026 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
La Grange Public Library
Closing
Branches:
La Grange Public Library

Kid Librarian

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Tyler Duelm Activity Room at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement
Age Group:
Children, School Age, Tweens

Try out being a librarian and have your own display for a month!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Tyler Duelm Activity Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Registration Required
Event Details:

Try out being a librarian and have your own display for a month!

Crafting for a Cause

Crafting for a Cause: Pillowcases and Paracord Lanyards

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens

Need service hours? Enjoy simple craft projects? Join us for this service hour earning program that lets you be creative while helping a worthy cause.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Registration Required
Event Details:

Need service hours? Enjoy simple craft projects? Join us for this service hour earning program that lets you be creative while helping a worthy cause.

Nami (national alliance on mental health) metro suburban logo featuring NAMI in capital letters and a golden circle with wavy lines inside it

Mental Health First Aid for Adults

Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 9:00am - 3:30pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness, Partnership
Age Group:
Adults

Adult Mental Health First Aid teaches participants how to recognize the signs of common mental health challenges and respond with confidence and care.

Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness, Partnership
Event Details:

Adult Mental Health First Aid teaches participants how to recognize the signs of common mental health challenges and respond with confidence and care.

Text reads AARP Smart Driver Safety Course, with a small strip of road with a dotted line in the corner

AARP Smart Driver Course

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults

Learn about safe driving skills and techniques in this two-day course for ages 55 and up.

Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Learn about safe driving skills and techniques in this two-day course for ages 55 and up.

Photo of Dr. Michael A. Spikes

Civic Awareness-An Introduction to News Media Literacy (Virtual)

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Partnership
Age Group:
Adults

Learn to navigate today's news media with Michael Spikes, director of the Teach for Chicago Journalism Project and lecturer at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Partnership
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn to navigate today's news media with Michael Spikes, director of the Teach for Chicago Journalism Project and lecturer at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Text reads The Language Labs with each word stacked on top the other

Adult American Sign Language (ASL) Class

Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Informational
Age Group:
Adults

Learn American Sign Language (ASL) with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods with teachers from The Language Labs.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn American Sign Language (ASL) with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods with teachers from The Language Labs.

Holiday

All Day
La Grange Public Library
Closing
Branches:
La Grange Public Library
Text reads The Language Labs with each word stacked on top the other

Adult American Sign Language (ASL) Classes with The Language Labs

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Informational
Age Group:
Adults

Learn American Sign Language with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn American Sign Language with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods.

Text reads The Language Labs with each word stacked on top the other

Adult American Sign Language (ASL) Classes with The Language Labs

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Informational
Age Group:
Adults

Learn American Sign Language with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn American Sign Language with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods.

image of the film title and "Indie Lens Pop Up"

Indie Lens Pop Up: The Librarians

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment, Informational
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of ourselves and the world. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of ourselves and the world. 

Text reads The Language Labs with each word stacked on top the other

Adult American Sign Language (ASL) Classes with The Language Labs

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Informational
Age Group:
Adults

Learn American Sign Language with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn American Sign Language with experienced instructors committed to interactive, hands-on teaching methods.

Library Foundation Celebration

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Informational
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

National Library Week Celebration

Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

National Library Week Celebration

Indie Lens Pop Up The Librarian Encore Screening

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment, Informational
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of ourselves and the world. 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of ourselves and the world. 

Kid Librarian

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Tyler Duelm Activity Room at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement
Age Group:
Children, School Age, Tweens

Try out being a librarian and have your own display for a month!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Tyler Duelm Activity Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Registration Required
Event Details:

Try out being a librarian and have your own display for a month!

Letters of Love

Crafting for a Cause: Cards & Beaded Bracelets for Letters of Love

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens

Need service hours? Enjoy simple craft projects? Join us for this service hour earning program that lets you be creative while helping a worthy cause.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Registration Required
Event Details:

Need service hours? Enjoy simple craft projects? Join us for this service hour earning program that lets you be creative while helping a worthy cause.

A view from behind of a lineup of people standing and the film title

Indie Lens Pop Up: The Tallest Dwarf

Monday, May 4, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment
Age Group:
Adults

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of the world.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of the world.

Versiti blood center logo

Versiti Blood Drive

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Partnership
Age Group:
Adults

External registration required. Sign up for Versiti's urgent need blood drive and take the first step toward saving lives. Help us meet our goal of 25 appointments!

Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Partnership
Event Details:

External registration required. Sign up for Versiti's urgent need blood drive and take the first step toward saving lives. Help us meet our goal of 25 appointments!

Holiday

All Day
La Grange Public Library
Closing
Branches:
La Grange Public Library

Kid Librarian

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Tyler Duelm Activity Room at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement
Age Group:
Children, School Age, Tweens

Try out being a librarian and have your own display for a month!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Tyler Duelm Activity Room
Age Group: Children, School Age, Tweens
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Registration Required
Event Details:

Try out being a librarian and have your own display for a month!

photo of Chrissy Camba at a grocery store and various grocery items

Indie Lens Pop Up: The Grocery List Show

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Dierkes at La Grange Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment, Informational
Age Group:
Adults

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of the world.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: La Grange Public Library
Room: Dierkes
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Entertainment/Enrichment, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy documentaries featured on PBS’s Independent Lens. These screenings offer a space for sharing ideas and making connections that shape our understanding of the world.

Holiday

All Day
La Grange Public Library
Closing
Branches:
La Grange Public Library

Closed for Staff Training

All Day
La Grange Public Library
Closing
Branches:
La Grange Public Library

Holiday

All Day
La Grange Public Library
Closing
Branches:
La Grange Public Library