Events

Do you enjoy working on puzzles? Join Chicago Bee branch staff for fun and conversation as we try to complete a puzzle each week. Feel free to bring your own puzzle if you'd like.

For Adults 18 and up! 

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Come into the branch and create a structured craft or use your imagination to create a unique piece of art at our newly designed Activity Center located in the Children's Department. You can also stop in and build a massive…

Chill, Create, Connect

Come to the branch and hang out in our teen space. Get creative with fun projects or use for educational purposes.  Discover what the teen space has to offer.

How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Masks…

Returning books or picking up movies for the weekend? Drop in for a craft that you can make in the branch or grab and go to make at home later!  Available while supplies last.

For ages 3 and up.

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Join us for Gamer's Universe Showdown Series, our monthly esports celebration leading up to the 2025 edition of Gamer's Universe.

The Chicago Teen Gamer's Guild will run Mario Kart Double Dash 2v2 (don't forget to bring a teammate) and…

Join us for our Mario MADNESS Tournament. We'll be playing Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros Ultimate for Nintendo Switch. It's time to find the best Mario Kart racer and Smash player in Chicago Lawn!

Light refreshments to fuel…

Interested in other roleplaying and wargaming tabletop games? Join us for open shop where we play Warhammer 40k, Age of Sigmar, Necromundo, Kill Team and alternative RPGs like Mork Borg, Black Crusade (40k), Call of Cthulhu, Deadlands and…

Join us for a screening of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023).

Descending from a prestigious family, Coriolanus Snow is having a hard time adjusting to the fall of his family's legacy after they suffered…

Are you an adult interested in roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons? Come give it a try at the Sulzer Regional Library. No experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided. We will be using a simplified version of the D&D…

Do you like competitive matchups? Do you feel the film adaptation of a book does not compare? Come join us for our new series "SPORTS MADNESS" where we see if the book or movie did it better! Throughout the month of March and into April…

Attention, do you love technology? Are you curious about coding and robotics? Come and join to learn how to design your own animations and robots.

For kids 6 to 13.

This program is presented in partnership with the Toyota…

Need advice on how to expand your art practice or how to sell your art? Come chat with working artists and see their festival tabling setups! We’ll have a crochet demo at 2:30PM and a zine printing demo at 3:30pm.

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Bring the whole family for a screening of The Incredibles!Known to the world as superheroes Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl, Bob Parr and his wife Helen were among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a…

Join us in a screening of Dead Poets Society.

A new English teacher, John Keating is introduced to an all-boys preparatory school that is known for its ancient traditions and high standards. He uses unorthodox methods to reach out to his…

Join the Friends of Rogers Park Library Great Books Discussion as we continue our discussion of Rebecca Goldstein's Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away.

The Great Books Discussion is sponsored by the Friends of Rogers…

Join us as we express ourselves in various art forms. Performance can be up to four minutes long and must be appropriate for a general audience.

For all ages 10 and up.

How to Attend This event takes place in person. Register by the start…

Join us for a screening of the film Broken Tower.James Franco wrote, directed and stars in this biopic of maverick gay poet Hart Crane. The film spotlights his work and personal life.© Focus Features - 107 minutes - NR

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April showers means it rains movies! Join us for a screening of the Oscar winning drama Rain Man. 

A self-centered man learns he has an autistic older brother he never knew about after their father dies and leaves the older…

Mom and daughter duo “M & N” agree that jewelry making can be either fun, relaxing, mind stimulating or all the above depending on the day. For over five years they have practiced and crafted bracelets and earrings from simple studs to show…

Come join the Field Museum at the library for the Field Adventures program this summer! Once a month we will explore the wonders of the natural world through interactive activities integrating science, art and play. 

For kids 6 to 13.