Events
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Join us for a drop-in open play time! We have fun educational toys and books available for self-directed play. We end play time together with parachute play and a song with a big book.
For kids 0 to 5 with their caregivers.
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Calling all preschoolers! Catch WTTW Kids Learn & Play featuring your favorite PBS Kids characters. Participate in fun, guided learning while developing school readiness skills.
Presented in partnership with WTTW.
For kids 3 to 5 with an…
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Are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with writer Donna Pecore at the Budlong Woods Branch Writing Workshop. Open to all adults, no experience…
Attention book lovers: Join us in person for an informal meeting to share your thoughts about a book you recently read or a favorite you'd like to recommend. Become acquainted with other readers – and find out what they are reading. …
Celebrate the Chapters of Chicago this summer with weekly screenings of episodes of Chicago based Family Matters (1989)
A suburban Chicago family is pestered by nerdy, nosy neighbor Steve Urkel in this long-running…
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Join the Back of the Yards staff for a screening of Catch Me if You Can. Click here to watch the trailer!
Based on the autobiography of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr.…
Try a fun building activity for kids to develop engineering, motor and analytical skills while making new friends!
For ages 2 to 6.
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call…
Caregivers and their children are invited to the library for a morning of activities, social time and learning through open-ended play.
For children 0 to 5 and their caregivers. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Join us for a drop-in open play time! We have fun, educational toys and books available for self-directed play.
For kids 0 to 5 with their caregivers.
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this…
Acoustic guitar story time led by Ms. Erica. We sing old songs, new songs and read a book or two together. Songs in English and Spanish. Stories in English.
For kids 0 to 5 years and their caregivers.
How to Attend Register by the start of…
Join us Friday mornings for 30 minutes of songs and stories! Play time immediately follows.
For children 0 to 5 and their caregivers.
Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for…
We're taking story time outdoors! Join Miss Taylor outside at Taylor Street Farms for stories, songs, and more.
Blankets welcome, weather permitting.
If there is inclement weather or unsafe conditions present, story time will take place…
Join us to learn to quilt! The class is led by local Austin resident Jacqueline Doctor Johnson.
Come expecting to learn, and to have some fun!
Bring your own supplies.
How to Attend This event takes place in person.…
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Join us for bilingual songs, stories and rhymes.
For ages 0 to 5 and their families.
Únase a nosotros para disfrutar de canciones, cuentos y rimas bilingües.
Para niños de 0 a 5 años y sus familias.
Accessibility
Need sign language…
Acoustic guitar story time led by Ms. Erica. We sing old songs, new songs and read a book or two together. Songs in English and Spanish. Stories in English.
For kids 0 to 5 years and their caregivers.
How to Attend Register by the start of…
Enjoy a free boxed lunch for children and teens up to 18. Lunch is served on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last, and must be eaten onsite. In addition to that, budding readers can get together with us to read…
Need some relaxation and social interaction with like-minded people?! Enjoy coloring? Come yourself or bring a friend(s). Each month will feature a different theme. Join us every Friday from noon--2:00pm for adult coloring.
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Do you want to practice speaking and understanding English and improve your communications skills? Join our conversation group with Literacy Chicago and improve your ability to communicate.
This group focuses on having lively discussions…
Enjoy a free boxed lunch for children and teens up to 18. Lunch is served on a first-come, first-served basis and must be eaten onsite, while supplies last.
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance?…
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Healthy, nutritious summer meals are available to all children 18 and younger, while supplies last, Monday through Friday, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m, at the library. The Summer Meals program is sponsored by the Greater Chicago…
