Events
In partnership with Televisa/Univision Foundation, we invite you to join our course to learn how to develop video games using MIT App Inventor. This block-based programming tool will help you grasp coding logic and understand the video game…
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Join us for a flashback to the golden era of video games. Play on old video game machines from the 1970-2000's. Check out the old home video game consoles from Atari to the Nintendo Switch. Play pinball on our virtual pinball machine.
… Come join us at the branch for chess with Dave. Learn to play, improve your game and start your journey to becoming a master of chess! The game has been around for centuries. Come see what the deal is. Once you start playing, you will never…
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Join us for a screening of Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003).
An evil computer programmer traps Carmen, a sassy junior spy, in a video game.
© Miramax Films - 84 minutes - Rated PG
Community Cinema is at a branch near you! Check out…
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Join us for a screening of Avatar: The Way of Water.
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the…
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Join us for a screening of The River Wild.A woman tries to save her troubled marriage when she takes her family on a rafting vacation, but they hit rough waters after meeting up with two seemingly nice strangers.
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Welcome to Weekend Cinema. Join us for a screening of Mufasa: The Lion King.“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their…
Mellow Mornings: Shirley Temples
Canceled,It's Mellow Mornings... afternoon edition!
Relax and hang out with your friends while discovering a new book or two over homemade drinks. This month, we’ll be making Shirley Temples and learning about the book On the Come Up. You…
Do you knit, crochet, embroider or cross-stitch? Join us for monthly Stitch Circles at the library.
Bring materials for your current project to stitch and socialize at our monthly learning circles. Share your skills, explore new…
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Bring your workshop home with you and learn how to free-form sculpt wood veneer into laminated sculptures using just some structural epoxy, HDPE, plastic wrap and sandpaper. Who needs to start out making boxes when you can sculpt wood to…
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Join the Humboldt Park Branch for a screening of The Birth of Gospel!
This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. The story follows "The Father of Gospel", Thomas A. Dorsey,…
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Join us at the Vodak-East Side branch for Communiy Cinema. This week's selection will be Paddington in Peru.
Follow Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru. A thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges…
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Join us for a screening of Soul Surfer.
In this fact-based drama, a surfer named Bethany Hamilton relies on her faith and the support of her parents as she attempts a comeback at championship surfing after losing an arm in a shark attack.
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Join us for a screening of the film Twister
Just run for your life when a destructive force of nature comes howling straight toward you, destroying everything in its path--when you're running from a Twister. Academy Award winner Helen Hunt…
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Join us at the West Lawn branch for Sunday Cinema. This week's selection will be: The Wild Robot (2024).
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds…
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Join us for a screening of WALL-E.
Oscar-winning CGI-animated delight, set on a wasteland Earth circa 2800, where the last robot on the planet, a centuries-old trash compactor named WALL-E, romances a sleek, high-tech android.
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Be ready to enter a practice that will comfort the mind, relax the body, and enlighten the spirit.
Teenagers and pre-teens nowadays experience greater pressure and stress than ever before. Demand for technology, scholastic preparation,…
Pick up a starter seed pack and growing materials. You will receive a packet of herbs, a pot, soil and instructions for plant care. No gardening experience necessary!
This grab and go kit will be available at the Teen Services…
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Celebrate Disability Pride Month by learning more about local organizations that provide services and resources for those experiencing disabilities every Monday at the library in July.
The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) serves and…
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Let your creativity flow and paint a rock with designs and inspirational messages to take home.
For adults, teens and kids 6 and up.
Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call…