Events
Start your weekend at the library with stories, songs, and a simple insect craft.
Recommended for children 2 to 6 with their caregivers.
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This event takes place in person. Masks are strongly encouraged in…
Welcome to a workshop where you can gather in-person to swap stories and personal observations about Chicago’s secret beauties, lost and found. You will be guided by Chicago poet and Pushcart Prize Nominee Elizabeth Marino, who has taught…
Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, The House in the Cerulean Sea is a strange story about bureaucracy, love, family, and the possible end of the world at the hands of a small group of children. We’ll be discussing the book in…
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Join us for a performance of Anansi the Spider from Improv Playhouse's Theatre for Young Audiences. Following the play, there will be time for Q&A with the cast.
There weren't always stories in the world... at least, not for…
Join us for a Family Film Screening of The Bad Guys.The infamous Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Ms. Tarantula, and Mr. Wolf find their lives of crime coming to an end as they face imprisonment. Determined to retain their freedom, the…
Put on your thinking cap and get ready to create, make, or build.
Recommended for children 5 to 12.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Masks are strongly encouraged in all CPL locations.
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Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. Follows with open play time for 30 minutes.
For children under 5 with a caregiver.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks are…
Celebrate CPL’s 150th anniversary!
Since the Bezazian branch opened in 1957, the Uptown community has changed dramatically with new arrivals from around the United States and beyond. This walking tour will take visitors through the area’s…
Put on your thinking cap and get ready to create, make, or build.
Recommended for children 5 to 12.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Masks are strongly encouraged in all CPL locations. Questions about visiting…
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. Follows with open play time for 30 minutes.
For children under 5 with a caregiver.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks are…
Join us for an interactive show, including bubbling potions, demonstrations with air pressure, fire, and more!
For kids 6 to 12.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Masks are strongly encouraged in all CPL locations.…
Registration required (23 spots remaining)Register for eventJoin us for a screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Adapted from a hit Off-Broadway musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch follows Hedwig and her band on a ramshackle, punk, glam-rock tour of America, showing us her backstory along the way…
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. Follows with open play time for 30 minutes.
For children under 5 with a caregiver.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks are…
Put on your thinking cap and get ready to create, make, or build.
Recommended for children 5 to 12.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Masks are strongly encouraged in all CPL locations. Questions about visiting…
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. Follows with open play time for 30 minutes.
For children under 5 with a caregiver.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks are…
Join us for a Family Film Screening of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.In the late 19th century, a feisty stallion named Spirit is held captive by a cruel colonel. But Spirit manages to escape, and he befriends a Native American…
Do you like graphic novels? Join us as we read together the latest selection; then stay for snacks and a game.
For kids 9 to 12.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Masks are strongly encouraged in all CPL locations.…
Registration closes July 12 at 5:00pm (5 spots remaining)Register for eventJoin us for stories, rhymes, and songs. Follows with open play time for 30 minutes.
For children under 5 with a caregiver.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks are…
Start your weekend at the library with stories, songs, and a simple summer craft.
Recommended for children 2 to 6 with their caregivers.
How to Attend
This event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks…
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs. Follows with open play time for 30 minutes.
For children under 5 with a caregiver.
How to AttendThis event takes place in person. Registration is not needed. Masks are…