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Rush University Medical Center with oversight from the American Heart Association is offering HeartSaver 4-hour CPR/AED/Choking & First Aid training to the local community. Rush CPR instructors will be onsite at the Humboldt Park Branch…
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Come make some cute DIY ornaments, take one home and leave one to decorate our tree!
For kids 3 and up.
Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email…
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'Tis the season to celebrate winter with a DIY paper-bag snowflake craft.
For kids 4 to 13
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email…
Join us for Anime Club! In our first meeting, we will look at the anime series available on Crunchyroll Premium and vote on one to watch together. (We will vote again at the end of each season.)
For students in grades…
Do you want to Learn English? All languages welcome!This class will help you to talk to your supervisors, your children’s teachers, neighbors, doctors, and more. ESL classes are taught in small groups. They include speaking and writing,…
Registration closedLet's Play Magic: The Gathering
CanceledJoin us to learn to play Magic: The Gathering! Magic is an exciting, strategic fantasy trading card game. We'll go over the basics of how to play and have a few simple decks for new players to learn with.
Already know how to…
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Join us for a screening of the film Elf.After accidentally falling into Santa Claus' gift sack, a human baby is raised at the North Pole, growing up to believe he is an elf. Due to his large size, the "elf" causes chaos in Santa's…
Do you want to Learn English? All languages welcome!This class will help you to talk to your supervisors, your children’s teachers, neighbors, doctors, and more. ESL classes are taught in small groups. They include speaking and writing,…
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Drop-in for a traditional Puerto Rican craft for Three Kings Day. The night before Three Kings Day, children in Puerto Rico fill boxes with grass for the Three Kings' camels. Come decorate your own box and make a paper camel!
For kids 3 to…
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Join us for a screening of Carol.
A female department-store employee in 1950s New York falls for a woman stuck in a loveless marriage. Unfortunately, the latter's husband threatens to take their child if the relationship between the two…
Join us for Anime Club! In our first meeting, we will look at the anime series available on Crunchyroll Premium and vote on one to watch together. (We will vote again at the end of each season.)
For students in grades…
Do you want to Learn English? All languages welcome!This class will help you to talk to your supervisors, your children’s teachers, neighbors, doctors, and more. ESL classes are taught in small groups. They include speaking and writing,…
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Have fun and build literacy at the same time with stories, songs, rhymes and a craft!
For kids 18 months to 5.
How to AttendRegister by 10:30 a.m. the day before the event. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal…
Registration closes December 16 at 10:30am (48 spots remaining)Register for event Let's Play Magic: The Gathering
CanceledJoin us to learn to play Magic: The Gathering! Magic is an exciting, strategic fantasy trading card game. We'll go over the basics of how to play and have a few simple decks for new players to learn with.
Already know how to…
Do you want to Learn English? All languages welcome!This class will help you to talk to your supervisors, your children’s teachers, neighbors, doctors, and more. ESL classes are taught in small groups. They include speaking and writing,…
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Get into the holiday season by making a cardboard gingerbread house!
For kids 3 and up.
How to Attend
This event takes place in person. Register by 10:30 a.m. the day before the event. Chicago Public Library cannot collect…
Registration closes December 18 at 11:00am (12 spots remaining)Register for event - ,
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Lavish live-action version of the classic tale, starring Jim Carrey---in Oscar-winning makeup---as the coldhearted creature trying to thwart Whoville's Yuletide celebration.
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Want to support with our seed library? Come on through!
We have a collection of seeds and seed heads to process and sort into seed packets. You are welcome to help us with those or bring your own seeds/seed…
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Join us for a screening of The Holdovers.
The dramedy tells the story of a disagreeable schoolteacher named Paul Hunham. With no family or friends, Paul ends up staying at school during Christmas break to supervise holdover students…
Join us for Anime Club! In our first meeting, we will look at the anime series available on Crunchyroll Premium and vote on one to watch together. (We will vote again at the end of each season.)
For students in grades…