Events
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Join us in a workshop using Cricut Software to create a simple image or simple text for decals to place on the object of your choice. We will have glassware and jars available, or you may bring your own object to decorate. If you would…
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The Music Playhouse of Chicago is excited to offer this special program! Their music programs are not only fun but educational and developmentally beneficial as well. The program is research-based in child psychology and development, and…
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…
Stop by the library to create some art. Art supplies will be provided, you must supply the creativity and magic. Paints, canvas, colored sand, easels, pencils, portrait paper, paint brushes and other art supplies will be provided.
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Join us for a therapeutic chair yoga session that aims to improve your range of motion with the connection of your breath, leaving you feeling rejuvenated for the rest of the day.
Accessibility
Need sign language interpretation or…
Join us for an introduction to story time for babies. This 20-minute interactive story time includes stories, songs, fingerplays and bounces specifically designed for babies who have not yet started walking. Stay after story time to share…
Be creative and make a nature-themed masterpiece with art teacher Bernadette Foch.
For kids 6 to 13.
How to AttendRegister by 24 hours before the start of the event. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online…
Join us for bilingual songs, stories and rhymes.
For ages 0 to 5 and their caregivers.
Únase a nosotros para disfrutar de canciones, cuentos y rimas bilingües.
Para niños de 0 a 5 años y sus cuidadores.
AccessibilityNeed sign…
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Join a local TreeKeeper to talk about tree care, and why it matters! We will discuss basics of tree biology and systems: how trees live, how trees decline, how they die, as well as common stressors for our trees and some of the…
Join this story time especially for our littlest patrons! We’ll share songs, rhymes and books, plus suggestions for at-home activities.
For kids 0 to 5 and their caregivers. Space may be limited.
AccessibilityNeed sign language…
Join this story time especially for our littlest patrons! We’ll share songs, rhymes and books, plus suggestions for at-home activities.
For kids 0 to 5 and their caregivers. Space may be limited.
AccessibilityNeed sign language…
Join our children's librarians for this special 25-minute story time for babies and their caregivers. We’ll share songs, rhymes and books while helping to build baby’s early literacy and social-emotional skills.
For children birth to 18…
Calling all LEGO enthusiasts and engineers! Join us for open-ended building and free play. Make friends while developing STEAM skills.
For kids 5 to 12.
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for…
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Learn how to create personalized texture and dimension to paper or cards using a special technique called embossing. We will be utilizing heat embossing, which involves stamping slow-drying ink, covering it in embossing powder and…
Join us for a variety of fun STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) related activities! Weekly activities include building rubber-band powered cars, baking soda volcanos, shrinky dink keychains and an egg drop…
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Photographer Ashley Houghton will host a photo walk around Lincoln Square to practice all of the photography techniques we learned in the previous two sessions. We will have some DSLR cameras for you to use, you can also bring your own…
Join us for an introduction to story time for babies. This 20-minute interactive story time includes stories, songs, fingerplays and bounces specifically designed for babies who have not yet started walking. Stay after story time to share…
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Join us for a real world budgeting workshop with our partner Andrea Trujillo Ramirez from PNC bank. This workshop will discuss the importance of creating and maintaining a budget, the difference between wants and needs, and how to…
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My Best Friend's Wedding was filmed entirely in Chicago and features many iconic Chicago locations including Union Station, the Chicago River, O'Hare airport, Marshall Field & Co., the Drake Hotel to name a few.
Join us for a…
Join this story time especially for our littlest patrons! We’ll share songs, rhymes and books, plus suggestions for at-home activities.
For kids 0 to 5 and their caregivers. Space may be limited.
AccessibilityNeed sign language…
