Events
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Are you a Canadian? As of December 15, 2025, you might be!
If you have direct lineage (even beyond one generation) to a Canadian ancestor, you are now a Canadian citizen who may apply for a citizenship certificate.
Attendees will…
How does an evening of fun and games sound? Come join us for games and socializing.
For tweens and teens 10 to 19.
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312)…
Interested in learning Spanish? Join this six-week beginner course for adults and start using Spanish right away. Participants will practice speaking and listening through simple conversation and guided activities. Topics include…
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Let's get creative! Materials for bracelets, artwork and even clay sculptures are available, while supplies last. Come have some fun while showcasing your creative side!
For teens and tweens 10 and up.
Accessibility Need sign language…
How does an evening of fun and games sound? Come join us for games and socializing.
For tweens and teens 10 to 19.
AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312)…
Interested in learning Spanish? Join this six-week beginner course for adults and start using Spanish right away. Participants will practice speaking and listening through simple conversation and guided activities. Topics include…
Miss Nancy and her friends Henrietta the Chicken, Opera Cat and Jack the Puppet read funny books, sing silly songs, do action rhymes and crafts. Join us for playgroup after.
For kids 0 to 5 and their caregivers.
How to AttendRegister by…
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The Underground Railroad (UGRR), the network to freedom for those escaping slavery in the southern states, was very active in the Chicago area and throughout Northern Illinois in the years surrounding the U.S. Civil War. Although they were…
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Join us in a workshop to create your own abstract art using rope.
Be aware the more complicated designs will take more time so plan your attendance accordingly.
Photo credit: Joanne Brady
AccessibilityNeed sign language…
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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…
Interested in learning Spanish? Join this six-week beginner course for adults and start using Spanish right away. Participants will practice speaking and listening through simple conversation and guided activities. Topics include…
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Using a mix of kindness, music and humor, ScribbleMonster encourages his audience to participate and think in creative ways. Jim’s award-winning approach to music, movement and other activities sparks the imagination and provides children…
Interested in learning Spanish? Join this six-week beginner course for adults and start using Spanish right away. Participants will practice speaking and listening through simple conversation and guided activities. Topics include…
Join the Walker Branch on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm for book discussions for adults.
The July book selection is Yellowface by R. F. Kuang.
You may pick up a copy of the next title after each discussion at the…
Miss Nancy and her friends Henrietta the Chicken, Opera Cat and Jack the Puppet read funny books, sing silly songs, do action rhymes and crafts. Join us for playgroup after.
For kids 0 to 5 and their caregivers.
How to AttendRegister by…
Interested in learning Spanish? Join this six-week beginner course for adults and start using Spanish right away. Participants will practice speaking and listening through simple conversation and guided activities. Topics include…
Miss Nancy and her friends Henrietta the Chicken, Opera Cat and Jack the Puppet read funny books, sing silly songs, do action rhymes and crafts. Join us for playgroup after.
For kids 0 to 5 and their caregivers.
How to AttendRegister by…
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Join Dr. Dominic Pacyga for this fantastic lecture! This illustrated lecture will deal with the religious, ethnic, and cultural roots of the city’s political machine dating back to the 1870s. The machine grew out of Hardscrabble…
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Join us for a screening of Rookie of the Year!An awkward 12-year-old, who is a lousy baseball player, is transformed into a star pitcher after a freak injury to his arm.
© Twentieth Century Fox -- PG -- 103…
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Join us for a film screening of The Lake House.
Fantasy romance set in Chicago about a doctor and an architect who somehow manage to exchange letters even though they are living two years apart from each other.
© Warner…
