Events

Please join us online where we will discuss Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. This selection is available for check out at West Pullman Branch. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling…

Did you know that you can access books, audiobooks, visual content, and even music on the go using apps like Libby and Hoopla?

Attend this program to learn more about Libby and Hoopla and how to get the most out of these apps. 

How…

Do you have a secret yarn stash? So do we! Join Legler Regional Library staff as we craft our way through our own stash. Fiber artists of all abilities are welcome to meet and work on projects -- bring your own project or work on one as a…

Join Ms. Lala from the Sherman Park Branch for an evening of fun for the entire family. Get moving with a scavenger hunt!

For kids 3 to 13 and their families.

How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register 24 hours before the…

Want to learn or brush up on your American Sign Language skills? Join the Thurgood Marshall Branch for this weekly virtual class. All levels of learners are welcome. Participation is required in this class.

For adults, teens, tweens…

Do you like writing, whether you write fiction or non-fiction, poetry or song? If so, this creative writing group is for you! We know that writing is a passion, and if you are passionate about writing, join us as we virtually share our work…

Join Hall Branch for a discussion of Killers of A Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn. 

Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum,…

Come join the South Shore Branch for a virtual book discussion of Jawbone by Monica Ojeda.

Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of…

Are you a fan of anime or Manga? Do you know the history of how it became to be? Join us as we have fun learning about this popular art form!

How to AttendThis event takes place on Zoom. [Register at least 24 hours before the event.] Only…

The Edgebrook Library will discuss The First Ladies by Marie Benedict. Copies of the book will be available at the Edgebrook Library's reference desk Thursday, February 27.

How to AttendThis event takes place on Zoom.…

Do you love watching movies? If so, then the Movie Critics’ Club is for you. We will meet virtually to discuss a previously selected movie each month. For this meeting, we will be discussing the movie, The Banshees of Inisherin.

How…

Join our bi-monthly book club where we read plays and discuss theater as literature. This month, we’ll be reading: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and…

An online event

Adult Book Discussion: Never Saw Me Coming by Tanya Smith.

Please join us to discuss in Never Saw Me Coming, where Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and remarkable story of how she went from a precocious young girl to a…

Join Story Time for Adults with a reading of "The Poplar Tree" by Ch'oe Inho.

Do you miss being read to? Have you ever wondered how high you could leap into the sky? To listen to a lovely bit of magical realism from Korea, just send an…

Join Mrs. Latrece of the Richard M. Daley Branch as we discuss Amulet, Book 8 by Kazu Kibuishi. This is an action-packed graphic novel series. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Richard M. Daley Branch,…

Pop on your pajamas, get comfy and listen to Ms. Mary from West Town Branch read aloud the book Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman over four Thursday evenings.

How to AttendThis event takes place on Zoom. Register by the start…

Are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with writer Donna Pecore at the Budlong Woods Branch Writing Workshop. Open to all adults, no experience…

Join the West Town Branch Spanish book club, La Esquina de Lectores, as we discuss Why Didn't You Tell Me? by Carmen Rita Wong, and share other interesting reads.

AccessibilityNeed sign language interpretation or other…

Join Legler staff for a single-session classic dungeon crawl Dungeons & Dragons game. This program is intended for teens in high school and adults.

How to AttendThis event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 48 hours before the…

Join the Brained Branch in a virtual discussion of the hilarious cozy mystery It's Elementary by Elise Bryant.

Mavis Miller is not a PTA mom. Her plate is full. From raising her 7 yr. old daughter Pearl, working an exhausting job and…