Events

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…

Get homework help from a certified teacher and learn about library resources with our expert librarians. Join other students and their families in this after-school learning program. Attend the whole session or drop in with a…

Join us for an engaging and heartfelt book club conversation as we explore Good Dirt, the latest powerful novel by Charmaine Wilkerson, bestselling author of Black Cake. This multigenerational story invites readers into a rich narrative of…

Join Hall Branch for a discussion of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo. 

This is the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring,…

Are you a fan of anime, manga, or both? Join us as we discuss and view popular titles both past and present. 

Get homework help from a certified teacher and learn about library resources with our expert librarians. Join other students and their families in this after-school learning program. Attend the whole session or drop in with a…

Join Legler Regional Library for an online discussion of Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler. Dr Susana M. Morris' book about Ms. Butler's life is described as "a magnificent cultural…

The Edgebrook Library will discuss Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb. Copies of the book will available at the Edgebrook Library's reference desk January 29.

How to AttendThis event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours…

Join us for a reading of "The Baboon" by Giovanni Arpino.

Do you miss being read to? Did you ever wonder how misogyny could find its way into a story about a thrice-widowed man and his pet baboon? If that last sentence both baffled and…

Get homework help from a certified teacher and learn about library resources with our expert librarians. Join other students and their families in this after-school learning program. Attend the whole session or drop in with a…

Join us in a special collaboration between Chicago Public Library and the Senior Services Division of the Department of Family and Support Services.

This month we will be discussing James by Percival Everett. 

How to AttendThis…

Do you love strange, creepy and straight-up scary books? Then join our online horror book club led by librarians at Chicago Public Library across the city. This month, we will be reading Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler.

Shori is a…

TallGrass Writers Guild has supported independent authors for years through a variety of different programs, including a monthly open mic. We’ll start things off with a featured performer and then head into a lively open mic.

How to…

Join the Brained Branch in a virtual discussion of The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson. 

This historical dual narrative set in the late 1940s–1950s, explores the intertwined lives of two young Black women. Ruby Pearsall, a driven…

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…

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…

Get homework help from a certified teacher and learn about library resources with our expert librarians. Join other students and their families in this after-school learning program. Attend the whole session or drop in with a…

Are you a fan of anime, manga, or both? Join us as we discuss and view popular titles both past and present. 

Get homework help from a certified teacher and learn about library resources with our expert librarians. Join other students and their families in this after-school learning program. Attend the whole session or drop in with a…

A different kind of book club focusing on narratives that can be read in a single sitting. Short stories are a great way to explore genres, authors, and ideas without the commitment of a longer book. Read a unique story every month and meet…