Event List

Welcome to our maker space, The Lab. The Lab includes 3D printing, digitization tools, laser cutting, embroidery, and more. Join us to learn about all the things The Lab has to offer.

The Mayo Clinic states that coloring can help folks relieve stress, promote mindfulness and add enjoyment to their day. Supplies will be provided but feel free to bring your own coloring sheets, pencils, markers, & more.

Celebrate Pride Month at the library through this crafting extravaganza! We'll be making buttons, bracelets, and perler bead designs so drop on by any one of our crafting stations. 

Drop by the LAB with your own knitting, crochet, cross-stich, embroidery, or other portable project and socialize with others who share similar interests.  All experience levels welcome, however, no formal lessons are provided.

Play as your favorite video game characters and defeat your rivals in a fun virtual fight! (No DLC characters will be available.

Medicare can be challenging and confusing.

Learn to use sign language to communicate in basic ASL. All levels are welcome!

Sami will be presenting in the library, please join us in the library.

Join us for this 30th anniversary celebration of the Buffalo Grove Singers! Concert will be comprised of songs from past performances that were voted fan favorites by our singers and past audiences.   

Learn basic crochet techniques with this beginner-friendly introduction course. By the end, you'll learn the best ways to start your crocheting projects and how to make a simple chain. All materials provided.

Volunteers grades 9-12 are needed to help with our Crochet 101 program, crochet experience a must as you will help participants should they need extra assistance with crochet projects. Email Robin, reyman@phpl.info if this is your first time

Ages 2-6 w/adult

Come create a masterpiece with your little one. 

Summertime is perfect for a classic road trip around Lake Michigan! Join travel expert Nancy McCully as we journey through four states and explore beautiful beaches, freshwater sand dunes, lighthouses and historic sites.

Youth volunteers grades 6-12 needed to help with the Summer Reading Kickoff Concert program. Email Robin, reyman@phpl.info if this is your first time volunteering at the library. 

Celebrate the Kickoff to Summer Reading at the Lab. We will make seed cards you can go home and plant. Watch them grow as you grow through reading. This is a drop-in event between 4-6pm. All materials supplied. 

Join Mrs. Julie for stories and so much more!

Help “babysit” the library’s overnight stuffies and stage a few top-secret photo moments. The stuffies will be busy being good and mischievous, and you’ll help capture the antics while wearing your brand-new summer volunteer T-shirt.
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With the firm belief that everyone has at least one good book in them, award-winning author and teacher, Donna Urbikas, will lead an introductory presentation and workshop on how to start writing from reflection, gathering the gem

Celebrate the Kickoff to Summer Reading at the Lab. We will make seed cards you can go home and plant. Watch them grow as you grow through reading. This is a drop-in event between 1-3pm. All materials supplied. 

Drop-in to the Quilting Club. All ability levels welcome from beginner to expert. Please note there will not be any formal lessons. Bring your own sewing machines and projects. We provide the space...you provide the FUN!!

Grades 6-12

This month, we will be creating a Fairy Garden for the Youth Services department that will engage the curiosity and imagination of our younger library visitors. Earn one service hour. 

Join us for a special virtual-only presentation exploring the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Obama Presidential Center.

Ages 2-6 w/adult

Let’s get movin’ and groovin’ with Mrs. Natalie from Move the Beat. 

Learn to use sign language to communicate in basic ASL. All levels are welcome!

Sami will be presenting in the library, please join us in the library.