Event List

Join travel experts Barbara Sugden and Ron Vargason as they discuss their recent trip to magical Ireland! 

Volunteers in high school–adult are needed to help with Young Artists Reception. 

Volunteers in grades 9–12:
If this is your first time volunteering at the library, please email Robin at reyman@phpl.info

Meet the talented local young artists behind the artwork displayed throughout the library during March in celebration of Youth Art Month.

Learn to use the library's button makers to make your own free button, magnet, or keychain. Graphics will be provided.

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!!

This interactive webinar will show you how to compare stocks side by side and help you identify stocks that might meet your investment goals.

Create a collage portrait using colored, textured papers over a photocopy. Honor women change-makers in science, medicine, equality, arts, sports, and entertainment—celebrating creativity and courage.

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.

The cinematic cultural sensation returns with the epic conclusion to the untold story of the witches of Oz. Elphaba and Glinda are now estranged, each living with the consequences of their choices.

Discover the highly expressive worlds of women composers of the nineteenth century!

Using Silhouette Studios software and cutter, learn to design, print and cut your own stickers to decorate your car, computer, tumbler and more. All materials supplied. Basic computer skills required. Priority to PHPL cardholders.

Come in for a relaxing class of chair yoga lead by JoAnn Dickson from Norridge Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi.

Whether you're creating a flyer, social media post, or birthday invite, Canva can help you make it look amazing—no design skills needed.

Join Adult Chess Club! The club will meet on the third Wednesday of every month and will be led by an experienced volunteer. All levels welcome!

Using Silhouette Studios software and cutter, learn to design, print and cut your own stickers to decorate your car, computer, tumbler and more. All materials supplied. Basic computer skills required. Priority to PHPL cardholders.

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.

Please note: this is a Zoom watch party at the library; presenter is presenting remotely on Zoom.

Industrious, irreverent, humble–though he may deny the accusation–Percival Everett, like his fiction, defies categorization.

The cinematic cultural sensation returns with the epic conclusion to the untold story of the witches of Oz. Elphaba and Glinda are now estranged, each living with the consequences of their choices.

Join us for this special event! The Shakespeare Project of Chicago presents, "Dear Rhoda" with live musical accompaniment!

Ever since Erik Larson’s Devil in The White City, the murderous, swindler H.H. Holmes has been linked to the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893.  What else was Holmes involved with in Chicago?

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Come to the Lab and get creative. Supplies will be available for you to have fun and get crafty.