Event List

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!

Learn how to create a vinyl sticker using Silhouette Studios software. All materials will be supplied. Priority given 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.

Say goodbye to harsh chemicals and hello to natural cleaning! This demonstration/workshop covers:

Learn to use sign language to communicate in basic American Sign Language (ASL).

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

When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team, including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate.

The Unsolved Murders of Barbara and Patricia Grimes

Quite possibly the most famous and troubling unsolved murders in Chicago history and quite possibly the nation!

Paul Lisnek will be presenting virtually. This registration is to attend a watch party in the library. 

WGN-TV's Paul Lisnek will speak about Illinois politics as well as help prepare participants for the upcoming Midterm Elections in November.

Go on a trip around the Universe! This presentation will take you on a whirlwind visit through our Universe's most amazing objects using images from the world's most advanced telescopes.

Learn to use sign language to communicate in basic American Sign Language (ASL). All levels are welcome!

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

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world! Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. follows in his father's footsteps in The Naked Gun. Stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson.

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.

Bring the night sky into your home with hand-embroidered zodiac constellations.

Bring the night sky into your home with hand-embroidered zodiac constellations.

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.

Learn to use Inkscape, a free and open-source graphics editor, to design projects for our laser cutter. The project for this class will be engraving a coaster. All materials will be provided. 

Learn to use Inkscape, a free and open-source graphics editor, to design projects for our laser cutter. The project for this class will be engraving a coaster. All materials will be provided. 

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.

Meet the local young artists who have created the artwork displayed throughout the Library during March in honor of Youth Art Month.

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.

Staff from Rep. Mary Beth Canty's office will be available in the library. Get help from the state government, get resources for families and seniors, information on free museum passes, and more.