Event List

Volunteers in grades 6–adult are needed to help with our K-Pop Demon Hunters Party program!

We’re goin’ up, up, up! It’s our moment! Join us for a spectacular drop-in party featuring crafts, music, dancing and snacks. It’s gonna be golden! No registration required.

Need help with homework or looking to enhance your math or reading skills? Look no further! Drop by the Youth Department during center hours and connect with a friendly high school study buddy–no registration required!

Youth volunteers grades 6-12 needed to help with LEGO Builders Club. Email Robin, reyman@phpl.info,  if this is your first time volunteering at the library. 

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

Bring friends or drop in solo and listen to music as you create your original collage art. All supplies provided.

Join us for the festive music of the renown Chicago-based Bengali band, Ochin Pakhi! Members of this musical group will be performing a concert of traditional folk music from West Bengal, India and Bangladesh. 

Need help with homework or looking to enhance your math or reading skills? Look no further! Drop by the Youth Department during center hours and connect with a friendly high school study buddy–no registration required!

Volunteers grades 6-12 are needed to help as chess mentors for the library's Youth Chess Club. Email Robin, reyman@phpl.info if this is your first time volunteering at the library. 

Grades K-8

Newbie or champ? Play, learn, and level up your skills with help from our instructor and teen mentors. All levels welcome—let’s make some moves!

Join cartoonist Mark Anderson to draw all of your favorite Space Fight characters: Varth Mader! Duke Cloudrunner! Princess Mia! C3-D2! They’ll battle with laser sporks! Fly at dark speed! Do not miss this off-brand space opera!

Create an inked drawing of a magnificent creature with a design from nature that runs through it in a reverse negative. Fun thinking skills for this one!

Jarrett Dapier, author of several critically acclaimed books, including a new YA graphic novel coming out this month, will join us for a roundtable discussion about writing, art, and journalism!

Need help with homework or looking to enhance your math or reading skills? Look no further! Drop by the Youth Department during center hours and connect with a friendly high school study buddy–no registration required!

Youth volunteers grades 6-12 needed to help with Bookies Book Club. Email Robin, reyman@phpl.info if this is your first time volunteering at the library. 

Learn the alphabet, fun signs and more!

Learn how to use Tinkercad and create something to 3D print at our awesome Lab!

Need help with homework or looking to enhance your math or reading skills? Look no further! Drop by the Youth Department during center hours and connect with a friendly high school study buddy–no registration required!

Discover how electricity works as we play with playdough!  

Celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary at the library! Come catch the excitement with fun Pokémon-themed activities for everyone to enjoy.

Volunteers grades 6-12 are needed to help with the library's Pokemon Party program. Email Robin, reyman@phpl.info if this is your first time volunteering at the library.