Event List

Drop into the Library every Wednesday afternoon this winter to enjoy hot chocolate or tea while working on your homework in the Teen Space.

Enjoy crochet? Interested in learning new stitches or sharing your knowledge? Join us for our virtual crochet-a-long.

Ages 13-18. Bring your phone or tablet and a sense of humor for an afternoon of quirky video party games. We’ll host the games on our projector screen. Bring your friends or make some new ones!

Hone your model building skills by joining other enthusiasts. Work on your project while sharing tips and tricks and getting advice from others.

Ages 16 and up. If you wanted to try knitting, but were nervous to try it out, this is the class for you.

In the U.S., copyright on movies, books, and other works expires 95 years after release, meaning movies from 1930 can be freely used, shared, and remixed starting in 2026. So we're screening some of the best movies from that year.

After training and signing a liability waiver, drop in during open studio hours to use Workshop equipment to work on your own creative projects or get a tour of everything the Workshop has to offer.

Writers in high school and college are invited to join in on a weekly hour and a half of socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.

Calling all graphic novel fans in grades 3-6! Want to eat snacks and talk graphic novels with your fellow comic enthusiasts?

Elevate your career prospects by refreshing your resume. In a one-on-one session, we'll go over your current resume and update it with a modern layout.

Join us as botanist Chris Benda talks about wild Orchids of Illinois!

Ages 13 & up. Join us for an evening of yarn projects and conversation. Bring your knitting needles or crochet hooks, and make progress on your current projects

Elevate your career prospects by refreshing your resume. In a one-on-one session, we'll go over your current resume and update it with a modern layout.

For 6-17 months with an adult. Siblings welcome.

Inspire a love of reading with short, interactive stories, songs, lap bounces and rhymes.

We ask that families attend one Storytime each week. 

After training and signing a liability waiver, drop in during open studio hours to use Workshop equipment to work on your own creative projects or get a tour of everything the Workshop has to offer.

Registration Required. Grades 1st-6th.

Practice your reading skills with a Kids World Librarian! 

Registration Required. Grades 1st-6th.

Practice your reading skills with a Kids World Librarian! 

Registration Required. Grades 1st-6th.

Practice your reading skills with a Kids World Librarian! 

After training and signing a liability waiver, drop in during open studio hours to use Workshop equipment to work on your own creative projects or get a tour of everything the Workshop has to offer.

Ages 16 & up. Speed puzzling is sweeping the nation! In this competition, teams of two puzzlers are all given the same 500 piece puzzle and compete to see who can assemble it in the shortest time possible. Whoever finishes first wins!

After training and signing a liability waiver, drop in during open studio hours to use Workshop equipment to work on your own creative projects or get a tour of everything the Workshop has to offer.

Join us for a workshop that will free your brain with squiggles, color, and your imagination.

Explore the art of laser cutting when we make a uniquely designed acrylic night light. A lighted base (included) will illuminate your fun design.