Event List

Take some time to explore your creative side with a variety of art supplies, a featured craft, or bring a work in progress. Not feeling crafty? No worries, coloring pages and playing cards will also be available.

For ages 12 and under. If your child is younger than 3 years old, please plan to be present at this event. Drop offs of children under 3 will not be permitted.

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.

This month's Adult Book Discussion book will be When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson. In Saddam-era Baghdad, three women form a fragile friendship while navigating love, loyalty, and survival under the regime’s constant watch.

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.

Battle of the Books challenges students in grades four through six to become familiar with literature in a Jeopardy-style competition. See your school's Battle Coach to sign up. Need help contacting your coach?

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

Explore the topics of data, security, and privacy across the internet.

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?

In conjunction with the Eisenhower Social Services team join us to paint pots for succulents for your winter blues. Pots, paint and plants will be supplied.

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

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.

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.

You're invited to join the Mad Hatters for story time! The Junior League of Chicago Mad Hatters is a story telling troupe that promotes literacy through a lively 30 minute interactive story time for children.

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.

John LeGear's newest film history presentation features some of his finest story-telling.

Explore the art of collage by using various textures and design elements. Whether you want to create an image or an abstract design, you will have the option to allow the mixed media materials to inspire your creativity!