Event List

Clarence Goodman will educate you on the Kennedy's trip in Chicago shortly before the tragic assassination and how it could possibly tie into it. Clarence will be presenting in ...

After WWII broke out in Europe in September 1939, FDR walks a tightrope between helping Churchill and Britain and opposition from isolationists like Charles Lindbergh.  Decemb...

Welcome in the holiday season with a special performance of the John Hersey High School Charles Dickens Carolers. Under the direction of Sara Michael this acapella choral group wil...

We will create glittery ornaments and use the Silhouette to design and cut our name. All materials supplied. Preference to PHPL cardholders. Register.

We will create glittery ornaments and use the Silhouette to design and cut our name. All materials supplied. Preference to PHPL cardholders. Register.

Ever been curious about your ancestors from around the time of the Civil War? Tina Beiard will show you how to do it along with resources and methods. Tina will be presenting in...

Drop by the Lab with your own knitting, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery or other portable project and socialize with others who share similar interests. All experience levels wel...

A bi-monthly discussion series! Join us to share how you celebrate your culture’s holidays, weddings, births, and rites of passage. Hear from others about their unique tradition...

The Kenneth Young Center will have a presentation and open discussion how to be better allies for the LGBTQ+ community and support those you care about who are LGBTQIA+. Sarah w...

The Spengler family returns to where it all started--the iconic New York City firehouse--to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to ta...

Learn how to become a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) volunteer and join our team of Saturday tax preparers. 

Tobi Abrams will be holding an art reception for her Dynamic Nature gallery and make a fun art collage out of common materials.

Clarence Goodman will enthrall you with past times and old traditions of Chicago during the time of December. Clarence will be presenting in the library, please join us in the l...

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

Learn new lettering styles from library staff every month, from learning basic strokes, proportions and letters to writing out full sentences! Pens and paper will be provided by...

Bring the whole family—parents, kids, grandparents, aunts, and uncles—for an exciting day of togetherness! Register as a family—one kit per family—and we'll provide all the supplie...

The Spengler family returns to where it all started--the iconic New York City firehouse--to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to ta...

Bring the whole family—parents, kids, grandparents, aunts, and uncles—for an exciting day of togetherness! Register as a family—one kit per family—and we'll provide all the supplie...

Do you love doing jigsaw puzzles, but you've run out of new ones? Bring some in and swap them with other puzzle lovers, try something new while enjoying some conversation and refre...

Bring the whole family—parents, kids, grandparents, aunts, and uncles—for an exciting day of togetherness! Register as a family—one kit per family—and we'll provide all the supplie...

Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister just as France is falling to the Germans.  For the next two years he must lead Britain as it fights Hitler, offering only “Blood, Toil...