Event List

Learn valuable defensive driving skills and refresh your memory of the rules of the road in this eight-hour course. After completing the course, you may be eligible for a discount on your car insurance.

Learn valuable defensive driving skills and refresh your memory of the rules of the road in this eight-hour course. After completing the course, you may be eligible for a discount on your car insurance.

Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events--selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.

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

It’s 7p.m. on May 6, 1937 and you are waiting outside in the evening air for the much discussed arrival of The Hindenburg, the largest airship in history!

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.

**Join Us for Our 2nd Annual Human Library Event!**  

Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events--selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.

Enjoy special times as you sip mocktails with your Mom/Grandma and benefit from a very unique and therapeutic music and art experience specifically designed to help you align yourself with happiness.

Howard will be presenting in the library, please join us in the library!

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a “provocative and compelling” (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it.

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. Please note: This is a virtual program which you can watch on-screen from the comfort of the library.

Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events--selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope.

Join Hugo Colín and our library patrons for an engaging exploration of Elvis Presley's enduring influence on music and culture. This program dives into the King of Rock 'n' Roll's groundbreaking musical career.

In this class, we will learn how to use line work to decorate vintage photos.  This class is presented in the Lab by Creativebug.   All materials supplied.

Anne begins by telling some Japanese folk tales. She continues with a show a slide show with photographs of my trips to Japan in 2017 and 2019, including Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Takayama.

Learn to take better photos with your iPhone, the camera you carry everywhere using functions that are already built into your device! Recommended for beginners. Participants should bring their own iPhones.

In this class, we will learn how to use line work to decorate vintage photos.  This class is presented in the Lab by Creativebug.   All materials supplied.

Have your business or group become dementia friends through the Illinois Cognitive Resource Network. Learn more about dementia and how you can support those who suffer from the disease.

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.

NEW: MAKER'S MEETUP

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

Learn to take better photos with your Android smartphone, the camera you carry everywhere using functions that are already built into your device! Recommended for beginners. Participants should bring their own Android smartphones.