Event List

Join fellow LEGO enthusiasts for creative adventures! Expect surprise mini-challenges, skill-testing halts, and a mystery LEGO accessory to take home. Ready, Set, BUILD!

 Grades 1-5 Learn the alphabet, fun signs and more!  

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...

Take a toilet roll, and make it into your own tiny penguin friend! Parents welcome~

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...

Grades 1-5 Join our code master and think like a computer while programming with cool games and activities! Perfect for beginner coders. NOTE: Please attend only one session....

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.

Ages 2-6 w/adultCome explore a different county each month with food and a craft. This month our adventure will begin in Africa.

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.

Join Mrs. Julie for stories and so much more!

manager's meeting

Grades 9-12Prep for exams at the library! Find your perfect study spot, then take a break to enjoy pizza in the Youth Program Room.Don’t forget to enter the Starbucks gift card dra...

Looking to declutter your house, or maybe make some money by getting rid of old things? Then join us for Online Selling Basics. You will learn all about different online marketplac...

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...

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

Whether you’re a budding grandmaster or a curious beginner, our friendly instructor and chess mentors will be available to teach, guide, and offer help. All skill levels are welcom...

Children and their parents are invited to participate in Polish stories, songs, games and a craft Zapraszamy dzieci i ich rodziców do udziału w naszym polskim programie, w który...

Drop-in to the Quilting Club/Guild. All ability levels welcome from beginner to expert. Please note there will not be any formal lessons. Bring your own sewing machines and project...

Volunteers grades 6-12 needed to help families create and construct a gingerbread house. Email Mrs. Alice Bisanz, ajbisanz@phpl.info if this is your first time volunteering at...