Featured Events
Feb
18
2025
- Tuesday
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Activity Room
- Kids
STEAM Circuits
STEAM Circuits
Its electric! Experiment and play with Squishy (playdough) circuits and Snap Circuits.
Feb
18
2025
- Tuesday
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Meeting Room
- Adults
The History of Bob Marley
The History of Bob Marley
Celebrate the 80th birthday of Bob Marley, a famous Jamaican musician and a man with deep religious convictions who rose from poverty to become a global musical and cultural icon. Though he survived an assassination attempt, he ultimately died of cancer at age 36. Using performance and interview clips, music aficionado Gary Wenstrup will trace the arc of Bob’s career.
Feb
19
2025
- Wednesday
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- Activity Room
- Kids
Tales for Twos
Tales for Twos
Toddle in for stories, songs, rhymes, and activities designed to introduce pre-reading skills to children aged 24 to 35 months, with their parent or caregiver.
Feb
19
2025
- Wednesday
- 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Activity Room
- Kids
Kindergarten Ready!
Kindergarten Ready!
Children ages 3-5 years old will listen to stories, sing songs, and engage in learning activities about letters, numbers, and more.
Feb
19
2025
- Wednesday
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Activity Room
- Kids
Graphic Novel Club
Graphic Novel Club
Join us for our Graphic Novel Club! This month, we'll be discussing Buzzing by Samuel Sattin & Rye Hickman. We’ll also make a craft and have snacks. Stop by the library to check out your copy!
Feb
19
2025
- Wednesday
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Meeting Room
- Adults
Illinois Libraries Present: Slowing Down with Amy Tan
Illinois Libraries Present: Slowing Down with Amy Tan
Amy Tan is the daughter of immigrant parents from China, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a 1993 film, Tan also has several other popular novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir. In 2016, Amy began taking nature journaling classes with John Muir Laws. During the pandemic shutdown, she spent long hours observing the behavior of wild birds in her backyard. Her editor, Dan Halpern, suggested she turn those pencil sketches, colored portraits and journal notes into an illustrated book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, published in April 2024 by Knopf, which became an instant #1 bestseller. Her drawings were on special exhibition at the Roger Torey Peterson Institute. Amy serves on the board of American Bird Conservancy, the National Poetry Series, and The Community of Writers. She lives with her husband and their dog in California and New York. Register here to get the Zoom link!https://bit.ly/ILP_AmyTan Virtual Presenter
