The Library will be closed Friday, April 7, 2023, in observance of Good Friday.

Artist-Magician Dan Gogh uses comedy, magic, and art to unlock the mystery of creativity.  Prepare to be amazed, inspired, and laugh all the way as you join us on this one-of-a-kind journey!

TIME OF EVENT: March 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.

Experience an entertaining and hilarious evening with New York Times best-selling science author, Mary Roach – despite her claim that “people call me a science writer, though I don’t have a science degree and sometimes have to fake my way through interviews with experts I can’t understand”! Roach will discuss her frank approach to science, the importance of humor, and explore the weird, wonderful world in which we live.

Dubbed “America’s funniest science writer” by the Washington Post, Roach has explored topics from the curious lives of human cadavers, packing to visit space, the afterlife, the alimentary canal, and more. Roach claims to have no hobbies, but enjoys bird-watching, hiking, playing scrabble, and watching late-night Animal Planet.

Annalee Newitz will join Mary Roach in conversation. Newitz has a Ph.D. in English and American Studies from UC Berkeley and is one half of the hilarious podcast, Our Opinions are Correct. On their show, Newitz delves into the weird, wonderful, and nerdy framework of science in pop culture.

REGISTRATION OPEN! SAVE YOUR SEATS HERE!

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering high-quality events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

TIME OF EVENT: March 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM VIA ZOOM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.

Our outdoor book drop is now open again 24/7 for returning library materials.

You may also continue to use the book drop located on the side of the building on 4200 Old River Road.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Ages 13+. One per participant. Registration required. While supplies last.

Each KIT consists of a tiny canvas, paint, and paintbrushes. Create a tiny masterpiece! Participants’ work will be invited to be displayed at the library until March 18.

BEGINS FEBURARY 6, 2023 DURING OPEN HOURS

Open to Ages 18+.  Registration required.

This historical presentation, “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Their Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad™,” is based upon Connie Martin’s mother’s book: “Lizzie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom” by Dr. Clarice Boswell. Connie tells the history of the Underground Railroad, safe routes used from South to North, and stories of how the quilt codes, their meanings, and knowledge of key abolitionists that have been passed down to her, a sixth-generation descendant of captured slaves forced into slavery in America.

TIME OF EVENT: February 25, 2023 at 11:00 AM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE

Ages 2-12. Registration required.  While supplies last.

Create a Valentine’s Day Card for one of Schiller Park’s senior citizens.  All supplies will be provided by the library.

TIME OF EVENT: January 26, 2023 at 4:00 PM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.

All Ages.

Join Miss Pinky as she puts on her new snow suite to join her friends for a fantastically fun day playing in the snow. You’ll meet Fritzy and Fiona the adorable twin baby penguins on their teeter totter, Ethel the Gooney bird, Pastafazool the polar bear as he enjoys a teddy bears picnic in the snow, Hans and Hannah the Dutch figure skaters, and Jack Frost himself on the flying trapeze, and many more in this marvelously musical marionette variety show performed by master puppeteer Dave Herzog.

TIME OF EVENT: January 21, 2023 at 11:00 AM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.

The Library will be closed Monday, January 16, 2023, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Illinois Libraries Present:  A Conversation with Ross Gay (online via Zoom)!

Join us for a virtual presentation.

Kick off your new year with a conversation about joy with best-selling essayist and award-winning poet Ross Gay. An exploration of the joy we incite when we turn our attention to what we love and what brings us together, Ross will discuss his most recent collection of essays, Inciting Joy, with performance poet Dan “Sully” Sullivan.

Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller.

Dan “Sully” Sullivan is a three-time Chicago Poetry Slam Champion. His poems and performances have been featured on HBO Def Poetry Jam, WGN Morning News, and National Public Radio. Sully’s first full-length book of poems, The Blue Line Home, is available from EM-Press.​

SAVE YOUR SEATS HERE!

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering high-quality events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.