View Public Notice: Library Board December 2022 Meeting Change here.

The Library will be closed Thursday, November 24 in observance of Thanksgiving &

The Library will be closed Friday, November 25 in observance of Thanksgiving Friday.

Open to ages 2-12.  While supplies last.

Hunt for dinosaurs in Children’s World. Find all the hidden dinosaurs and receive a roarin’ reward!

TIME OF EVENT: November 21, 2022 – November 23, 2022 during open hours.

Stomp on over to the library for a prehistoric, all ages hands-on dinosaur discovery program examining authentic dinosaur fossils.

TIME OF EVENT: November 17, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Weather-permitting, Ranger the T-Rex will be outside the library entrance greeting attendees 15 minutes prior to the start of the program.

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.

Join us for a virtual presentation.

Save your seats here! Register online for this virtual event.

TIME OF VIRTUAL EVENT: November 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Join us for a conversation with Caitlin Doughty, mortician, bestselling author, and advocate for death acceptance. Hailed by The New York Times as “a relentlessly curious and chipper tour guide to the underworld,” she’ll discuss reform of Western funeral industry practices and much more with Mark Bazer (The Interview Show).

Caitlin Doughty is a mortician, advocate, and bête noire of the traditional funeral industry. Her educational webseries “Ask a Mortician” has been viewed almost 250 million times and her three books were New York Times bestsellers – Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, From Here to Eternity, and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? She founded a Los Angeles funeral home as well as the funeral reform collective The Order of the Good Death, which spawned the death positive movement.

Mark Bazer is host and creator of “The Interview Show,” a talk show in a bar. Aired on Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW, and filmed at The Hideout, it features conversations as substantive as they are entertaining.

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.

Open to all ages.  Limited to 20 participants. Registration required.

Join us for a family-friendly game of Lotería (Bilingual and similar to bingo) and prizes!  Register online on our website or call 847-678-0433.

TIME OF EVENT: November 01, 2022 at 4:00 PM

EVENTS MAY BE CHANGED OR CANCELLED WITHOUT NOTICE.

Open to all ages. While supplies last.

Don’t forget to stop at the library in your costume on Halloween for some Indoor trick-or-treating!

TIME OF EVENT: October 31, 2022 at 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Open to all ages. While supplies last.

The library is HAUNTED!  Visit Children’s World for some paranormal investigating! Track all the spooky ghosts and win a spooktacular treat!  Costumes welcome!

WHEN: October 26, 2022 – October 29, 2022 during hours of operation

Bring your own pumpkin and creativity!  Paint, decorate and design!  The library will provide the paint and other decorating supplies. No carving permitted!

Register online or give us a call at 847-678-0433

WHEN: October 20, 2022 AT 4:00 PM

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice.  

Ward, hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association, is the author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including the critically acclaimed novels Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Ward’s many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Strauss Living Award.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier 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). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.