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Teen Programs
Natgirl Reads*
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Join Miss Natalie for a fun book discussion. Copies of the book will be available at the Youth Services Desk one month before the book club meeting. If you do not pick up your book one week before the meeting, your spot will be forfeited and given to the next person on the waiting list. Limit 15. Ages 10–17.
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Macrame Plant Holder*
Available Starting: Tuesday, August 16 • 4pm
Format: Take & Make Do you need a way to show off all of your new plants? Register for a kit to make your very own macrame plant holder! You’ll learn how to knot macrame cord into a neat hanging plant holder. Limit 30. Ages 10-17.
Monday, July 11 • 6pm
Agents of S.L.A.M. by Dave Scheidt
Monday, August 8 • 6pm
Apple Crush By Lucy Knisley
Constellation Canvases*
Thursday, July 7 • 6pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Brighten up your room and make a light-up constellation canvas! You’ll paint a cool space technique on your canvas and then add a constellation with lights. Limit 20. Ages 10-17.
About the Artist*
Wednesday, July 27 • 6pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Learn about different artists around the world and then make a project inspired by them! Limit 20. Ages 10-17.
Nat’s Snacks*
Tuesday, August 30 • 6pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Miss Natalie will teach you how to make the yummiest, trendiest Tik Tok recipes! You’ll see a demo, make the food yourself, and get to snack on your creations with your friends! Limit 15. Ages 10-17.
Craft Kits*
Format: Take & Make Learn cool new DIY techniques with our craft kits! Limit one per person. Register online or call 708-598-8446 ext. 120. Registration starts Monday, July 11 at 10am. Ages 18 and up.
Metallic Ring Dishes*
Tuesday, July 26 • 2:00, 2:30, OR 3:00pm
Discover how to make trendy metallic catchall dishes at the Library or bring a kit home! Register for a time slot or reserve a kit to take home. Limit one per person.
Cactus Garden*
Thursday, August 18 • 2:00, 2:30, OR 3:00pm
Learn how to make a cool cactus garden at the Library or bring a kit home! Register for a time slot or reserve a kit to take home. Limit one per person.
Sell Your Stuff Online*
Tuesday, August 2 • 6:30pm
Location: Zoom OR 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: Live Zoom or In-person There are lots of great options for unloading your old possessions, from old faves like Ebay to newer places like Facebook Marketplace. We’ll cover them all and offer selling and safety tips! Limit 25 in-person. Ages 18 and up.
Cheese 101*
Tuesday, August 16 • 6:30pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: In-person We will taste and learn our way through different cheese styles and milk types guaranteed to get your taste buds jumping! You will learn tips on buying, cutting, and storing cheeses. Presented by Meredith Meder, ACS CCP. Registration starts Monday, July 11 at 10am. Limit 25. Ages 18 and up.
Ageless Grace*
Monday, July 18 • 11am Monday, August 15 • 11am
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: In-person Ageless Grace is a fun, creative, and playful exercise program that works out your brain as well as your body. This innovative program is composed of 21 simple tools for lifelong comfort and ease. Come and experience this brain and body boosting class and feel younger with every workout! Exercises are done in a chair. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Registration starts Monday, July 11 at 10am. Ages 18 and up. Limit 25.
Meditation: A Vacation from Stress*
Thursday, July 21 • 6:30pm
Location: Zoom OR 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: Live Zoom or In-person Join Bruce Faithwick as he discusses blocking out stressful triggers and finding peace by living in the current moment. All of this is possible by incorporating a simple time-tested meditation technique. There will be a short meditation sitting. Limit 25 inperson. Ages 18 and up.
Movie Night: West Side Story*
Monday, August 29 • 6pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: In-person Join us at the Library for a fun movie night. This film is a 2021 adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story that explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. One lucky person will win a copy of the movie. Limit 25. Ages 18 and up.
Outdoor Yoga for Self-Care with Julie M. Gentile*
Location: Southeast Green Space Format: In-person Step onto your mat and into your highest potential with yoga poses, breathing exercises, and meditations that emphasize self-care. Bring a yoga mat and a bottle of water. In case of inclement weather, the classes will be moved to Library’s 1st Floor Meeting Room. Ages 18 and up. Limit 20.
Community Kit: Greeting Cards*
Kits Available: Friday, July 29 at 10am
Format: Take & Make Brighten someone’s day with these neat greeting cards. Promote positivity in the world and send someone a cheerful card! This kit contains cards, envelopes, and fun stickers. Limit one per household. Register online or call 708-598-8446 ext. 120. Registration starts Monday, July 11 at 10am.
Local Business Bingo with Strange Brew Cafe*
Thursday, August 25 • 6:30pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: In-person The Library pledges to support local businesses around the community with our new local business bingo. Join us for an exciting night of bingo at the Library! Winners will receive gift cards to Strange Brew Cafe. Registration starts Monday, July 11 at 10am. Ages 18 and up. Limit 25.
Fact or Fiction Book Club*
Format: In-person Join us at the Library for lively conversation and great reads. Copies of books and audiobooks will be available at the Patron Services Desk one month prior to the discussion.
Thursday, July 28 • 7pm
Location: Screened Porch Once There Were Wolves By Charlotte McConaghy
Wednesday, August 31 • 7pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room The Anthropocene Reviewed By John Green
Chicago True Stories with Martina Mathisen*
Thursday, August 11 • 6:30pm
Location: 1st Floor Meeting Room Format: In-person The 1920s are saturated with surprise, sequins, and murder! A fun flapper named Flora tells us how fashion, crime, and prohibition mixed with explosive creativity shaped the decade of the century. Learn fact from fiction and how reality relates to the 2002 Oscar-winning film Chicago. Ages 18 and up. Limit 25.
