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Yak & Yarn Hangout

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join other fiber artists for some social stitching. Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some crochet or knitting tips, or just join for a social hangout. New members and all ...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join other fiber artists for some social stitching. Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some crochet or knitting tips, or just join for a social hangout. New members and all skill levels are always welcome!

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers.  There is no Toddler Time on October 23 and November 27. Please re...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers.  There is no Toddler Time on October 23 and November 27. Please register.

Only One Left cover

Kindred Spirits Book Club

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
AgeOptions, Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This month's selection is The Only One Left by Riley Sager. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.   Everyone is welcome to attend. This program is ma...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: AgeOptions, Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

This month's selection is The Only One Left by Riley Sager. Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.   Everyone is welcome to attend.

restorative yoga

Restorative Yoga - Date changed to 10/22

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The date has been changed to 6:30 pm on Tuesday, October 22.  Use this link to register:  https://evergreenparklibrary.librarymarket.com/event/restorative-yoga-66594...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

The date has been changed to 6:30 pm on Tuesday, October 22.  Use this link to register:  https://evergreenparklibrary.librarymarket.com/e

Genealogy Meet-Up

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Computer Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Genealogy
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Meet other genealogy enthusiasts, research your family history with access to Library resources like Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageHub, and the Library's Local History collecti...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Computer Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Genealogy
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Meet other genealogy enthusiasts, research your family history with access to Library resources like Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageHub, and the Library's Local History collection.

a cartoon tiger and lion in front of a stack of books

Preschool Storytime

Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  There's no Preschool Storytime on October 24 or November 28.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Preschool Storytime combines stories and songs for kids from 3-5 years old.  Please register.  There's no Preschool Storytime on October 24 or November 28.

OSF Healthcare Grief Support Group

Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Offering supportive and skilled support for those who are mourning the death of their loved one. Contact Sheila Reed at sheila.a.reed@osfhealthcare.org  or 708.229.4299 t...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Offering supportive and skilled support for those who are mourning the death of their loved one. Contact Sheila Reed at sheila.a.reed@osfhealthcare.org  or 708.229.4299 to register for this program.

 

Three rotary telephones.

Dial-A-Story Holiday Community Takeover!

All Day 11/1 - 11/29
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
All, Children, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

It's time for you to take over our Dial-A-Story line. Find your favorite holiday picture book, short story, poem, or chapter, make an audio recording of you reading it, and send it...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All, Children, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

It's time for you to take over our Dial-A-Story line.

Volunteer for the Zombie Nerf War

Volunteer for the Zombie Nerf War

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 4:45am - 6:15pm
Volunteer Calendar
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Game on! The Library seeks fun-loving Nerf fans to help at our Zombie Nerf War. Costumes and gear are welcome! You will earn 1 hour and 30 minutes of service hours for this prog...

Required
Library Branch: Volunteer Calendar
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Game on! The Library seeks fun-loving Nerf fans to help at our Zombie Nerf War. Costumes and gear are welcome!

You will earn 1 hour and 30 minutes of service hours for this program. Thank you!

A skull made out of sugar and decorated with foil and royal icing.

Design A Mexican Sugar Skull

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Decorate your own sugar skull with sequins, foil, and icing.  Limit 24.  Please register.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Decorate your own sugar skull with sequins, foil, and icing.  Limit 24.  Please register.

After-hours Zombie Nerf War

After-Hours Zombie Nerf War

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Let's stretch out Halloween festivities for another day! Don't miss this After-hours Zombie Nerf War in the stacks in the dark! The Library has a supply of small Nerf guns but you ...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Let's stretch out Halloween festivities for another day! Don't miss this After-hours Zombie Nerf War in the stacks in the dark! The Library has a supply of small Nerf guns but you are welcome to bring your own gear.  

Come Write In

Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Reading Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Writers' Corner
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Gather with other National Novel Writing Month writers and be inspired by the literary atmosphere. 

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Writers' Corner
Event Details:

Gather with other National Novel Writing Month writers and be inspired by the literary atmosphere. 

Discovery Sacks

All Day
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Pick up a make-and-take bag with a fun activity inside on the first Monday of each month, while supplies last. Monday, Sep. 9--Scarecrow Craft Monday, Oct. 7--Monster Scissor...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Pick up a make-and-take bag with a fun activity inside on the first Monday of each month, while supplies last.

Monday, Sep. 9--Scarecrow Craft

Monday, Oct. 7--Monster Scissor Skills

Monday, Nov. 4--Dinosaurs

Cartoon baby with an open book on his/her lap.

Baby Bookworms

Monday, November 4, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver. There is no Baby Bookworms on October 21 and Novemb...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver. There is no Baby Bookworms on October 21 and November 25.  Please register.

Chess Rookies & Masters Meetup

Chess Rookies & Masters Meetup

Monday, November 4, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Chess rookies and masters meet at the Library to learn and play chess.  EPCHS Chess players will teach the fundamentals of the game.  All levels of play are welcome.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Chess rookies and masters meet at the Library to learn and play chess.  EPCHS Chess players will teach the fundamentals of the game.  All levels of play are welcome.

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers.  There is no Toddler Time on October 22 and November 26. Please re...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers.  There is no Toddler Time on October 22 and November 26. Please register.

Snack & STEAM

Snack & STEAM

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
STEAM/Science
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Each hands-on activity concludes with a tasty snack. Sep 10      DIY Dyed Pencil Pouch Sep 24  &n...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: STEAM/Science
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Each hands-on activity concludes with a tasty snack.

Sep 10      DIY Dyed Pencil Pouch

Sep 24      DIY Lava Lamp

Children crafting.

Kids' Craft Night

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Kids in preschool through 5th grade are invited to craft with us!  Sign up for each week you would like to join us. Sep. 3--Bubble Wrap Printed Apples Sep. 17--Sponge Pa...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Kids in preschool through 5th grade are invited to craft with us!  Sign up for each week you would like to join us.

Sep. 3--Bubble Wrap Printed Apples

Sep. 17--Sponge Painted Leaves

Oct. 1--Cotton Ball Ghosts

Yak & Yarn Hangout

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join other fiber artists for some social stitching. Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some crochet or knitting tips, or just join for a social hangout. New members and all ...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join other fiber artists for some social stitching. Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some crochet or knitting tips, or just join for a social hangout. New members and all skill levels are always welcome!

4 pictures of toddlers, each in their own circle

Toddler Time

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Program Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers.  There is no Toddler Time on October 23 and November 27. Please re...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Toddler Time is an interactive story time program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers.  There is no Toddler Time on October 23 and November 27. Please register.

English Conversation Group

English Conversation Group/Grupo de conversación en inglés

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Discussion
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Practice your English conversation skills. For English language learners. Great opportunity to speak in small groups. Únase a nuestro grupo de conversación en inglés para practi...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Discussion
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Practice your English conversation skills. For English language learners. Great opportunity to speak in small groups.

Únase a nuestro grupo de conversación en inglés para practicar sus habilidades de conversación.

Chair yoga

Fall 2 Choga (Chair Yoga) with Joan Z.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
AgeOptions, Health & Wellness, Seniors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

You are registering for the Virtual Chair Yoga. The link will be sent to you after you register and we verify you have filled out the release form. See the link below.  Cer...

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: AgeOptions, Health & Wellness, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

You are registering for the Virtual Chair Yoga. The link will be sent to you after you register and we verify you have filled out the release form. See the link below. 

Chair yoga

Zoom Fall 2 Choga (Chair Yoga) with Joan Z.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Seniors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

You are registering for the Virtual Chair Yoga. The link will be sent to you after you register and we verify you have filled out the release form. See the link below.  Cer...

Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 27
Event Details:

You are registering for the Virtual Chair Yoga. The link will be sent to you after you register and we verify you have filled out the release form. See the link below. 

One adult and several children stretching.

Stories and Stretches

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Main Floor at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Kids engage with books through poses, shapes, and stretches. Feel free to bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Please register.

Required
Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Main Floor
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Kids engage with books through poses, shapes, and stretches. Feel free to bring a yoga mat or beach towel. Please register.