Upcoming Events

Learn how to create folders and organize your emails. Gmail account required.

Build domino runs, then knock them down!  We'll supply the dominoes and challenge cards, you bring your creativity!

Tammy Deck of TLD Designs will demonstrate how to dye a skein of yarn in this hands-on workshop. Each attendee will take home one 3.5oz skein of luxury bamboo/cotton hand-dyed yarn. Dress appropriately for this potentially messy project!

Why do different animals have different coverings? Explore different animal coverings by observing preserved specimens from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s collections.

Explore local specimens from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum’s collections with an experienced Museum Educator. Observe and learn from preserved specimens such as nests, pinned insects and mammal study skins.

Learn how tacos and their colorful ingredients get from the field to the table, with an instructor from the Cook County Farm Bureau! For kids entering grades 1-2.  Limit 30.  Please register.

Is your child brimming with imagination? Do they have stories bubbling inside them just waiting to be told? Then join our exciting new creative writing program at the library!

Enjoy a movie while you craft! Bring your own craft supplies: needlecraft, fiber art, or whatever craft or work-in-progress for social crafting and a movie.

Create your own expressive designs with paint and a squeegee!

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and fun for you and your baby!  For babies from birth through 17 months with a caregiver.  Please register. 

What is plein air painting?  It's just a fancy way of saying painting outside.  Meet at James J. Sexton Park (91st and Rockwell) to paint what you see. Registration required.  For kids in grades K to 5.

Animation Fan Club is meeting up to discuss the works at Pixar Studios. Club members are encouraged to bring their projects to share with the group.

Make your garden pop. Create a sassy lady flowerpot and be the envy of the neighborhood

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register. 

The Stroke Support Group brings together stroke survivors, caregivers, and other interested parties for mutual help, fellowship, and education. Focused topics are discussed at each meeting. 

Today's Topic: Recognizing a new Stroke

Design your own colorful Shrinky Dinks and watch them shrink like magic right before your eyes.

Learn basic skills in Tinkercad to create a custom design that we will print for free. Basic computer skills are required.

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!

Toddler Time is an interactive storytime program for children ages 18-35 months and their adult caregivers. Please register. 

Is your child brimming with imagination? Do they have stories bubbling inside them just waiting to be told? Then join our exciting new creative writing program at the library!

EP Library and The Community Blood Center will host a blood drive from 1 to 4 pm.