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Virtual Author Visit with Geoff Herbach

Virtual Visit with YA Author Geoff Herbach

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Evergreen Park Public Library and Evergreen Park Community High School invite you to meet award-winning young adult author Geoff Herbach (virtually) to discuss his 2025 Illino...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Activity/Teen Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Event
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Evergreen Park Public Library and Evergreen Park Community High School invite you to meet award-winning young adult author Geoff Herbach (virtually) to discuss his 2025 Illinois Teen Choice Nominee

Virtual: Slowing Down with Amy Tan

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

An evening talk with author Amy Tan.Amy Tan is the National Humanities Medal-winning author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Event Details:

An evening talk with author Amy Tan.

Coralie Adam

Exploring Space with Coraline Adam

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Get an inside look at the space industry with Illinois’ own Coralie Adam. She’ll be joined in conversation by Renae Kerrigan, Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetariu...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Event Details:

Get an inside look at the space industry with Illinois’ own Coralie Adam. She’ll be joined in conversation by Renae Kerrigan, Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetarium at Peoria Riverfront Museum. 

Chicago Scavenger Trivia

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Travel
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Chicago Scavenger is a scavenger hunt book of over 300 places in 17 Chicago neighborhoods... in rhyme! In this program, author Jessica Mlinaric will take attendees on a tour o...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event, Travel
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Chicago Scavenger is a scavenger hunt book of over 300 places in 17 Chicago neighborhoods... in rhyme!

What They Never Told Us book cover

Author Gail Lukasik: What they Never Told Us

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Reading Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Gail Lukasik’s best-selling memoir, White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing was named by The Washington Post, as one of the most inspiring stories of 2017. The...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event
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Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Gail Lukasik’s best-selling memoir, White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing was named by The Washington Post, as one of the most inspiring stories of 2017.

The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Age Group:
All
Event Details:

Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account @alexisnikole and Instagram page @blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hid...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All
Program Type: Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Event Details:

Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTok account @alexisnikole and Instagram page @blackforager, to celebrate all the edible plants hiding in plain sight.

Jennifer Chiaverini

Author Event with Jennifer Chiverini

Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Floor at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

EP Library is excited to welcome Jennifer Chiaverni for an author talk about her upcoming release The World's Fair Quilt. Jennifer Chiaverini is the New York Times bestselling auth...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Main Floor
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event
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Seats Remaining: 155
Event Details:

EP Library is excited to welcome Jennifer Chiaverni for an author talk about her upcoming release The World's Fair Quilt.

Dan Santat

Art and Adventures with Author/Illustrator Dan Santat

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Age Group:
All, Children, Teens
Event Details:

Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of over a hundred books for young people. Many of his books are New York Times-bestsellers, including The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimagi...

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All, Children, Teens
Program Type: Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Event Details:

Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of over a hundred books for young people.

Meet Author & Artist Ryan Estrada

Virtual Author Visit with Ryan Estrada

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Activity/Teen Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Meet artist, author, and adventurer Ryan Estrada! Ryan teamed up with his wife Kim Hyun Sook, and illustrator Ko Hyung-Ju to make the award-winning graphic novel Banned Book C...

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

Meet artist, author, and adventurer Ryan Estrada!

Meet YA Author Rebecca Garner

In Conversation with YA Author Rebecca Garner

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Reading Room at Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Meet YA author and teenager-at-heart Rebecca Garner. Rebecca returns to the Library to discuss her new release Dear Boyfriend… and Other High School Dilemmas. This is the seco...

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Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Room: Reading Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Meet YA author and teenager-at-heart Rebecca Garner. Rebecca returns to the Library to discuss her new release Dear Boyfriend… and Other High School Dilemmas. This is the second book in the Emma Bishop series by Rebecca Garner.

Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evergreen Park Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Age Group:
All
Event Details:

   Register: Matthew Desmond

Library Branch: Evergreen Park Public Library
Age Group: All
Program Type: Author Event, Illinois Libraries Present
Event Details:

 

 

 

Register: Matthew Desmond