Event List

Learn about artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso, then create your own art using the techniques they used. For kids in grades K through 5.

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stiching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some tips, or just drop in.

Leave your inner critic at the door for a night of judgment-free creative expression! Bad Art Night is a freestyle crafting event where the goal is to make the “worst” piece of art.

New job? Dream vacation? New home? Better health? Stella is back to guide you through the process of making a 2026 vision board!  Creating a vision board will help you priortize goals, values, and intentions.

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stiching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some tips, or just drop in.

Drop in to the Library for a different free play activity every Friday after school anytime from 3pm to 4:45pm.  For kids in 5th grade and younger.

December 12--Build with Strawbees

December 19--Board Games

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stiching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some tips, or just drop in.

Join EP resident Ana Soto to create a cute little house made from a mason jar and some twigs.

Obsessed with Labubus?  So are we!  Come to the Library to design and create your own Labubu paper squishy!  Create the Labubu you've always wanted.  For kids in grades 3-5.

Join us to make something fun with your little one.

Drop in to the Library for a different free play activity every Friday after school anytime from 3pm to 4:45pm.  For kids in 5th grade and younger.

December 12--Build with Strawbees

December 19--Board Games

Join us anytime from noon-4pm to make handmade cards for kids who are hospitalized.  Children, teens, and adults are welcome.  We'll send the cards to the Chicago organization Cards for Hospitalized Kids (

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stiching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some tips, or just drop in.

Drop in to the Library for a different free play activity every Friday after school anytime from 3pm to 4:45pm.  For kids in 5th grade and younger.

December 12--Build with Strawbees

December 19--Board Games

Learn about artists such as Van Gogh and Picasso, then create your own art using the techniques they used. For kids in grades K through 5.

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stiching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some tips, or just drop in.

Join us to make something fun with your little one.

Drop in to the Library for a different free play activity every Friday after school anytime from 3pm to 4:45pm.  For kids in 5th grade and younger.

December 12--Build with Strawbees

December 19--Board Games

Kids in grades 3-5 are invited to fold, create, and have fun making awesome paper creations.

Spend a cozy evening at the Library turning a mints tin into a mini bookshelf. For kids in grades 3-5.

Grab your crochet hook, knitting needles, or sewing kit and join other crafters for some social stiching! Show off your WIP (work in progress), get some tips, or just drop in.

Drop in to the Library for a different free play activity every Friday after school anytime from 3pm to 4:45pm.  For kids in 5th grade and younger.

December 12--Build with Strawbees

December 19--Board Games