Event List

Grades K-5. The Discovery Center Museum demonstrates how solids, liquids, and gases combine to create chemical changes that look like magic.

Grades 1-5. A trained therapy dog listens patiently while your grade school student reads aloud, helping build confidence and encourage reading.

America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter

Connect monthly with other individuals with memory loss and their caregivers for activities and socialization. Events feature engaging programming that is both fun and interactive.

Games for Grownups is available in-person or online. Select your format below.

Grades 2-4. Partner up for Bughouse Chess—a fast, fun team version of the classic game! In this exciting twist, speed, teamwork, and communication are just as important as strategy.

Grades 5-8. Partner up for Bughouse Chess—a fast, fun team version of the classic game! In this exciting twist, speed, teamwork, and communication are just as important as strategy.

Dine today, National Library Giving Day, between 5–8 PM and mention this fundraiser, and Portillo's of Vernon Hills will donate 20% of your receipt total to the Foundation for the Vernon Area Public Library.

To participate:

Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.

The documentary Cafeteria Man is the true story of rebel chef Tony Geraci and his mission to radically reform Baltimore's public school food system with a recipe for change.

Finance professor Ryan Decker breaks down the basics of personal finance: budgeting and introductory saving and investment strategies.

Games for Grownups is available in-person or online. Select your format below.

Grades 3-5. Learn how to code using Ozobot. Navigate Ozobot through a maze by coding, but watch out for traps and tricks!  

Buying a home is complicated. By the end of this course, you will know what a lender looks for in a loan application, credit basics, down payments, and the players in the home-buying process. 

On Writing Action-Packed and Suspenseful Spycraft with Brad Taylor

Grades 1-5. A trained therapy dog listens patiently while your grade school student reads aloud, helping build confidence and encourage reading.

CORRECTION FROM LIBRARY QUARTERLY:   This was published in the newsletter at 1 p.m., but the correct time is 7 p.m.

Celebrate Earth Day with some inspiring recipes. This program is part of the library's yearlong wellness series. 

Shop local! Browse and purchase homemade goods from this year's cohort of entrepreneurs in grades 3-8. The Kid Market sale day is their opportunity to put their junior B-school lessons into practice.