Upcoming Events

Connect monthly with other individuals with memory loss and their caregivers for activities and socialization. This month's activity:  Bingo

In your 20s or 30s and thirsting for intelligent conversation with excellent people? Meet for a book discussion at the Chatterbox of Long Grove with excellent people over adult beverages and delicious food.

Learn how to use Canva to create a design that can be printed on a mug using our sublimation printer (available in the Open Makerspace classes). This class covers:

Drop off new, gently worn, and used shoes for reuse or recycling with SWALCO. Shoes must be tied or banded together in pairs.  No roller blades, ice skates, or winter boots.

Troy, a troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife Sally. Aghast at Sally's refusal to let their trans son Joe live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness.

Explore the newly imagined gallery for the arts of Korea, the first space solely dedicated to this cultural region at the Art Institute of Chicago with Yeonsoo Chee, associate curator of Korean Art.

This event will also take place on the following date.  Please click the link to register.

• May 19
  
   

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a reality that permeates our daily lives. Dive into the current state of AI and its profound impact on society with Professor Davis Schneiderman of Lake Forest College.

Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes reinvents the environmental documentary by portraying, in incisive yet lyrical fashion, the reciprocal influence of animals and humans.

Explore the full range of Leonard Bernstein's genius, highlighting his exceptional ability to transcend musical boundaries, including classical, jazz, and Broadway with sopranos Kathleen Munson, Kristina Bachrach, and pianist Riko Higuma.

Explore the potential benefits and possible pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence in this highly readable and informative book that reviews the history of how we arrived at the current state of AI and provides thoughtful guidance on how we might bes

Practice your English conversation skills with a librarian and other non-native English speakers.

Connect with fellow yarn lovers in a friendly and creative space at the Library. Share your projects, tips and stories with other knitters, crocheters, and needle crafters.

North Woods by Daniel Mason. Exploring the many ways we’re connected to our environment and to one another across time, language and space, this sweeping collection of stories about a single house in the woods of New England is told

Learn how to etch on a glass mirror. Use the Silhouette Cameo to create vinyl stencils, then etch onto materials using etching cream. All materials provided.

Share work, meet fellow writers, get constructive feedback, and discuss the publishing business in this informal group. All writers welcome.

Online only

Professor Gary Midkiff discusses chapter 4 of the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions briefing book. 

Register one name per household.

NOTE LOCATION: Spring Lake Park, Lincolnshire

Express yourself by creating magnet collages using bottle caps and glass gems. No art experience necessary. All supplies will be provided.

Explore the visual beauty and history of five spectacular national parks: Badlands National Park, Glacier National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Zion National Park with author and travel expert Theresa L.