Upcoming Events

Grades K-2 with an adult. Discuss The World's Best Class Plant by Audrey Vernick and Liz Garton Scanlon. As a group, we will read the story together, share our thoughts, and enjoy a related craft.

An introduction to the pivot table, a tool that allows users to quickly filter, reorganize, and modify the structure of a data set. This class covers:

Ages 0-14 months. Literacy starts with the littlest ones! Grow your baby's brain with songs, rhymes, and books with Miss Kelsey.

Grades 3-5. Learn the basics of coding with our newest robot, Ozobot! Use screen-less color coding to make Ozobot a moving character in a simple story.

Grades 6-8. Learn the basics of coding with our newest robot, Ozobot! Use screen-less color coding to make Ozobot a moving character in a simple story.

Terry Savage is a nationally recognized expert on personal finance, the economy and the markets, with a presence in television, radio, newspapers, and yes, your local library shelves with several books.

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

Ages 0-6 with an adult. Get out those last few wiggles during an evening storytime with Miss Julia.

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.

Grades 2-4.  Discover chess moves, strategies, and checkmate techniques with National Chess Master Arjun Vishnuvardhan of Glenview Chess. All experience levels welcome. 

Grades 5-8.  Discover chess moves, strategies, and checkmate techniques with National Chess Master Arjun Vishnuvardhan of Glenview Chess. All experience levels welcome. 

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

• May 19
  
   

Ages 0-5 with an adult. Bring your little acorn to a very special storytime at a local assisted living facility, Sunrise of Buffalo Grove.

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.

Through animals and pets, young children can learn the importance of caretaking and gentleness, respecting the feelings of others, and understanding different communication styles. 

Grades K-2 with an adult. Create a special two-panel painting with your child in celebration of Mother's Day. Dress for a mess.

Grades 3-5 with an adult. Create a special two-panel painting with your child in celebration of Mother's Day. Dress for a mess.