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Chess Challenge Meetup (Grades 2-4)

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Challenge a friend to a game of chess! Test your knowledge, sharpen your skills, and meet new friends! Register. This program is open to anyone in grades 2-4. Registration is required. Register online here, by telephone at 224-543-1486, or in pers...

Chess Challenge Meetup (Grades 5-8)

7:00pm - 8:15pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:
Challenge a friend to a game of chess! Test your knowledge, sharpen your skills, and meet new friends! Register. This program is open to anyone in grades 5-8. Registration is required. Register online here, by telephone at 224-543-1486, or in pers...

What Americans Don't Know About the Olympic Games and Why

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 91
Event Details:
Here's your chance to get all of your Olympic questions answered with a world-renowned expert on the Olympic Movement and Olympic Games, John MacAloon, emeritus professor of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Learn  about "Ol...

Memory Café - Buffalo Grove

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
This monthly event offers individuals with memory loss and their caregiver an opportunity for connection and conversation. Each Café will feature an activity and socialization.   Registration is required. The program is free and open to ...

T-Rex Olympics

10:00am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Annex Lawn
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 70
Event Details:
Grades K-5.  Compete with the library's very own T-Rex, Rory, and get excited about the 2024 Summer Olympics!  Bring your future Olympians for the pool noodle throw, the 5 yard dash , and other exciting events! ...

Disclaimer(s)

This outdoor event takes place on the Annex Lawn

The Library Annex is located at 4 Indian Creek Road, behind the main library building. On the lawn behind it is the Library Learning Garden - a space for outdoor events at the library and enjoyment anytime.

Limited parking is available in the Library Annex lot. Enter from Indian Creek Road, off of Olde Half Day Road. Or park at the back of the main library parking lot and follow the signs to the Library Learning Garden.

Seating provided by the library is limited; please bring a blanket or chairs to ensure your comfort. Also recommended: hat, water bottle, sunscreen or bug spray. Portable restrooms are available.

📍 Map to Annex Lawn / Library Learning Garden

Mission Olympics

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:
Complete puzzles and analyze clues to solve the mystery of the missing Olympic torch, and save the summer Olympics. ...

Introduction to Pickling and Preserving

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 71
Event Details:
Learn to turn the summer’s bounty into delicious jams and tangy pickles and preserve them for the winter. In this demonstration, food preservation expert Emily Paster teaches the basics of water-bath canning, a safe and easy method of home food pre...

Get Your Docs in a Row [Hybrid]

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 178
Event Details:
Find out how to avoid the chaos when you have no estate planning in place. Does your family know what accounts you have, how to pay bills to help with incapacity or pay funeral expenses, how to access your home and take care of household affairs, ...

Games for Grown-ups

12:30pm - 4:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:
Games for Grownups is available in-person or online. Select your format below. Join a game of chess, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Crokinole, or other popular board games. Open to adults and high school students of all skill leve...

Buffalo Grove National Night Out

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Early Childhood, Elementary, Teens, Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Event Details:
Visit our table at Buffalo Grove National Night Out at Willow Stream Park. ...

We're All Plastic People Now [Hybrid]

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 180
Event Details:
Come hear from legislators and local entrepreneurs on solutions to the plastic pollution problem.  Plastic pollution poses a significant threat to our environment. Scientists have discovered plastic pollution in every corner of the globe, f...

Family Friday

10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Annex Lawn
Age Group: Early Childhood, Elementary
Program Type: General Interest
Event Details:
Age 0 - Grade 5 with an adult. Drop in with the whole family for outdoor activities on the Annex lawn. Spend time together at various stations that promote socialization, problem solving, sensory experiences, and most-importantly imaginative pla...

Disclaimer(s)

Adult must attend

For this session, child participants must be accompanied by an adult.

No signup required

No signup required. 

This outdoor event takes place on the Annex Lawn

The Library Annex is located at 4 Indian Creek Road, behind the main library building. On the lawn behind it is the Library Learning Garden - a space for outdoor events at the library and enjoyment anytime.

Limited parking is available in the Library Annex lot. Enter from Indian Creek Road, off of Olde Half Day Road. Or park at the back of the main library parking lot and follow the signs to the Library Learning Garden.

Seating provided by the library is limited; please bring a blanket or chairs to ensure your comfort. Also recommended: hat, water bottle, sunscreen or bug spray. Portable restrooms are available.

📍 Map to Annex Lawn / Library Learning Garden

Memory Café - Buffalo Grove

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
This monthly event offers individuals with memory loss and their caregiver an opportunity for connection and conversation. Each Café will feature an activity and socialization.   Registration is required. The program is free and open to ...

Chicago's Ever-Changing Lakefront

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Vernon Area Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: General Interest
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 94
Event Details:
Much of Chicago’s shoreline was drastically altered over the past century. Learn about colorful characters like Captain Streeter, entertainment venues like the Edgewater Beach Hotel, and the many lives of Navy Pier with architectural historian Laurie...

CLOSED - Labor Day

All Day 9/1 - 9/2
Closing
Branches:
Vernon Area Public Library
Description:
The library is closed in observance of Labor Day and will reopen on Tuesday. ...

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Vernon Area Public Library
Description:
The library is closed and will reopen December 26. ...

LIBRARY CLOSED

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Vernon Area Public Library
Description:
The library is closed and will reopen December 26. ...