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Art Exhibit: "Photograph Recollections" by Tom Palazzolo

All Day 2/25 - 3/29
Gallery at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture, Equity & Anti-Racism
Age Group:
High School, Adults, Older Adults
Event Details:

Tom Palazzolo is a Chicago-based documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work spans over 50 years. His photographs aim to capture chance encounters from everyday life. Palazzo...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Gallery
Age Group: High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Equity & Anti-Racism
Event Details:

Tom Palazzolo is a Chicago-based documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work spans over 50 years. His photographs aim to capture chance encounters from everyday life.

Idea Box: Ramadan Around the World

All Day 3/1 - 3/30
Idea Box at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture, Community Partner, Equity & Anti-Racism, Kids & Families, Multicultural
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Adults, Older Adults
Event Details:

Ramadan Mubarak!Celebrate the spirit of Ramadan with a vibrant exhibition showcasing the rich tapestry of Muslim cultures from around the globe. This beautiful collection, curated ...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Idea Box
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Community Partner, Equity & Anti-Racism, Kids & Families, Multicultural
Event Details:

Ramadan Mubarak!

Audio Booth Reservation

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Audio Booth at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Audio Booth

Creative Studio Media Stations Reservation

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Creative Studio: Media Station 1 at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio: Media Station 1

LEGO Club

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 10:00am - 2:00pm
Storytime Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Kids & Families
Age Group:
Preschool, Elementary School
Event Details:

We provide the LEGO, you provide the imagination! Drop in and build your dreams.  #FridayFun

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Kids & Families
Event Details:

We provide the LEGO, you provide the imagination! Drop in and build your dreams. 

 

#FridayFun

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Laser Cutting Workshop: Design a Coaster

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Creative Studio at Main Library
Program Type:
Arts & Culture, Digital Learning
Age Group:
High School, Adults, Older Adults
Event Details:

Create a coaster using the library’s Glowforge laser cutter! The library will provide materials to make an engraved wooden coaster with a cork base. Attendees can either draw a des...

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Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Creative Studio
Age Group: High School, Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Arts & Culture, Digital Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Create a coaster using the library’s Glowforge laser cutter! The library will provide materials to make an engraved wooden coaster with a cork base.

Audio Booth Reservation

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Audio Booth at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Audio Booth

Friday group

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:15pm
Lobby Community Space at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lobby Community Space

Audio Booth Reservation

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Audio Booth at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Audio Booth
Desk space with a laptop, phone, pen, and notebook

One-on-One Small Business Consulting

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Conference Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Careers & Businesses
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Do you have questions about starting or growing a business? Sit down with Chettha Saetia, business owner, business advisor, and Director of The Illinois Small Business Development ...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Careers & Businesses
Event Details:

Do you have questions about starting or growing a business? Sit down with Chettha Saetia, business owner, business advisor, and Director of The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA).

Film Screening: Moana 2

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Storytime Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Kids & Families
Age Group:
Preschool, Elementary School
Event Details:

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anythin...

Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool, Elementary School
Program Type: Kids & Families
Event Details:

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. 2024, PG, 100 minutes. 

Audio Booth Reservation

Friday, March 28, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Audio Booth at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Audio Booth

Audio Booth Reservation

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
Audio Booth at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Audio Booth

CANCELLED: English Language Conversation

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Program Type:
Equity & Anti-Racism
Age Group:
Adults, Older Adults
Event Details:

This event has been cancelled.Join other English language learners to practice English and learn new vocabulary in an informal setting. Conversation Facilitators will lead the sess...

Cancelled
Required
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Older Adults
Program Type: Equity & Anti-Racism
Event Details:

This event has been cancelled.

Chicago DSA West Cook Branch Meeting

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Regular meeting of the West Cook County Branch of Chicago Democratic Socialists of America.

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Meeting/Event Description

Regular meeting of the West Cook County Branch of Chicago Democratic Socialists of America.

AKA ABDO Conference Preparation

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Maze Branch Meeting Room at Maze Branch Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Prepare for sorority conference

Maze Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description

Prepare for sorority conference

Meet and Greet

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 11:00am - 3:00pm
Dole Branch Meeting Room at Dole Branch Library
Dole Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Dole Branch Library
Room: Dole Branch Meeting Room

Free State of Illinois Basset Training Class

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Lobby Community Space at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Lobby Community Space

Cook the Cookbook-Salvi Soul

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Cook the cookbook: Salvi Soul is an event designed for the Salvodoreñan diaspora to gather over our culinary traditions as an act of mantiniendo nuestra cultura. Salvi Soul by Karl...

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Meeting/Event Description

Cook the cookbook: Salvi Soul is an event designed for the Salvodoreñan diaspora to gather over our culinary traditions as an act of mantiniendo nuestra cultura.

Windy City Embroiderers Stitch In

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 12:30pm - 4:30pm
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

Stitch-In

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description

Stitch-In

All Around The Clock Babysitting Service Easter Party

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Maze Branch Meeting Room at Maze Branch Library
Meeting/Event Description:

All Around the Clock Babysitting Service Presents: Annual Easter Party! Join us for a day filled with Easter fun! This year, we’ll be making Easter bunnies, coloring eggs, and p...

Maze Branch Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Maze Branch Library
Room: Maze Branch Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description

All Around the Clock Babysitting Service Presents: Annual Easter Party!

Audio Booth Reservation

Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 1:15pm - 4:15pm
Audio Booth at Main Library
Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Audio Booth

Eid Alfiter

Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Veterans Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

oak park muslims families/ women and kids/will be gathering to celebrate Eid Alfiter - a religious festival after Ramadan. we hope the library give us the chance to celebrate Al ei...

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Veterans Room
Meeting/Event Description

oak park muslims families/ women and kids/will be gathering to celebrate Eid Alfiter - a religious festival after Ramadan.

Degrowth Coffee Hour

Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Small Meeting Room at Main Library
Meeting/Event Description:

A book club for anyone who wants to learn about degrowth. Join us for coffee, tea, and a discussion about the economic and social movement that might just change the world!

Main Library
This is not a library-led event.
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Small Meeting Room
Meeting/Event Description

A book club for anyone who wants to learn about degrowth. Join us for coffee, tea, and a discussion about the economic and social movement that might just change the world!