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Register for events on the website calendar, or call the library at 708-258-3436.

The Summer Reading Program is just around the corner. Registration for kids/teens/adults, from zero to 100+, begins June 1 for adults and the week of June 5 for kids and teens. There is still time to be a sponsor of our SRP – “All Together Now.” Contact the library for more information.

Youth Services

May 11: YA Book Talk, online, Thursday, at 5 p.m.

May 16: Bookworm Buddies, Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m., ages three to five years.

May 17: Little Learners Storytime, Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., ages zero-three.

May 18: Middle School Book Talk, Thursday, at 5 p.m.

Adult Services

May 13: Daughters of the Revolution Lineage Workshop, Saturday, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

May 15: Monday Movie Matinees, at 11:30 a.m. Register and call for title.

May 17: Computer Basics One-on-One, Wednesday, from 11-11:30 a.m. A staff member will devote 30-minute time slots to help with computer needs, including computer basics, setting up an email account and sending attachments, creating resumes, learning how to use the Internet or a word document – you decide. Call to reserve a time slot.

May 17: Illinois Libraries Present Being Fabulous, with Jonathan Van Ness and Kristi Yamaguchi, online,  Wednesday, at 7 p.m.; Register to receive program link.


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