Events

This is where you can go all out (but spoiler-free) on your love of Squid Game, The Untamed, Alice in Borderland, Blackpink, Jeff Satur, Zhou Shen and more!

If you have no idea what and who these people are, fret not! We can't wait to take…

Calling all moms! Fit4Mom Chicago is providing us with a chance to try their Stroller Striders class for free! Stroller Strides is a 60-minute total-body workout with strength, cardio, and core training, all while engaging the…

"Never take broken for an answer" Following the Ifixit motto, the Repair Café Volunteers will do their best to bring your beloved items back to life... with your help!

So, what is this all about?

Repair Café's are free meeting spaces where…

Staff from Howard Brown Health will be onsite at the Main library (1703 Orrington Ave.) offering free HIV/STI screening.

Services include:

• HIV prevention counseling• Rapid HIV screening (finger prick)• Confidential syphilis, gonorrhea,…

Join us for self-study language conversation practice and intercultural exchange! Please bring your own study materials or anything else you use to practice the language you are studying.

Please RSVP for each event. Due to room capacity,…

Love watching true crime documentaries and tv shows? Can't get enough of true crime podcasts?

This is a monthly book group focused on reading and discussing True Crime.

Join us on Zoom to discuss From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The…

In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has become accustomed to a solitary life; you'd be surprised how difficult it is to make friends when your entire village believes you're a witch who murdered your husband. And…

Come join us and make your very own block print! New to block printing? That's okay! This is a beginner-friendly workshop and all materials will be provided for you.

Are you interested and wish to learn more about block printing? And do…

Staff from Turning Point will be bringing the Mobile Living Room to the Main Library every Thursday, 12-7pm. The truck will be parked just outside the main library entrance on Church Street. The Mobile Living Room offers:

Join us for an online community of those experiencing memory changes and their care partners. Each week is a different theme: sing along, armchair travel, brain games,  and museum visits.  For assistance call…

This Program is Virtual

Join us for a workshop led by Dr. Chrisantha Anandappa of SunCloud Health. This session will explore the latest advancements in treating depression that haven't responded to traditional methods, including…

Staff from Turning Point will be bringing the Mobile Living Room to the Main Library every Saturday, 11am - 5pm. The truck will be parked just outside the main library entrance on Church Street. The Mobile Living Room offers:

Is your arugula annoying? Do your violets have you vexxed? Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will be in the lobby of the Main Library to answer your gardening questions!

Do you have a cookbook that you no longer use? Perhaps a puzzle or two that you've already put together. Even if you don't have a book or puzzle to swap, come on by to grab something.

If you would like to donate but are not interested in…

Let’s talk dirt! Have you ever heard the saying, “A 50-cent plant in a $5 hole is better than a $5 plant in a 50-cent hole”? Come join Master Gardeners Jocelyn Mallard and Diane Ouellette to learn the meaning to this saying and how…

Are you interested and wish to learn more about block printing? Do you want to explore a different way to create art? If so, come join us and try your hands on this fun art form!

New to block printing? That's okay! This is a…

Ageless Grace® is a revolutionary brain and body fitness program that consists of 21 simple exercise tools, done seated, to create healthy longevity of the body and brain.

Start your week feeling great! Join Certified Ageless Grace®…

Staff from the Metropolitan Tenants Organization (MTO) will be onsite to help with tenant or landlord housing concerns. MTO offers one-on-one support to address housing related questions.

To register please email:…

The Readability Book Club is a group for adults with disabilities that is run in partnership with Center for Independent Futures. We meet weekly on Mondays via Zoom. We read a new book (or books!) every 3 months. Our sessions run from…

Published nearly fifty years ago, McCullough’s National Book Award-winning history of the Panama Canal, The Path Between the Seas, is still regarded by experts as the finest treatment of the subject. McCullough starts by recounting the…