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Join the Chicago Community Arts Studio for crafts every Tuesday leading up to Día del Niño! This is a drop-in craft program in the Children's Area, all families are welcome. For ages 4 and up. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this...
Join us for an evening story time to get those wiggles out before bedtime! Milk and cookies are served. For kids 2 to 8 and their caregivers. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to.
Celebrate National Library Workers' Day with a craft! Make a mini book keychain of your favorite book from the 2025 Teen Best Reads booklist! The books on this booklist were chosen by teens just like you who interned at the Chicago Public Library last year. All materials are provided and are...
Join the children's staff as we share nursery rhymes, stories and songs. For kids 0 to 5 with a caregiver. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations....
Calling all young makers, crafters and do-it-yourself (DIY) types! Each session we have a themed project for you to create or let your creativity fly with materials from our cart. We roll out the cart; you bring the creativity! For ages 6 to 12. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or...
Join our story time for the whole family! We share songs, rhymes and books, plus suggestions for at-home activities. For kids 2 to 8 and their caregivers. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email...
Join us for a screening of Blinded by the Light . Javed is a British teen of Pakistani descent growing up in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. When a classmate introduces him to the music of...
Join our story time for the whole family! We share songs, rhymes and books, plus suggestions for at-home activities. For kids 2 to 8 and their caregivers. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email...
This workshop highlights the accomplishments of Black Chicago sculptors with a spotlight on Richard Hunt and Marion Perkins. Hunt, a world-renowned sculptor and printmaker born in Chicago’s Woodlawn community and raised in Englewood, became one of the leading 20th century American artists....
DIY a light-up hanging lantern to take home using tissue paper, glue, and your creativity! For teens ages 11-19 Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations....
Join us for after school craft time! Each week we do a different group craft. Drop in to the children's area to see what we are making this week! Supplies are provided. For kids 5 to 10. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call...
Join the Chicago Community Arts Studio for crafts every Tuesday leading up to Día del Niño! This is a drop-in craft program in the Children's Area, all families are welcome. For ages 4 and up. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this...
Are you searching for something to do with your preschoolers or babies around 5 pm? Come to the Jamaica Plain branch on Monday evenings at 5 pm for our pajama story time! We will hear three stories, do a variety of fingerplays and songs, have fun with props, and then have parachute time!...
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