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Winter Window Decorating

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Help us decorate for the holidays by painting the library windows. We provide paint and brushes. You provide the creativity!

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Special Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Help us decorate for the holidays by painting the library windows. We provide paint and brushes. You provide the creativity!

Open Studio

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 5:30pm - 8:00pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

This program will be offered in-person only. Open Studio is a monthly gathering for teens and adults that have a passion for any sort of art or crafting - drawing, sewing, cro...

Cancelled
Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Event Details:

This program will be offered in-person only. 

Disclaimer(s)

The Library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the Library.

Notice: Attending programs constitutes consent to be photographed/videotaped for library purposes.

Tween/Teen Scene: Creative Writing Workshop

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Learning & Discovery, Workshop
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Do you enjoy making up stories, poems, or graphic novels? Do you write for fun ? Is writing your favorite subject in school? This class is designed to encourage young writers to...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Learning & Discovery, Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Do you enjoy making up stories, poems, or graphic novels? Do you write for fun ? Is writing your favorite subject in school?

Exam Cram (DROP-IN)

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Arnold & Mildred Erickson Conference Room at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Come study for your final exams with us the week before finals! De-stressing activities such as coloring and snacks will be provided.

Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Arnold & Mildred Erickson Conference Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

Come study for your final exams with us the week before finals! De-stressing activities such as coloring and snacks will be provided.

Tween/Teen: Teatime Book Club

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Library-wide at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Storytime
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Bring your friends (stuffed or human) and join Mrs. Hansen for teatime. We will be serving a beverage & light snack (or bring your own) and reading chapter books. Holiday cloth...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: Library-wide
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Book Club, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Bring your friends (stuffed or human) and join Mrs. Hansen for teatime. We will be serving a beverage & light snack (or bring your own) and reading chapter books. Holiday clothes optional! Copies of the book will be available to check out.

Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Exam Cram (DROP-IN)

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Arnold & Mildred Erickson Conference Room at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Come study for your final exams with us the week before finals! De-stressing activities such as coloring, and snacks will be provided.

Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Arnold & Mildred Erickson Conference Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

Come study for your final exams with us the week before finals! De-stressing activities such as coloring, and snacks will be provided.

Family Holiday Craft-Upcycled Winter Tree

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Create a beautiful three-dimensional winter tree from a recycled book or magazine. You can decorate it as a traditional Christmas Tree or create a wooded wonderland.  This ...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Special Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Create a beautiful three-dimensional winter tree from a recycled book or magazine. You can decorate it as a traditional Christmas Tree or create a wooded wonderland. 

Ugly Sweater Bingo

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Entertainment
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Show off your festive ugly sweater (optional) and join us for a fun game of BINGO with library friends! A $25 gift card will go to the participant with the most BINGOS! Festive sna...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Show off your festive ugly sweater (optional) and join us for a fun game of BINGO with library friends! A $25 gift card will go to the participant with the most BINGOS! Festive snacks provided.

Winter Container Garden with Peggy Garvin

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Create your own winter container garden with mixed noble, pine, cedar, and juniper evergreens with cones, branches and red cardinal in a holidays container. Please bring garden pru...

Closed
Required
Payment
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Create your own winter container garden with mixed noble, pine, cedar, and juniper evergreens with cones, branches and red cardinal in a holidays container.

Disclaimer(s)

Notice: Attending programs constitutes consent to be photographed/videotaped for library purposes.

Winter Container Garden with Peggy Garvin

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Create your own winter container garden with mixed noble, pine, cedar, and juniper evergreens with cones, branches and red cardinal in a holidays container. Please bring garden pru...

Closed
Required
Payment
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Create your own winter container garden with mixed noble, pine, cedar, and juniper evergreens with cones, branches and red cardinal in a holidays container. Please bring garden pruners if you have them.

Crafternoon

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Please register for each class separately.Your Child MUST be able to handle a needle without supervision.Get your Winter Cozy feels! We will be tracing, cutting and hand stitc...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Learning & Discovery
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Please register for each class separately.

Your Child MUST be able to handle a needle without supervision.

ILP: Chicago Pizza - Past, Present & Future with Steve Dolinsky

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Register through Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ILP_SteveDolinskyIllinois Libraries Present Steve Dolinsky, well known Food Guy reporter at NBC 5 (Chicago) and James Beard Award wi...

Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Learning & Discovery
Event Details:

Register through Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ILP_SteveDolinsky

Tween/Teen Scene: Creative Writing Workshop

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Learning & Discovery, Workshop
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Do you enjoy making up stories, poems, or graphic novels? Do you write for fun? Is writing your favorite subject in school? Would you like feedback on pieces you have written? Join...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Learning & Discovery, Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Do you enjoy making up stories, poems, or graphic novels? Do you write for fun? Is writing your favorite subject in school? Would you like feedback on pieces you have written? Join your peers and let's get creative!

Family History Study Hall

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Heritage Center at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Genealogy, History
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

This group will meet in-person. Family History Study Hall is a time for those interested in genealogy to gather and research together in-person! Access books and other re...

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: Heritage Center
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Genealogy, History
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

This group will meet in-person. 

Disclaimer(s)

The Library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the Library.

Notice: Attending programs constitutes consent to be photographed/videotaped for library purposes.

Tween/Teen: Teatime Book Club

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:45pm
Library-wide at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Storytime
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Bring your friends and join Mrs. Hansen for teatime. We will be serving a beverage & light snack (or bring your own) and reading chapter books. Copies of the book will be avail...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: Library-wide
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Book Club, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Bring your friends and join Mrs. Hansen for teatime. We will be serving a beverage & light snack (or bring your own) and reading chapter books. Copies of the book will be available to check out.

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Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Tween/Teen: Art Scene

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Join the fun! Indulge your creativity and nurture your inner artist!  Enjoy hanging out with your friends, while creating some art & trying out different Artist's techniqu...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Learning & Discovery
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join the fun! Indulge your creativity and nurture your inner artist!  Enjoy hanging out with your friends, while creating some art & trying out different Artist's techniques, as well as different types of art.

Illinois Libraries Present: Love and Laughs with Michelle Buteau

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Entertainment, Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Register through Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ILP_MichelleButeauMichelle Buteau is an American stand-up comedian, actress, television host, producer, and podcast host. Buteau pub...

Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment, Learning & Discovery
Event Details:

Register through Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ILP_MichelleButeau

Knit and Crochet Circle

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

This program will be offered in-person only. Do you knit or crochet? Come show off your work and learn from others in the group! All skill levels are welcome to attend. J...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

This program will be offered in-person only. 

Disclaimer(s)

The Library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the Library.

Notice: Attending programs constitutes consent to be photographed/videotaped for library purposes.

Winter Afternoon at the Durant-Peterson House and Sholes School

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
History, Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Come experience what winter life was like in this restored prairie farmhouse built by Bryant Durant in 1843. He and his wife, Jerusha, raised six children in the home. Having copie...

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History, Learning & Discovery
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Come experience what winter life was like in this restored prairie farmhouse built by Bryant Durant in 1843. He and his wife, Jerusha, raised six children in the home.

Tween/Teen: STEAM Challenge

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Meet up with your friends at the library and enjoy exploring exciting STEAM related projects, challenges, or experiments. Join Mrs. Hansen as she guides you through the planni...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Learning & Discovery
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Meet up with your friends at the library and enjoy exploring exciting STEAM related projects, challenges, or experiments. Join Mrs.

Crafter-Work: Valentine’s String Heart Art

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 5:30pm - 8:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Skilled crafters and newbies alike will quickly find out that string art is a fun and creative artform. We'll use small nails on a wooden board to create a simple heart shape, then...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Skilled crafters and newbies alike will quickly find out that string art is a fun and creative artform.

Disclaimer(s)

The Library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the Library.

Notice: Attending programs constitutes consent to be photographed/videotaped for library purposes.

Illinois Libraries Present: James McBride

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Entertainment, Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Register through Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ILP_JamesMcBrideJames McBride is an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, was p...

Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment, Learning & Discovery
Event Details:

Register through Zoom here: https://bit.ly/ILP_JamesMcBride

Crafternoon

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Learning & Discovery
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Bring your friends & join us at the library for creative crafting fun! Create your Valentine vibe with Heart Garland! We will be cutting and decorating multiple felt hearts, th...

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Learning & Discovery
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Bring your friends & join us at the library for creative crafting fun! Create your Valentine vibe with Heart Garland! We will be cutting and decorating multiple felt hearts, then stringing them to make garland.

Valentine's Paint & Hot Cocoa Sip

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room) at Town & Country Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of Valentine's-themed painting with Libby Henderson as we warm up with some hot cocoa! Dress for mess!

Required
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of Valentine's-themed painting with Libby Henderson as we warm up with some hot cocoa! Dress for mess!

Disclaimer(s)

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Notice: Attending programs constitutes consent to be photographed/videotaped for library purposes.