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This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Winter Window Decorating

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Special Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

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

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Open Studio

5:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Cancelled
Registration
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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween/Teen Scene: Creative Writing Workshop

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Learning & Discovery, Workshop
Registration 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?

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Exam Cram (DROP-IN)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens
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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween/Teen: Teatime Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Tweens, Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: Library-wide
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Book Club, Storytime
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Exam Cram (DROP-IN)

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens
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.

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Family Holiday Craft-Upcycled Winter Tree

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Waitlist
Registration
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
Registration 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. 

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Ugly Sweater Bingo

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Entertainment
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Winter Container Garden with Peggy Garvin

5:00pm - 6:30pm
Teens, Adults
Closed
Registration
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
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Winter Container Garden with Peggy Garvin

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Teens, Adults
Closed
Registration
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
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Crafternoon

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Registration
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
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Please register for each class separately.

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

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
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

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween/Teen Scene: Creative Writing Workshop

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Learning & Discovery, Workshop
Registration 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!

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Family History Study Hall

2:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens, Adults
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: Heritage Center
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Genealogy, History
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween/Teen: Teatime Book Club

4:30pm - 5:45pm
Tweens, Teens
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: Library-wide
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Book Club, Storytime
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween/Teen: Art Scene

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Registration
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
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
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

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Knit and Crochet Circle

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: History, Learning & Discovery
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Tween/Teen: STEAM Challenge

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Learning & Discovery
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Entertainment
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Illinois Libraries Present: James McBride

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults
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

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Crafternoon

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Registration
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
Registration 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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Valentine's Paint & Hot Cocoa Sip

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Teens, Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Town & Country Public Library
Room: The Mary Lynn Alms Educational Center (Meeting Room)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration 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.