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TinkerCAD Challenge: Design a Boat

All Day 5/1 - 5/31
Video (Pre-Recorded) at Online
Program Type:
Computers & Technology, Virtual
Age Group:
School-Age Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

4th Grade to Adults. Challenge yourself with 3D printing projects! Watch our Challenge video, log into TinkerCAD, and create your Challenge design. Submit your 3D design for a...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Online
Room: Video (Pre-Recorded)
Age Group: School-Age Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Computers & Technology, Virtual
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

4th Grade to Adults. Challenge yourself with 3D printing projects! Watch our Challenge video, log into TinkerCAD, and create your Challenge design.

The Cozy

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Community Group, Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Introverts unite, quietly! This will be a low-key social group where talking isn't required and your presence is enough.  We'll put on calm music, and provide a chilled-out...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Community Group, Crafts & Making
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Introverts unite, quietly! This will be a low-key social group where talking isn't required and your presence is enough. 

We'll put on calm music, and provide a chilled-out atmosphere. 

Busy Bee Welcome Sign

05/20/2024 @ 4:00pm to 05/26/2024 @ 4:00pm
Adult & Teen Services Desk at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making, Special Event, Take & Make / StudioDIY
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Here a BUZZ, there a BUZZ, everywhere a BUZZ BUZZ. Stop by and pick up your Busy Bee Take & Make from Adult & Teen Services. This month we will be working with wood and ...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Adult & Teen Services Desk
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts & Making, Special Event, Take & Make / StudioDIY
Event Details:

Here a BUZZ, there a BUZZ, everywhere a BUZZ BUZZ.

Hearts & Crafts in The Studio

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Do you make items for charities? Bring your projects and meet likeminded makers! New Life for Old Bags, Ryan's Case for Smiles, Project Linus, Loose Ends, and other favorite ways t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Crafts & Making
Required
Seats Remaining: 23
Event Details:

Do you make items for charities? Bring your projects and meet likeminded makers! New Life for Old Bags, Ryan's Case for Smiles, Project Linus, Loose Ends, and other favorite ways to give back are all welcome.

Mystery Book Club (Community Group)

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Conference Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join our long-running book club as they discuss a different mystery each month! Stop at the Patron Services desk to pick up a copy of the book at any time.  *This is a comm...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Event Details:

Join our long-running book club as they discuss a different mystery each month! Stop at the Patron Services desk to pick up a copy of the book at any time. 

Unlocking the Magic: A Guide to Planning a Disney Vacation

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room B at Main Branch
Program Type:
Education & Skills, Special Presenters & Performers
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Have you always dreamed of a trip to Walt Disney World but are too overwhelmed with all of the details? Come hear insider tips and tricks for planning a magical Disney World vacati...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Education & Skills, Special Presenters & Performers
Required
Seats Remaining: 29
Event Details:

Have you always dreamed of a trip to Walt Disney World but are too overwhelmed with all of the details? Come hear insider tips and tricks for planning a magical Disney World vacation!

Stack of anthologies written by New Lenox Writers Group

Writers, We (Community Group)

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience. Bring your haunting horror, sappy romance, blood-...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience.

Sublimate an Image onto a Magnet

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

This program has been cancelled.

Cancelled
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Crafts & Making
Event Details:

This program has been cancelled.

Multi-Library Geocache Event

All Day 6/3 - 7/3
Main Branch
Program Type:
Non-Library Group, Special Event
Age Group:
All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

The New Lenox Library is participating in the 12th Annual ATLAS Multi-Library Geocaching Event and you are invited to join us! All library patrons are invited to use clues and g...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Age Group: All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Non-Library Group, Special Event
Event Details:

The New Lenox Library is participating in the 12th Annual ATLAS Multi-Library Geocaching Event and you are invited to join us!

Summer Visual Art Showcase

06/03/2024 @ 9:00am to 07/03/2024 @ 8:00pm
Adult & Teen Services Desk at Main Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture & Travel, Crafts & Making, Special Event, Summer Learning Challenge
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Enter our Summer Visual Art Showcase The event is part of our 2024 Summer Learning Challenge Read, Renew, Repeat. We look forward to this opportunity to celebrate our community’...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Adult & Teen Services Desk
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts, Culture & Travel, Crafts & Making, Special Event, Summer Learning Challenge
Event Details:

Enter our Summer Visual Art Showcase

The event is part of our 2024 Summer Learning Challenge Read, Renew, Repeat. We look forward to this opportunity to celebrate our community’s creativity!

Green text reads "Spice Club". Illustration of a spoon with ground spices surrounded by whole spices including peppers, cinnamon, vanilla, basil, garlic, shallot, and star anise.

Spice Club

Monday, June 3, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:00pm
Adult Tech Center at Main Branch
Program Type:
Cooking & Food, Take & Make / StudioDIY
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Variety is the spice of life, so let’s try out a variety of spices! Every other month we will feature a different spice. Kits each include a sample of that month’s spice and a pack...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Adult Tech Center
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Cooking & Food, Take & Make / StudioDIY
Event Details:

Variety is the spice of life, so let’s try out a variety of spices! Every other month we will feature a different spice.

Rescheduled. New Date June 4th.

(New Date!) Dr. Temple Grandin: The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual (Live) at Online
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Education & Skills, Illinois Libraries Present, Special Event, Special Presenters & Performers, Virtual
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

NEW DATE TUESDAY, JUNE 4: Our Illinois Libraries Present program with Temple Grandin was orginaly scheduled in April. If you registered for the April event you DO NOT need to regis...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Online
Room: Virtual (Live)
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Education & Skills, Illinois Libraries Present, Special Event, Special Presenters & Performers, Virtual
Event Details:

NEW DATE TUESDAY, JUNE 4: Our Illinois Libraries Present program with Temple Grandin was orginaly scheduled in April. If you registered for the April event you DO NOT need to register again.

Stack of anthologies written by New Lenox Writers Group

Writers, We (Community Group)

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience. Bring your haunting horror, sappy romance, blood-...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience.

Knit Happens!

Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, weaving, looming and other fiber arts projects for a social evening with other adults. Don't have anything in the works? Peek thro...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Crafts & Making
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, weaving, looming and other fiber arts projects for a social evening with other adults. Don't have anything in the works?

Summer Kickoff with Crosstown Exotics

Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Outdoor Naturescape at Main Branch
Program Type:
Nature & the Environment, Special Presenters & Performers, Summer Learning Challenge
Age Group:
All Ages, Birth - Pre-K, School-Age Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Help us kick off the Summer Learning Challenge with Crosstown Exotics Reptile and Bug Show! Get an up-close, hands-on experience with some amazing creatures while learning fun fact...

Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Outdoor Naturescape
Age Group: All Ages, Birth - Pre-K, School-Age Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Nature & the Environment, Special Presenters & Performers, Summer Learning Challenge
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

Help us kick off the Summer Learning Challenge with Crosstown Exotics Reptile and Bug Show!

Discovering Witches: The Real Historical Records and Manuscripts Seen in Movies, Books, and TV Shows

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room B at Main Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture & Travel, History & Genealogy, Special Presenters & Performers
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Witches are iconic figures in popular culture. They appear in some of your favorite silver screen and streaming media shows alongside archaic books and strange texts. In this pr...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture & Travel, History & Genealogy, Special Presenters & Performers
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Witches are iconic figures in popular culture. They appear in some of your favorite silver screen and streaming media shows alongside archaic books and strange texts.

Sewing with Rachael: American Flag Wall Hanging

Monday, June 17, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Always wanted to learn how to sew? Join Rachael as she teaches a different project each month, helping you gain different skills when it comes to sewing with a machine or by hand. ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts & Making
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Always wanted to learn how to sew? Join Rachael as she teaches a different project each month, helping you gain different skills when it comes to sewing with a machine or by hand. Registration required.

Mystery Book Club (Community Group)

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Conference Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join our long-running book club as they discuss a different mystery each month! Stop at the Patron Services desk to pick up a copy of the book at any time.  *This is a comm...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Event Details:

Join our long-running book club as they discuss a different mystery each month! Stop at the Patron Services desk to pick up a copy of the book at any time. 

Stack of anthologies written by New Lenox Writers Group

Writers, We (Community Group)

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience. Bring your haunting horror, sappy romance, blood-...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience.

BYOB Club: Bring Your Own Book Club at 3 Corners Grill & Tap

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Social, Games & Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us every other month for the BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Book Club for adults: a stress-free book discussion with no required reading! We will talk about books we've recently r...

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Social, Games & Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Join us every other month for the BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Book Club for adults: a stress-free book discussion with no required reading!

Knit Happens!

Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, weaving, looming and other fiber arts projects for a social evening with other adults. Don't have anything in the works? Peek thro...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Crafts & Making
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, weaving, looming and other fiber arts projects for a social evening with other adults. Don't have anything in the works?

Hearts & Crafts in The Studio

Monday, June 24, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
The Studio at Main Branch
Program Type:
Crafts & Making
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Do you make items for charities? Bring your projects and meet likeminded makers! New Life for Old Bags, Ryan's Case for Smiles, Project Linus, Loose Ends, and other favorite ways t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: The Studio
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Crafts & Making
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

Do you make items for charities? Bring your projects and meet likeminded makers! New Life for Old Bags, Ryan's Case for Smiles, Project Linus, Loose Ends, and other favorite ways to give back are all welcome.

Senior Coffee Breaks

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room AB at Main Branch
Program Type:
Education & Skills, Social, Games & Entertainment
Age Group:
Seniors
Event Details:

Take your mid-morning break at the library with discussion, socializing, and, of course, plenty of coffee! Each coffee break will have a short talk or activity at 11 AM. Grab a cup...

Required
Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Seniors
Program Type: Education & Skills, Social, Games & Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 70
Event Details:

Take your mid-morning break at the library with discussion, socializing, and, of course, plenty of coffee! Each coffee break will have a short talk or activity at 11 AM.

Stack of anthologies written by New Lenox Writers Group

Writers, We (Community Group)

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Conference Room at Main Branch
Program Type:
Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience. Bring your haunting horror, sappy romance, blood-...

Library Branch: Main Branch
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books, Authors & Writing, Community Group, Non-Library Group
Event Details:

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience.