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History and Influence of Illinois on the Music Scene

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Meeting Room A/B at Crest Hill

Library Branch: Crest Hill

Room: Meeting Room A/B

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Adult

Registration Required

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Interested in learning about the rich musical culture Illinois has to offer? Join Ron Romero, CEO and founder of Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 for an engaging presentation where he explores the music scene that shaped Illinois.

Artemis: Returning to the Moon with Michelle Nichols

Monday, January 12, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Meeting Room A/B at Lockport

Library Branch: Lockport

Room: Meeting Room A/B

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Adult

Registration Required

Event Details:

It's been over 50 years since humans have visited the Moon, but that could soon change!

"The Making of I Love Lucy" with Todd Hunt

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Meeting Room A at Romeoville

Library Branch: Romeoville

Room: Meeting Room A

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Adult

Registration Required

Event Details:

Journey back to the golden age of television with historian and humorist Todd Hunt to learn how the classic TV show, "I Love Lucy" was created.

Versiti Blood Drive

Monday, January 19, 2026 at 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Meeting Room A at Romeoville

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Library Branch: Romeoville

Room: Meeting Room A

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Adult

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Give back this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

The Civil War in Will County: A Short Film and Discussion

Monday, January 19, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Meeting Room A/B at Crest Hill

Library Branch: Crest Hill

Room: Meeting Room A/B

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Adult

Registration Required

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Join us in discovering how the Civil War shaped Will County, featuring a documentary film directed by Dr. Cathy Schultz, a History Professor Emeritus at the University of Saint Francis.

Black and white photo of Audrey Hepburn in an updo and black dress, holding a cigarette holder

"Audrey Hepburn" Portrayed by Leslie Goddard

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Meeting Room A at Romeoville

Library Branch: Romeoville

Room: Meeting Room A

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Adult

Registration Required

Event Details:

Audrey Hepburn has dazzled audiences since she first won her Oscar for her portrayal of the classic ingenue Princess Ann in 1953's Roman Holiday.

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9 am	This event is in the "Children" group Messy Mondays 9:30am–10:15am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: It's Back! INDOORS Messy Monday! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.	This event is in the "Children" group Toddler Time 9:30am–10:00am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Registration Required Journey into a world of imagination with Toddler Time! Colorful storytelling, interactive activities, and delightful rhymes will foster a love for books and learning. This engaging program is specifically designed to spark curiosity and creativity in your child. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.		This event is in the "Children" group Music in Motion 9:30am–10:00am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Meeting Room A/B Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Registration Required Music in Motion is a musical journey filled with catchy tunes, dancing, and hands-on instrument exploration. Help your child foster a love for music while encouraging self-expression and confidence. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.
10 am	This event is in the "Children" group Stay and Play 10:15am–10:45am Children Lockport This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Event Details: After Messy Mondays, "Stay and Play" in our toddler area. Make new friends and meet other families from the Community! No registration necessary. All ages invited. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.	This event is in the "Children" group Animal Crackers Arts & Crafts - 3D Animal Portraits 10:15am–10:45am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Do you love arts and crafts? Do you love animals? This is the program for you! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs. This event is in the "Adult" group Tuesday Morning Book Club: Song of Achilles 10:30am–12:00pm Adult Lockport This event is in the "Adult" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Meeting Room A/B Age Group: Adults Program Type: Adult Event Details: This month's book will be This event is in the "Children" group Animal Crackers Arts & Crafts - 3D Animal Portraits 10:45am–11:15am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Do you love arts and crafts? Do you love animals? This is the program for you! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.	This event is in the "Children" group Preschool Storytime at Central Square 10:00am–10:30am Children Lockport Offsite Event This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Offsite Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Join us for adventure at Preschool Storytime. Designed to spark curiosity and foster a love of reading, our interactive program blends stories, songs, and fun activities while creating an engaging learning experience for children ages 3-5. This event is in the "Children" group Cook a Book 10:30am–11:00am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Join us for Cook-a-Book, a delicious program for all young bookworms and budding chefs. Stories and snacks come together for a fun-filled adventure. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.	This event is in the "Children" group Sensory Storytime - Everything is Okay as Long as We're Together 10:15am–10:45am Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Does your little love listening to stories? Do they sometimes struggle to focus in a traditional story time setting? Try our new program Sensory Story Time! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs. This event is in the "Children" group Stay and Play 10:45am–11:15am Children Lockport This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Event Details: After Sensory Storytime, "Stay and Play" in our toddler area. Make new friends and meet other families from the Community! No registration necessary. All ages invited. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.		This event is in the "Adult" group Jamming with Blueberries with Chez Madelaine 10:00am–11:30am Adult Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Adult" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Meeting Room A/B Age Group: Adults Program Type: Adult Registration Required Event Details: Learn the art of small batch fruit preserving with Madelaine Bullwinkel owner of Chez Madelaine Cooking School! Madelaine will share up-to-date techniques that make the process easy and safe whether you're a jam expert or complete beginner. Disclaimer(s) Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.
11 am		This event is in the "Children" group Stay and Play 11:15am–11:45am Children Lockport This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Event Details: After Animal Crackers Arts & Crafts, "Stay and Play" in our toddler area. Make new friends and meet other families from the Community! No registration necessary. All ages invited. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.	This event is in the "Children" group Stay and Play 11:00am–11:30am Children Lockport This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children Program Type: Children Event Details: After Preschool Story Craft, "Stay and Play" in our toddler area. Make new friends and meet other families from the Community! No registration necessary. All ages invited. Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.
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2 pm					This event is in the "Children" group LEGO Drop In Fridays! 2:00pm–3:00pm Children Lockport This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Event Details: Show off your skill and create your own LEGO® design! Hang with friends or family and build together(ness)! We supply everything you need, we just need you to bring your creativity! All ages welcome! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.	This event is in the "Children" group LEGO Challenge - Can You Build It? Master Builder Edition! 2:00pm–3:00pm Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Love LEGOS? Love a challenge? Then this program is for you! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs. This event is in the "Adult" group Jamming with Blueberries with Chez Madelaine 2:00pm–3:30pm Adult Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Adult" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Meeting Room A/B Age Group: Adults Program Type: Adult Registration Required Event Details: Learn the art of small batch fruit preserving with Madelaine Bullwinkel owner of Chez Madelaine Cooking School! Madelaine will share up-to-date techniques that make the process easy and safe whether you're a jam expert or complete beginner. Disclaimer(s) Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.
3 pm
4 pm		This event is in the "Children" group Level Up Your Trash! Renew your SNEAKS (shoes)! 4:00pm–5:00pm Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Have you ever looked at the item you're about to put in the garbage or recycling and thought to yourself "surely this has more life left in it, I wonder what else I could use it for?" If you have, then this is the program for you! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.		This event is in the "Adult" group This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Teen" group Blips on a Screen with Kate Hannigan 4:00pm–6:00pm Adult, Children, Teen Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Adult" group This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Teen" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Upper Level Lobby Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults Program Type: Adult, Children, Teen Registration Required Event Details: Just in time for our summer reading theme, Level Up at Your Library, we will be welcoming award-winning children's author, Kate Hannigan, to talk about and read from her picture book biography for young readers, Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Ba Disclaimer(s) Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.
5 pm				This event is in the "Children" group Level Up: Remote Control Car Rally 5:45pm–6:45pm Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES! Disclaimer(s) This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.
6 pm	This event is in the "Teen" group Teen Dungeons & Dragons 6:00pm–8:00pm Teen Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Teen" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Meeting Room A/B Age Group: Teens Program Type: Teen Registration Required Event Details: Join us for Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Lockport! This session, we will continue to play as a group, so be prepared to jump right in! Disclaimer(s) Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs. This program is intended for grades 6-12.
7 pm		This event is in the "Adult" group ESL Reading & Conversation Group 7:00pm–8:30pm Adult Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Adult" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Meeting Room A/B Age Group: Adults Program Type: Adult Registration Required Event Details: Is your first language Spanish, Polish, Hindi or anything but English? Would you like the opportunity to practice your newly-learned English skills in an informal, non-judgmental setting? Disclaimer(s) Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.	This event is in the "Children" group TWEEN D & D!! 7:00pm–8:30pm Children Lockport Registration Required This event is in the "Children" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Remaining seats Remaining waitlist seats Library Branch: Lockport Room: Children's Program Room Age Group: Tweens Program Type: Children Registration Required Event Details: Do you like magic and mystery? Interested in roguish villains or fiendish fairies? Dream of quests to find the Queendom's crown or slay the dragon? Then why don't we tell a story about all of that together! Disclaimer(s) Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.

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