Join us for a screening of “Alice’s Ordinary People'' with an introduction by director, Craig Dudnick. Alice Tregay’s story is one of ordinary people affecting extraordinary change for human rights. It included five decades of fearless activism and the continuing...
Celebrate National Pumpkin Seed Day by doing this fun pumpkin seed activity. Kits available starting October 1. To request a kit, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call 708-687-3700.
Pick up a cute craft kit to complete at home! To request a kit, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700 starting October 1.
Pick up a haunted house reading log at the Youth Services Desk and read in at least 3 rooms of your house. Place stickers in the corresponding room of your haunted house reading log, color and bring back your completed...
Stop by the Adult Services desk to receive a bingo card with items to locate in your local forest preserves! When you get a bingo, bring your card back to the Adult Services desk to receive a raffle ticket for...
Join Licensed Agent and Medicare Specialist Hurley Wilbourne at this educational presentation for a more thorough understanding of Medicare Drug Plans as we take a deeper dive into the design, pricing and penalties that exist. We will also discuss the...
Need assistance with your genealogy research? Our Genealogy Group can help answer your questions on the first Wednesday of every month! For more information about SSGHS, visit www.ssghs.org
Join us for our story time for our youngest patrons, full of stories, songs, action rhymes, bubbles and playtime! For babies and toddlers. To register for the session, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700.
Join us for stories, songs, activities and a craft! Ages 3-5. To register for the session, call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Paint everyone’s favorite Halloween candy! Ages 9-17. To register, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700.
We’ll provide you with materials to create your own pompom monster! Supplies are limited. To reserve a kit, please email kspringer@acornlibrary.org.Â
We’ll provide you with materials to create your own vampire pumpkin! Supplies are limited. To reserve a kit, please email kspringer@acornlibrary.org.Â
We’ll provide you with materials to create a mini Halloween tin display! Supplies are limited. To reserve a kit, please email kspringer@acornlibrary.org.Â
Join us for a night of stories, songs and a craft. All ages. To register, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700.
Join Licensed Agent and Medicare Specialist Hurley Wilbourne at this educational presentation for a more thorough understanding of Medicare Advantage Plans as we take a deeper dive into the relationship with Original Medicare, the types of plans available, the additional...
Join us for a fall-themed painting class! Space is limited. This event is for ages 18 and up only. To register, please email kspringer@acornlibrary.org.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Illinois Libraries Present and Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. She will be joined in conversation by Cythia Pelayo. This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a...
Join us for our story time for our youngest patrons, full of stories, songs, action rhymes, bubbles and playtime! For babies and toddlers. To register for the session, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700.
Join us for stories, songs, activities and a craft! Ages 3-5. To register for the session, call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Join us for chair yoga this fall! All levels are welcome. Space is limited. To register, please call the library at 708-687-3700 or email kspringer@acornlibrary.org.Â
We’ll read a story and then we’ll get to do a cool STEAM project to go with it! Ages 2-5. To register, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700.
Each month we will make a new version of slime! Ages 7-12. To register, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700.
STEM activities for kids that are completely edible. Ages 6-9. To register, call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Join us for this fun, creative, and playful chair exercise program that works out your brain as well as your body. Ageless Grace (Brain & Body Fitness) is a fun, creative, and playful exercise program that works out your brain...
If you like to be creative, join us for art club! We will be painting, learning about art and having fun! Ages 7 and up. To register, call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Join us to create a sock ghost and pompom pumpkin coaster! Space is limited. This event is for ages 18 and up only. To register, please email kspringer@acornlibrary.org.Â
Join us for a discussion of a specific movie. Contact Adult Services for more information.
Join us for our story time for our youngest patrons, full of stories, songs, action rhymes, bubbles and playtime! For babies and toddlers. To register for the session, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700.
Join us for stories, songs, activities and a craft! Ages 3-5. To register for the session, call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Learn social-emotional skills that are critical or success in school and life. Ages 4-10. To register, call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Carve a spooky or not-so spooky pumpkin with your family! We will provide the pumpkins and carving utensils. To register your family, call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Welcome Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author, advocate, mentor, and 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, a Carnegie Medal, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King...
Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, M.R. James, and Shirley Jackson jump off the page and provide inspiration for 60 minutes of spine-tingling magic and spell-binding stories. Participate in the thrilling action that will leave you amazed! To register,...
Join us for our story time for our youngest patrons, full of stories, songs, action rhymes, bubbles and playtime! For babies and toddlers. To register for the session, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700.
Join us for stories, songs, activities and a craft! Ages 3-5. To register for the session, call the Youth Services Department at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
We’ll read a story and then we’ll get to do a cool STEAM project to go with it! Ages 7-11. To register, call the Youth Services Desk or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
This presentation uses sound clips from some of radio's best known mystery and horror programs (including Escape, Inner Sanctum and Lights Out) to illustrate how radio could truly be a "Theater of the mind" and use music, voices and sounds...
Dress up in your costume and enjoy games, crafts and trick-or-treating at all public service desks!  To register, call the Youth Services at 708-687-3700 or email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org.
Test your balancing skills with this fun apple stem activity. Kits available starting November 1. To request a kit, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700.
Submit photos you take of acorns or that incorporate acorns in some way to us by the end of the day on November 30th. Library staff will vote on their favorites, and the winner will receive a small prize! Email...
Pick up a cute craft kit to complete at home! To request a kit, email jmarquardt@acornlibrary.org or call the Youth Services Desk at 708-687-3700 starting November 1.
