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Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

SCORE: How I Build Relationships and Generate Leads on LinkedIn Using AI in Less Than 20 Minutes

SCORE: How I Build Relationships and Generate Leads on LinkedIn Using AI in Less Than 20 Minutes

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Virtual CLPL
Program Type:
General Interest
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join SCORE Mentor Ben Erickson and learn strategies, templates, & tools to generate LinkedIn leads for your small business without posting content.  Discussion will includ...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual CLPL
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: General Interest
Event Details:

Join SCORE Mentor Ben Erickson and learn strategies, templates, & tools to generate LinkedIn leads for your small business without posting content.

Disclaimer(s)

Zoom - Invite

To access this program, you will receive an invitation to a Zoom meeting to the email you have given within 24 hours of the program.

Zoom - Recording

Library staffers will be recording this LIVE Zoom program.  This video may be used in other Library publications and promotions, including, but not limited to Facebook and YouTube.

Illinois Libraries Present

Illinois Libraries Present: Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual CLPL
Program Type:
General Interest
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult
Event Details:

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. Desmond is a professor of sociology at ...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual CLPL
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult
Program Type: General Interest
Event Details:

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore.

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Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Reel Life Movies: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Reel Life Movies: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Ames Room at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

A screening and discussion of  "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." (PG, 101 min). This program is co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Crystal La...

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Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Ames Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Movie
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

A screening and discussion of  "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." (PG, 101 min). This program is co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Crystal Lake Branch. 

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Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Knitting for Beginners

Knitting for Beginners

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Program I & II at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, General Interest
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult
Event Details:

Learn the basics of knitting in this multi-generational class. Bring your own size 8 knitting needles (circular or straight). We’ll provide the yarn. Participants in grades 5-8 mus...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Program I & II
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Interest
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn the basics of knitting in this multi-generational class. Bring your own size 8 knitting needles (circular or straight). We’ll provide the yarn. Participants in grades 5-8 must be accompanied by an adult. CLPL cardholders only.

Disclaimer(s)

Cancellation

Due to this program's popularity, please give the library 24-hours notice if you can't attend so we can notify the next person on the waiting list.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Garden Party Story Time

Garden Party Story Time

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, General Interest, Storytime
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, Family, All Ages
Event Details:

Join library staff at Downtown Crystal Lake's annual Garden Party. We will have crafts to make. The Garden Party will have a flower sale, native plants, craft fair, vintage fair, w...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, Family, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Interest, Storytime
Event Details:

Join library staff at Downtown Crystal Lake's annual Garden Party. We will have crafts to make. The Garden Party will have a flower sale, native plants, craft fair, vintage fair, workshops, a ballet performance, face painting and live music.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Night Owls Book Club

Hybrid: Night Owls Book Club

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Ames Room at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

A book club for readers who do their best after dark! Join us this month to discuss The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. Copies available at the Circulation desk.This program ...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Ames Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

A book club for readers who do their best after dark! Join us this month to discuss The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. Copies available at the Circulation desk.

Disclaimer(s)

Zoom - Invite

To access this program, you will receive an invitation to a Zoom meeting to the email you have given within 24 hours of the program.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Tuesday Night Movie

Tuesday Night Movie - Conclave

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ames Room at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a screening of 2024's "Conclave" Runtime: 120 minutes. Rated PG.

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Ames Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Movie
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Join us for a screening of 2024's "Conclave" Runtime: 120 minutes. Rated PG.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

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Bookies

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 9:30am - 11:30am
Ames Room at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

The Women by Kristin HannahAn extraordinary account of the women who served as nurses in Vietnam.  Seen through the eyes of a young nursing student, the story shines the light...

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Ames Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Event Details:

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Disclaimer(s)

Zoom - Invite

To access this program, you will receive an invitation to a Zoom meeting to the email you have given within 24 hours of the program.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Walk and Talk Book Club

Walk and Talk Book Club

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Adult Services at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
General Interest
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

As weather permits, we will walk the neighborhood around CLPL and talk all things books. Registration suggested.

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Adult Services
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: General Interest
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

As weather permits, we will walk the neighborhood around CLPL and talk all things books. 

Registration suggested.

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Readers' Social Club

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club, Offsite
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

This isn't your typical book club! There's no assigned reading, no discussion to prepare for. Just bring whatever you happen to be reading and join us at Summer Moon Coffee in Crys...

Register Now
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, Offsite
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

This isn't your typical book club! There's no assigned reading, no discussion to prepare for.

Disclaimer(s)

Cancellation

Due to this program's popularity, please give the library 24-hours notice if you can't attend so we can notify the next person on the waiting list.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

Feel Good Friday Movie

Feel Good Friday Movie - Emma

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 12:00pm - 2:15pm
Ames Room at Crystal Lake Public Library
Program Type:
Movie
Age Group:
Adult
Event Details:

Join us for a screening of 2020's "Emma." Runtime: 124 minutes. Rated PG.

Register Now
Required
Library Branch: Crystal Lake Public Library
Room: Ames Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Movie
Required
Seats Remaining: 37
Event Details:

Join us for a screening of 2020's "Emma." Runtime: 124 minutes. Rated PG.

Take and Make Craft logo

Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms

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Take-and-Make Crafts - May

All Day
CLPL Take & Make
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:Youth Take-and-Make: Spring BlossomsAdult/Teen Take-and-Make: Stress Balls  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: CLPL Take & Make
Age Group: Youth, Teen, Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Click on the link below to view and register to pick up one of our Take-and Make Crafts below:

Youth Take-and-Make: Spring Blossoms