Upcoming Events

The Committee of the Whole of the Board of Library Trustees of the City of Crystal Lake will be holding an in person meeting at the library to consider essential business.

Join us for a crab-ulous and fin-tastic under the sea story time focused on music and dance. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Bring your creativity to youth services to make a unique piece of art using foil. Supplies will be provided. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Join us this month to discuss Angelika Frankenstein Makes her Match by Sally Thorne. Copies are available at the Circulation desk.

Join us for a screening of 2023's Oppenheimer. Runtime: 180 minutes. Rated R.

Those Were the Days Radio Players of Lake County are a popular live "radio performance" group complete with sound effects! Join us for a wonderful hour of spooky entertainment. Registration required.

Join us for a special story time for the youngest of the young. This story time is only meant for babies. We will have stories, songs, and lap-sit games. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

A story time for every little one! Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, dancing, and more! Suggested for ages Birth - 5 years with a caregiver. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Matter of Balance (MOB) is specifically designed to reduce the fear of falling and improve activity for age 60+.  The program includes eight classes that run up to two-hours each session,  presented to a small group of 8-12 participants

Join Youth Services staff for a surprise hands-on activity. Crafts, games, building, robots - the activity will change every week! This is a drop-in program, no registration is required.

Join us as we kick off spooky season with a haunting Halloween game night! Grab some friends or come solo to try out some horror themed games of various skill and scare levels. 

A special story time that includes songs, rhymes, dancing and stories for our exuberant toddlers! Registration with a CLPL card is required.

A story time for every little one! Join us for stories, fingerplays, songs, dancing, and more! Suggested for ages Birth - 5 years with a caregiver. This is a Drop-in story time. No registration required.

Grab your grown-up and come to Youth Services to learn simple embroidery stitches and hand sewing. Take home a finished project that you have made together. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Library Foundation Meeting.

A story time for preschool-aged children with stories and songs.  Registration with a CLPL card is required.