Upcoming Events

Led by Physical Therapist Dana Tress, this class is designed to help you improve balance, strength, and confidence to reduce your risk of falls.

Let's celebrate the silliest holiday with games, a whoopee cushion craft and snacks! Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Create a castle painting using glue and sand. All supplies will be provided. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Join other LEGO®-loving kids for brick-building fun. Try a building challenge or create your own. Use the library's LEGO® collection for this program. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Ryan Decker breaks down the basics of personal finance: budgeting and introductory saving and investment strategies. Learn which factors to consider for deciding when, where, and how to save, invest, or aggressively tackle debt.

Stop by Youth Services for a surprise, hands-on activity. Crafts, games or building. The activity will change every week. Drop in. No registration required.

Owning a home takes a lot of time, money, and energy, so not only is it important to be educated about the process, but also about home ownership.

Grab your grown-up and come to Youth Services to learn new fiber art skills. Take home a fun project that you have made together. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Drivers 55+ refresh your driving skills in this two-day course and you could reduce your auto insurance costs. $20 for AARP members; $25 for non-members. Make checks payable to AARP. Registration required; must attend both sessions.

Join critically acclaimed, bestselling author, Cristina Henríquez, for a compelling conversation about her work.

Drivers 55+ refresh your driving skills in this two-day course and you could reduce your auto insurance costs. $20 for AARP members; $25 for non-members. Make checks payable to AARP. Registration required; must attend both sessions.

Join us for a celebration of reading! Along with our McHenry County Toys for Tots Youth Ambassador, author Gabriel Hamilton will share his book, My Trip to Jamaica.

Would your child like to practice reading with a trained therapy dog? SOUL Harbour Ranch brings their Pet Partners registered therapy dogs to the library for a cozy, one-on-one reading time, which ensures the best experience for our readers.

Would your child like to practice reading with a trained therapy dog? SOUL Harbour Ranch brings their Pet Partners registered therapy dogs to the library for a cozy, one-on-one reading time, which ensures the best experience for our readers.

Would your child like to practice reading with a trained therapy dog? SOUL Harbour Ranch brings their Pet Partners registered therapy dogs to the library for a cozy, one-on-one reading time, which ensures the best experience for our readers.

Would your child like to practice reading with a trained therapy dog? SOUL Harbour Ranch brings their Pet Partners registered therapy dogs to the library for a cozy, one-on-one reading time, which ensures the best experience for our readers.

Want to learn how older adults and people with disabilities can save money on public transportation? Want to learn how to make sure your trip on public transit is accessible?

Stop by Youth Services for a surprise, hands-on activity. Crafts, games or building. The activity will change every week. Drop in. No registration required.

Earth Day is April 22! Let's get inspired by Be the Change: Rob Greenfield's Call to Kids: Making a Difference in a Messed-Up World. Pick up the book at the circulation desk, read and be ready to share your thoughts.

Are you thinking about retirement? Does it seem completely out of reach?

What should you do when an unexpected medical emergency at home—such as a fall or sudden confusion—requires an urgent response and medical care?

Join us for an informal social gathering where persons with memory challenges and their care partner can participate in a craft and connect with others. Light refreshments served. New members are always welcome.

A coalition of McHenry County public libraries are pleased to host a fantastic group of five fiction authors at McHenry County College's Luecht Auditorium.