Week Calendar

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 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 preschool-aged children with stories and songs.  Registration with a CLPL card is required.

The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks - loosely based on actual events in the early 1900s, this novel centers on an octogenarian reflecting on his childhood and first love in a Shaker community in central Florida, future home of Disney

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. 

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.

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. 

Some books are just WRONG, but really, really funny! Enjoy the The Wrong Book by Drew Daywalt. Watch on the CLPL YouTube channel.

Join our informal social gathering where persons with memory issues and their care partners can connect with others in similar situations. Held the third Thursday of the month. New members are always welcome.

Would your child like to read with a trained therapy dog? Read With Me is a special initiative of the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program. Register for a 15-minute session to read with a dog. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Would your child like to read with a trained therapy dog? Read With Me is a special initiative of the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program. Register for a 15-minute session to read with a dog. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Would your child like to read with a trained therapy dog? Read With Me is a special initiative of the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program. Register for a 15-minute session to read with a dog. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Would your child like to read with a trained therapy dog? Read With Me is a special initiative of the Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program. Register for a 15-minute session to read with a dog. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Let's celebrate Earth Day with the McHenry County Conservation District! Explore Earth friendly activity and craft stations. Plant seeds, take a guided hike, view a puppet show and more! Please bring a picnic lunch.

Tom Kilkenny from Weiss Financial Ratings will show the functionality of the database and teach how to create an account, set up a watchlist for your bank, insurance company, stocks and mutual funds, how to create research tools (screene

Stop by Youth Services for a surprise hands-on activity. We'll have a different activity each week including crafts, games, building, robots, and more! This is a drop-in program, no registration is required.

Join other LEGO®-loving kids for an hour of 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. 

Join us for a screening of 2023's My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. Runtime: 91 minutes. Rated PG-13.

This book club is for the whole family! Pick up the book at the Circulation Desk and read it together. Then come to the library to talk about it and do fun activities. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

From bartering services with other small businesses to joining forces for a community event. You don't have to operate in a vacuum. Join us in this SCORE roundtable as we share our experiences forming partnerships with other small businesses.

Create cards from recycled paper to send to relatives and friends that can then be planted to grow flowers! Registration with a CLPL card is required.

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.

A book club for readers who do their best after dark! Join us this month to discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Copies available at the Circulation Desk. 

Learn why LinkedIn is an essential tool for all business professionals, including job seekers, hiring managers, networkers and sales reps. Crystal Lake resident Greg Coe from GetLinked.Pro leads this virtual session.

The Crystal Lake Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a meeting to conduct essential business. Additional details can be found in the Agenda.