Event List

A story time for every little one! Join us for a short story time followed by playtime for children and their caregivers to enjoy. Recommended for children ages Birth - 5 yrs. with their caregiver. Drop-in, no registration is required. 

The weather is warming up and it's time to start planting! Join us for a relaxing paint session on a new, clay flower pot. Then pick a seed from our Seed Library to take home and grow! All materials supplied by the library.

Join us for a celebration of reading! Local high schoolers, including our Toys for Tots Ambassador, will read special stories and then spend time reading one-on-one with students and doing fun activities.

Hey Swifties! Join us for our all new Album and Book Club where every month we pair a novel with a Taylor Swift album for discussion. 

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. 

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.

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.

Join us for a screening of 2024's "Wicked Pt. 1." Runtime: 142 minutes. Rated PG.

Here's a book club designed for the whole family! Pick up the book at the Circulation Desk, read it together, and then come to the library to talk about it and do fun activities. 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 Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Rural noir about an exceptional 11-year-old and her grandmother, a local healer, who live in the Great Massasauga Swamp. Family secrets, passionate love and simmering violence. 

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. 

The Crystal Lake Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a meeting to conduct essential business.

Ms. Terri will share a special story. You can watch on the CLPL YouTube channel. 

Celebrate spring by weaving a fun felt basket! Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Learn crochet basics in this multi-generational class. Bring your own size J/6.0 mm crochet hook. We’ll provide yarn. Participants in grades 5-8 must be attend with an adult. CLPL cardholders only. Registration required.