Event List

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. Crafts, games or building. The activity will change every week. Drop in. No registration required.

A book club for readers who do their best after dark! Join us this month to discuss Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult) by Bethany Joy Lenz. Copies available at the Circulation desk. 

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 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Runtime: 123 minutes. Rated PG.

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?

A story time for preschool-aged children with stories and songs.  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. 

Get creative and celebrate Earth Day! Create a planter out of recycled materials and grow a new plant. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

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.

Get ready to have fun with music, books and rhymes in this special bilingual story time. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

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.

Looking for opportunities to volunteer and ways to get involved with community organizations? Stop by the library to meet representatives from local organizations and find out about their volunteer needs.