Week Calendar

Join us for a special story time for preschoolers that includes stories, songs and a fun craft. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Enjoy stories, songs, games and lots of fun at this outdoor story time. Please bring a blanket and be prepared for fun! Program is held weather permitting. Registration is required.

Enjoy a Strikers performance, meet the musicians and see their instruments up close. Please bring a chair or blanket and join us at Woodscreek Park, 1420 Willow Tree Dr., Crystal Lake, IL 60014. No registration is required.

Learn basic sewing machine skills while making a cool craft. In this class you will make your own stuffy! Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Join us for a screening of 1982's sci-fi classic "Tron" Runtime: 96 minutes. Rated PG.

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

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

Learn basic sewing machine skills while making a cool craft. In this class you will make your own stuffy! Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Reading Buddies is a program that pairs a child entering first-third grades with a teen volunteer for reading practice. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Reading Buddies is a program that pairs a child entering first-third grades with a teen volunteer for reading practice. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Reading Buddies is a program that pairs a child entering first-third grades with a teen volunteer for reading practice. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Level-up at CLPL! Join us for an afternoon of tabletop games, including card games, board games, and more. Families, school-aged kids, teens, adults, and seniors are all welcome to attend. 
Registration encouraged.

Reading Buddies is a program that pairs a child in first-third grades with a teen volunteer for reading practice. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Reading Buddies is a program that pairs a child entering first-third grades with a teen volunteer for reading practice. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Do you have what it takes to become a spy? This special camp will teach you some basic spycraft skills. Registration with a CLPL card is required. 

Join Ms. Seanine for a special summer book club where participants vote on which books to read from the 2026 Rebecca Caudill Book Award nominee list. Enjoy snacks while we discuss each book. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Join Ms. Dawn and Ms. Ashlee for a special summer book club. Participants will vote on which books to read from the Bluestem 2026 nominee list! The club will meet weekly to talk about the selected books and do fun activities.

Everyone is welcome when CLPL celebrates Pride 2025! Join us outside on the library lawn for crafts, games, music and more! Refreshments available from Joe + Dough from 6-7 pm.

Play, dance and interact alongside the Universal Studio 2023 film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Rated PG). Kids will receive props to use during the movie. Registration with a CLPL card is required.

Bring the family and enjoy a story time together. Be ready to dance and sing! Registration is required. 

If you've ever wondered about being an RPG game master, come learn about it! Linda Hadlock, a trained therapeutic game master, will help take the confusion away in a highly informative one-time workshop on how to run a game.

Calling all writers! Join us for our newly relaunched writers' group*. Bring your current work in progress or drafts to work or receive feedback on, or just connect with fellow local writers in a casual, loose structure environment.