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Toddler Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 2 – 3 years w/caregiver Stories, songs, and rhymes in this energetic story time for toddlers. Drop in. Story Room. ...

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Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

Chills & Thrills with Stephen Graham Jones

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Virtual Program
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:
Stephen Graham Jones joins us to talk scary stories, horror and more with horror expert Becky Spratford. Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and Don’t Fear the Reaper, and a prolific author of more than 25 books sp...

Library Board Special Meeting

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Zimmerman Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Event Details:
Special meeting of the Library Board of Trustees. Takes place in the Zimmerman Room on the mezzanine level. Agenda and meeting notice may be found on the Library website: https://www.balibrary.org/library-board ...

Preschool Story Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 3 – 5 w/caregiver Dance, sing, and enjoy stories especially for preschoolers. Drop in. Story Room. ...

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Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 3 – 5 w/caregiver Dance, sing, and enjoy stories especially for preschoolers. Drop in. Story Room. ...

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Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

Memoir Writing for Seniors

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Meeting Room Side B
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:
In Collaboration with Bacoa With the firm belief that everyone has at least one good book in them, award-winning author and teacher, Danuta Urbikas, will lead an introductory presentation and workshop on how to start writing from reflection, gathe...

Sugar Skull Workshop

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:
Maria Calderon from Sugar Skulls Xilotl explores the significance of Día de Muertos as you decorate your own sugar skull! Meeting Room. Part of our Halloween Happenings! ...

Classic Cinema: The Invisible Man

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 95
Event Details:
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, come enjoy a free screening of Universal Pictures’ The Invisible Man (1933). When scientist Dr. Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) creates a potion of invisibility, he gets more than he bargained for as the serum’s side ef...

Story Time Nature Walk at Crabtree Nature Center

10:00am - 10:45am
Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary
Event Details:
All ages w/caregiver Drop in for stories, a nature walk, and playtime at the Crabtree Nature Center, 3 Stover Road, Barrington Hills. Weather permitting. ...

Story Time in the Sun

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: BALibrary Lawn
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
All ages w/caregiver Outdoor stories, songs, rhymes, and movement activities to build language and literacy skills! BALibrary lawn, east of the upper parking lot. Weather permitting. ...

Story Time in the Sun

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: BALibrary Lawn
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
All ages w/caregiver Outdoor stories, songs, rhymes, and movement activities to build language and literacy skills! BALibrary lawn, east of the upper parking lot. Weather permitting. ...

LIT: How to Sell a Haunted House

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Meeting Room Side B
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:
Join Adult Services librarians to discuss popular titles in a social book club for adults. Register. Meeting Room. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix After her parents die in an accident, Louise and her brother Mark return home to prepa...

Library Board of Trustees Meeting

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Zimmerman Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Event Details:
Regular meeting of the Library Board of Trustees. Takes place in the Zimmerman Room on the mezzanine level. Agenda and meeting notice may be found on the Library website: https://www.balibrary.org/library-board ...

Teaching Garden Workshop: Seed Collecting

9:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary, Middle School, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: BALibrary Teaching Garden
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK, Elementary, Middle School, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 21
Event Details:
Get hands-on instruction in seasonal gardening tasks. August/September: thin and divide perennials, deadhead, weed, and begin the seed harvest. Meets weekly in the Teaching Garden, weather permitting. Registration suggested.  ...

Baby Time: Wobbly Ones

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 12 – 24 months w/caregiver Songs, rhymes, and stories that support early language and motor skills. Drop in. Story Room. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

Baby Time: Wobbly Ones

10:30am - 11:00am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 12 – 24 months w/caregiver Songs, rhymes, and stories that support early language and motor skills. Drop in. Story Room. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

Game-O-Rama

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Meeting Room Side A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community/Nonprofit
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:
Bring your friends for an afternoon of card and dice games. Dave Tuszynski leads us through some simple and fun games for 2-4 players. Games include: Polish Poker, Wichita, Roll for It, Sevens, LCR and many others. For those 65 and older. ...

Monogrammed Woodcut Pumpkin

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts/Maker, Technology Topics
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Paint and decorate a pumpkin made out of pieces cut on the laser and Silhouette. Register. Conference Room. ...

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MakerLab Program

Use of the MakerLab and its equipment is reserved for Barrington Area Library cardholders.

Baby Time: Lapsit

3:30pm - 4:00pm
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 0 – 12 months w/caregiver Bond with your baby as we share rhymes and songs to build early language skills. Drop in. Story room. ...

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Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

Craft: Friendship Bracelets

4:15pm - 4:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:
Grades K – 2 Come and make a bracelet, necklace, or keychain with your name on it with beads. Register. Program Room. ...

History of War of the Worlds

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:
Laura Keyes walks us through Orson Welles’ frightening War of the Worlds broadcast from 1938 and the terrifying effect it had on listeners. Register. Virtual. Part of our Halloween Happenings! ...

Toddler Time

10:00am - 10:30am
Children, Birth to PreK
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Story Room
Age Group: Children, Birth to PreK
Event Details:
Ages 2 – 3 years w/caregiver Stories, songs, and rhymes in this energetic story time for toddlers. Drop in. Story Room. ...

Disclaimer(s)

Story Times

Program space is limited. BALibrary cardholders receive priority admission until a program begins or is filled. Drop in except where noted. Story Room.

 

BACOG Well Water Testing

11:00am - 6:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Meeting Room Side A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community/Nonprofit, Health & Wellness
Event Details:
In collaboration with the Barrington Area Council of Governments Come in to drop off your well water collection kit for analysis, and stay to learn more about the local shallow aquifer system, what you can do to protect safe drinking water, citize...

Who Would Win Club

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children, Elementary
Registration
Library Branch: Barrington Area Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:
Grades K – 3 Whale or great white shark - who would win? Join us to talk about Who Would Win, make crafts, and play some games. Register. Program Room. ...