Week Calendar

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Ages 0 – 3 w/ caregiverChildren learn as they play. Explore hands-on activities and connect with other grown-ups in this fun class. Please bring your Barrington Area Library Card for admission.

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra traveling ensemble explores how a composer uses rhythm to create musical magic. Melody, rhythm, and magical illusions combine with audience participation to delight and amaze. All ages with a caregiver.

Up to 24 months w/caregiverShare songs, stories and rhymes with your baby and connect with other new parents in this story time and playtime. Please bring your Barrington Area Library Card for admission.

Ages 2 – 5 w/caregiverChildren (with a favorite adult) enjoy books, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building language and literacy skills. Please bring your Barrington Area Library Card for admission.

All ages w/caregiverThrough process-oriented art, kids express their creativity and imagination with a variety of materials, including paint! Join us for an open-ended art project for all ages and abilities.

Ages 2 – 6 w/caregiverDance, wiggle, and shake at this groovin’ story time. Don’t forget your dancin’ shoes! Drop in. Meeting Room.

Ages 2 & 3 w/caregiverPlay and explore with stories, songs, art and more in this energetic story time for toddlers. Dress for a mess! Please bring your Barrington Area Library Card for admission.

Ages 2 – 5 w/caregiverChildren (with a favorite adult) enjoy books, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building language and literacy skills. Please bring your Barrington Area Library Card for admission.

Ages 2 – 5 w/caregiverChildren (with a favorite adult) enjoy books, songs, rhymes and movement activities while building language and literacy skills. Please bring your Barrington Area Library Card for admission.

Grades K-3. Make a take-home craft at the Library. Register for each event. Program Room.

Enthusiastic music lecturer, composer, and radio personality Jim Kendros leads a lecture/discussion on the Thursday before an ESO concert weekend. Funding for these events provided by the Barrington Area Community Foundation. Register.

Grades K – 8Make LEGO robots, create stories, and build amazing creations. Drop in. Program Room.

Are you thinking about cutting the cord with your cable company? Learn about popular video streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu, as well as devices used to stream content. Zimmerman Room. Register.

Learn the differences between these two tests and how to choose the best one for you. Teens and their parents are welcome. Register. Meeting Room.

From Uber to Instacart, nearly half of Americans have some kind of side hustle to supplement their primary income. Explore some popular options, and learn about the benefits and pitfalls of working on the side. Register. Meeting Room.

In collaboration with Samaritan Counseling Center and BStrong Together. Would you know what to say if someone in your family, a friend, or a team member were suicidal?

This popular trio brings jazz stylings to a selection of your favorite soulful Motown classics. Register. Meeting Room.