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.

All ages w/caregiverOpen-ended art projects for all ages and abilities. Process-oriented art allows kids to explore their imaginations and develop creative thinking skills. Mess-makers welcome! Drop in. Program Room.

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/caregiver

Ages 3 – 5 w/caregiver
Join us as we explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math with exciting experiments and activities. Dress for a mess. Register. Program 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.

Use archival ink pens to create a lovely floral piece for a special someone or just for you. Register. Meeting Room.

Susan Barzacchini, author of Inventive Wire Weaving, provides tools, materials, and instruction to create a herringbone wire weave around a single bead.

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.

Create a custom design to be etched onto a canvas wine bag and a stemless wine glass using our Laser Cutter. Conference Room. Register.

Through this comprehensive student loan workshop, attendees will learn how to best address the challenge of repaying large student loan debts. Ed Beckstrom of Consumer Credit Counseling presents. Register. Zimmerman Room.

Like a great Valentine’s romance, let’s talk about “pairing well” — like wine and cheese. Meet at Heinen’s and explore how these two items complement each other. Register. Off-site. Heinen’s Grocery Store, 500 N Hough St, Barrington.

Find your family using online databases such as Ancestry Library Edition, HeritageQuest, Fold3, and more! Register. Zimmerman Room.

Brighten up your winter by painting a colorful, abstract, Valentine’s-themed canvas. Art instructor Ivy will show you how, step by step. Dress for a mess! Register. Meeting Room.