Week Calendar

All ages w/caregiver

Local gardeners provide hands-on instruction in seasonal gardening tasks. From 9:30 – 10 AM we’ll focus on basic garden maintenance. From 10 – 11 AM, we’ll learn about a specific gardening topic. Meets weekly, weather permitting.

All ages w/caregiver.

All ages w/caregiver.

All Ages w/caregiver.

Through process-oriented art, kids explore their imagination and develop creative thinking skills. Join us for an open-ended art project for all ages and abilities. Mess-makers welcome! Drop in. Program Room. 

All ages w/caregiver

Join us for a special story time during your birthday month and we’ll celebrate YOU with stories, songs, and a craft! Register with the birthday child’s name. Program Room.

Grades 1 – 5

Grades 1 – 5

Grades 1 – 5

Grades 1 – 5

Ages 0 – 24 months w/caregiver

Join our librarians and their ukuleles in this interactive, musical rhyme time, and learn the many benefits of bathing your baby in song! Drop in. Story Room.

Grades 3-8.

Chat with friends and listen to some relaxing tunes while painting a canvas. Register. Program Room.

Grades K-3 w/caregiver.

Have fun making your own ice cream in a bag on a hot summer day!

The Lake County Forest Preserve District discusses the lifecycles, benefits, and drawbacks of insects found in your backyard, and ideas for controlling them. Register. Meeting Room.
 

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.

Grades 4-8.

Have fun making your own ice cream in a bag on a hot summer day! Register. BALibrary Lawn.

Grades 3-5.

Are you mesmerized by stars, planets, and all things outer space? We’ll explore the universe together and participate in space-themed crafts, experiments, and activities. Register. Program Room.

All ages

K-5 w/family

I spy with my little eye… a nature scavenger hunt! Use our clues to find what’s “hiding” on our library lawn. Feel free to bring the whole family. Register. BALibrary Lawn, east of the upper parking lot.

All ages w/caregiver

Shake your sillies out, get cozy, and listen to bedtime stories in this calming evening story time designed to help kids get a good night’s sleep. Drop in. Program Room.

Learn the process to find and submit your own 3D print files! Register. MakerLab. 

Adult Services Librarians discuss popular titles in a social book club for adults. Register. Meeting Room.

Regular meeting of the Library Board of Trustees. Takes place in Meeting Room A. The agenda and meeting notice may be found on the Library website: https://www.balibrary.org/library-board

Kehsin and John play jazz, bossa novas, and lively jazz arrangements of pop tunes. They perform regularly at Le Piano, The Dock, and many private events throughout the Chicago area. Register. Meeting Room.