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Children's Take and Make: Turkey Mobile

All Day 11/18 - 11/23
Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Starting November 18 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the library to get a craft kit to take home.

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Starting November 18 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the library to get a craft kit to take home.

Baby Lapsit: 0 - 24 Months

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Meeting Room AB at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Storytime designed for babies 0-24 months and their care. Simple stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement activities followed by fifteen minutes of social time. Registration...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Storytime designed for babies 0-24 months and their care. Simple stories, songs, fingerplays, and movement activities followed by fifteen minutes of social time.

young black girl reading book

Sensory Storytime and Play

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Meeting Room AB at Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children, Family
Event Details:

This storytime program provides a modified environment and is intended for families with disabilities, on the autism spectrum, and/or sensory processing disorders.   If ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Family
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

This storytime program provides a modified environment and is intended for families with disabilities, on the autism spectrum, and/or sensory processing disorders.

 

cute dinosaur chasing bubbles

Dino Giggles

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room AB at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Family
Event Details:

Play with Dinosaurs in ways you’ve never played before! Cover your Dino with shaving cream, give it a bath or read it a story!  

Full
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Play with Dinosaurs in ways you’ve never played before! Cover your Dino with shaving cream, give it a bath or read it a story!  

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Senior Cards & Games

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Off-the-Lobby at Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Seniors
Event Details:

The library provides a friendly space and games on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month. Library provides Yahtzee, decks of cards and poker chips, and Bunco. Attendees may ...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Seniors
Event Details:

The library provides a friendly space and games on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month. Library provides Yahtzee, decks of cards and poker chips, and Bunco.

Teen volunteers will help prep items for the children's department.

Teen Volunteer Opportunity

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Dept. at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Volunteering
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Teen volunteers will help prep items for the children's department.  Stay as long as you can and earn one hour. Check in at the Children's Desk.   Teens will he...

Full
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Children's Dept.
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Teen volunteers will help prep items for the children's department.  Stay as long as you can and earn one hour. Check in at the Children's Desk.  

 

Teens will help cut a craft for an upcoming program. 

Teen Volunteer Opportunity

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Dept. at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Volunteering
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Help assist children with air dry clay while making Dino vs. Dragon eyes. Receive 2 service hours.  Ask for Jessica upstairs at the Children's Service Desk. 

Full
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Children's Dept.
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Help assist children with air dry clay while making Dino vs. Dragon eyes.

Receive 2 service hours. 

Ask for Jessica upstairs at the Children's Service Desk. 

clay dinosaur or dragon eye craft

Dino vs. Dragon

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room AB at Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Family
Event Details:

Are you team Dinosaur or Dragon? Choose your fave and use your imagination to create a cool creature eye. 

Open
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Family
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Are you team Dinosaur or Dragon? Choose your fave and use your imagination to create a cool creature eye. 

Live Music: Holiday Favorites with John Boda

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Off-the-Lobby at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family
Event Details:

Kick off the holiday season with a live performance of festive holiday music that will uplift your spirit and spread holiday cheer. This performance will be held off the lobby insi...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Kick off the holiday season with a live performance of festive holiday music that will uplift your spirit and spread holiday cheer. This performance will be held off the lobby inside the Library. No registration required. 

Winterfest

Woodridge Winterfest

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 4:30pm - 9:00pm
Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family
Event Details:

Enjoy festive live holiday music, a children’s craft, and meet-and-greets inside the library with Anna, Elsa, and Rudolph.  FREE LIBRARY ACTIVITIES: 4:30 p.m. Live Mu...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Enjoy festive live holiday music, a children’s craft, and meet-and-greets inside the library with Anna, Elsa, and Rudolph. 

FREE LIBRARY ACTIVITIES:

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Teen Volunteer Opportunity

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Study Room G at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Volunteering
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Volunteers will assist with a children's craft in the lobby. You will earn 1.5 hours of community service. Check in at the children's craft table in the lobby. Ask for Kim

Full
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Study Room G
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Volunteers will assist with a children's craft in the lobby. You will earn 1.5 hours of community service.

Check in at the children's craft table in the lobby. Ask for Kim

Winterfest

Anna & Elsa Meet-and-Greet

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Off-the-Lobby at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Family
Event Details:

Drop-in for an exciting meet-and-greet with beloved characters Anna and Elsa inside the Library! No registration required.  This special event is part of the Woodridge Wint...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Drop-in for an exciting meet-and-greet with beloved characters Anna and Elsa inside the Library! No registration required. 

Two hands holding a heart that has a blue W in it with the words Teen Volunteers above it.

Teen Volunteer Opportunity

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Study Room G at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Volunteering
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Volunteers will assist with a children's craft in the lobby. You will earn 1.5 volunteer hours.  Check in at the children's craft table in the lobby and ask for Kim. &...

Full
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Study Room G
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Volunteers will assist with a children's craft in the lobby. You will earn 1.5 volunteer hours. 

Check in at the children's craft table in the lobby and ask for Kim.  

Walter Thomas

Live Music: Joyful Sounds of the Season with Walter Thomas

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 7:15pm - 8:00pm
Off-the-Lobby at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family
Event Details:

Warm up with a live performance of joyful songs of the seasons. This performance will be held off the lobby inside the Library. No registration required.  This special even...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors, Family
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Warm up with a live performance of joyful songs of the seasons. This performance will be held off the lobby inside the Library. No registration required. 

Turkey peeking from behind wall and magnifying glass hovering over

Drop-in: I SPY @ The Library

All Day 11/24 - 11/27
Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Family
Event Details:

I spy with my little eye kids having fun at the library! Stop by the Children's Department and checkout our I Spy wall and see if you have what it takes to spot the hidden items.&n...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Family
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

I spy with my little eye kids having fun at the library! Stop by the Children's Department and checkout our I Spy wall and see if you have what it takes to spot the hidden items.  Win a mystery prize!

air dry clay handprint ornament

Take & Make: Baby Air Dry Clay Ornament

All Day 11/25 - 11/27
Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Available: November 25- November 30, while supplies last Pick up: at Circulation Desk Starting November 25 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the lib...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Available: November 25- November 30, while supplies last

Pick up: at Circulation Desk

Literacy DuPage logo

Virtual: ESL Conversation Group

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Virtual
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Welcome! This English as a Second Language (ESL) conversation group will be conducted by an experienced volunteer from Literacy DuPage. Meetings give intermediate and abo...

Open
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Welcome! This English as a Second Language (ESL) conversation group will be conducted by an experienced volunteer from Literacy DuPage.

CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING DAY

All Day
Woodridge Public Library

Closed all day for Thanksgiving Day Library reopens on Friday at 9 a.m. Outdoor book returns will remain open throughout the holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Woodridge Public Library
Description:

Closed all day for Thanksgiving Day

Library reopens on Friday at 9 a.m.

Outdoor book returns will remain open throughout the holiday.

Drop-in: I SPY @ The Library

All Day 11/29 - 11/30
Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Family
Event Details:

I spy with my little eye kids having fun at the library! Stop by the Children's Department and checkout our I Spy wall and see if you have what it takes to spot the hidden items.&n...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Family
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

I spy with my little eye kids having fun at the library! Stop by the Children's Department and checkout our I Spy wall and see if you have what it takes to spot the hidden items.  Win a mystery prize!

air dry clay handprint ornament

Take & Make: Baby Air Dry Clay Ornament

All Day 11/29 - 11/30
Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Available: November 25- November 30, while supplies last Pick up: at Circulation Desk Starting November 25 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the lib...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Available: November 25- November 30, while supplies last

Pick up: at Circulation Desk

Elf sitting on bookshelf

Where's Larry The Library Elf?

All Day 12/1 - 12/5
Children's Dept. at Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children, Family
Event Details:

Did you know your library has its very own elf? Each day from December 1 through December 23 Larry will be in a new spot, with a new book. Find out what Larry is reading and w...

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Children's Dept.
Age Group: Children, Family
Event Details:

Did you know your library has its very own elf? Each day from December 1 through December 23 Larry will be in a new spot, with a new book. Find out what Larry is reading and win a sticker!

 
Jodi Beach

Live Music: Home for the Holidays Featuring Jodi Beach

Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Off-the-Lobby at Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Immerse yourself in the spirit of the season as Jodi sings your favorite holiday songs.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 102
Event Details:

Immerse yourself in the spirit of the season as Jodi sings your favorite holiday songs.

Children's Take and Make: Yeti

All Day 12/2 - 12/5
Woodridge Public Library
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Starting December 2 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the library to get a craft kit to take home.

Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Starting December 2 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the library to get a craft kit to take home.

Preschool Storytime: Ages 3 - 5

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Meeting Room AB at Woodridge Public Library
Program Type:
Storytimes
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Exciting interactive play, music, and stories for your preschool child. Kids are encouraged to attend independently; they will have a great time while learning social skills. ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Required
Seats Remaining: 23
Event Details:

Exciting interactive play, music, and stories for your preschool child. Kids are encouraged to attend independently; they will have a great time while learning social skills.