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Children's Take and Make: Scarecrow Clothespin

All Day 9/23 - 9/28
Children
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Starting September 23 stop by the Circulation Desk in the lobby of the library to get a craft kit to take home.

History of Carole King

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Professor Gary Wenstrup recounts King's incredible journey, whose blend of rock, pop, folk, and soul music resonates deeply, warming hearts everywhere. Presented with entertaining videos and music clips. 

Preschoolers on a Roll

10:00am - 11:00am
Children, Family
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Explore physics, momentum, and gravity by experimenting with balls, tubes, ramps and tunnels!

Senior Cards & Games

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Seniors
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.

Kids BINGO: Pokémon

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Children, Tweens
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Celebrate all things Pokémon as we play Pokémon Bingo and win prizes!

 

Note: There are 2 sessions of this program, please only sign up for one time slot.

Kids BINGO: Pokémon

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Children, Tweens
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Celebrate all things Pokémon as we play Pokémon Bingo and win prizes!

Note: There are 2 sessions of this program, please only sign up for one time slot.

Take & Make: Baby Sensory Bottles

All Day 9/30 - 10/5
Children
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Available: September 30- October 5, while supplies last

Pick up: at Circulation Desk

Preschool Storytime: Ages 3 - 5

9:30am - 10:00am
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
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.

Toddler Time: Ages 2 - 3

10:15am - 10:45am
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 21
Event Details:

Toddler Time is filled with exciting interactive play, games, music, and stories for your 2- to 3-year-old child to enjoy with a caretaker.

Virtual: ESL Conversation Group

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration 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.

Toddler Time: Ages 2 - 3

10:15am - 10:45am
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Toddler Time is filled with exciting interactive play, games, music, and stories for your 2- to 3-year-old child to enjoy with a caretaker.

Preschool Storytime: Ages 3 - 5

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 22
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.

Teen Volunteer Opportunity

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Two teens needed to help put together craft kits. Report to the Computer Help Desk and ask for Kim. 

LEGO Marble Run

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children, Tweens
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Build a marble run with LEGO.

All you need to bring is your imagination! We will provide the materials. 

 

 

Baby Lapsit: 0 - 24 Months

9:30am - 10:00am
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
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.

Toddler Time: Ages 2 - 3

10:15am - 10:45am
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Toddler Time is filled with exciting interactive play, games, music, and stories for your 2- to 3-year-old child to enjoy with a caretaker.

Teen Volunteer Opportunity

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Lobby
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Teen volunteers will help set-up and clean up supplies for an adult craft program off the lobby. You will earn 2 volunteer hours. 

Mini Pumpkin Decorating

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Full
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Decorate a mini pumpkin to celebrate Fall & Halloween! Miniature pumpkins and crafting supplies like paint and yarn will be supplied. You are also welcome to bring your own pumpkin to decorate, as well. 

Baby Lapsit: 0 - 24 Months

9:30am - 10:00am
Children
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
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.

Preschool Play & Learn: Get Moving!

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children, Family
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Family
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Here is a chance for preschoolers and their grown-ups to play and learn together. Different early childhood learning skills will be covered each month. This month is Get Moving! - Physical Education!

Teen Volunteer Opportunity

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Two volunteers needed to put together craft kits. 

Report to the Computer Help Desk and ask for Kim. 

Annual October Woodridge Art Exhibit Reception

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults, Seniors
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Lobby
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Come meet local artists who are exhibiting their work during the month of October.  Find out about their inspirations and methods.  Light refreshments will be served.

Sensory Storytime and Play

10:00am - 10:45am
Children, Family
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Meeting Room AB
Age Group: Children, Family
Program Type: Storytimes
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
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.

 

Live Music: Rat Pat Classics by Peter Oprisko

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults, Seniors
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Woodridge Public Library
Room: Off-the-Lobby
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

Award-winning vocalist Peter Oprisko will evoke nostalgia with his renditions of classics by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr., along with other timeless hits.