Cancelled

Lapsit Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Children
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Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes
Event Details:

Help your baby grow up to love books! Share stories, songs, and rhymes with your little one in this lapsit program and introduce them to a lifetime of reading fun and language enjoyment. 

Disclaimer(s)

Storytime Accompanying Adults

This storytime works best if there is one child to one adult. Participation of caregivers with their child is important in order to help them learn while they are having fun.

Cancelled

Knitting Circle

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adult
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Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Clubs & Groups

Knitting Circle

No charge, no registration: all knitters and crafters are welcome for conversation and inspiration. 

Cancelled

LEGO Engineers

4:30pm - 5:15pm
Children
Required
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Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Clubs & Groups, Hands On, STEAM
Event Details:

Future engineers unite! Join us to show off your LEGO skills and complete a variety of creative challenges. We’ll display our creations in the Youth Department after each month’s session.

 

Emancipation to Inauguration: The Black Experience in Chicago

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adult
Required
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Library Branch: Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Room: Virtual Programming
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Presentations
Required
Seats Remaining: 43
Event Details:

From Chicago’s first settler to the nation’s Chief Executive, the African American presence is deep and proud. Historian, musician, and radio personality Clarence Goodman guides you through the rich and profound Black experience in Chicago.