Upcoming Events

Featured Events

A group of smiling children with backpacks stand in a line outdoors near a chain-link fence.

Día del Niño (Familia) / Children’s Day (Family)

Monday, April 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room 2 at Glenside Library

Program Type:

En Español

Age Group:

Family
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Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 2
Age Group: Family
Program Type: En Español
Event Details:

¡Acompáñanos! En este programa para pasar un rato agradable con juegos, manualidades y dulces. /Join us and have fun playing games, doing crafts and eating candy.

Stethoscope and pen on a medical chart with healthcare icons in a blue and green overlay.

Medicare 101

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room 1 at Glenside Library

Age Group:

Adults, Seniors (60+)
Register Now
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 1
Age Group: Adults, Seniors (60+)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Take the guesswork out of Medicare! Join David Wylly of Medicare Solutions Network to discuss Supplements, Advantage Plans, Part D Prescription Coverage, and cost-saving strategies for the years ahead.

Building with a large banner for Dunn Museum; features nature images and trees in front.

Dunn Museum Highlights Tour (Virtual)

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual at Glenside Library

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Explore a treasure trove of history from Lake County, Illinois, with a virtual tour of the nationally accredited Dunn Museum.

A young child wearing a blue outfit, crouching, pets a brown sheep while a small black and white goat looks on.

A Zoo to You!: Glenside Petting Zoo (All Ages)

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 11:00am - 3:00pm
Outdoors at Glenside Library

Age Group:

Family
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Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Outdoors
Age Group: Family
Event Details:

Stop by to meet, pet, and feed animals such as goats, bunnies, sheep, and chickens from Zoos Are Us, Inc. Weather permitting.

A group of elderly people are seated on chairs, stretching with their hands behind their heads in a bright room.

Chair Yoga

Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Large Community Room at Glenside Library

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Enjoy the benefits of yoga without needing to get down on a mat with instructor Susan Wilkens of Dancing Cranes Yoga!

Close-up of a LEGO construction worker figurine with a red helmet and blue uniform, standing in front of a yellow dump truck.

Family Lego Party (All Ages)

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room 2 at Glenside Library

Program Type:

STEM

Age Group:

Family
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Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 2
Age Group: Family
Program Type: STEM
A fiery meteor streaks through space toward Earth, with a bright glow and cloudy atmosphere below.

Travelers from Outer Space: Comets & Asteroids

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room 1 at Glenside Library

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Event Details:

Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing at Adler Planetarium, will showcase amazing closeup images of comets and asteroids to highlight what we currently know about the cosmos, and what we hope to find out.

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Medicare 101

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults, Seniors (60+)
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 1
Age Group: Adults, Seniors (60+)
Registration Required
Event Details:

Take the guesswork out of Medicare! Join David Wylly of Medicare Solutions Network to discuss Supplements, Advantage Plans, Part D Prescription Coverage, and cost-saving strategies for the years ahead.

Device Advice

9:30am - 10:30am
Seniors (60+)
Library Branch: Off Site Center for Senior Citizens
Age Group: Seniors (60+)
Event Details:

Drop in with your device (mobile/cell phone, tablet, iPad, laptop, Chromebook, etc.) for 1-on-1 assistance managing and troubleshooting apps, personal information, and projects.

Senior Book Club: Churchill’s Secret Messenger by Alan Hlad

10:30am - 11:30am
Seniors (60+)
Book Club
Library Branch: Off Site Center for Senior Citizens
Age Group: Seniors (60+)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Senior Book Club

Read or listen to a preselected book at home and discuss it at the monthly meeting. Each registrant will receive a complimentary copy of the book, while supplies last.

Recruited from Churchill’s typing pool to become an undercover spy in German-occupied France, a young woman from London bravely endures daring missions, audacious escapes, and harrowing imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp,

Friends of the Library Meeting

9:00am - 11:00am
Adults, Seniors (60+)
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors (60+)

Memorial Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Memorial Day.

Summer Reading: Kona Ice Kickoff Event

9:00am - 4:30pm
Adults, Seniors (60+), Family
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors (60+), Family
Event Details:

Register at the library on the first day of the Level Up at Your Library Summer Reading Program and enjoy a free shaved ice from the Kona Ice truck.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all.  If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request special accommodations, please contact the library. 

Independence Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library is closed on Independence Day.

GH Fest Closing

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library

Labor Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library is closed on Labor day.

Early Closing

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes at 6:00pm the day before Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library is closed on Thanksgiving day

Christmas Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library is closed on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The library is closed on Christmas Day.

New Year's Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library is closed on New Year's Eve.

New Year's Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on New Year's Day.

Easter Sunday

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Easter Sunday.

Memorial Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Memorial Day.

Independence Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Independence Day.

Labor Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Labor Day.

Early Closing

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes early the day before Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Thanksgiving Day.

Christmas Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library closes on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The library is closed on Christmas Day.

New Year's Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Glenside Library
Description:

The Library is closed on New Year's Eve.