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This event is in the "Early Childhood" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Baby Time (Ages 0-2 + Guardian)

10:00am - 10:30am
Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers
Storytime
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Baby Time

Help your child learn important pre-literacy skills with our fun-filled baby storytimes. In addition to books, we focus on songs, games, and motion to help babies learn and grow.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

ELL Conversation Group (Women Only)

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
En Español
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: En Español

ELL Conversation Group

Practice English skills at these free, drop-in ELL groups.

 

This event is in the "Early Childhood" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Toddler Time (Ages 2-4 + Guardian)

10:45am - 11:15am
Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Storytime
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. 

This event is in the "Grade School" group.

Pokéblade (Grades 3-6)

6:00pm - 6:45pm
Grade School
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Grade School

Pokéblade (Grades 3-6)

Meet up with other Pokémon and Beyblade fans! Show us your most powerful Pokémon cards and bring your best defenders, attackers, launchers and bursts! Stadiums are provided.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Citizenship Study Group Part 1

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Citzenship
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Citzenship
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:

Review the N-400: Application for Naturalization, and learn the five most common reasons forms get denied. Practice the citizenship test, rehearse for the naturalization interview and prepare for the Oath of Allegiance.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Glass Fusing

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join artist Jim Braun of Ed Hoy’s International, North America’s largest art glass supplier, to design, cut, grind, and kiln fire colorful glass pieces.

This event is in the "Seniors (60+)" group.

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.

This event is in the "Early Childhood" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Baby Time (Ages 0-2 + Guardian)

10:00am - 10:30am
Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers
Storytime
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Baby Time

Help your child learn important pre-literacy skills with our fun-filled baby storytimes. In addition to books, we focus on songs, games, and motion to help babies learn and grow.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. 

This event is in the "Seniors (60+)" group.
Library Branch: Off Site Center for Senior Citizens
Age Group: Seniors (60+)
Program Type: Book Club

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.

Event Details:

The alternate history novel tells the story of Cora, a slave in the Antebellum South during the 19th century, who makes a bid for freedom from her Georgia plantation by followi

This event is in the "Early Childhood" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Toddler Time (Ages 2-4 + Guardian)

10:45am - 11:15am
Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Storytime
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Early Childhood, Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime

Toddler Time

Help your child learn important pre-literacy skills with our fun-filled toddler storytimes. In addition to books, we focus on songs, games, and motion to help toddlers learn and grow.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted. 

This event is in the "Grade School" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Grade School
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Experience the thrills of pioneering as you follow a map to trek through the library. Will the decision you make along the way make for a successful journey, or lead to your demise?

Disclaimer(s)

Independent Attendance

This is a program intended for children to attend independently. Please let us know if your child requires any extra accommodations. See our family programs to attend with the whole family. 

This event is in the "Teen" group.

Snowman Bookmarks (Grades 7-12)

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen
Arts & Crafts
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 1
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Design unique snowman bookmarks to keep your place while curling up by the fireplace with your favorite book this winter.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ELL Study
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Getting Started with Excel

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Computer Study
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Computer Lab
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computer Study
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Learn to use the most popular spreadsheet program in the world. Find your way around worksheets, enter and edit data, and more. Computer experience is required but no prior Excel experience is needed.

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. 

This event is in the "Grade School" group.

Make a Kaleidoscope (Grades 1-3)

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Grade School
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 2
Age Group: Grade School
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Learn the science behind how kaleidoscopes works, then build your own and watch mesmerizing patterns come to life. 

Disclaimer(s)

Independent Attendance

This is a program intended for children to attend independently. Please let us know if your child requires any extra accommodations. See our family programs to attend with the whole family. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

ELL Conversation Group

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
ELL Study
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ELL Study

ELL Conversation Group

Practice English skills at these free, drop-in ELL groups.

 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

A Portrait of Shakespeare

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

“All the world’s a stage.” Peter Garino, artistic director of The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, takes us on a journey combining biography and excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors (60+)" group.

Friends of the Library Meeting

9:00am - 11:00am
Adults, Seniors (60+)
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors (60+)
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Story and Craft Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ELL Study
This event is in the "Grade School" group.

Art Studio (Grades 1-3)

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Grade School
Arts & Crafts
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 2
Age Group: Grade School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Learn about an artist, technique, or movement and make a project inspired by what we learn!
 

Disclaimer(s)

Independent Attendance

This is a program intended for children to attend independently. Please let us know if your child requires any extra accommodations. See our family programs to attend with the whole family. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Arte de Sal de San Valentín (Adultos) / Saint Valentine’s Salt Art (Adults)

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts, En Español
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 2
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, En Español
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Si estás buscando una idea increíble, tienes que probar este técnica de acuarela. / If you are looking for an amazing idea, you have to try this watercolor technique.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

ELL Conversation Group

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
ELL Study
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: ELL Study

ELL Conversation Group

Practice English skills at these free, drop-in ELL groups.

 

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Community Room 1
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Come to this FREE English Language Learning Course presented by the College of Dupage. The class meets each Monday & Wednesday from 2/3-5/19.

Registration & Testing will be held on 1/27 & 1/29 from 6:30-8:30pm.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

ELL Conversation Group (Women Only)

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
En Español
Library Branch: Glenside Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: En Español

ELL Conversation Group

Practice English skills at these free, drop-in ELL groups.