Week Calendar

The Makerspace has sewing machines! Learn how to use the machine and sew a small project! All materials will be provided. (Colors may vary.)

Skills learned: basic sewing & pressing.

Join us for a half hour of dancing and a story with Motion Works Dance. Most appropriate for kids ages 5 years old and younger and an adult companion. 

Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and join us for stories, songs, and fun. Most appropriate for kids 5 and under and an adult companion. The same theme repeats throughout the week.

Join us for a prehistoric pep rally all about life millions of years ago! From dinosaur skin all the way to extinction, this is an experience you won't want to miss!

Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and join us for stories, songs, and fun. Most appropriate for kids 5 and under and an adult companion. The same theme repeats throughout the week.

 It’s a  BUBBLE BLOCK PARTY!

Step into a world of limitless possibilities with the Meta Quest VR! Choose from various games and apps to explore the new frontier of virtual reality. Open for patrons in the 6th-12th grades.

Sean Gaskell features songs on the kora- a 21 stringed West African harp.

We’ll use plastic knives, paper clips, pencils, and bobby pins to carve three-dimensional artwork from a bar of soap.

 Please be aware that the soap does have a scent. 

Stop by the Makerspace to learn about the process of 3D Printing! Take home a small 3D printed black squirrel magnet.

This is a drop-in program. Pop by any time between 2 and 4 p.m.

Really Bird and friends learn to make a unique fresh lemonade and use it to do some good around the park where they live. Join us in making fresh squeezed lemonade and lemon print aprons.

Stop by the Makerspace to learn about the process of 3D Printing! Take home a small 3D printed black squirrel magnet.

This is a drop-in program. Pop by any time between 2 and 4 p.m.

Stop by the Makerspace to learn about the process of 3D Printing! Take home a small 3D printed black squirrel magnet.

This is a drop-in program. Pop by any time between 2 and 4 p.m.

October 1871—Months of drought turned Chicago into a tinderbox waiting for a spark. What happens when that spark is lit? See if you can survive the Great Chicago Fire Escape Room and make fire slime.

Learn how to use Tinkercad to build and manipulate 3D designs. In this class, we’ll go over merging and subtracting shapes, readying objects for 3D printing by adding supports and exporting files.

The Makerspace has sewing machines! Learn how to use the machine and sew a small project! All materials will be provided. (Colors may vary.)

Skills learned: basic sewing & pressing.

Melt different colors of Jolly Ranchers to make a colorful and EDIBLE geode. This event is open to patrons in the 6th-12th grades while supplies last.

Have you always wanted to explore the world of weaving but never got around to it? Now's the time to try it out! This event is open to patrons in the 6th - 12th grades while supplies last.

Step into a world of limitless possibilities with the Meta Quest VR! Choose from various games and apps to explore the new frontier of virtual reality. Open for patrons in the 6th-12th grades.

Have you always wanted to explore the world of weaving but never got around to it? Now's the time to try it out! This event is open to patrons in the 6th - 12th grades while supplies last.

Step into a world of limitless possibilities with the Meta Quest VR! Choose from various games and apps to explore the new frontier of virtual reality. Open for patrons in the 6th-12th grades.

Have you always wanted to explore the world of weaving but never got around to it? Now's the time to try it out! This event is open to patrons in the 6th - 12th grades while supplies last.

Step into a world of limitless possibilities with the Meta Quest VR! Choose from various games and apps to explore the new frontier of virtual reality. Open for patrons in the 6th-12th grades.

Step into a world of limitless possibilities with the Meta Quest VR! Choose from various games and apps to explore the new frontier of virtual reality. Open for patrons in the 6th-12th grades.

Alzheimer's and other dementia cause memory, thinking, and behavior problems that interfere with daily living.

Come play new and classic board and card games. This group meets the third Tuesday of each month, and it is free to attend. You are welcome to bring your favorite games or just stop in to join a game.

Learn how to solder stained glass. In this class, we’ll go over the basics of the soldering iron, types of solder, basic terminology, and safety. Then, we’ll put that knowledge to use by practicing soldering scrap glass.