library in your living room - Highland Park Public Library

Cookin' with Books - A Virtual Event

Tue, Sep 22, 7:30pm - 7:45pm

Zoom Event

This storytime is planned with your preschooler in mind. Put on your jammies, grab your favorite stuffed friend & settle down for goodnight stories with Miss Deena via Zoom. Registration is required.

Tue, Sep 22, 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Try out recipes from each meeting's cookbook selection, then discuss your experience on Zoom with fellow foodies.

Canceled

Thu, Sep 24, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy two stories and create a craft along with Miss Deena. We will be meeting on Zoom. Registration required.

Trolls World Tour - Parking Lot Family Movie

Fri, Sep 25, 10:30am - 11:00am

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy great stories, puppets, flannel boards, music and activities that foster pre-reading skills and encourage a love of books. Registration required.

Canceled

Fri, Sep 25, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Join us for a socially-distanced showing of Trolls: World Tour! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and bug spray to our parking-garage-turned-movie-theater!

Readers' Round Table - A Virtual Event

Tue, Sep 29, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Zoom Event

Love to read? Always looking for book recommendations or your next book club title? Meet fellow bibliophiles at Readers' Round Table! This will be an online discussion. Register for an invite.

All About Voting By Mail with County Clerk Robin O'Connor - A Virtual Event

Tue, Sep 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Learn about the vote by mail process and other voting options. Lake County's top election official will answer your questions about the election so you can cast your vote with confidence.

Silly Songs - A Virtual Event

Tue, Sep 29, 7:30pm - 7:45pm

Zoom Event

This storytime is planned with your preschooler in mind. Put on your jammies, grab your favorite stuffed friend & settle down for goodnight stories with Miss Deena via Zoom. Registration is required.

Wed, Sep 30, 3:00pm - 3:20pm

Sing along to some silly songs with Miss Kelly! For even more fun, play along with your own instruments, real or homemade!

Meet The Author Ellen Feldman - "Paris Never Leaves You" - A Virtual Event

Wed, Sep 30, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Ellen Feldman discusses her new book, "Paris Never Leaves You."

Comic Bookclub - A Virtual Event

Thu, Oct 01, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy two stories and create a craft along with Miss Deena. We will be meeting on Zoom. Registration required.

Thu, Oct 01, 7:30pm - 8:30pm

Comic Bookclub meets every fourth Thursday at 7:30PM. Details on how to participate will be sent after registration. See the long description for discussion titles!

Fri, Oct 02, 10:30am - 11:00am

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy great stories, puppets, flannel boards, music and activities that foster pre-reading skills and encourage a love of books. Registration required.

Mon, Oct 05, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Completion of Beginning French or knowledge of the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, simple sentence structure, basic grammar, and pronunciation are prerequisites for this class.

Mon, Oct 05, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Learn the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, and simple sentence structure along with basic grammar and pronunciation.

Tue, Oct 06, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Tue, Oct 06, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

What is your story? Your life experience is the story that only you can tell. Examples of successful memoirs are discussed as well as techniques for organizing your thoughts and putting them on paper.

Tue, Oct 06, 7:30pm - 7:45pm

Zoom Event

This storytime is planned with your preschooler in mind. Put on your jammies, grab your favorite stuffed friend & settle down for goodnight stories with Miss Deena via Zoom. Registration is required.

Wed, Oct 07, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Thu, Oct 08, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Thu, Oct 08, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy two stories and create a craft along with Miss Deena. We will be meeting on Zoom. Registration required.

Thu, Oct 08, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Completion of Beginning French or knowledge of the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, simple sentence structure, basic grammar, and pronunciation are prerequisites for this class.

Thu, Oct 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Learn the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, and simple sentence structure along with basic grammar and pronunciation.

Inside The First Folio - A Virtual Event

Fri, Oct 09, 10:30am - 11:00am

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy great stories, puppets, flannel boards, music and activities that foster pre-reading skills and encourage a love of books. Registration required.

Sun, Oct 11, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Peter Garino, the artistic director of The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, discusses The First Folio.

Mon, Oct 12, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Completion of Beginning French or knowledge of the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, simple sentence structure, basic grammar, and pronunciation are prerequisites for this class.

Mon, Oct 12, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Learn the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, and simple sentence structure along with basic grammar and pronunciation.

Judy Levin Virtual Book Discussions - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

Tue, Oct 13, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Tue, Oct 13, 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Zoom Event

Join noted book discussion leader Judy Levin on Zoom as she discusses 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone' by Lori Gottlieb. Registration required.

Tue, Oct 13, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Silly Songs - A Virtual Event

Tue, Oct 13, 7:30pm - 7:45pm

Zoom Event

This storytime is planned with your preschooler in mind. Put on your jammies, grab your favorite stuffed friend & settle down for goodnight stories with Miss Deena via Zoom. Registration is required.

Wed, Oct 14, 3:00pm - 3:20pm

Sing along to some silly songs with Miss Kelly! For even more fun, play along with your own instruments, real or homemade!

Discussions with Davis: The New Jim Crow - A Virtual Book Discussion

Wed, Oct 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Book Discussion. Davis Schneiderman, Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English at Lake Forest College, leads the discussion of The New Jim Crow by M. Alexander (10th Anniversary ed.).

Wed, Oct 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Thu, Oct 15, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Thu, Oct 15, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy two stories and create a craft along with Miss Deena. We will be meeting on Zoom. Registration required.

Thu, Oct 15, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Completion of Beginning French or knowledge of the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, simple sentence structure, basic grammar, and pronunciation are prerequisites for this class.

Thu, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Learn the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, and simple sentence structure along with basic grammar and pronunciation.

Fri, Oct 16, 10:30am - 11:00am

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy great stories, puppets, flannel boards, music and activities that foster pre-reading skills and encourage a love of books. Registration required.

Mon, Oct 19, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Completion of Beginning French or knowledge of the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, simple sentence structure, basic grammar, and pronunciation are prerequisites for this class.

Mon, Oct 19, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Learn the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, and simple sentence structure along with basic grammar and pronunciation.

Tue, Oct 20, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Tue, Oct 20, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Tue, Oct 20, 7:30pm - 7:45pm

Zoom Event

This storytime is planned with your preschooler in mind. Put on your jammies, grab your favorite stuffed friend & settle down for goodnight stories with Miss Deena via Zoom. Registration is required.

Wed, Oct 21, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Thu, Oct 22, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Thu, Oct 22, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy two stories and create a craft along with Miss Deena. We will be meeting on Zoom. Registration required.

Thu, Oct 22, 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Zoom Event

Completion of Beginning French or knowledge of the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, simple sentence structure, basic grammar, and pronunciation are prerequisites for this class.

Thu, Oct 22, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Learn the French alphabet, vocabulary, greetings, and simple sentence structure along with basic grammar and pronunciation.

Fri, Oct 23, 10:30am - 11:00am

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy great stories, puppets, flannel boards, music and activities that foster pre-reading skills and encourage a love of books. Registration required.

Tue, Oct 27, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Tue, Oct 27, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Tue, Oct 27, 7:30pm - 7:45pm

Zoom Event

This storytime is planned with your preschooler in mind. Put on your jammies, grab your favorite stuffed friend & settle down for goodnight stories with Miss Deena via Zoom. Registration is required.

Wed, Oct 28, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Thu, Oct 29, 9:00am - 10:00am

Zoom Event

This class is designed for beginning students. Students will develop the basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

Thu, Oct 29, 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy two stories and create a craft along with Miss Deena. We will be meeting on Zoom. Registration required.

Fri, Oct 30, 10:30am - 11:00am

Zoom Event

Preschoolers and siblings are invited to enjoy great stories, puppets, flannel boards, music and activities that foster pre-reading skills and encourage a love of books. Registration required.

Tue, Nov 03, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Judy Levin Virtual Book Discussions - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Wed, Nov 04, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Mon, Nov 09, 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Zoom Event

Join noted book discussion leader Judy Levin on Zoom as she discusses 'The Dutch House' by Ann Patchett. Registration required.

Tue, Nov 10, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Discussions with Davis: Fleishman Is in Trouble - A Virtual Book Discussion

Wed, Nov 11, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Thu, Nov 12, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Book Discussion. Davis Schneiderman, Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English at Lake Forest College, leads the discussion of Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

Tue, Nov 17, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Wed, Nov 18, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Zoom Event

Designed for both beginning and experienced poets. In-class writing exercises will challenge your inner muse as we experiment with various poetic forms (rhymed & unrhymed) and sparks for inspiration.

Discussions with Davis: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - A Virtual Book Discussion

Tue, Dec 01, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Mon, Dec 07, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Book Discussion. Davis Schneiderman, Provost and Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English at Lake Forest College, leads the discussion of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong.

Tue, Dec 08, 7:00pm - 8:30pm