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Build and Watch: Tangled Camera Snapshots Teen Art Studio Arty Afternoons: Paper Bag Houses Build-A-Doggy Summer Art Night for Teens Chapters of Chicago Crafts Teen Time Tuesday Teen Maker Monday: Junking LEGO® at the Library / LEGO en la biblioteca STEAM Time Teen Time Tuesday Summer Kids' Crafts Teen Time Tuesday Rock Painting Magnet Mania Family Story Time Sip, Paint and Watch a Movie DIY Trucker Hat Preschool Story Time Work with Wires: Jewelry, Sculpture and More! Felt Plushies Open Lab in the Teen Zone Gamer's Choice Teen DIY and Crafts Gamer's Choice Create and Celebrate: Children's Craft Time Pokémon Fossils and Snap Play Intern-Led Program: Perler Bead Fun! Embossing Workshop Chat and Craft The Art of Paper Magic: Origami for Everyone Kindness and Community Puppet Show Teen Zone Teen DIY and Crafts Teen DIY and Crafts Teen Origami Little Builders Club Preschool Story Time Preschool Story Time Preschool Story Time Family Crafternoon Paint Your Planter Bird-Day Party Mosaic Coasters Teen Time Thursday Teen Karaoke Night Collage Zine Workshop Teen Time Thursday Kids Read by the River Painted Creations Teen Time Thursday Story Time Art Buffet Minecraft Club Workshop Wednesday Workshop Wednesday Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chat and Craft Chat and Craft Teen Summer Space Oobs of Fun Kids Read by the River Design Your Own T-Shirt Teen DIY Stop Motion Videos The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library Tween Designers Summer Crafternoon: STEM Building Challenges Tinkering Time: Little Crafters Tinkering Time: Little Crafters Family Art Tales for Twos and Threes Beads and Bonds Coaster Etching for Teens Kids Read by the River Kids Read by the River Creative Teen Time Creative Teen Time Creative Teen Time Chat and Craft YOUmedia Crafternoon: Junk Journaling Chicago Foodie Zine-Making Workshop Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Tales for Twos and Threes Teen Summer Space Artful Afternoons Tales for Twos and Threes Minecraft Club Teen DIY Summer Crafternoon Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene Art/Ecology Workshop Chapter 5: Chicago Then & Next Jewelry Making Workshop for Teens with Journey and Thingz Teen Crafts: DIY Apron Decor Chicago Favorites: Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Steve Musgrave Teen Resumes and Job Searching 101 Teen Resumes and Job Searching 101 Teen Resumes and Job Searching 101 Tech Tuesday Tech Tuesday Tech Tuesday Tuesday Story Time Afternoon Art Afternoon Art Afternoon Art Makin' Stuff Monday Makin' Stuff Monday DIY Bag Charms for Teens Paint and Sip Family Crafts Family Crafts Workshop Wednesday Artful Afternoon Artful Afternoon Teen DIY: Paper House Lanterns Stained Glass Suncatchers City Images Scavenger Hunt DIY Crafts and Art Teen Zone Sip and Paint Juice Boxes DIY Felt Plushies DIY Crafts and Art DIY Crafts and Art Teen DIY Teen Art Club: Making the Puerto Rican Flag Teen Paint & Chill Teen Art Club: Making the Puerto Rican Flag Teen Art Club: Building the Sears Tower Drop-In Craft: Make a Sculpture Tween Tuesday: Embossed Postcards Tween Tuesday: Pokémon Terrariums Kids Craft: Intern Surprise! Open Art Studio Tuesday Story Time Family Story Time Family Story Time Crafty Kids Crafty Kids Family STEM Night Teens Air Dry Clay Chat and Craft Chicago Zine Lab: Our City, Our Story Sand Bottle Creations Teen Hideaway Teen Hideaway Teen Hideaway Teen Hideaway Teen Chill Zone Chicago Zine Lab: Our City, Our Story Slime It Workshop Teen Club Teen Time: Neurodiverse Open Art Saturday Story Time Tuesday Story Time Family Crafternoon Kids Read by the River Family Matinee Movie: Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Teen Chill Zone Kids Read by the River Leaf Impression Painting Chat and Craft Makin' Stuff Monday Windy City Explorers Stop Motion Videos Chat and Craft Kids Read by the River Make A Paper House Chicago Zine Lab: Our City, Our Story Story Time and Craft Story Time and Craft Art Therapy with Sankofa Safe Child Chapters of Chicago Crafts Neighborhood Walking Tour Story Time Crafty Kids: Baseball Caps The Conductors with Kerfuffle Theater for the Very Young Bedazzle and Sip Found in the Stars with Captain Curiosity Found in the Stars with Captain Curiosity Found in the Stars with Captain Curiosity Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Butterfly Reading Garden Celebration DIY: Make Your Own Monster The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library Wednesday in Stitches Wednesday in Stitches Wednesday in Stitches Children's Craft Night: Junk Journals Nature Club: Insect Pinning with The Insect Asylum Nature Crafternoon: Wind Chime Crafternoon Making Art with Bernadette Neighborhood Walking Tour Story Time Family Story Time Tuesday Teen Takeover Summer Memory Books Teen Craft: Sand Jars Laikeshore Performance Workshop Craft Night Crafty Creation Crafty Creation Crafty Creation Crafty Creation Crafty Creation Crafty Creation Crafty Creation Neighborhood Walking Tour Story Time Hey, Wall Wheatpaste Art Toddler Story Time Toddler Time and Play Time Summer STEAM Club Family Story Time Family Story Time Crafting With the Wasteshed Family Story Time Collage Club Family Field Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago Family Story Time Family Story Time End of Summer Party Family Field Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago Roots with a View Preschool Story Time Pokémon Club Tween Crafts Saturday Story Time Preschool Story Time Music and Stories with The Music Playhouse of Chicago Teen Art Studio Wednesday in Stitches End of Summer Celebration Tween Club 3D Collages The Conductors with Kerfuffle Theater for the Very Young Story Time Kids' Summer Remix End of Summer Celebration DIY Lava Lamps: Chicago in the 70's Finger Knitting for Kids Changosnakedog and Friends: Live Music, Puppets and Storytelling Sip, Paint and Watch a Movie LEGO Robotics and Coding Workshop Chasing Vermeer Escape Room Family Dance Party LEGO® Club Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Family Fun: DIY Chicago Team Flags Family Fun: Coloring and Block Play Summer STEAM Club Summer STEAM Club Teen Art Studio Teen Art Studio Toddler Time and Play Time Kids Kickback Hand Sewing with the Waste Shed! Story Time in the Garden STEAM Day with First Star Force Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Sip, Paint and Watch a Movie Toddler Story Time Intro to Screenprinting for Teens/ Serigrafía para principiantes Kids Kickback Story Time Stars Chicago Kids Care - Current Events Sip, Paint and Watch a Movie Kids Create: Stickers, Stencils and Stamps Decorate a Canvas Tote for America 250 Kids Create: Fingerprint Drawing Preschool Story Time Musical Play with ScribbleMonster Devon Avenue Adventures: Stories, Dances and Art of Chicago’s “Little India” with Bollywood Groove Family STEM Time Family Crafternoon: Paint, Sip and Snack Summer Ink Studio Cruelty Free You + Me: Story and Art Cruelty Free You + Me: Story and Art Film Screening: Finding Nemo (2003) Teen Open Mic The Conductors with Kerfuffle Theater for the Very Young Flying Colors With Dana Kids' Comic Strip Workshop Film Screening: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) Cruelty Free You + Me: Story and Art Abra-ka-Dabra Magic Show with Pocket Circus French Language Circle for Kids French Language Circle for Kids The Artist's Studio at the Library: Abstract Drawing Film Screening: The Lion King (1994) Local History Zine Making Workshop with CPL Archives and Special Collections Making Art with Bernadette Toddler Story Time Crafternoon: Chicago Duck Derby Decorating Party/Tarde de Manualidades:Fiesta de Decoración del Derby de Patitos de Chicago Edgewater Community Music Jam The Artist's Studio at the Library: Abstract Drawing The Artist's Studio at the Library: Abstract Drawing Found in the Stars with Captain Curiosity Mayfair Improv Club Local History Zine Making Workshop with CPL Archives and Special Collections Edgewater Community Music Jam Story Time with Illustrator Abraham Matias / Hora del cuento con el ilustrador Abraham Matias Paint and Chill for Teens Sensory STEAM with the Forest Preserves Kids Create: Fingerprint Drawing Mayfair Improv Club Summer Recording Studio Time Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity" Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity" Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity" Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity" Film Screening: A Minecraft Movie (2025) Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Teen Club Community Canvas Art/Arte en Comunidad Saturday Story Time Mini-Fence Graffiti & Street Art With Mr. Omar Paint Along With Artist Vanessa De La Torre The Artist's Studio in the Library The Artist's Studio in the Library The Artist's Studio in the Library Theater Workshop With Manual Cinema Paint Along With Artist Vanessa De La Torre End of Summer Celebration: Baby Rave Water Gun Art Make a Bento Tote Bag Summer Recording Studio Time Summer Recording Studio Time Summer Recording Studio Time Games Galore Games Galore Games Galore Deep Sea Art Zone Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Read, Write, Draw Big City Kids Kid's Sewing Craft Tween Club Embossed Cards Film Screening: Aging in America Survive or Thrive (2025) Clash and Create Film Screening: Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) Breakout Game: Stranger Things Found in the Stars with Captain Curiosity Chia Pet Craft Family Craft Hour Level Up Book Club Sip and Paint for Kids An A-maze-ing craft day Make a Chicago Juke Song The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library The Artist's Studio at the Library Paper Mosaic Art Woodlawn Bird Watching and Sound Walk Teen DIY Chicago Ducksonas Teen Art Teen Art Teen Art Kids Paint and Sip Trash Goblins Making Zelda Masks Family Field Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago Teen Art Studio So Long, Summer Family Karaoke Big City Kids Film Screening: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968) LEGO® Night Summer Kids' Crafts Pot Painting and Seed Starting Craft YOUmedia Studio Certification Training Temporary Body Art Workshop Skyscraper City Designs with Chicago Architecture Center (Grades 2 to 5) DIY Mosaic Coasters Woodlawn Bird Watching and Sound Walk Stars on Strings with Dave Herzog's Marionettes Stars on Strings with Dave Herzog's Marionettes Stars on Strings with Dave Herzog's Marionettes Stars on Strings with Dave Herzog's Marionettes Family Field Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago Kid's Sewing Craft LEGO® City Challenge Chicago Arts Series Chicago Arts Series Teen Craft Day Teen Craft Day Tween YOUmedia Invasion Creative Corner Crafts Toddler Time and Play Time Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Tween Club Name That Tune Contemporary Concert Storypalooza Storypalooza Storypalooza Cooking with Schoolhouse Kitchen + Studio Toddler Art Film Screening: Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) Story Time Chapters of Chicago: A Home for Chicago Birds Young Architects Stars on Strings with Dave Herzog's Marionettes Chicago Favorites: Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Steve Musgrave Family Field Trip to the Art Institute of Chicago Teen Sewing Hour Teen Sewing Hour Mitote Summer Solstice Danza & Celebration at West Lawn Alex in Windyland at Homan Square Fiesta Independencia de Colombia at Kosciuszko 25th Annual Summer Picnic at LeClaire-Hearst Books and Beats at Lindblom Native Plant Walk and Pollinator Exploration at Byrnes Guardians of the Earth and Sky at Palmisano THE INFINITE WRENCH at Palmer Square Movements of Many: 10 Years of Ishti at Nichols Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic at Ping Tom Chicago Latin Jazz Festival at Humboldt Alex in Windyland at Kennedy As You Like It at Nichols Summer Soundwalks in the Park at Columbus Refectory Movies in the Parks at Calumet Sunday Market at Jefferson As You Like It at Nichols Hide and Seek: Nature’s Hidden Gems at Mann Backyard Creature Feature at Wilson (JP) Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at West Pullman Artseed at Calumet Backyard Creature Feature at Hiawatha Hoop Dancing with Starr Chief Eagle at Nichols Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Kilbourn Tuesdays in the Gazebo - She's Crafty at Welles Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at Beverly Artseed at Columbus Chicago SummerDance in the Parks at Calumet Backyard Creature Feature at Wicker Hoop Dancing with Starr Chief Eagle at Fred Anderson Kitt Lyles’ Arabic Jazz Project at Kolmar Yoga & Art in the park with Lovelee Being at G Brooks Movies in the Parks at Riis Imagination Station at Burroughs Beach Beatmaker's Toolbox at Burroughs Beach Artseed at West Chatham Artseed at Murray Artseed at Piotrowski Artseed at Wolfe Circus in the Park at Maplewood Grant Park Music Festival String Fellows at Lake Shore Hip Hop Comic Con at La Follette Dance to Chinatown! at Armour Square Gladiator Fight Out in the Parks at Berger Friday Night Summer Concert Series at Kilbourn As You Like It at Kelvyn Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at Rutherford Sayre Folklorico in the Park at Mann Chicago Astronomer at Park No. 596 Summer Soundwalks in the Park at Jackson TIP Fest at Oakwood Beach Party on the Blacktop at Stanton Gladiator Fight Out in the Parks at Ridge RiverLab: Art and Science Workshop at Garfield THE INFINITE WRENCH at Washington As You Like It at Kelvyn Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore Guardians of the Earth and Sky at Ping Tom Before Utopia: Chicago 2026 at Lincoln As You Like It at Kelvyn Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at Independence Museum of Contemporary Art: Kite Making at Seneca ChangoSnakeDog, Historia De Una Amistad at LeClaire-Hearst Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Oakdale Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at Oakdale Tuesdays in the Gazebo - The Astronomer at Welles The Lizard y el Sol at Harrison Artseed at Columbus Museum of Contemporary Art: Drip Painting at Seneca Chicago SummerDance in the Parks at Harrison Free Street Presents: Touch Grass at Davis Square Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at Palmer Imagination Station at Olympia ChangoSnakeDog, Historia De Una Amistad at Hale Artseed at West Chatham Artseed at Murray Artseed at Piotrowski Artseed at Wolfe The Dance You Made at Owens The Lizard Y el Sol at Kosciuszko Happiness Club at Seneca Gladiator Fight Out in the Parks at Wilson (JP) The Heart of the Story at Galewood ChangoSnakeDog, Historia De Una Amistad at Cornell Square Friday Night Summer Concert Series at Kilbourn As You Like It at Winnemac Circus in the Park at Brainerd Free Street Presents: Touch Grass at Cornell Square Dance in the Parks - Summer Sunset at Touhy Fiesta Mexicana: Interactive Family Show at Harrison Movies in the Parks at Ward The Lizard y el Sol at Portage Summer Soundwalks in the Park at River Celebrating Peruvian Independence through Arts at Portage The Rink Effect at Park No. 602 TRANSplantas: printmaking posters at Dvorak Free Street Presents: Touch Grass at Gage Cumbia En El Parque at La Villita America: Songs of Protest and Freedom at Seward As You Like It at Winnemac South Side Sisters, Sounds, and Stories at Kennicott Walking History: Exploring Chicago Parks at Garfield Sunday Market at Jefferson The Lizard y el Sol at West Lawn Before Utopia: Chicago 2026 at Maggie Daley Pickles Pickin' at Chase Guardians of the Earth and Sky at Jackson As You Like It at Winnemac CuriosaMente at Archer Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music at Kosciuszko Emily Kuhn Quintet at Dooley Artseed at Calumet Jazz'n In The Parks at Bessemer Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Hamilton South Asian Classical: Melody Meets Movement at Cotton Tail Tuesdays in the Gazebo - Brendan Bulger & Friends at Welles Nahui Ollin Aztec Dance at Berger Artseed at Columbus Artseed at Tuley Gustavo Cortiñas Jam in the Parks at Horner Chicago SummerDance in the Parks at Humboldt Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Kennicott We The People at West Ridge NP Free Street Presents: Touch Grass at Sherman Nahui Ollin Aztec Dance at Senka Chicago Full Moon Jam at Foster Beach Artseed at West Chatham Queer Radical Fair at Ping Tom Gustavo Cortiñas Jam in the Parks at Hamilton Artseed at Murray Artseed at Piotrowski Artseed at Wolfe Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Tuley The Lizard Y el Sol at Valley Forge The Dance You Made at Horner Circus in the Park at Lake Shore Community Powwow at Dvorak Blues In The Parks at Avalon Grant Park Music Festival String Fellows at Norwood Free Street Presents: Touch Grass at Kucinski-Murphy Show Your Craft EXPO (ASMG) at Gately The Heart of the Story at Fuller Friday Night Summer Concert Series at Kilbourn Blues to Hip-Hop: Tracing Black American Culture at Unity As You Like It at Touhy Chicago West Community Music Center at Columbus Refectory Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore The Lizard Y el Sol at Kilbourn Books and Beats at Tuley History of Jamaican Music at Ada Pickles Pickin' at Sauganash As You Like It at Touhy Little Village Skate Party & Film Screening at Piotrowski Beatmaker's Toolbox at Steelworkers Movies in the Parks at Lincoln The Lizard Y el Sol at Oriole Before Utopia: Chicago 2026 at Rainbow As You Like It at Touhy Movies in the Parks at Wrightwood Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Wilson (Frank J.) Authentic Japanese Taiko Drumming and Dance at Arrigo Tuesdays in the Gazebo - Greasy Gravy at Welles Chicago SummerDance in the Parks at Riis Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Russell Square The Lizard y El Sol at Gompers Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Nichols The Lizard Y el Sol at Rainey Circus in the Park at Donovan Grant Park Music Festival Chorus at Columbus Refectory Movies in the Parks at South Shore Circus in the Park at Augusta The Lizard Y el Sol at Piotrowski Hip Hop Comic Con at Meyering Authentic Japanese Taiko Drumming and Dance at Steelworkers Bollywood Groove Indian Dances & Stories at Bartelme Movies in the Parks at Murray The Lizard Y el Sol at Independence Sunday Market at Jefferson Luiz Ewerling & Amada - Brazilian Spirit at Palmer Square Nature Art Meetup Nature Arts for Health: Cyanotype Printing Grinchmas in July Hoop Dancing and Cultural Presentation with Lakota Artist and Hoop Dancer Starr Chief Eagle Summer Tales, Tunes, & Tiny Crafts Dragon Eggs Summer Tales, Tunes, & Tiny Crafts Summer Tales, Tunes, & Tiny Crafts Summertime Celebration Sensory Bin Storytime Family Maker @ Home! Spinning Kaleidoscope Books & Bubbles Food Art Mystery Terrific Tuesday Nights Sensory Playtime Dinosaur Activities Youth Book Club Books & Bubbles Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Food Art Mystery Terrific Tuesday Nights Sensory Playtime Dinosaur Activities Books & Bubbles Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Food Art Mystery Terrific Tuesday Nights Sensory Playtime Books & Bubbles Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Books & Bubbles Rip&Stitch Ice Cream Social Family Movie and Popcorn