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Book Bike at the Park: Artsy Evening Perler Bead Creations Dinomite Lunch With Illustrator Jay Fleck Build and Watch: Luca Poke Ball Sun Catchers Abra-ka-Dabra Magic Show with Pocket Circus Teens Relax and Paint in the Dark Arty Afternoons: LEGO Painting Drop-In Craft: Decorate a CTA Train Stained Glass Suncatchers Teen DIY Devon Avenue Adventures: Stories, Dances and Art of Chicago’s “Little India” with Bollywood Groove Father’s Day Cards Chapter 1: Map Your Chicago Story Crafternoon Family Crafternoon Little Builders Club Juneteenth Craft Father's Day Craft Teen DIY Tween Tuesday: Picture Frames Camera Snapshots Gamer's Choice Teen DIY Teen DIY Toddler Time and Play Time Toddler Time and Play Time Toddler Time and Play Time Teens Expression Painting Teen Zone Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Preschool Story Time Teen Heat Press T-shirt Making Teen Club @ Lincoln Park Flower Explosion Teen Paint & Chill Teen Hangout Crafternoon KPMG Book Giveaway Light-Up Chicago Art Preschool Story Time Origami Night for Teens Origami Night for Teens Preschool Story Time Build a Skyscraper Little Builders Club Teen Art Club: Mini Museum I End of School Celebration Tactile Art Night Tactile Art Night Musical Theater Club Afternoon Crafts for Kids Teen Art Club: Air-Dry Clay Day Resin Creations Lab Tuesday Story Time Canvas Painting for Teens Teen DIY and Crafts Tween Designers Tween Designers Family Story Time Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Chapters of Chicago Crafts Craftoganza with Miss Ruby Story Time and Craft Game Night Family Art Tales for Twos and Threes Tales for Twos and Threes Tales for Twos and Threes Read It Out Loud Father's Day Celebration Story Time Flowerpot Painting Craft Day Wednesdays Creative Teen Time Gamer's Choice Kids Create: Fingerprint Drawing Mandela Dot Art Rocks Teen Letter Writing Teen DIY Sewing: Pride Flags Teens Open Art Studio Teen Zone Teen Art Club: Mini Museum II Teen Paint & Chill Drop-In Crafternoon Music Trivia Tuesday Story Time Baby Music with Miss Ruby STEAM Time Art Studio: Paper Skyscrapers Simon B. Rhymin' Graffiti Names Summer Crafternoon: Painting Cardboard Buildings Afternoon Art Afternoon Art Afternoon Art Summer Crafternoon: Sticker Making Crafty Kids Teen Time Crafty Wednesday Let's Make A Pizza Embossed Postcards Tuesday Story Time Picasso Inspired Sculptures Teen Craft: Button Making Art Therapy w/ Sankofa Village Teens Expression Painting Family Crafts Teen Karaoke Night Teen End-of-School Party Tuesday Story Time Pride Flag Art: DIY for Teens Preschool Story Time Pride Story Time Kids Craft Coffee Filter River Animals Make a Pizza Squishy Teen DIY and Crafts Teen Crafts: Mosaic Coasters T(w)een Sip and Paint DIY Chicago Miniatures Chicago Sound Lab Teen Paint & Sip Teen Comic Creation Lab Family Story Time Pop-Up: DIY Crafts and Art Summer Crafternoon Chapter 2: Chicago Soundtrack: Build the Vibe Field Trip to the Art Institute with Austin Branch Juneteenth Story Time Crafty Kids Family Craft Hour Minecraft Build Battle Art Therapy w/ Sankofa Village Teen Art Club: Shrimps (They're Little Bedazzled Shrimps) Tween Hangout Story Time and Craft Story Time and Craft Teen Hideaway Teen Hideaway Teen Hideaway Teen Hideaway Teen Craft: Mosaic Coasters Teen Hideaway Bean Mosaics Saturday Story Time Saturday Story Time Minecraft Club Minecraft Club Teen Time Art Buffet Summer Reading Kickoff Tween Tuesday: Decorated Claw Clips Family Crafternoon: Chicago Words on a String Teen Chill Zone Teen DIY and Crafts Watercolor Pride Teen Art Studio Teen Art Studio Teen Art Studio Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Family Story Time Teen Zone Teen Craft Day Neighborhood Walking Tour Story Time Tween YOUmedia Invasion Suminagashi: Japanese Paper Marbling Sip and Paint for Tweens Arty Afternoons: DIY Puffy Paint Ice Cream Cone Crafty Kids Crafty Kids Art of the City: Painting Seashells and Rocks Black Music Month Trivia Figure Painting: Chicago Buildings and Team Emblems Mayfair Improv Club Create and Celebrate: Children's Craft Time Mayfair Improv Club Intro to Henna Chicago Favorites: Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Steve Musgrave Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration Story Time in the Garden Story Time Family Music and Movement Story Time with Ms. My Crosstown Classic Crafternoon KPop Demon Hunters Scavenger Hunt Bilingual Puerto Rican Heritage Story Time Dance Story Time with Tutu School Ballet Teen Crafts: Toast Trinket Dish Summer Kickoff with Strictly Jug Nuts Family Zine Making Workshop Summerween Costume Contest Beginning Readers Book Club Fun at the Beach Craft Preschool Story Time Canaryville Branch's 25th Birthday Celebration Family Story Time Family Story Time Family Story Time Teen Time Kids Kickback Constructive Comix: Folklore You Can Feel Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Tween Crafts Chicago Favorites: Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Steve Musgrave Cruelty Free You + Me: Story and Art Story Time Stars Find Your Sound: Music Production Teen Time Intro to Fishing Preschool Story Time Story Time in the Garden Teen Art Club: Block Printing Marshmallow Engineering LEGO® Club: Taste of the City Edition Intro to Henna Bouncing Babies Tabletop Gaming Open Shop Abra-ka-Dabra Magic Show with Pocket Circus Recording Studio Certification for Teens Family Story Time Summer at CPL KickOff Party - Fiesta del Inicio de Verano Being Bilingual Rocks! with Alina Celeste and Mi Amigo Hamlet Create and Celebrate: Children's Craft Time Intro to Henna Cruelty Free You + Me: Story and Art Teen Craft: Mini Foods of Chicago Abra-ka-Dabra Magic Show with Pocket Circus Abra-ka-Dabra Magic Show with Pocket Circus 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" Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity" Summer Reading Kickoff Event Sing and Soar with Nanny Nikki Preschool Story Time Game Day Mini Maracas Baby Rave Creative Corner Crafts Artist's Studio in the Library Artist's Studio in the Library Real Ones Read: Cemetery Boys Watercolor Skyline Art Chicago Favorites: Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Steve Musgrave Saturday Story Time Story Time with Mrs. Dipsworth Games Galore Games Galore DIY Flowerpot Craft Read, Write, Draw Nature Crafternoon: Rock Painting Crafternoon Stars on Strings with Dave Herzog's Marionettes Family Story Time Wind Down Wednesday: Juneteenth Craft Night Jazz Concert with Marquette Park Junior Ensemble Tween Club Tween Club Digital Art for Teens: Design a Vinyl Sticker Game Day Summer at CPL Kickoff Real Ones Read: The Sun Is Also a Star Glow in the Dark Paint Party Constructive Comix: Folklore You Can Feel Make a Bento Tote Bag Constructive Comix: Folklore You Can Feel Being Bilingual Rocks! with Alina Celeste and Mi Amigo Hamlet Summer at CPL Kickoff Chicago Favorites: Drawing Workshop with Illustrator Steve Musgrave Summer Reading Kickoff Party Play Time Wednesday Craft Club I Can Make That: Pop Tab and Safety Pin Bracelets Wednesday Craft Club Wednesday Craft Club Wednesday Craft Club Film Screening: The Secret Garden (1993) LEGO® Night Sun Prints Story Time in the Garden Musical Play with ScribbleMonster Saddle Up Showcase at ATH Showcase at Douglass Fiesta Mexicana: Interactive Family Show at Hale Chicago Full Moon Jam at Foster Beach Ice Cream Circus at Seneca Ice Cream Circus! at Trumbull Ice Cream Circus! at Gage Ice Cream Circus! at Columbus Jazz City at Columbus Refectory Pinch, Roll, Coil Partnership at Douglass STARR COMMUNITY Presents: A Culture Connection at Foster Juneteenth Celebration at Douglass Beatmaker's Toolbox at Jensen Liv More Series: Collective Abundance at Avalon Raqs Hafla: A MidEast Dance Party at Columbus Refectory Joel Hall Dancers & Center: NextGen at South Shore Movies in the Parks at Lincoln Yves Francois Rocambu Jazz at Grandparents Blues to Hip-Hop: Tracing Black American Culture at Hasan Community Lakefront Powwow at Foster Beach CANVAS-Cocobalé at Humboldt Yves Francois Rocambu Jazz at Smith Fiesta Mexicana: Interactive Family Show at Bogan Movies in the Parks at Merrimac ChangoSnakeDog, Historia De Una Amistad at Bradley Soul Sabbatical: A Rest Retreat at Ellis Raqs Hafla: A MidEast Dance Party at Ridge Juneteenth Community Event at Brainerd Happiness Club at Trumbull TRANSplantas: printmaking posters at Barrett Juneteenth in the Park at LeClaire-Hearst Imagination Station at Byrnes Contra Dance to Baba Yaga's Stew at Eckhart REMNANTS 2026 at Byrnes Summer Soundwalks in the Park at Ping Tom Sunday Market at Jefferson City-Wide Symphony Orchestra Concert at Jefferson Jarocumbia: Music for the People at Kedvale ChangoSnakeDog, Historia De Una Amistad at Washtenaw Shakespeare Blood Oath: Henry VIII at River Raqs Hafla: A MidEast Dance Party at Haas Movies in the Parks at Taylor-Lauridsen Jarocumbia: Music for the People at Senn Music and Dance Around the Mediterranean at Dunham Welcome Home: a Celebration of Queer Street Dance at Union Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Wrightwood Centennial Celebrations with The Young Masters at Mandrake Folklorico in the Park at Strohacker Chicago Astronomer at Harrison Summer Solstice Celebration at NPV Summer Soundwalks in the Park at Julia de Burgos Celebrating Peruvian Independence through Arts at Blackhawk Cumbia En El Parque at Shedd Side by Side with the Chicago Philharmonic at Clarendon Chicago Astronomer at Smith Movies in the Parks at Lake Shore Pianos in the Parks at South Shore Pianos in the Parks at Washington Square Pianos in the Parks at Margate Pianos in the Parks at McKinley Pianos in the Parks at Park No. 596 Pianos in the Parks at Jackson Pianos in the Parks at Gill Pianos in the Parks at Bessemer Make Music Chicago, Sousapalooza at Ping Tom Make Music Chicago, Pop Up Performances at Maggie Daley Make Music Chicago, Pop Up Performances at Grant Get Up, Stand Up, Come On! Flamenco and Breaking at Fosco Artseed at West Chatham Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Franklin Jazz'n In The Parks at Meyering Get Up, Stand Up, Come On! Flamenco and Breaking at Dvorak Movies in the Parks at Ward Artseed at Columbus Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Welles Emily Kuhn Quintet at Wicker Music and Dance Around the Mediterranean at Rosedale Jamie Demeny’s 4-Player Game at Chase Artseed at Murray Artseed at Wolfe Artseed at Piotrowski Jarocumbia: Music for the People at Strohacker Toddlers, Tunes, & Turtles at Kelvyn Shakespeare Blood Oath: Henry VIII at Maplewood CuriosaMente at Avondale History of Jamaican Music at Tilton As You Like It at Chicago Women's Shakespeare Blood Oath: Henry VIII at Kenwood Story Trail: Juneteenth Nature Arts for Health: Plein Air Watercolor American Indian Summer Solstice Let's Draw! Summer Reading Kick-Off ~ Ice Cream Social Happy Birthday American Girl®! Summer Tales, Tunes, & Tiny Crafts Seed Starting and Recycled Materials Planter Craft with Morton Arboretum Summer Tales, Tunes, & Tiny Crafts Teen Cafe - Diamond Art Coaster Grand Slam Craft Day! Summer Tales, Tunes, & Tiny Crafts Rock 'n' Roll Bingo Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature Becoming: Where Plastic Meets Nature Memory Cafe at Garfield Park Conservatory & Gardens Chicago Bonsai Club Rip&Stitch Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Food Art Mystery Terrific Tuesday Nights Sensory Playtime Youth Book Club Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Books & Bubbles Food Art Mystery Sensory Playtime Youth Book Club Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Books & Bubbles Food Art Mystery Sensory Playtime Dinosaur Activities Youth Book Club Rip&Stitch Books & Bubbles Paint and Sip!