Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7-12 are invited to join us every week for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7-12 are invited to join us every week for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7-12 are invited to join us every week for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7-12 are invited to join us every week for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
Monday, December 04, 6:30 PM.
Historians Kathryn Gemperle and John Holden explore the fascinating and important history of the fabled Edgewater Beach Hotel.
Monday, December 04, 1:00 PM.
Get a little taste of rug making by hooking your own miniature 8" x 8" rug landscapes. All supplies included.
Every Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM.
Writers in grades 7-12 are invited to join us every week for some socializing, discussion, and, of course, writing! Share your poems and stories in a supportive space or listen to others read.
Monday, November 20, 6:30 PM.
Learn a new crafting technique as you create a handmade Thanksgiving card. Our Workshop staff will assist you in creating something totally unique!
Monday, October 23, 6:30 PM.
Learn a new crafting technique as you create a handmade Halloween card. Our Workshop staff will assist you in creating something totally unique!
Monday, October 16, 7:00 PM.
The Pen and Ink Writers Group gathers at the Library on the third Monday of each month to read short stories, poems or essays, all inspired by a common theme.
Monday, October 09, 6:30 PM.
Learn a new crafting technique as you create a handmade Halloween card. Our Workshop staff will assist you in creating something totally unique!
October 02-06, 10:00-11:45 AM..
Every morning during banned books week, come socialize and celebrate your first amendment right to read what you want over free coffee, and, while supplies last, leave with your choice of a free book.
Monday, October 02, 6:30 PM.
Learn a new crafting technique as you create a handmade Halloween card. Our Workshop staff will assist you in creating something totally unique!
Monday, September 18, 6:30 PM.
Learn a new crafting technique as you create a handmade birthday card. Our Workshop staff will assist you in creating something totally unique!
Tuesday, August 22, 7:00 PM.
During the Library's 50th anniversary year, join Historian Cheryl Brown to reminisce about Chicago's famed bakeries and discover where you can still buy the best mouth-watering, made-from-scratch treats.
Tuesday, May 16, 7:00 PM.
Jazz vocalist Petra van Nuis and guitarist Andy Brown present "Songs from the Golden Age of Broadway" in celebration of the Eisenhower Public Library's Golden Anniversary.
We're just out of November which is National Novel Writing Month, an annual initiative encouraging budding authors to buckle down and work out a first of a novel in just 30 days. If you participated in NaNoWriMo now's the time to start on your glorious second draft. If you didn't participate, it's never too late to get started. In either event, here's some great books on writing to inspire and encourage you.
Set in the Pacific Northwest on a fictional San Juan island, Patricia Wants to Cuddle is a B horror movie set inside of a reality tv dating show with a final girl story. And a sasquatch.
When Candace Sinclair was fifteen, something terrible happened, giving her a head injury that causes excruciating headaches. But Candace doesn’t remember what that thing was.
If your only reference to Farm Security Administration photographs during the depression is Dorothea Lange, take a look at the outstanding work of Wolcott who traveled the country with her Rolliflex and Speed Graphic cameras, highlighting the conditions of the poor and oppressed.
Join Anna in her French year abroad where she goes to every movie she can find in her quest to become a film critic and falls hard for Etienne St. Clair, a British student who speaks perfect.
April is National Poetry Month, a marvelous opportunity to celebrate the expressiveness, delight, and pure charm of poetry.
Friday, March 18, 2022, 3:00 PM.
Join us for this quarterly discussion group exploring all things speculative: fantasy, sci-fi, horror. This quarter we'll be reading The Spindle Splintered by Alix Harrow.
During World War II if you needed to help stop the Germans as they trampled across Vichy France, your go-to person was New Jersey native Virginia Hall.
