Chicago Public Library: what’s on for kids
682 children’s programmes over the next two weeks across 60 branches, read every night from the library’s own calendar. Library programmes are free; some ask you to register on the library’s page.
Tue, Oct 13
- Story Time
- One Book, One Chicago Story Time
- One Story Time, One Chicago
- Baby Bookworms
- Teen Time: Neurodiverse
- Wonder and Words: Family Storytime
- Baby and Toddler Story Time: One Story Time, One Chicago
- Preschool Story Time / La hora del cuento
- YOUmedia Takeover
- High School Open Shop
- Small Business Resources
- Cookies for Kindness
- Kids Create: Stickers, Stencils and Stamps
- Tween Book Club
- Learn American Sign Language
- Meet the Maker: Redemptive Plastics
- Behind the Mic: Finding Your Voice In Your Music Production
- Film Screening: Obsession (2026)
- Family Fun: Native Ball & Triangle Game
- Teen Club
- Teen Zone
- Teen DIY: Tassel Keychain or Earrings
- LEGO® and More Club
- Teen Sewing Hour: Costume Edition!
- Teen Sewing Hour
- Film Screening: Hotel Transylvania & Ernest Scared Stupid
- College Finances: Financial Aid and More with Ladder Up
- Locker Mirror Decoration
- Loop Troop Crochet Club
- Recreate a Famous Song
- LEGO® at the Library
- Mixed Media Making
- Kids' Crafternoon: Pumpkin Painting
- Tween Fall Crafts: Perler Bead Art
- Fluxx Game Night
- Movie Screening: The Addams Family (2019)
- Recording Studio Certification for Teens
- The Teen Creative Arts Collective
- The Scary Squad: SFX Makeup Workshop with the Chicago Makeup School
- Teens Pool League
- Make It Tuesdays
- Teen Craft Tuesday: Beaded Spiders
- Teen Sewing Hour: Make a Bag
- Write About It! Writing Club
- Puzzlemania
- Sight Word Madness
- STEAM Club
- Gamers' Zone: Teen Gaming
- Tinker Tuesday: Featuring Trash Goblins
- Family Craft Night: Sensory Bottles
- YOUmedia Open Shop
- Deal Me In
- Teen Pumpkin Decorating
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- 3D Printing
- Teen Hideaway
- Kid's Spooky Pinatas
- Documentary Club: Against the Current with Filmmakers Joshua Jackson and Asif Wilson
- Sculpt Like Hunt and Perkins: A Creative Sculpting Workshop
- Tabletop Game Night
- Story time with Rocket Launch and Stargazing
- Terror Tuesdays Week 2: AIP: Masters of the Drive-In
- LEGO® Club
Wed, Oct 14
- Preschool Story Time
- One Story Time, One Chicago
- Come, Stay, Play / Ven, Quédate, Juega
- BrightPath® Story Time
- Baby Story Time
- One Story Time, One Chicago in Commercial Park
- Tots and Toddlers Story Time
- Story Time at Grano Panaderia and Cafe
- Toddler Time and Play Time
- Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés
- One Story Time, One Chicago: Bilingual Story Time
- Baby and Toddler Story Time
- Mother Goose on the Loose Story Time
- Coffee and Connections / Café y Conexiones
- Chicago: The Birthplace of Black History Tour with Dilla the Urban Historian
- Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity"
- YOUmedia Takeover
- Tummy Time
- Anime and Manga Club
- Halloween Window Painting
- Tween Paper Arts: Shadow Prints
- Pokémon Club
- Tween Hangout
- Teen Time
- Afterschool LEGO® Club
- Teen Hangout, Snacks, and Games
- After School Hangout
- Collage Club
- 1,2,3 Book Club
- Kids' Sewing Craft
- Teen DIY and Crafts
- After School STEAM Activities
- Adulting 101
- Crafternoon Wednesdays
- Recreate a Famous Song
- LEGO® Club
- YOUmedia Teen Recording Studio Certification
- Teen Notebook and Bookmark Decorating
- Crafternoon
- Monster Mash Fall Festival
- Makers on 8: Artworks Studio with SAIC
- OPC Teen Recording Studio: Certification
- Super Smash Bros Gaming Tournament
- Tween Maker Lab at Thomas Hughes Children's Library
- Countdown to Doomsday: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Little Library, Big Games
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- Halloween Makeup
- Book Club Jr
- Art with Viv
- Pre-Halloween Craft Day
- Wonder Wednesday
- Chicago's Electric Blues Heritage and History: Diddley Bow Workshop
- LEGO® Night
- WTTW Kids Learn & Play
- Fall Into Fun Party
- Tween Scene: Spooky Monster Stitch-Up Edition
Thu, Oct 15
- Story Time
- One Story Time, One Chicago
- Baby Lapsit Story Time
- Baby and Toddler Story Time
- Preschool Story Time: One Story Time, One Chicago
- Itty-Bitty Family Story Time
- Baby Bookworms
- Tales for Twos and Threes
- Preschool Story Time and Play Group
- Baby Time
- Preschool Story Time
- Baby Lap-Sit Story Time
- Family Story Time
- Bilingual Story Time
- Story and Play Time
- Story Time: One Story Time, One Chicago
- WTTW Kids Learn & Play
- Space Game Day
- Read and Sign Baby Story Time
- Film Screening: Underworld (2003)
- YOUmedia Takeover
- Teen Hangout
- Quilted Community Blanket
- LEGO® Club
- Teen Zone
- Ambient by Redemptive Plastics: Make 3D Forms
- Power Up Thursdays
- Teen Club
- Candy Crunching Seek-and-Find
- Teen Grab and Go Kits
- Artful Afternoons
- Confidence Creations: Fresh Beats
- Book Journaling and Decorating
- Fall Canvas Painting
- Teen DIY: Mini Ghost in a Jar
- Wooden Cutouts
- Game Day
- 3D Printing for Kids
- LEGO® at the Library
- Video Game Night
- After School Activities / Actividades después de la escuela
- Teen Design Den: Arts and Crafts
- Film Screening: The Addams Family 2 (2021)
- Chess Club
- Mummy Race
- Reverb Arts: Your Story Matters
- Tinkering Time: Chess Club
- Youth Poetry Workshop
- Food for the Holidays: A Meal Prep Zine Workshop
- LEGO® in the Library
- Zap! Storytime With Brookfield Zoo Chicago
- Tween Craft Hour
- Spooky Crafternoon
- Crafty Kids
- Teen Vibez: Crafting, Gaming and Hanging Out
- Family Game Night
- Teen Film Series- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- Chess for Beginners
- Pumpkin Painting Contest
- Pamper Me: A DIY Self-Care Workshop
- Teen Hideaway
- Let's Play Dungeons and Dragons
- Chess on the Edge
- CathARTic Edutainment Movement Workshop
- Spooky Candy Catapults
- Kids' Evening Read Aloud
Fri, Oct 16
- Multilingual Playgroup / 多语言游戏小活动
- Tummy Time
- Story Time at Mayfair Park
- Book Builders
- One Story Time, One Chicago
- Film Screening: Encanto (2021)
- Film Screening: McFarland, USA (2018)
- Stay and Play
- Open Play Time
- Story Time
- Family Story Time
- Quilting
- Music and Movement Story Time with Ms. My
- Exhale: A Friday Wind-Down for Juniors & Seniors
- Teen Time
- [TEENS CRAFTS, GAMES AND PLAY]
- YOUmedia Takeover
- LEGO® Club
- Beads and Bonds: Friendship Bracelets
- Teens Fall Spackle Art
- Puppet Story Time with Rocio "Chio" Cabrera
- Building Challenges and Games
Sat, Oct 17
- Family Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo
- Tot Play Time
- One Story Time, One Chicago
- Service Learning Club
- Saturday Morning Snuggles: Storytime at Austin
- Voices of the City: A Building-Wide Arts Celebration at Harold Washington Library Center
- Destination Discovery Story Time at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Common Pantry Food Collection Drive
- Grab and Go Kits: Q-Tip Skeleton Craft
- Art in the Library: Families Together
- Fall Family Music Concert
- Kitchen Tales from the Library
- Tortilla Art: Food, Tales and Mesoamerican Traditions
- Beginner Readers Book Club
- Halloween Crafts With Artful Kreaccions
- Saturday Open Play
- Read to Rover
- English Conversation Class for Beginners
- Real Ones Read: Teen Book Club
- Saturday Story Time
- FAFSA Financial Aid Application Workshop
- Teen Film Series: M3GAN (2023)
- Reel Queer Film Screening & Artist Talk (LGBTQIA+ History/Latine Heritage Month edition): Amigas Latinas Forever (2023)
- Meet Martín Sorrondeguy
- Coding Club / Club de Programación
- Words Have Power: Tween Time with Rhymefest
- Community Building: Audio Book + Craft
- Edgewater Community Music Jam
- Tabletop Gaming Open Shop
- Slime Saturday: Glow in the Dark
- LEGO® Club
- Reading Hour with Cipriani’s Pizza
- Tween Gaming
- Bilingual Story Time
- Teen Vibez Saturday Edition: Resin Time
- Pulitzer on the Road Exhibit: A Guided Tour
- Magic the Gathering for Beginners
- Film Screening: The Visit (2015)
- Sculpt Like Hunt and Perkins: A Creative Sculpting Workshop
- Afternoon Crafts for Kids
- Gaming Tournament
- Family Craft Hour
- Artful Afternoon
- Spooky Slime Saturday
- Tween Emoji Painting Workshop
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Korean Class for K-Culture: K-Culture Bucket List
Sun, Oct 18
- Learn Chess with Dave
- Celebrating Polish Folktales with Master Storyteller Megan Wells
- Film Screening: Interstellar (2014)
- Film Screening: M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
- Film Screening: Goosebumps (2015)
- Dungeons & Dragons Club
- Film Screening: Boogie (2021)
- Film Screening: Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
- Family Film Screening: Corpse Bride (2005)
- Film Screening: Disclosure Day (2026)
- Music Teachers of Hyde Park Artists Series: Phyllis Calderon
- Family Film Screening: Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo (2020)
- Developmental Playgroup with The Little Duck Collective
Mon, Oct 19
- Seed Library
- Play Day
- Baby Music with Miss Ruby
- Family Story Time
- Fall Story Time
- Story Time with Mr. Josh
- Story Time
- Family Story Time / Hora del cuentos con familia
- Toddler Story Time
- Compassionate Children's Programming with Cruelty Free You + Me
- Teen Grab & Go: Dungeon Crawl Classics
- Tween Grab and Go Kit: Alebrije Masks
- Kids Grab and Go: Pipe Cleaner Ninja
- Film Screening: Toy Story 5 (2026)
- Film Screening: Poltergeist (1982)
- Teen Monday
- Kids and Tween Craft Carts
- Drop-In Art, Crafts and Play
- LEGO® Club
- Tween Club
- Zombie Outbreak
- Illuminated Youth Arts
- Teen Crafternoon: Salt & Sugar Scrubs
- Creepy String Art
- Teen Pop-Up Book Making
- Taste and Create with Schoolhouse Kitchen
- Science Club
- Halloween Screen Printing With Mr. Omar and Abby
- Mindful Monday
- Foil Art
- Film Screening: Minions and Monsters (2026)
- After School Gaming Club
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Teen Art Club: Costume Workshop
- TV Screening: Twilight Zone (1959)
- Spooky Book Club for Tweens
- The Artist's Studio at the Library
- Teen Game Night
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- Teen Resume and Job Search Workshop
- Magic Monday: Pumpkin Pandemonium
- Documentary Club: Against the Current with Filmmakers Joshua Jackson and Asif Wilson
- Stitch Your Stash
- Anime Monday for Teens
- Knit Together
- Paper Cup Rocket Launchers
- Novel Thoughts
- Sculpt Like Hunt and Perkins: A Creative Sculpting Workshop
- Bilingual Story Time / Hora de cuentos bilingües
Tue, Oct 20
- Story Time
- Little Readers Story Time
- Baby Lap-Sit Story Time
- Baby Bookworms
- Family Story Time
- Teen Time: Neurodiverse
- Preschool Story Time
- Backyard Story Time
- Homeschool Neighbors
- Story Hour for Grown-Ups
- YOUmedia Takeover
- STEAM Tuesdays
- Teen Librarian Office Hours
- Teen Post-Secondary Exploration: Job Fair
- Learn American Sign Language
- Meet the Maker: Redemptive Plastics
- DIY Fall Time Bracelets
- Teen Club
- Teen Crafts: Ghost or Jack-o-Lantern
- Teen Zone
- LEGO® at the Library
- LEGO® and More Club
- Family Halloween Celebration
- Teen Sewing Hour: Costume Edition!
- Teen Sewing Hour
- Custom Design T-shirt or Tote Bag
- Photography Scavenger Hunt
- Teen Tech Lab
- Halloween Origami
- Loop Troop Crochet Club
- Teen Craft Tuesday: Halloween Lanterns
- LEGO® Club
- Make Something Awesome: Puzzle Art
- What We Carry: A Collective Collage Workshop
- Mixed Media Making
- Beatmaking Basics
- Tween Fall Crafts: Candle Making
- The Artist's Studio at the Library
- Afterschool Snack and Chill
- The Scary Squad: Tween Advisory Board
- Kids Craft: Fall Leaf Painting
- Bilingual Story Time
- Find Your Sound: Music Production
- Write About It! Writing Club
- Puzzlemania
- Sight Word Madness
- Gamers' Zone: Teen Gaming
- Middle School Makers
- Tinker Tuesday
- YOUmedia Open Shop
- DIY Monster Mask
- Teen Film Screening: M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- Kid's Artificial Pumpkin Painting
- 3D Printing
- Film Screening: The Fly (1958)
- Origami and Paper Cutting with Ms. My
- Pajama Story Time
- Tabletop Game Night
- Halloween Party
- Bike Basics With Xail
- Terror Tuesdays Week 3: Hammer Horror- The Studio That Dripped Blood
Wed, Oct 21
- Preschool Story Time
- Play Doh Fun
- Come, Stay, Play / Ven, Quédate, Juega
- Family Story Time
- Mother Goose at Play: Toddler and Preschool Story and Play Time
- Story Time in Commercial Park
- Story Time
- Tots and Toddlers Story Time
- Story Time at the Back of the Yards Coffeehouse
- Toddler Time and Play Time
- Baby Story Time/ Hora de cuentos para bebés
- Baby and Toddler Story Time
- Peace by Piece: A Fiber Art "Commuknity"
- YOUmedia Takeover
- Game Time
- Glow in the Dark Halloween Fun
- Tummy Time
- Anime and Manga Club
- Pokémon Club
- Tween Hangout
- Teen DIY: Make Your Own Voodoo Doll
- Teen Time
- Teen Hangout, Snacks, and Games
- Read, Write, Draw
- After School Hangout
- Collage Club
- Shrinky Dinks
- Maker Mania: Halloween Edition
- 1,2,3 Book Club
- Kids' Sewing Craft
- Game Night with the Sheriff's Department
- Adulting 101
- LEGO® Club
- Robot Club
- Spooky Light Up Bookmarks
- Families Together: Mixed Media
- YOUmedia Teen Recording Studio Certification
- STEAM Time
- The Artist’s Studio at the Library
- LEGO® at the Library
- Resin Creations Lab
- Makers on 8: Artworks Studio with SAIC
- OPC Teen Recording Studio: Certification
- Spooky Movie Night
- The Artist's Studio at the Library
- Canvas and Conversation
- Drum Circle
- Crafting the Archives: Día de los muertos
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- Kids Fall Soap Making
- Pumpkin Painting for Teens
- Documentary Club: Against the Current with Filmmakers Joshua Jackson and Asif Wilson
- LEGO® Night
- Teen Advisory Board
- CAPS Beat 1634 Meeting
- Sculpt Like Hunt and Perkins: A Creative Sculpting Workshop
- Stitch Night
- WTTW Kids Learn & Play
Thu, Oct 22
- Story Time
- Itty-Bitty Family Story Time
- Baby Bookworms
- Tales for Twos and Threes
- One Story Time, One Chicago
- Sensory Story Time
- Baby Lap-Sit Story Time
- Family Story Time
- Story and Play Time
- Read and Sign Baby Story Time
- Film Screening: Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- YOUmedia Takeover
- Teen Hangout
- DJ + Beat Making
- DIY Crafts and Art
- LEGO® Club
- Teen Zone
- Ambient by Redemptive Plastics: Make 3D Forms
- Confidence Creations: Polished and Powerful
- Power Up Thursdays
- Teen Club
- Candy Crunching Seek-and-Find
- Teen Board Games
- Robotics and Coding Workshop
- Drop-In After-School Activities
- Spooky Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft
- Teen Karaoke Night
- Film Screening: Frankenweenie (2012)
- Game Day
- Pokémon Club
- 3D Printing for Kids
- Fall Canvas Boards
- LEGO® at the Library
- After School Activities / Actividades después de la escuela
- Pumpkin Painting
- Pumpkin Bedazzling
- Think and Tinker Thursday's
- Film Screening: Hocus Pocus (1993)
- Nature Club: Tree Identification Walk with Openlands
- Chess Club
- Dance Party: All Ages Fun with Textured Dance
- Reverb Arts: Your Story Matters
- Tinkering Time: Chess Club
- Youth Poetry Workshop
- Zap! Storytime With Brookfield Zoo Chicago
- Sugar Skulls
- Teen Vibez: Crafting, Gaming and Hanging Out
- Film Screening: Scary Movie 4 (2006)
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- Pamper Me: A DIY Self-Care Workshop
- Zoning and Land Use 101
- Spooky Slime
- The Stitching Hour
- Kids' Evening Read Aloud Book Club: The Unlikely Aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy
Fri, Oct 23
- Story Time at Mayfair Park
- Book Builders
- Film Screening: Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
- Construction Crew Kids
- Fall Story Time
- Family Fun with Musical Guest Laura Doherty
- Open Play Time
- Story Time
- Family Story Time
- Hazte Amigo de Demencia
- Quilting
- Teen Time
- [TEENS CRAFTS, GAMES AND PLAY]
- YOUmedia Takeover
- LEGO® Club
- Teen Checkers Open Play
- Classic Film Screening: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Building Challenges and Games
Sat, Oct 24
- Tot Play Time
- Saturday Morning Snuggles: Storytime at Austin
- Saturday Stories and Crafts
- Family Story Time
- El Domino: Games, Archives and Puerto Rico
- Grab and Go Kits: Chenille Stick Pumpkin Craft
- Art in the Library: Families Together
- Gamer's Universe Showdown Series
- Film Screening: Minions & Monsters (2026)
- Madhatters Story Time
- WTTW Kids Learn & Play
- Ghostly Gatherings: Create Your Own Paranormal Portrait
- Open Play
- English Conversation Class for Beginners
- Monster Rocks
- Saturday Story Time
- Fall Festival
- Film Screening: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
- Renaissance Project Presents LEGO® Club: Meet Dr. Leonidas Berry
- LEGO® Family Challenge
- Crochet Club 4 All
- Craft Day: Fringe T-shirt
- 6th Annual Spooktacular Saturday
- Coding Club / Club de Programación
- Who Represents Me: Civics 101
- Kids Graphic Novel Book Club: Ghost Town
- Filipino American History Month: Rooted in the Philippines, Created in Chicago
- Tabletop Gaming Open Shop
- LEGO® Club
- Black Panther Party History in Illinois: The South Side Story
- Let's Play Magic: The Gathering
- Tween DIY Crafts
- Bilingual Story Time
- Film Screening: Knives Out (2019)
- College Essay Workshop
- Make a Moveable Calavera Card with Circuitry
- Tween Monster Mash
- Family Film Screening: Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
- Chinatown Cultural Reads: The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li
- Operation Halloween
Sun, Oct 25
- Seed Library Volunteer Day
- Film Screening: Project Hail Mary (2026)
- Clothing Swap
- A Quilt is a Poem That We Say Again: Opening Reception
- Dungeons & Dragons Club
- Open House: New Acquisitions to the Northside Neighborhood History Collection
- Film Screening: Casper (1995)
- Film Screening: The Addams Family 2 (2021)
- KidCinema: Scared Shrekless
- Film Screening: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
- Family Film Screening: The Addams Family (2019)
- Family Film Screening: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
- Parachute Play
Mon, Oct 26
- Seed Library
- Play Day
- Destination Discovery Story Time at Museum of Ice Cream
- Tummy Time for Babies
- Baby Music with Miss Ruby
- Halloween Story Time
- Fall Story Time
- Story Time with Mr. Josh
- Story Time
- Family Story Time / Hora del cuentos con familia
- Toddler Story Time
- Baby Story Time with Ms. My
- Halloween Family Story Time
- Story Time: Carmela Full of Wishes with Chicago Children's Theatre
- Compassionate Children's Programming with Cruelty Free You + Me
- Teen Grab & Go: Dungeon Crawl Classics
- Tween Grab and Go Kit: Alebrije Masks
- Kids Grab and Go: Pipe Cleaner Ninja
- Teen Monday
- DIY Crafts and Art
- Kids and Tween Craft Carts
- Drop-In Art, Crafts and Play
- LEGO® Club
- Tween Club
- Teen Maker Monday: Fall Sip and Paint
- Open Block Play
- STEAM Day with First Star Force
- Not So Spooky Story Time with Mr. Omar
- DIY Moon Light For Teens
- Recreate a Famous Song
- Tinkering Time: Little Crafters
- Teen Art Club: Blood & Guts
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Film Screening: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
- TV Screening: Twilight Zone (1959)
- LEGO® Night
- LEGO® at the Library / LEGO® en la biblioteca
- Novel November: Teen Creative Writing Series
- The Artist's Studio at the Library
- Video Game Night
- Our Once Proud House
- Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
- Film Screening: The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)
- Halloween Lanterns
- The 10 Most Fascinating Astronomy Images of 2025
- Stitch Your Stash
- Anime Monday for Teens
- Rogers Park Spooky Music Jam
- Knit Together
- Graphic Novel Discussion: More Weight
- Bilingual Story Time / Hora de cuentos bilingües
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