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Retirement Reality with Jill Schlesinger

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Personal Finance
Age Group:
Adults

Are you thinking about retirement? Does it seem completely out of reach?

Virtual Event

Family Storytime

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Singing, dancing, stories, and more!

Ages 0-5 with Adult.

Move & Play

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Join us for 20 minutes of music, movement, and a story for kids 5 and under with their caregivers. Optional stay and play until 11 after we get our wiggles out!  

Ages 0-5 with Adult

Lights, Camera, Action! Stories of Action Movies Filmed in Chicago

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
History, Other
Age Group:
Adults

With Chicago being so rich in varying and unique buildings and landscapes, it has set the stage for some of the largest action and movie stunts ever filmed.  We’ll take a look at some of those amazing movie stunts as well as some of the most

Registration Required
Virtual Event

Family Storytime

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Singing, dancing, stories, and more!

Ages 0-5 with Adult.

Kids dancing to music with notes in the air.

Move & Groove

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

No time for sitting as we’re going to dance and sing the whole time to songs for kids and grown-ups! 

Ages 0-5 with Adult. 

A rectangular basket filled with yarn balls in a wide variety of colors, and two wooden knitting needles.

Sit & Knit

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Come hang out with fellow knitters in the Northfield Community Room!

Registration Required
Super Mario Party Jamboree with Luigi, Mario, Bowser and Peach on the cover with Mario holding a dice block

Nintendo Switch Gaming Fun!

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Winnetka Community Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play, Gaming
Age Group:
School Age

Meet us for an afternoon of gaming fun!

March 12: Mario Kart

April 23: Mario Party 

May 7: Animal Crossing (please bring your own Switch)

Registration Required
Movie cover

Spring Film Series: Enemies, A Love Story

All Day
Virtual
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Film Series:

Register to receive a pre-recorded introduction and critique by our resident film expert Scott Siegel, along with a link to watch the film at home through our Hoopla or Kanopy stre...

Anjelica Huston stars in this 1940s tale based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's tragicomedy.

Registration Required
Virtual Event
Librarian leading storytime with a group of children

Family Storytime

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Singing, dancing, stories, and more!

Ages 0-5 with Adult

Fancy Tea Party

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food & Drink
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, Family

Dress up in your fanciest clothes and join us for a morning tea party with snacks and crafts! 

Registration Required

1917 on the Homefront: How American Families Faced The War to End All Wars

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Live Performance
Age Group:
Adults

A reluctant but energetic America entered the fighting in 1917. We sent our sons. We rationed our bread. We stopped wearing corsets to save the steel for warships… and we wrote and sang the songs that rallied the troops.

Registration Required

Pixel Jewelry

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Winnetka Community Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, The Studio
Age Group:
Teens & Tweens, Adults

Turn your pixel designs into wearable art! Learn how to follow patterns to create colorful perler bead charms, then transform them into unique jewelry. 

Registration Required
Librarian leading storytime with a group of children

Family Storytime

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Singing, dancing, stories, and more!

Ages 0-5 with Adult

a couple of musical instruments including a green tambourine and yellow maracas around three wooden musical notes.s.

Make Some Noise

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Join us for some super noisy fun! Shake some shakers, hit the rhythm sticks, dance to the music with scarves, and more! 

Ages 0-5 with Adult

mah jongg tiles on table

Mah Jongg Lessons

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Gaming
Age Group:
Adults

Instructor Sylvia Taflove will teach 4 lessons on Mah Jongg, a rummy-type card game.  Each session will include supervised play.  First-time attendees from Winnetka/Northfield/Kenilworth only.

Family Storytime

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Singing, dancing, stories, and more!

Ages 0-5 with Adult.

Move & Play

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Join us for 20 minutes of music, movement, and a story for kids 5 and under with their caregivers. Optional stay and play until 11 after we get our wiggles out!  

Ages 0-5 with Adult

A black and white photo of actor Gene Kelly, wearing a suit and bowtie

Inside Gene Kelly's House

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Virtual
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

Celebrate one of classic Hollywood's greatest song-and-dance men with a virtual tour to his Beverly Hills home(s).

Registration Required
Virtual Event
baby tummy timing on the floor

Tummy Time Painting

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play
Age Group:
School Age

A no-mess introduction to art for babies who are building core strength or learning to crawl.

 

0-1 with Adult (D)

Family Storytime

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Singing, dancing, stories, and more!

Ages 0-5 with Adult.

Move & Play

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Join us for 20 minutes of music, movement, and a story for kids 5 and under with their caregivers. Optional stay and play until 11 after we get our wiggles out!  

Ages 0-5 with Adult

Child stretching green and yellow clay surrounded by clay sculpted into fruit

Clay Play

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play
Age Group:
School Age

Squish, shape, and sculpt with air drying clay. This sensory art experience lets kids explore texture, shape, and color through creative play.