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Adaptive Playtime

10:00am - 10:45am
Early Childhood
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

This inclusive playtime is especially welcoming for children with sensory processing challenges and adaptive needs. We’ll share a story, rhymes, and open-ended activities for free play in a nonjudgmental environment.

Teen Volunteer Hour

11:00am - 12:00pm
Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Youth & Teen Services (2nd floor)
Age Group: Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Earn a volunteer hour by helping Librarians clean toys.

Teen Volunteer Hour

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Youth & Teen Services (2nd floor)
Age Group: Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Earn a volunteer hour by helping Librarians clean toys.

Monthly Teen Book Club

All Day
Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Age Group: Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us for a unique teen book club! Read one of the selected books for the month and submit your review online. Reviews earn volunteer hours!

Take-home Craft Kits

9:00am - 7:45pm
Early Childhood, Grades K – 2
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Youth & Teen Services (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood, Grades K – 2
Event Details:

Pick up a kit with supplies and instructions for a project to complete at home. Available while supplies last. 3 – 8 years

April Fool's Storytime and Craft

10:00am - 10:45am
Early Childhood
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Event Details:

Laugh along with us in a silly themed storytime and then join us for a craft activity. 0 – 6 years with a caregiver

 

Westmont Gardening Club

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Westmont Grows
Event Details:

Connect with other gardeners—beginners and experts alike—as we explore all aspects of gardening.

Unreal World Book Club: A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Virtual: Zoom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Virtual
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15

Dementia Friendly Westmont: Estate Planning for Individuals with Dementia

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presenter
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Attorney Debra Anthony will discuss the importance of estate planning for individuals with dementia and their care partners.

Medicare 101

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Cancelled
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presenter
Event Details:

This program will address Medicare in general, Medicare Part D for prescriptions, your guaranteed issue rights, and guarantees that will disappear.

Beaded Windchimes

4:15pm - 5:00pm
Grades 3 – 5
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Grades 3 – 5
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

Make beaded windchimes that sing with the sounds of spring!

STEM Stations

10:00am - 12:00pm
Grades K – 2, Grades 3 – 5
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Grades K – 2, Grades 3 – 5
Event Details:

Flex your STEM muscles as you play, build, design, problem solve, and collaborate at each station. Grades K – 5 with a caregiver

Teen Volunteer Hour

11:00am - 12:00pm
Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Youth & Teen Services (2nd floor)
Age Group: Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Earn a volunteer hour by helping Librarians clean toys.

Civil War Quilts

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room (1st floor)
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join presenter Connie Martin as she tells stories about how her family survived the trials and tribulations of the antebellum period.

Crafting for a Cause Take & Make

9:00am - 8:00pm
Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Youth & Teen Services (2nd floor)
Age Group: Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13
Event Details:

Complete crafts to earn volunteer hours! Pick up a kit of supplies and instructions from the Youth & Teen Desk, while supplies last, then return your completed crafts by the deadline for credit. Apr. 7 – 28: Pet toys

Spanish Language Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Early Childhood
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Drop in with your little one to enjoy songs and stories in Spanish. Presented by The Language Labs. 0 – 6 years with a caregiver.

Teen Volunteer Hour

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Age Group: Teens (Gr. 6 – 12)
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Earn a volunteer hour by helping Librarians clean toys.

Team Trivia

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Adults
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults

Adult Take & Make Craft: Spring Kaleidocycle

All Day
Adults
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Adult Services (1st floor)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Take and Make
Event Details:

Stop by Adult Services to pick up a kit containing basic supplies and instructions, then take it home to create. 

Lapsit Storytime Session 2: A

9:30am - 10:00am
Early Childhood
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Lapsit Storytime offers our youngest patrons a chance to learn fingerplays and hear stories in a low-key environment with their caregivers. Sign up for series 1 and 2 separately. Please choose one session per series.

2 & 3 Storytime Session 2: A

10:15am - 10:45am
Early Childhood
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

In each lively session, children 2 – 3 years old and their caregivers will enjoy songs, action rhymes, and stories that will help develop skills necessary for reading readiness. Sign up for series 1 and 2 separately.

Preschool Skills

1:00pm - 1:45pm
Early Childhood
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

This themed storytime and craft session helps prepare your child for their first school experience. Adults are encouraged to participate with their child. 4 – 6 years with a caregiver

Knit Clique

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room (1st floor)
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Beginners and experienced crafters alike are invited to attend this casual, patron-led knitting, crochet, and lacemaking group.

NOTE: The March 25th session will be held in the KMR on the second floor. 

READ with Hinsdale Humane Society

6:30pm - 6:45pm
Grades K – 2
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Westmont Public Library
Room: Kwasek Meeting Room (2nd floor)
Age Group: Grades K – 2
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Meet with a trained therapy pet and its handler to practice your reading! Co-sponsored by Hinsdale Humane Society.