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The library will be closed on Sunday, December 31 and Monday, January 1. Happy New Year!

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VIRTUAL FAMILY BINGO

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual Programs at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Online/Virtual
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Families
Event Details:

All ages, children under 6 with an adult. Play Virtual BINGO from the comfort of your home! Every time you get BINGO, your name will be placed in the prize drawing. You w...

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Virtual Event
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Virtual Programs
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Families
Program Type: Online/Virtual
Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

All ages, children under 6 with an adult. 

Play Virtual BINGO from the comfort of your home! Every time you get BINGO, your name will be placed in the prize drawing. 

Painting of a snowman holding a heart.

Adult Craft: Snowman Painting

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Craft
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Annie Flint of Divine Design Paint Studio will lead a step-by-step painting class to create a fun snowman painting. Each person will leave with a finished acrylic painting masterpi...

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Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Program Type: Craft
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Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Annie Flint of Divine Design Paint Studio will lead a step-by-step painting class to create a fun snowman painting. Each person will leave with a finished acrylic painting masterpiece on canvas. Beginners welcome! 

PINOCHLE

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Join us to play Pinochle! Experienced and beginner players are welcome. The Pinochle group meets weekly on Thursdays at 12:00pm.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Join us to play Pinochle! Experienced and beginner players are welcome. The Pinochle group meets weekly on Thursdays at 12:00pm.

Pile of colorful LEGO bricks.

LEGO CLUB

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Clubs
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Families
Event Details:

Drop in to make a fun LEGO creation!Ages 5-12. No registration required. 

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Families
Program Type: Clubs
Event Details:

Drop in to make a fun LEGO creation!

Ages 5-12. No registration required. 

Teen Volunteer: TAG: Teen Advisory Group

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 4:45pm - 5:45pm
Teen Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Volunteer
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Join us once a month for an hour to eat pizza in the teen room and discuss ways to make the library more teen friendly! We want to hear about what you want to see at your library! ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteer
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Join us once a month for an hour to eat pizza in the teen room and discuss ways to make the library more teen friendly! We want to hear about what you want to see at your library! Different events? Different books?

Nintendo Switch Night

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Join us in playing Nintendo Switch games on the big screen at the library! We’ll have 6 different games for you to choose from or you’re more than welcome to bring your own games t...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Teens
Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Join us in playing Nintendo Switch games on the big screen at the library! We’ll have 6 different games for you to choose from or you’re more than welcome to bring your own games to play!

Posture, Balance, and a Little Cha-Cha-Cha

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Balance, posture and a little cha cha cha will teach you exercises for living a super healthy lifestyle.  With a Master Degree in Exercise Science and as a professional dancer...

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Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
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Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Balance, posture and a little cha cha cha will teach you exercises for living a super healthy lifestyle.  With a Master Degree in Exercise Science and as a professional dancer, Elaine Gotfryd Noonan will increase your strength, flexibility an

Four young children making music with instruments.

EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Fridays @ 10:30 - 11:00 am   For children up to age 5 with adult. Parent or caregiver must be present. Make music with your little ones! Join local school, Edg...

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Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Families
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:

Fridays @ 10:30 - 11:00 am  

For children up to age 5 with adult. Parent or caregiver must be present.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

KNITTING MEETUP

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Quiet Reading Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Join our informal knitting group! A perfect opportunity to get together with other knitters while working on your own projects. Please note that this is not a knitting class or ins...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Quiet Reading Room
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Join our informal knitting group! A perfect opportunity to get together with other knitters while working on your own projects. Please note that this is not a knitting class or instructor-led program.

A priest standing in front of a cross.

Adult Movie Matinee: Conclave

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Movies
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the library while watching a film on our big screen. Snacks provided! Today's movie is Conclave. Rated PG for thematic material and smoking. Length: 2...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Program Type: Movies
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Enjoy a relaxing afternoon at the library while watching a film on our big screen. Snacks provided! Today's movie is Conclave. Rated PG for thematic material and smoking. Length: 2 hours. Registration required.

Warm and Cozy One-Pot Meals with Chef Maddox

Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

New year, new recipes! Chef Susan Maddox returns to the library with some wonderful and tasty one-pot meals. Utilize some great ingredients, where a few items can provide...

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Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
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Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

New year, new recipes! Chef Susan Maddox returns to the library with some wonderful and tasty one-pot meals. Utilize some great ingredients, where a few items can provide incredible flavors during this cold time of the year. 

Mini Monday: Smiling Positivity Pickles

All Day
Teen Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Stop by the Teen Room anytime today to get a mini smiling positivity pickle! This pickle is positive that you’re going to have a great new year! One per person, while supplies last...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Teens
Event Details:

Stop by the Teen Room anytime today to get a mini smiling positivity pickle! This pickle is positive that you’re going to have a great new year! One per person, while supplies last.

Three gnomes: one dressed in red, one dressed in rainbow colors, and one dressed in gray and blue holding a magnifying glass.

CHILLIN' WITH MY GNOMIES SEARCH

All Day 1/27 - 2/9
Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Children, Tweens
Event Details:

Search for 8 Gnomes in the KidZone.Circle the name of the Gnome next to the matching picture on your Gnomies sheet. Return completed sheet to the Youth Services desk...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Event Details:

Search for 8 Gnomes in the KidZone.

Circle the name of the Gnome next to the matching picture on your Gnomies sheet. 

Homer Library's App: PrairieCat

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Computer Class
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Discover how to use the library’s mobile app: PrairieCat. Learn how to add your library card to the app, along with all of the library services and resources the app offers. A...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Program Type: Computer Class
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Discover how to use the library’s mobile app: PrairieCat. Learn how to add your library card to the app, along with all of the library services and resources the app offers. 

Four young children making music with instruments.

EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Mondays @ 10:00 - 10:30 am   For children up to age 5 with adult. Parent or caregiver must be present. Make music with your little ones! Join local school, Edg...

Required
Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Families
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:

Mondays @ 10:00 - 10:30 am  

For children up to age 5 with adult. Parent or caregiver must be present.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

group of smiling kids walking with arms around shoulders of person next to them

WIGGLES & GIGGLES

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Wiggles & Giggles
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Ages up to 35 months with adult.Designed with simple stories, finger-plays, bouncing rhymes, music and movement activities!      No registration. Limi...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Wiggles & Giggles
Event Details:

Ages up to 35 months with adult.

Designed with simple stories, finger-plays, bouncing rhymes, music and movement activities!      

Create & Chat: Artists Meetup

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Artists of all kinds are welcome to join our monthly meetup group! Meet other local artists (including some from the Lemont Artists Guild), discuss what you’re working on, and spen...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Artists of all kinds are welcome to join our monthly meetup group!

LIBRARY BOARD MEETING

Monday, January 27, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Community Meeting Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Event Details:

The Homer Township Public Library's Board of Trustees generally meets every fourth Monday of the month at 7pm in the library’s meeting room at 14320 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Community Meeting Room
Event Details:

The Homer Township Public Library's Board of Trustees generally meets every fourth Monday of the month at 7pm in the library’s meeting room at 14320 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL.

Colorful bookworm wearing round glasses who is reading a blue book.

POLISH STORY TIME FOR THE FAMILY

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Suggested ages 3, 4, 5 with adult.Presented in Polish & English, thematic tales, rhymes, songs and movement are paired with a simple craft to help children develop essenti...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Suggested ages 3, 4, 5 with adult.

Illinois Tollway’s I-PASS on Demand

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

The Illinois Tollway's I-PASS on Demand team will offer full services from opening accounts and adding new license plates to handing out and activating new free sticker tag transpo...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

The Illinois Tollway's I-PASS on Demand team will offer full services from opening accounts and adding new license plates to handing out and activating new free sticker tag transponders.  Information about the I-PASS Assist program (for incom

Basic Flow Yoga with a green background and woman sitting on yoga mat

BASIC FLOW YOGA

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Meeting Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Yoga
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

Basic flow yoga is a beginner vinyasa yoga class. This practice will help beginning practitioners learn to connect their breath to movement. Each class will incorporate a series of...

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Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Program Type: Yoga
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Basic flow yoga is a beginner vinyasa yoga class. This practice will help beginning practitioners learn to connect their breath to movement.

Illustration of a small house in the woods set far away from a city.

Chick Lit Book Club

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Quiet Reading Room at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults & Seniors
Event Details:

The Chick Lit Book Club reads books about women and/or by women authors. We meet the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. This month's selection is Last House by Jessica Sha...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Quiet Reading Room
Age Group: Adults & Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Chick Lit Book Club reads books about women and/or by women authors. We meet the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. This month's selection is Last House by Jessica Shattuck. New members welcome!

Mom and baby stretching on a purple mat.

MOMMY & ME PILATES

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Take a break to stretch and decompress! Join Pilates certified instructor, Lindsey, for Mommy and Me Pilates at the library.Registration is required. Please register the adult only...

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Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Families
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Take a break to stretch and decompress! Join Pilates certified instructor, Lindsey, for Mommy and Me Pilates at the library.

group of smiling kids walking with arms around shoulders of person next to them

WIGGLES & GIGGLES

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Family Activity Zone at Homer Township Public Library District
Program Type:
Wiggles & Giggles
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Ages up to 35 months with adult.Designed with simple stories, finger-plays, bouncing rhymes, music and movement activities!      No registration. Limi...

Library Branch: Homer Township Public Library District
Room: Family Activity Zone
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Wiggles & Giggles
Event Details:

Ages up to 35 months with adult.

Designed with simple stories, finger-plays, bouncing rhymes, music and movement activities!