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Saturday Stories & Shimmies (In-Person)
Join us for a weekend storytime with a seasonal theme. Stick around for a post-storytime dance party! Ages 0-4 with parent/caregiver.
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Create a Personalized Friendship-Soup-Mix-in-a-Jar Gift
Looking for a fun holiday gift idea? Create a dried soup mixture in a mason jar and custom engrave it on our laser.
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Cookie Exchange (In-Person)
Join us for this fun holiday program!
Bring a batch of your favorite home-made cookies, and a copy of the recipe, to share and exchange with fellow baking enthusiasts. Hot chocolate, coffee, and containers to take home the cookies will be provided.
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Holiday Edition
Choose an item to laser-engrave or embroider to create a unique gift.
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Choose Your Own Adventure (Youth): Holiday Edition
Choose an item to laser-engrave or embroider to create a unique gift.
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Messy Mondays (In-Person)
Drop-in for a messier craft and leave the clean-up to us!
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas with Martina Mathisen (Virtual)
Join us for this fun holiday program!
Why do we kiss under a mistletoe? Why do we decorate with poinsettias? Where did the jolly old man in the red suit come from anyway? Educational entertainer Martina Mathisen portrays Maria Moore, daughter of famed poet Clement Clarke Moore, author of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, presenting fascinating stories about how American Christmas traditions developed.
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Art Explorers Jr. (In-Person)
Let your creative side shine with painting and crafting! Ages 5-8 years.
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Our Lady of Angels Fire: 63rd Anniversary Presentation (In-Person)
The horrific fire at the Our Lady of Angels school, in what is now known as the Austin neighborhood, changed fire codes in schools forever. Join "Chicago's History Cop" Ray Johnson as he unpacks the tragic event that occurred in December 1958, and how this event continues to affect our lives today.
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Personalize a Glass Cruet for a Unique Gift
Laser-engrave a glass oil cruet for a creative holiday gift. Then, learn how to create your own flavored cooking oils at home to fill your newly customized bottle.
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True Story Nonfiction Book Club (Hybrid)
This event will take place on Zoom and in person as a hybrid program in the Winnetka Public Library Community Room.
Explore critically acclaimed nonfiction books with us. Find out for yourself that sometimes fact truly is stranger than fiction.
This month's selection: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Book summary: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A Best Book of 2021: Entertainment Weekly, Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, and more
From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
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Art Explorers (In-Person)
Let your creative side shine with painting and crafting! Ages 9-13 years.
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Pearl Harbor - A Day of Infamy (In-Person)
It was a day that would live in infamy - December 7, 1941. Battlefield expert Robert Mueller reviews how and why the Japanese almost wiped out the U.S. Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop. Using individual stories from the men who responded to the attack, Mueller presents the tactics and the consequences of the most treacherous assault ever launched upon American soil.
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Games for Grown-Ups (In-Person)
Join your neighbors for game night at the library. Play board games, card games, charades, and more.
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Embroider a Fleece Throw Blanket
Embroider a blanket with a monogram or holiday motif to help you stay warm and cozy.
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Learn and Play Chess (In-Person)
Build critical thinking, logic, and memory skills with chess. Expert chess play Ivan Figueredo provides a lesson and supervises play. Registration with licess.org is also recommended as it will be used in the program. Ages 7 & up.
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Food For Thought Cookbook Book Club: Unofficially Magical Food (In-Person)
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Check out one of the spotlighted cookbooks, try some recipes and bring a dish to share. The books are available for checkout at the library and through Hoopla, when available.
The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook, by Ashley Craft
The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook, by Dinah Bucholz
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Regular Library Board Meeting
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Financial Planning Appointments (IN PERSON)
Do you have questions about how to invest, budget, or safeguard your finances? Schedule a free, one-hour in-person consultation with a Certified Financial Planner®. Appointments are limited to Winnetka-Northfield Library Card holders. Register
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Financial Planning Appointment (IN PERSON)
Do you have questions about how to invest, budget, or safeguard your finances? Schedule a free, one-hour in-person consultation with a Certified Financial Planner®. Appointments are limited to Winnetka-Northfield Library Card holders. Register
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Dungeons and Dragons (In-Person)
A darkness spreads through Ravenloft causing its people to suffer. Join with other brave adventurers to fight back the evil and complete quests. Rise through the Guild ranks to obtain great power and treasure.
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Life in a Japanese American Internment Camp (In-Person)
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans on the West Coast were forced into incarceration camps in remote areas of the country. Of the 120,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated, two-thirds were American-born and many were children. Historian and librarian Sarah Okner, a descendant of internees, shares photos and details of daily life in an internment camp, and the profound effects it had on those living there.
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Clue: A Mystery Book Club (Hybrid)
This event will take place on Zoom and in person as a hybrid program.
Led by Melissa Morgan.
This month's selection is A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch. Pick up a book from the library or download the ebook on Libby by Overdrive.
If you have not used Libby or would like assistance using those services, please visit https://www.winnetkalibrary.org/connect/ask-us.
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Lego Mania Jr. (In-Person)
Love to build with LEGOs? Join us for LEGO Mania! We’ll build cool contraptions with a fun theme every month. Ages 5-8.
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Charles Dickens: A Christmas Tale with a Twist with Terry Lynch (Virtual)
Charles Dickens, as portrayed by actor Terry Lynch, reflects on his life, and discusses some of his best loved holiday works including A Christmas Carol and The Cricket on the Hearth. Register
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Small Business Mentoring with SCORE (In-Person)
SCORE North Cook & Lake counties provides mentoring to local small-business owners and entrepreneurs. Current and potential entrepreneurs can benefit from the experience of retired volunteer executives to develop business plans and grow businesses.
Register for a one-hour appointment at the Winnetka Library by contacting our SCORE volunteer Rick Rubenstein at rick.rubenstein@scorevolunteer.org
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Compassionate Childcare: Understanding Your Child’s Personality (Virtual)
Join presenters from Compassionate Childcare for a presentation on supporting temperament styles and understanding your child’s personality. This workshop is appropriate for parents, caregivers, and educators that work with young children.
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Holiday Cocktails from around the World - Adults 21 (Virtual)
Happy Holidays!
Join local mixologist Cheryl Heisler of Mixed metaPours as she demonstrates how to make festive cocktails.
Ingredient lists will be provided one week in advance for all those who want to mix with Cheryl. Expect a mix of common and uncommon spirits; feel free to purchase some or all of the items needed or just pour yourself your beverage of choice and watch and learn along with the rest of us.
Adults 21
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Chair Yoga (Virtual)
Join instructor Isabel Raci, C-IAYT, for a session of gentle chair yoga and guided meditation. Tune in to stretch, breathe, gain flexibility, and strengthen the body in an accessible way with seated poses. Perfect for beginners, students will leave class feeling relaxed and grounded.
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Sensory Shenanigans (In-Person)
Join us for an hour of interactive free play. Activities in this program will foster fine and gross motor skills, and concepts through play! This program is sure to be a little messy (and fun!) so wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty! Ages 0-4 with a caregiver.
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Gingerbread House Decorating (In-Person)
Join us for this fun holiday program!
Decorate your own gingerbread house with candy and frosting.
Ages 0-8
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Gingerbread House Decorating (In-Person)
Join us for this fun holiday program!
Decorate your own gingerbread house with candy and frosting.
Ages 0-8
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Gingerbread House Decorating (In-Person)
Join us for this fun holiday program!
Decorate your own gingerbread house with candy and frosting.
Ages 0-8
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Craft and Give Back (In-Person)
Join us as we work on fun projects to help local charitable causes! We'll learn about each charity organization and then create items to donate. This is a drop-in event - families may stop by the library between 1 and 5pm and make a craft for donation.
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Crafternoon! (In-Person)
No school today? Join us for an afternoon crafting fun. Stay the whole time or drop in when you’d like!
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Crafternoon (In-Person)
No school today? Join us for an afternoon crafting fun. Stay the whole time or drop in when you’d like!
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Game Day (In-Person)
Play switch games on the big projector! Each game day has a different theme. For more information check the website or visit the Youth Services desk!
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Virtual Walking Tour of St. Petersburg, Russia (Virtual)
This event will take place on Zoom. Join us in exploring St. Petersburg with tour guide Olga Cardamone. Cardamone grew up in St. Petersburg and has been enchanted by Russia's rich history since
she was a young girl. On this virtual tour, you will have an opportunity to see all the highlights of this gorgeous city of glorious royalty, majestic canal views, and onion-shaped domes.
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Winter Film Series: Playtime (Virtual)
Register to receive a pre-recorded introduction and criticism by our resident film expert Scott Siegel, along with a link to watch the film at home through our Hoopla or Kanopy streaming services.
Amazing set design in this nearly dialogue-free masterpiece from French director Jacques Tati.
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Library District Closed
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Library District Closed
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Laser Engrave a Pair of Champagne Flutes
Prepare for your New Year's Eve Festivities by engraving your very own Champagne flutes.
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Laser Engrave a Pair of Champagne Flutes
Prepare for your New Year's Eve Festivities by engraving your very own Champagne flutes.
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Crafternoon (In-Person)
No school today? Join us for an afternoon crafting fun. Stay the whole time or drop in when you’d like!
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Crafternoon! (In-Person)
No school today? Join us for an afternoon crafting fun. Stay the whole time or drop in when you’d like!
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Noon Years Eve (In-Person)
Join us for this fun holiday program!
Can't or don't want to stay awake until midnight? Ring in the "Noon Year" early with activities, dancing, and of course, a countdown!
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Library District Closed