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01/13/27 @ 1:00pm - 01/13/27 @ 2:00pm Room C/Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:28pm Registration end: 01/13/2027 @ 1:00pm

Homeschool Hangout Series (Registration Required)   

Families  

Wednesdays, December 9 & January 13 | 1:00-2:00 p.m.  

Join us to explore a new topic each month with books, crafts, and activities specially designed for each grade level.   

01/18/27 @ 3:00pm - 01/18/27 @ 3:45pm Room C/Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/17/2027 @ 1:09pm

Wild Robot Book Party (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Monday, January 18 | 3:00- 3:45  p.m.  

Fans of Roz or even those who do not know her yet can enjoy crafts, and games based on this popular series.  

01/19/27 @ 1:30pm - 01/19/27 @ 2:15pm Room C/Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/18/2027 @ 11:45am

Preschool Pirate Party (Registration Required)   

Ages 3-5 

Tuesday, January 19 | 1:30 –2:15 p.m.  

Set sail on the high seas for adventure! 

01/21/27 @ 4:15pm - 01/21/27 @ 5:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/20/2027 @ 12:07pm

Make Your Own Vibrot (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Thursday, January 21 | 4:15-5:00 p.m.  

Want to create your own robot? Students will make unique robots powered by vibrating motors. 

01/21/27 @ 5:30pm - 01/21/27 @ 6:00pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/21/2027 @ 5:30pm

Happy Books Happy Cooks (Registration Required)   

Ages 3-Kindergarten

Thursday, January 21|5:30- 6:00 p.m.  

 A story time for all the budding chefs! Read a food-filled story and create a tasty treat. Please let us know of any allergies at the time of registration.  

01/21/27 @ 6:15pm - 01/21/27 @ 6:45pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library

Please let us know of any allergies at the time of registration. 

Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/21/2027 @ 6:15pm

MidKid Snacks (Registration Required)   

Grades 1-4  

Thursday, January 21 | 6:15-6:45 p.m.  

Learn life skills and make tasty snacks while getting the scoop on our newest middle grade titles. Please let us know any allergies or dietary restrictions at the time of registration. 

01/25/27 @ 5:00pm - 01/25/27 @ 6:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/25/2027 @ 12:29pm

Writer’s Workshop (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Monday, January 25| 5:00-6:00 p.m.  

Express yourself through writing. Prompts, snacks, and journals will be provided.  

01/26/27 @ 1:30pm - 01/26/27 @ 2:15pm Room C/Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/25/2027 @ 12:11pm

Messy Fingers (Registration Required)

Ages 2-4

Tuesday, January 26| 1:30- 2:15 p.m.

Your little ones will have the opportunity to develop their fine motor skills through this hands-on messy art class. Join us for all the mess and lots of fun!

01/26/27 @ 4:00pm - 01/26/27 @ 5:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/20/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/25/2027 @ 12:15pm

Makerspace Skills Series (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Tuesdays, December 29 and January 26 | 4:00- 5:00 p.m. 

December: Die Cut Frame 

January: Heat Infused Bookmark 

Learn how the various machines in the Makerspace work and walk away with new skills and a cool project. 

01/28/27 @ 6:00pm - 01/28/27 @ 6:45pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 01/27/2027 @ 11:51am

 

Yarn Wrapped Valentine Trees (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Thursday, January 28 | 6:00-6:45 p.m.  

Make a fun decoration for Valentine's Day.  

10/06/26 @ 3:15pm - 10/06/26 @ 9:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

The Open Study Room is available for any patrons to use without reservations during the specified time frame.

Please note that patrons cannot close the doors for personal use. If you wish to have private space for use, please see the Reference Desk to ask about the Group Study Room or Quiet Study Room. 

10/09/26 @ 1:00pm - 10/09/26 @ 5:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

The Open Study Room is available for any patrons to use without reservations during the specified time frame.

Please note that patrons cannot close the doors for personal use. If you wish to have private space for use, please see the Reference Desk to ask about the Group Study Room or Quiet Study Room. 

10/12/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/12/26 @ 7:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/12/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/12/26 @ 8:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Board Meeting

12/13/26 @ 2:00pm - 12/13/26 @ 4:45pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/08/26 @ 6:30pm - 10/08/26 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 09/14/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 10/08/2026 @ 3:00pm

Learn the basics of using the library’s sewing machines to make a Halloween fabric bookmark.

Registration Limit: 4 patrons max per session, Bloomingdale Public Library card required, ages 12 to adult. 

Sessions - Please sign up for one session only:
Thursday, October 8 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Monday, October 26 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

First Time Makerspace Users: For Bloomingdale cardholders ages 12-17, please bring a completed Makerspace waiver filled out by a parent or legal guardian. Adult Bloomingdale cardholders can fill out a waiver at the session.

10/26/26 @ 6:30pm - 10/26/26 @ 8:30pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 09/14/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 10/26/2026 @ 4:00pm

Learn the basics of using the library’s sewing machines to make a Halloween fabric bookmark.

Registration Limit: 4 patrons max per session, Bloomingdale Public Library card required, ages 12 to adult. 

Sessions - Please sign up for one session only:
Thursday, October 8 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Monday, October 26 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

First Time Makerspace Users: For Bloomingdale cardholders ages 12-17, please bring a completed Makerspace waiver filled out by a parent or legal guardian. Adult Bloomingdale cardholders can fill out a waiver at the session.

10/01/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/01/26 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Just to watch film with the team

10/08/26 @ 5:30pm - 10/08/26 @ 8:45pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

02/18/27 @ 7:00pm - 02/18/27 @ 8:00pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library VIRTUAL: Illinois Libraries Presents: Navigating Hallowed Ground with David Grann

Thursday, February 18 at 7 PM CST

David Grann is an author and journalist whose bestselling titles include The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession (2009), Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (2017), and The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (2023). Grann’s work navigates bizarre, often violent historical episodes, to which Grann lends an immediacy that freshens their intrigue while considering them within their respective historical contexts.

In Grann’s most recent book, The Wager, the wreck of a British warship off the coast of Patagonia in the 1740s’ is retold by two different groups of survivors: one group is hailed as heroes who survived against the odds, while the other finds themselves painted as conniving mutineers. Much like Killers of the Flower Moon, where a then-developing FBI uncovers a vast conspiracy in what feels to the reader like “real time,” The Wager sees Grann utilize his historic vantage point to render a complex and gripping narrative, which pits the conventions of the past against those of the present to uncover the merits and blindsides of each.

Moderator
Daniel Zalewski, Executive Editor of The New Yorker, will join David Grann in conversation. A longtime editor and writer for the magazine, Zalewski has worked closely with many of today’s leading nonfiction authors, including Grann, helping shape some of the most compelling long-form journalism of the past two decades.