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Explorer Bags
Please let us know of any allergies at the time of registration.
Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 07/06/2026 @ 9:00amFILL OUT FORM BEFORE REGISTERING https://forms.office.com/r/n2Bs1qJeCF
Register to pickup a book experience bag curated *just* for you. Each bag will contain 1-3 books personally selected, a handwritten note, an activity idea, and some goodies. Books will be pre-checked out to your card, so just return them when you’re done, and keep the treats!
GRADES 3-5 only.
Explorer Bags
Please let us know of any allergies at the time of registration.
Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 07/06/2026 @ 9:00amFILL OUT FORM BEFORE REGISTERING https://forms.office.com/r/n2Bs1qJeCF
Register to pickup a book experience bag curated *just* for you. Each bag will contain 1-3 books personally selected, a handwritten note, an activity idea, and some goodies. Books will be pre-checked out to your card, so just return them when you’re done, and keep the treats!
GRADES 3-5 only.
Explorer Bags
Please let us know of any allergies at the time of registration.
Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 07/06/2026 @ 9:00amFILL OUT FORM BEFORE REGISTERING https://forms.office.com/r/n2Bs1qJeCF
Register to pickup a book experience bag curated *just* for you. Each bag will contain 1-3 books personally selected, a handwritten note, an activity idea, and some goodies. Books will be pre-checked out to your card, so just return them when you’re done, and keep the treats!
GRADES 3-5 only.
BPL Makerspace Crafts: Custom Stickers
Create custom stickers using Cricut’s Print Then Cut feature.
Registration Limit: 4 patrons max per session, Bloomingdale Public Library card required, ages 12 to adult. Please sign up for one session only.
Sessions: March 10, March 24, April 17, April 22
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.
BPL Makerspace Crafts: Custom Stickers
Create custom stickers using Cricut’s Print Then Cut feature.
Registration Limit: 4 patrons max per session, Bloomingdale Public Library card required, ages 12 to adult. Please sign up for one session only.
Sessions: March 10, March 24, April 17, April 22
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.
Samskritabharati Annual Day
MAKERSPACE CLOSED FOR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
Due to the Free Comic Book Day event, the Makerspace is closed. Makerspace equipment will not be available for patron use during the library's Free Comic Book Day event.
Free Comic Book Day
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at the library! Create super crafts and pick up some free comics (5 per person, while supplies last). Thank you to Keith's Komix (528 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60193) for the support!
MAKERSPACE CLOSED FOR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
Due to the Free Comic Book Day event, the Makerspace is closed. Makerspace equipment will not be available for patron use during the library's Free Comic Book Day event.
Bell-bottoms, Disco, and Nixon: The 1970's
Bell-bottoms, Disco, and Nixon: The 1970's
The 1970's was a time of change in our history. From Sensurround, which shook the theatres in the movie Earthquake, to Watergate, that shook our country and the nation's capital. A time of change was in the air! Archie Bunker of television's All in the Family, proved that father didn't always know best. If you were Staying Alive, but had "Bad Blood" or "Boogie Fever", it didn't mean that you were necessarily sick and had to call in a doctor. When a little boy named Mikey proved to his brothers that he like eating a bowl of cereal, (which created a classic commercial), well then, it just had to be good to eat, right?
These were the Happy Days and Good Times, when three was company! We were introduced to a space alien, played by Robin Williams named Mork, and his Earth friend, Mindy. Lava Lamps, Pet Rocks, and people eating melted cheese out of avocado, gold, or brown-colored fondue pots were all the rave. It was a time where the song “Convoy,” about truck drivers speaking over Citizens Band Radios flew to number one on the music charts. The song became so popular that even First Lady Betty Ford joined in on the fun!
Historian, Jim Gibbons, will present life in the 1970’s. Change is what the 1970’s offered with styles such as bell-bottom trousers, wide ties, flowered shirts, leisure suites, afro hairdos, and patent leather shoes. We also had presidential changes in the oval office from Nixon to Ford, and then to Carter. The 70’s began with Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley and ended with Mayor Jane Byrne. Gibbons will show you how our ideas have been changed due to Watergate and Vietnam. From disco dancing to "Disco Duck"-ing, the 1970’s will always be remembered as a time in history that shaped a different world for the future!
Chef Maddox Presents: Cinco de Mayo
Join us on Cinco de Mayo to experience Mexican cuisine with Chef Maddox. This cooking demonstration is limited to 50 people.
Registration begins on April 1st.
Medicare 101
Is your 65th birthday approaching? Medicare Solutions Network will be presenting a free educational seminar to get you up to speed on what Medicare covers, what it doesn’t, and potential out of pocket exposure. Presented by Robin Dawson and Dave Wylly of Medicare Solutions Network.