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09/22/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/22/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/12/2025 @ 7:00pm

Learn the basics of taking and editing pictures and movies with Android and iPhones. Students will learn to use free editing products to prepare their photos and movies for sharing. Note that different phones offer a wide range of camera features so we will focus on more generally available tools rather than some of the higher end options. 

09/23/25 @ 2:00pm - 09/23/25 @ 3:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/23/2025 @ 2:00pm

Old pictures either printed or in 35mm? Old movies on VHS, DVD, or other formats? Old movies on cassette? It can all be converted to digital files at the library for free, learn how in this class. Instruction will include demos and time for questions as well as recommendations on how to use the files created.

09/25/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/25/25 @ 8:00pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/25/2025 @ 7:00pm

Learn how to see exactly what is eating up your hard drive space with this free, easy-to-use, open-sourced Windows utility.

This program will be available on our YouTube channel. See all of our Computer Class videos on our YouTube Computer Classes playlist.

09/29/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/29/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/29/2025 @ 7:00pm

Circuit Design Space is a free, cloud-based application for working with the Cricut Maker, a machine in our Makerspace that can create designs out of paper, vinyl, fabric, and more. This class will teach you the basics of using the software to create and edit your own designs.

07/07/25 @ 9:00am - 07/07/25 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

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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.

 

08/04/25 @ 9:00am - 08/04/25 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

10/06/25 @ 9:00am - 10/06/25 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

11/03/25 @ 9:00am - 11/03/25 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

12/01/25 @ 9:00am - 12/01/25 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

01/05/26 @ 9:00am - 01/05/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

02/02/26 @ 9:00am - 02/02/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

03/02/26 @ 9:00am - 03/02/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

04/06/26 @ 9:00am - 04/06/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

05/04/26 @ 9:00am - 05/04/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

06/01/26 @ 9:00am - 06/01/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

07/06/26 @ 9:00am - 07/06/26 @ 9:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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

FILL 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.

 

05/02/26 @ 11:00am - 05/02/26 @ 3:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

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!

05/02/26 @ 12:00pm - 05/02/26 @ 4:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

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. 

07/29/25 @ 6:30pm - 07/29/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 03/13/2025 @ 3:00pm Registration end: 07/29/2025 @ 6:00pm

Bell-bottoms, Disco, and Nixon: The 1970s

The 1970s 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 1970s. Change is what the 1970s offered with styles such as bell-bottom trousers, wide ties, flowered shirts, leisure suits, afro hairdos, and patent leather shoes. We also had presidential changes in the oval office from Nixon to Ford, and then to Carter. The 70s 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 1970s will always be remembered as a time in history that shaped a different world for the future! 

07/08/25 @ 12:30pm - 07/08/25 @ 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.