Event List

Wiggle and giggle with your toddler through stories, songs, and movement activities that inspire a love for reading! Every session ends with BUBBLES!  

Feeling bored? Come out to the library and compete in Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros., or try your hand at a board game! Open to all ages, no registration required!

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Explore art techniques with the help of Illinois State University Art Education students!

Put on your pajamas and join us in the Book Nook for stories, songs, and BUBBLES! 

Intended for ages 0-5 with an adult, but everyone is welcome. 

Check out NPL's romance book club! We'll be discussing a romance fiction book in NPL's newly-refurbished Board Room on the fourth Thursday of the month at 6.30 pm.

Join Miss Meghan of Communication Junction for stories, movement, rhymes, and bubbles! 

Meet your favorite dinosaur, Penelope, the famed t-rex from “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” by Ryan T. Higgins!

Enjoy a storytime featuring our special guest, Penelope Rex of “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” fame, followed by tea party treats and dino activities! Participants are encouraged to wear their best tea or dinosaur attire.

Calling all makers! Come learn how to create 3D models using the easy-to-use 3D design app TinkerCad. Each session you will be issued a challenge to use TinkerCad to create a 3D design. 

Enjoy a short story, songs, and BUBBLES intended to stimulate and enhance babies' development. Every session ends with playtime with new friends! 

Take a break from your busy day to join us for a beginner-level yoga class over your lunch hour in the Community Room. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat or beach towel.

No Yoga March 23 or May 25.

March is Women’s History Month! Honor women’s contributions to American history all month long with a scavenger hunt. Stop by the second-floor service desk to begin. 

Geared to ages 5-12, but all are welcome to participate. 

Join us in the Book Nook for stories, songs, and crafts!

Geared to ages 3-5 with a caregiver, but all are welcome. 

Experience guided meditation with a certified meditation facilitator, in a beginner-friendly environment.

Join the NPL Knitting and Crocheting Club to work on your current project, as well as share tips and information.

No registration is required - please drop in!

Wiggle and giggle with your toddler through stories, songs, and movement activities that inspire a love for reading! Every session ends with BUBBLES!  

Join our coding club and learn the skills to create websites, games, apps and more! We will use Fiero Code to build computer programming skills through a series of tutorials and projects.

Join fellow fans at NPL’s new horror club. We will meet to discuss a different book, movie or other creepy, spooky material each month. Movies screened might be rated R and we are likely to encounter violent or disturbing images.

Explore art techniques with the help of Illinois State University Art Education students!

Craving creativity? Need more color in your life? Try being an Art Spark! We’ll dabble with different mediums to create monthly masterpieces! Dress to get messy! 

This month's project is TBA!

Come create with your little one with Illinois Art Station at NPL!

Join us in the Atrium for a ukulele jam! Bring your ukulele (or borrow one of the library's) and join in, or feel free to watch and listen. You can bring copies of music you want the group to play, as well.