Event List

Join us in the newly remodeled teen area for games, book discussions, and an opportunity to share ideas for teen events and services at the library! 

Registration is required and space is limited.

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!

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.

Foster an early love of the library,  learning, and reading in your children through The Picture Book Club!

Our Board of Trustees is a group of seven Normal citizens who are chosen through local elections for six-year terms. The Board meets once a month to discuss library issues and plans.

Come learn about the easy-to-use 3D design app TinkerCad! Each session you will have the opportunity to use TinkerCad to create your own 3D design to go along with that month’s theme.

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! 

Are you a dissectologist?  Do you love the assembly of jigsaw puzzles?

Grab a couple of friends and register for this team puzzle competition at the library! Your team of 2-4 players of your choice will have two hours to assemble a 500 piece puzzle. The team who finishes their puzzle first wins!

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.

Whether you’ve played Dungeons and Dragons before or not, you are welcome to join us in our ongoing campaigns as we fight evil and explore fantasy realms. This event is for teens.

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

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

Join us in-person at 10 am on the fourth Tuesday of the month in NPL’s Community Room East to discuss what you're reading for this month's Adult Reading Challenge.

Do you create with a needle and thread through cross stitch, embroidery or crewel? However you use your needle, please feel welcome to come and share your time and experience with other needle workers.

Foster an early love of the library,  learning, and reading in your children through The Picture Book Club!

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.

Craft, experiment, design, and create with other makers! Every month we will meet to work on a new project.

There’s been a murder at Normal Public Library, and it is up to you to solve it! Come examine the scene, find clues, and discover the culprit. This party will be held after regular library hours. 

Join us in the Atrium for a meeting of the Bloomington Normal Silent Book Club!

Is your child always busy creating something—keychains, slime, bracelets, or any other DIY project?

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