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Game Night

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Relax and enjoy some fun games with friends or meet new people at game night! Check out the Nintendo Switch, race in Mario Kart 8, brawl in Super Smash Bros., or discover your new ...

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Relax and enjoy some fun games with friends or meet new people at game night! Check out the Nintendo Switch, race in Mario Kart 8, brawl in Super Smash Bros., or discover your new favorite tabletop or board game!

VIRTUAL: Introduction to Photopea

Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Virtual at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Computer Classes, Virtual
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Photopea is a free image editor with a  similar look and functionality to Photoshop with no installs or accounts necessary. Learn to use Photopea while performing some basic i...

Register
Required
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Computer Classes, Virtual
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Photopea is a free image editor with a  similar look and functionality to Photoshop with no installs or accounts necessary. Learn to use Photopea while performing some basic image edits.

Students taking test

ACT Practice Exam

Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 9:30am - 12:30pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Stressing about new ACT high school requirement? Take a full-length practice test to ward off test day jitters and see how you may score on the big test. Experience first-hand what...

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Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Event Details:

Stressing about new ACT high school requirement? Take a full-length practice test to ward off test day jitters and see how you may score on the big test. Experience first-hand what test day will be like!

Purple butterflies forming a heart on a canvas

BPL Makerspace Crafts: Paper Butterfly Heart Art

Monday, February 3, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Make a heart shaped art piece on canvas using paper butterflies. Registration Limit: 8 patrons max per session, Bloomingdale Public Library card required, ages ...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Make a heart shaped art piece on canvas using paper butterflies. 

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Lake Park Recreation & Leisure

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
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Middle Grade Makers

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) Grades 4-8 Tuesday, February 4 & March 4 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20 & March 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. New Format...

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) 

Grades 4-8 

Tuesday, February 4 & March 4 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Thursday, February 20 & March 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Image of a mountain with the words National Park Color by Number across the bottom

Teen Take and Make: National Park Color by Number

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Color in five stunning scenes of American wilderness, each from a different national park, and learn about their fascinating history and wildlife with this color-by-number kit and ...

Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Color in five stunning scenes of American wilderness, each from a different national park, and learn about their fascinating history and wildlife with this color-by-number kit and book. Limit 12. 

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Lake Park Recreation & Leisure

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
Purple butterflies forming a heart on a canvas

BPL Makerspace Crafts: Paper Butterfly Heart Art

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Room C at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Make a heart shaped art piece on canvas using paper butterflies. Registration Limit: 8 patrons max per session, Bloomingdale Public Library card required, ages ...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Make a heart shaped art piece on canvas using paper butterflies. 

It Ends With Us movie poster

Drop-In Movie: It Ends With Us

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Movies
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

It Ends With UsWednesday, February 121:00-3:30pmWhen a woman's first love suddenly reenters her life, her relationship with a charming, but abusive neurosurgeon is upended and she ...

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Movies
Event Details:

It Ends With Us

Wednesday, February 12

1:00-3:30pm

Watercolor Coasters

Teen Craft Night: Watercolor Coasters

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Turn rustic wood slices into a masterpiece using watercolor painting. Create up to 4 coasters to keep for yourself, or as a gift to a friend.  Limit 8.  

Register
Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Turn rustic wood slices into a masterpiece using watercolor painting. Create up to 4 coasters to keep for yourself, or as a gift to a friend.  Limit 8.  

Chess Club

Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Room B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Drop in chess club for kids 8-18. Come by just for fun or to keep in practice for the summer tournament!

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room B
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Drop in chess club for kids 8-18. Come by just for fun or to keep in practice for the summer tournament!

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Lake Park Recreation & Leisure

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
Origami Frogs

Origami Crafternoon

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Origami Crafternoon (Registration Required)Grades 4-8Wednesday, February 19 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Learn the basics of origami- the Japanese art of paper folding. See a demon...

Register
Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Origami Crafternoon (Registration Required)

Grades 4-8

Wednesday, February 19 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

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Middle Grade Makers

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) Grades 4-8 Tuesday, February 4 & March 4 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20 & March 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. New Format...

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) 

Grades 4-8 

Tuesday, February 4 & March 4 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Thursday, February 20 & March 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

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Lake Park Recreation & Leisure

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
text reading generic versus name brand snacks with images of snacks

Teen Taste Test: Generic vs. Name Brand

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Room B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Food
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Challenge your taste buds with a blind taste test of an assortment of name brand snacks versus their generic alter-egos. Drop-in.  While supplies last.

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Food
Event Details:

Challenge your taste buds with a blind taste test of an assortment of name brand snacks versus their generic alter-egos. Drop-in. 

 

While supplies last.

Disclaimer(s)

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

Mushroom Forest Needle Point Art

Teen Take and Make: Needle Point Mushroom Forest

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 9:00am - 9:00pm
Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Recreate a beautiful Mushroom Forest scene through needle felting, capturing the colors and magic in each poke. Limit 10.  

Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Recreate a beautiful Mushroom Forest scene through needle felting, capturing the colors and magic in each poke. Limit 10.  

Middle Grade Mixology

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts, Food
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Middle Grade Mixology (Registration Required)  Grades 4-8Monday, March 3 | 4:00-4:45 p.m. Come chill with drinks and treats inspired by coffee shops but customized b...

Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Food
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Middle Grade Mixology (Registration Required)  

Grades 4-8

Monday, March 3 | 4:00-4:45 p.m. 

Come chill with drinks and treats inspired by coffee shops but customized by you. 

Disclaimer(s)

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

Book Cover that reads Sunrise of the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping: Hunger Games Celebration

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Room B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts, Games
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Let's celebrate the release of the new Hunger Games prequel: Sunrise on the Reaping in March. Enter a giveaway to win a copy of the book! Must be present to win. Drop-in. 

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Games
Event Details:

Let's celebrate the release of the new Hunger Games prequel: Sunrise on the Reaping in March. Enter a giveaway to win a copy of the book! Must be present to win. Drop-in. 

Cutting the Cord

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Room A at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Computer Classes
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Explore entertainment options beyond paying for cable. Discuss how to connect your TV or other devices to streaming services, how to determine what’s right for you, and more. 

Register
Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Computer Classes
Required
Seats Remaining: 17
Event Details:

Explore entertainment options beyond paying for cable. Discuss how to connect your TV or other devices to streaming services, how to determine what’s right for you, and more.


 

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Lake Park Recreation & Leisure

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Room A/B at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A/B
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games
Wording Middle Grade Makers Grade 4-8 image of illustrated art supplies

Middle Grade Makers

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Children, Teens
Event Details:

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) Grades 4-8 Tuesday, February 4 & March 4 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thursday, February 20 & March 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. New Format...

Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Teens
Program Type: Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:

Middle Grade Makers (Drop-In) 

Grades 4-8 

Tuesday, February 4 & March 4 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Thursday, February 20 & March 20 | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. 

Person crocheting

Crochet for Beginners

Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Room A at Bloomingdale Public Library
Program Type:
Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Crochet for Beginners (Registration Required)Adults, TeensThursday, March 6 & 13 | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Come ready to learn the basics of crochet with step-by-step instru...

Required
Library Branch: Bloomingdale Public Library
Room: Room A
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Crochet for Beginners (Registration Required)

Adults, Teens

Thursday, March 6 & 13 | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.