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Board Meeting

Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Program Type: Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public.

Novel Thoughts Book Club: A Woman Is No Man (In-Person)

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum.  Books are available at the Adult Help Desk.  About the book:  This debut novel by a Palestinian-Americ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Join us as we discuss A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum. 

Books are available at the Adult Help Desk. 

About the book: 

Library Foundation Meeting

Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Library Foundation Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) that helps to raise supplemental funds to enhance and enrich the Library's programs and services.  We meet as members ...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Program Type: Library Foundation Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) that helps to raise supplemental funds to enhance and enrich the Library's programs and services.  We meet as members of the community to develop ways to support the current events and

Mobile Passport Event

Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 9:00am - 1:30pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Adults, Family
Event Details:

If you need to renew or obtain a new passport, the Lake County Circuit Court Clerk's staff will be on hand to assist you.   Please be sure to review what documents are ne...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults, Family
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

If you need to renew or obtain a new passport, the Lake County Circuit Court Clerk's staff will be on hand to assist you.   Please be sure to review what documents are needed and what you can do to prepare ahead of your visit here at the

Take & Make Craft- Crayon Crafts

All Day 8/19 - 8/25
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Stop by Kid City every week  for a new craft.  Video tutorials are always linked right to our website for step by step directions. In the month of July we will focus o...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Stop by Kid City every week  for a new craft.  Video tutorials are always linked right to our website for step by step directions.

In the month of July we will focus on crayon Crafts.

Cracked Wax Resist

Intermediate English as a Second Language

Monday, August 19, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Classroom at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This intermediate-level English class teaches skills and vocabulary to help you at your job, in school, and in the community. Students should be able to understand and speak basic ...

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

This intermediate-level English class teaches skills and vocabulary to help you at your job, in school, and in the community. Students should be able to understand and speak basic English.

Storywalk

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Offsite Events at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Come out and enjoy a self guided story walk and activity at our local Lakewood Forest Preserve.

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Offsite Events
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Come out and enjoy a self guided story walk and activity at our local Lakewood Forest Preserve.

Reed Diffuser

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Create your own reed diffuser to add a natural aromatic scent to your home. Register for only one time slot. All supplies included.

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

Create your own reed diffuser to add a natural aromatic scent to your home.

Register for only one time slot.

All supplies included.

Reed Diffuser

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Create your own reed diffuser to add a natural aromatic scent to your home. Register for only one time slot. All supplies are included.

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

Create your own reed diffuser to add a natural aromatic scent to your home.

Register for only one time slot.

All supplies are included.

iPhone Photography

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Classroom at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Technology, Business & Finance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Learn how to take, edit and share photos with your iPhone.

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology, Business & Finance
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Learn how to take, edit and share photos with your iPhone.

Preserving the Harvest

Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Food, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Your garden has yielded a bumper crop of fruits and vegetables—and your friends and neighbors can't take any more. So what are you going to do with the surplus? Mark Lyons, an expe...

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food, Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 90
Event Details:

Your garden has yielded a bumper crop of fruits and vegetables—and your friends and neighbors can't take any more. So what are you going to do with the surplus?

Movie Matinee- Me Before You (Rated PG-13)

Friday, August 23, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Art, Movies & Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Enjoy the movie Me Before You on the Library's big screen. Popcorn, Pretzels, and water bottles will be provided. Movie Description Oftentimes you find love where you least e...

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Art, Movies & Entertainment
Required
Seats Remaining: 75
Event Details:

Enjoy the movie Me Before You on the Library's big screen. Popcorn, Pretzels, and water bottles will be provided.

Movie Description

Disclaimer(s)

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

RESCHEDULED Great Decisions (In-Person)

Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Culture, History & Current Events
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Note: The August session has been moved to 8/24/24 and is no longer on 8/17/24. Great Decisions is the United States' largest discussion program on world affairs. Each month, profe...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Culture, History & Current Events
Event Details:

Note: The August session has been moved to 8/24/24 and is no longer on 8/17/24. Great Decisions is the United States' largest discussion program on world affairs.

Take & Make Craft- Crayon Crafts

All Day 8/26 - 9/1
Grab & Go Craft Pickup at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Stop by Kid City every week  for a new craft.  Video tutorials are always linked right to our website for step by step directions. In the month of July we will focus o...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Grab & Go Craft Pickup
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Stop by Kid City every week  for a new craft.  Video tutorials are always linked right to our website for step by step directions.

In the month of July we will focus on crayon Crafts.

Crayon Box

Beyond Fiction Book Club - The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

Monday, August 26, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.  Books w...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's Beyond Fiction Book Club selection, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel.  Books will be available to check out at the Adult Help Desk.&nbsp

Intermediate English as a Second Language

Monday, August 26, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Classroom at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Special Event
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This intermediate-level English class teaches skills and vocabulary to help you at your job, in school, and in the community. Students should be able to understand and speak basic ...

Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Special Event
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

This intermediate-level English class teaches skills and vocabulary to help you at your job, in school, and in the community. Students should be able to understand and speak basic English.

Lotería de regreso a la escuela

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Español
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Presentado en español. Ven a la biblioteca con toda la familia a divertirte jugando lotería de regreso a la escuela.   Presented in Spanish Come to the library wit...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Español
Event Details:

Presentado en español.

Ven a la biblioteca con toda la familia a divertirte jugando lotería de regreso a la escuela.

 

Presented in Spanish

Labor Day Closing

All Day
Wauconda Area Public Library

The library will be closed all day for the Labor Day holiday.

Closing
Branches:
Wauconda Area Public Library
Description:

The library will be closed all day for the Labor Day holiday.

All the Books Quarterly Book Club

Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Authors
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

If you love to talk about books, but don't want to commit to a monthly meeting, our quarterly book club is just the place for you! There are no assigned titles or genres. Read any ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Authors
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

If you love to talk about books, but don't want to commit to a monthly meeting, our quarterly book club is just the place for you! There are no assigned titles or genres. Read any books you like.

Board Meeting

Monday, September 9, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Program Type: Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public.

Great Decisions (In-Person)

Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Culture, History & Current Events
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Great Decisions is the United States' largest discussion program on world affairs. Each month, professor Gary Midkiff leads a non-partisan conversation about the most important for...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Culture, History & Current Events
Event Details:

Great Decisions is the United States' largest discussion program on world affairs. Each month, professor Gary Midkiff leads a non-partisan conversation about the most important foreign policy issues facing Americans today.

Board Meeting

Monday, October 14, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Program Type: Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public.

Great Decisions (In-Person)

Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lincoln Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Culture, History & Current Events
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Great Decisions is the United States' largest discussion program on world affairs. Each month, professor Gary Midkiff leads a non-partisan conversation about the most important for...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Lincoln Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Culture, History & Current Events
Event Details:

Great Decisions is the United States' largest discussion program on world affairs. Each month, professor Gary Midkiff leads a non-partisan conversation about the most important foreign policy issues facing Americans today.

Board Meeting

Monday, November 11, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Storytime Room at Wauconda Area Public Library
Program Type:
Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public...

Library Branch: Wauconda Area Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Program Type: Board Meeting
Event Details:

The Wauconda Area Public Library District Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. at the library. All board meetings are open to the general public.