Free Comic Book Day / Star Wars Day @ Elk Grove Village Public Library

 

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... Free comic book day (FCBD) at the Elk Grove Village Public Library!

Stop in the Library during regular hours on Saturday, May 4, 2024 to celebrate the day that's dedicated to comic books. We'll have a variety of titles available to take home for FREE, courtesy of Keith's Komix.

Since FCBD falls on Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) this year, we'll also have fun Star Wars-themed activities and giveaways. Bring a clean blank T-shirt and drop in Elk Lab Makerspace in Adult Services to screen print a special edition Star Wars Day / Elk Grove Library design on it. While you're there, pick up a free Star Wars Day acrylic keychain, made using our laser cutter. Feeling creative? Stop in Youth Services at Elk Grove Village Public Library to make a baby Yoda puppet. All supplies will be provided while they last.

Want more from your library? Check out a comic book, graphic novel, manga, superhero or anime movie or TV show from our print and/or digital collections!

Browse our online catalog:
https://egvpl.bibliocommons.com/

Download and stream content:
https://www.egvpl.org/download-stream

May the Fourth be with you! 

Foodie Fall Fest at Elk Grove Village Public Library

Calling all Foodies! Come out and join us at our first Foodie Fall Fest! We'll have an assortment of food trucks to delight your palate, family-friendly activities, photo-ops, the Bears game broadcasting on the big screen in the Lee Maternowski Room, and more. Takes place outside in the Library's parking lot. Free event for all ages and families.

ACTIVITIES

12:00-4:00

• Food trucks
• Photo ops
• Friends of the Library used book sale
• Airbrush artist
• Caricature artist

12:00
Broadcast of the Bears game

12:30-2:00
Live music by Fruteland Jackson

2:00-4:00
Almost Home Foundation Dog adoption

3:00
Chezaday Magic Show

FOOD TRUCKS

• Brown's Chicken (newly added!)
• Churros & Chocolate
• Doctor Dogs
• Fat Shallot
• Yum Dum Truck

Celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month at the Elk Grove Village Library

Hats Off to Reading ... it's National Library Card Sign-Up month!

We're celebrating the occasion all September long with drop-in activities for all ages, crafts, giveaways, and prizes.

Stop by the Circulation Services Desk during regular hours to register for or renew your Library card and play PLINKO to win prizes, including a $50 Amazon gift card. The Library will choose one random winner of the gift card on October 1, 2023.

Then, stop by Youth Services where we're all about hats. Visit the Youth Reference Desk and show us your Library card to receive a special bookmark featuring Bear, the star of Jon Klassen's book "I Want My Hat Back". Be sure to also try out our drop-in, hat-themed activities for families and children of all ages:

"Hat" and Seek Scavenger Hunt
September 1 - 12

"Whose Hat is This?" Seek and Find Game
September 19 - 30

Hat-themed crafts and color (while supplies last)
September 1 - 30

Hats off to reading! 🙌

Play Picnic Party at the Elk Grove Village Library on July 16

 
 

Sunday, July 16at 12pm - 4pm | Indoors and outdoors | All ages

Come play, picnic, and party with the Elk Grove Village Library!

Enjoy a fun-filled day with free activities for the whole family at this special event co-hosted by the Village, Park District, and the Library. Rock out to the groovy 70s music of Strung Out at 2pm, create fun DIY crafts for all ages, conduct a science experiment for kids, play a game of BINGO at 1pm and 2pm in the Large Meeting Room, check out the Friends of the Library tent for a DVD sale, and visit the Friends of Cycling in Elk Grove at their information booth.

We'll also have delicious funnel cakes, ice cream, and fried Oreos catered by My Funnel Truck. All menu items are $3 each. Cash only, but credit cards are accepted on orders over $10. Cotton candy will also be available for purchase table for $1 (cash only) and cold bottled water will be available for free at the Friends of the Library's tent.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

For a complete list of activities, food and drink, live entertainment, and more, visit the Play Picnic Party website.