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This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.

Mommy and Me Yoga

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required

Bond with your little one while exploring yoga, based on your favorite children’s books. This class includes simple breathing work, playful yoga poses, songs, games, and story time. Participants will use their imagination while increasing strength, flexibility, and balance. 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is open to a limited number of attendees. For this reason, please give cancellation notice at least 24 hours before the scheduled event. This will allow us to offer your spot to someone on the waiting list.

Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection to you or your child being photographed or recorded.

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Advisory Group (TAG)

2:45pm - 4:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Games & Activities

Teens in grades 8-12 get together to share ideas about the teen area in the library. They will help create and plan programs. This group also has opportunities to earn volunteer hours. Great chance to meet new people and have some fun and laughs. 

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Creative Writing Group

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Authors & Writers

Whether you are looking to write the next great thriller, your biography, a short story, or even develop your professional writing skills, this program may be for you. This group is for all people who are passionate about words. Its intent is to create a positive, encouraging, honest, and fun atmosphere that will support and motivate each person to achieve excellence in writing. Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of the Month.

This event is in the "Preschool" group.

Artful Beginnings (preschool)

10:30am - 11:00am
Preschool
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Check out this new program. We will read a book then create a fun craft project. Please register. Dress for the mess.

If you have multiple children, please register each child separately. Thank you. 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This event is open to a limited number of attendees. For this reason, please give cancellation notice at least 24 hours before the scheduled event. This will allow us to offer your spot to someone on the waiting list.

Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection to you or your child being photographed or recorded.

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Spanish Storytime (Facebook)

1:00pm - 1:15pm
All Ages
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Spanish Story Time, hosted by Senora Katalina, can be found in the YPL Facebook page.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Chair Yoga

10:15am - 11:00am
Adults 18+
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required

Join us for Chair Yoga at the Yorkville Public Library. Our Yoga instructor takes us through simple yoga routines that will help reduce stress, improve flexibility, increase strength, and help with focus and mindfulness. Sessions are 45 minutes long. Please register for the class. If you need help registering, please call the library.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Dungeons & Dragons Group

4:00pm - 6:45pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Games & Activities

Join the YPL Dungeons & Dragons group every Thursday in the Adult Services department. We are a friendly group of players with a variety of experience levels - from dungeon masters who've played for years to brand new gamers trying things out for the first time. Current campaign may be full - check with the library adult services staff to see when spaces are opening or new campaigns are beginning.  

This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Preschool" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.

Drop In Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children
Program Type: Storytime

Join us at YPL every Friday at 10:30 for Drop In Story Time. This story time is held in the Youth Service Department of the library. A volunteer from The Friends of the Library is our special reader.

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection to you or your child being photographed or recorded.

Labor Day Closing

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Yorkville Public Library
Description:

The Yorkville Public Library will be closed on September 2 in observance of Labor Day.  

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Threads & More

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Do you crochet, knit, needlepoint, sew, or quilt? If so, get together with fellow "threaders" for a creativity blast! Come work on your unfinished projects, show off finished projects, and check out what other people are doing. "Threads & More" group is an informal friendly group that welcomes all interest and abilities. The group meets on the first Tuesday of each month. This program is for adults 18 and older. No registration is required. Come see what this is all about. 

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Books & Cooks Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Book Clubs

A book club for readers who love to eat... or is it for eaters who love to read? Has a great book ever inspired you to try a new restaurant? Have you ever tried to recreate a recipe described in a story? Did you fall into a trance during the Eat portion of Eat, Pray, Love and forget to finish the book? This might be the book club for you! In this brand new book club, we will read some great books and bring in recipes and treats to share that were inspired by the reading we did that month.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults 18+, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Education, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a special presentation from West Suburban Paranormal Investigations - one of Illinois only all-female paranormal investigations teams!  The group will tell some stories about their nearly 100 local investigations, show us how thei

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Chair Yoga

10:15am - 11:00am
Adults 18+
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required

Join us for Chair Yoga at the Yorkville Public Library. Our Yoga instructor takes us through simple yoga routines that will help reduce stress, improve flexibility, increase strength, and help with focus and mindfulness. Sessions are 45 minutes long. Please register for the class. If you need help registering, please call the library.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Dungeons & Dragons Group

4:00pm - 6:45pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Games & Activities

Join the YPL Dungeons & Dragons group every Thursday in the Adult Services department. We are a friendly group of players with a variety of experience levels - from dungeon masters who've played for years to brand new gamers trying things out for the first time. Current campaign may be full - check with the library adult services staff to see when spaces are opening or new campaigns are beginning.  

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Roaming Readers

9:00am - 10:30am
Adults 18+
Open
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required

The Roaming Readers Walking Club is a group of book lovers who just love to get out in the fresh air, get some exercise, spend some time with nature, and chat about books with like-minded folks. The group does not read a book each month like a typical book club, instead, they just share what they've been reading and what they like while taking a leisurely stroll through the woods at Hoover Forest Preserve. We meet at Hoover Forest Preserve (11285 W Fox Rd, Yorkville) in the first parking lot (closest to Fox Rd - before you cross the railroad tracks) and walk from there. Weather permitting. Check with the library the day before if there is rain or excessive ice.  

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Friends of the Library

10:15am - 11:45am
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Board of Trustees
Event Details:

The Friends of the Library is a group of volunteers who love the Yorkville Public Library. The group supports and cooperates with the library in developing, maintaining, and enhancing facilities, resources, and services of the library through

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Board of Trustees Meeting

7:00pm - 8:30pm
All Ages
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Board of Trustees
Event Details:

The Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of each month.  The public is welcome to attend.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Medicare 101

9:30am - 10:30am
Adults 18+, Seniors
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults 18+, Seniors
Program Type: Adult Education, Health & Wellness, Special Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join as in this special seminar while a Medicare expert discusses the ins and outs of Medicare, helping seniors understand their coverage and the options they have. 

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Dabblers: Painting for Beginners

10:00am - 11:30am
Adults 18+
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Upstairs Break Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Adult Education, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required

Learn to paint with Carolyn Kyle. In our fun new art series, learn the basics of painting - each month focusing on different techniques, mediums, or styles. From basic brush strokes to matting and framing your masterpieces, come check it out and dabble a bit with Carolyn.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Dabblers: Painting for Beginners

5:30pm - 6:45pm
Adults 18+
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Upstairs Break Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Adult Education, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required

Learn to paint with Carolyn Kyle. In our fun new art series, learn the basics of painting - each month focusing on different techniques, mediums, or styles. From basic brush strokes to matting and framing your masterpieces, come check it out and dabble a bit with Carolyn.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Education & College Prep
Event Details:

Disclaimer(s)

The library's patron conduct policy applies to virtual library programs. Library staff have the right to remove participants from virtual programs who are in violation of the patron conduct policy.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Lunch Bunch Book Club

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Book Clubs

The Lunch Bunch is one of our longest running and most engaging book clubs. Past books have included mysteries, historical fiction, biographies and memoirs, romance, and best-sellers. Bring your lunch and join the Lunch Bunchers for a lively discussion about great books. Meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 12:00 noon. 

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Chair Yoga

10:15am - 11:00am
Adults 18+
Registration
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Michelle Pfister Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required

Join us for Chair Yoga at the Yorkville Public Library. Our Yoga instructor takes us through simple yoga routines that will help reduce stress, improve flexibility, increase strength, and help with focus and mindfulness. Sessions are 45 minutes long. Please register for the class. If you need help registering, please call the library.

This event is in the "Adults 18+" group.

Dungeons & Dragons Group

4:00pm - 6:45pm
Adults 18+
Library Branch: Yorkville Public Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults 18+
Program Type: Games & Activities

Join the YPL Dungeons & Dragons group every Thursday in the Adult Services department. We are a friendly group of players with a variety of experience levels - from dungeon masters who've played for years to brand new gamers trying things out for the first time. Current campaign may be full - check with the library adult services staff to see when spaces are opening or new campaigns are beginning.