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Square image with white background and blue text. Photograph of a mom, dad, and two small kids reading books in front of a bookshelf. The people have light tan skin and dark hair, and the mother is wearing a light grey hijab. Text: Family Storytime - Kids of all ages | No registration | Thursdays at 10:00 AM

Family Storytime

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Families (adults + children)
Family Storytime:

Bring the whole family to this weekly drop-in storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Program is geared toward families with kids 0-6-- older siblings are welcome.&nb...

Event Details:

No storytime 5/29

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Bring the whole family to this weekly drop-in storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Program is geared toward families with kids 0-6-- older siblings are welcome. 

Families with kids 0-6. No registration needed.

No storytime 5/29

Alexis Nikole Nelson Weds., April 10, 7pm

ONLINE: Illinois Libraries Present The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, Online Programs
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

REGISTER HERE TO WATCH THIS ONLINE PROGRAM ON ZOOM or watch the program online in the NOW Space.Alexis Nikole Nelson is a forager and an outdoor educator using her platforms, TikTo...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Online Programs
Event Details:

REGISTER HERE TO WATCH THIS ONLINE PROGRAM ON ZOOM or watch the program online in the NOW Space.

Homeschool Meetup

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Fun & Games, STEAM Learning
Age Group:
Families (adults + children)
Event Details:

Meet other homeschooling families for fun activities at this collaborative monthly meetup. All approaches welcome! Activities intended for ages 5-11. Siblings welcome! No regi...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Fun & Games, STEAM Learning
Event Details:

Meet other homeschooling families for fun activities at this collaborative monthly meetup. All approaches welcome! 

Activities intended for ages 5-11. Siblings welcome! No registration needed.

Board games and lego

Board Games & LEGO

Friday, April 11, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Teen Zone at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Hang out in the Teen Zone. You can build with LEGO blocks or play a board game. You can battle your friends in Super Smash Bros. on our Switch or game on one of the desktops. We'll...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Hang out in the Teen Zone. You can build with LEGO blocks or play a board game. You can battle your friends in Super Smash Bros. on our Switch or game on one of the desktops.

A long-haired black and tan dachshund wearing glasses and sitting behind a stack of books. Grey background with black script reading "Read to Rover: Second Saturdays 10:30 - 11:30"

Read to Rover

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Storytime Room at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Preschool, Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Read to Rover:

Readers at all levels can benefit from our Read to Rover program. Reading to the friendly and patient Fox Valley Therapy Dogs allows children to gain confidence while reading to do...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool, Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Program Type: Books & Reading

Readers at all levels can benefit from our Read to Rover program. Reading to the friendly and patient Fox Valley Therapy Dogs allows children to gain confidence while reading to dogs who love to listen. 

Grades PreK-5. No advance registration needed-- please sign in for a time slot at the Youth Services Desk when you arrive.

Photo of a tornado on the ground near a car

Be Prepared For Emergencies

Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Presentations
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Tornado season is upon us. Beth Drendel from the Kane County Office of Emergency Management will discuss what to do in case of a tornado and other natural disasters. Bring your que...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Required
Seats Remaining: 69
Event Details:

Tornado season is upon us. Beth Drendel from the Kane County Office of Emergency Management will discuss what to do in case of a tornado and other natural disasters. Bring your questions! Please register.

White background with a paint palette in the center. Black text: STEAM Seekers. Surrounding the paint palette are an astronaut, lightbulb, atom, light-skinned child with beaker, bridge, and double-helix illustrations.

STEAM Seekers

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
STEAM Learning
Age Group:
Grade School, 3rd-5th Grade
STEAM Seekers:

Attention all third through fifth graders! You’re invited to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) concepts through different experiments, arts, crafts, a...

Event Details:

March: Color Theory April: Protect your Peeps Challenge May: Slime Investigators 

Open
Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Grade School, 3rd-5th Grade
Program Type: STEAM Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Attention all third through fifth graders! You’re invited to explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) concepts through different experiments, arts, crafts, and more. Please register for this program.

March: Color Theory 
April: Protect your Peeps Challenge 
May: Slime Investigators 

Cookbook cover of The Mexican Home Kitchen

Cookbook Book Club

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading, Food & Cooking
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Cookbook Book Club:

Cook a dish from our book of the month and bring it to our potluck book discussion!Grab a copy of the book at the Circulation Desk. Register at https://sugargrove.evanced.info/sign...

Event Details:

This month's cookbook is The Mexican Home Kitchen by Mely Martínez.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading, Food & Cooking
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Cook a dish from our book of the month and bring it to our potluck book discussion!

Grab a copy of the book at the Circulation Desk. Register at https://sugargrove.evanced.info/signup or call 630-466-4686. Pick a recipe from the cookbook and bring it to the book discussion. 

This month's cookbook is The Mexican Home Kitchen by Mely Martínez.

Square image with tan background and purple text. A photograph of four babies with various skin tones sitting and playing with toys on a colorful rug. Text: Baby & Toddler Storytime - Ages 0-3 | No registration | Tuesdays at 10:00 AM

Baby & Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Baby and Toddler Story Time:

Join us for this weekly drop-in storytime tailored especially to babies and toddlers (siblings welcome). Read, rhyme, and wiggle with your little one while fostering language and e...

Event Details:

No storytime 5/27

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for this weekly drop-in storytime tailored especially to babies and toddlers (siblings welcome). Read, rhyme, and wiggle with your little one while fostering language and early literacy skills. 

Ages 0-3 with caregiver. No registration needed.

No storytime 5/27

Mobile phone, laptop, desktop computer, etc.

Tech Tuesdays

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Presentations
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Technology Tuesdays are a drop in event every Tuesday afternoon in the Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center. You can bring your mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or general...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Event Details:

Technology Tuesdays are a drop in event every Tuesday afternoon in the Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center.

National Poetry Month logo

National Poetry Month poetry reading

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Join us to read some poems, either your own or your favorites. No registration required.

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

Join us to read some poems, either your own or your favorites. No registration required.

A pink square with a blue-bordered white semicircle at the top. An owl sits on a stack of multicolored books, reading. Text: Preschool Storytime: Stories - Songs - Crafts. Select Wednesdays: 10-10:45 AM. Please register at calendar.sgpl.org

Preschool Storytime

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Storytime Room at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Preschool
Preschool Storytime:

This storytime for independent preschoolers features stories, rhymes, songs, and more followed by a craft. Join us for a fun time and develop independence as well as essential earl...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 14

This storytime for independent preschoolers features stories, rhymes, songs, and more followed by a craft. Join us for a fun time and develop independence as well as essential early literacy skills.

Ages 3-6. Children attend on their own but caregivers must stay in the library. Please register.

Square image with white background and blue text. Photograph of a mom, dad, and two small kids reading books in front of a bookshelf. The people have light tan skin and dark hair, and the mother is wearing a light grey hijab. Text: Family Storytime - Kids of all ages | No registration | Thursdays at 10:00 AM

Family Storytime

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Families (adults + children)
Family Storytime:

Bring the whole family to this weekly drop-in storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Program is geared toward families with kids 0-6-- older siblings are welcome.&nb...

Event Details:

No storytime 5/29

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Bring the whole family to this weekly drop-in storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Program is geared toward families with kids 0-6-- older siblings are welcome. 

Families with kids 0-6. No registration needed.

No storytime 5/29

A light brown background with a brown paint palette and a brown squirrel illustration. Text: Horace Costume Contest. 10:30-11:30 AM | No registration needed | April 19, 2025

Design a Costume for Horace the Library Squirrel

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Event Details:

Calling all designers and creative folks! Horace, the library squirrel, is in need of a new costume and you are just the right person to design one for him. One lucky designer will...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Calling all designers and creative folks! Horace, the library squirrel, is in need of a new costume and you are just the right person to design one for him.

Library Closed for Easter Sunday

All Day
Sugar Grove Public Library

Sugar Grove Public Library will be closed Sunday, April 20, for Easter.

Closing
Branches:
Sugar Grove Public Library
Description:

Sugar Grove Public Library will be closed Sunday, April 20, for Easter.

Anime Club

Anime Club

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teen Zone at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Movies
Age Group:
Teens
Anime Club:

What do we do at anime club? Watch anime. Eat snacks. And do crafts.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Movies
Required
Seats Remaining: 10

What do we do at anime club? Watch anime. Eat snacks. And do crafts.

Sugar Stitchers Drop-In Stitching

Sugar Stitchers Drop In Stitching

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Quiet Reading Room at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Sugar Stitchers Drop In Stitching:

Bring your crafting project and join others on the Library's Front Porch if it's nice, in the Quiet Reading Room if it's not. No need to register for drop in crafting.

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Quiet Reading Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Bring your crafting project and join others on the Library's Front Porch if it's nice, in the Quiet Reading Room if it's not. No need to register for drop in crafting.

Square image with tan background and purple text. A photograph of four babies with various skin tones sitting and playing with toys on a colorful rug. Text: Baby & Toddler Storytime - Ages 0-3 | No registration | Tuesdays at 10:00 AM

Baby & Toddler Storytime

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Baby and Toddler Story Time:

Join us for this weekly drop-in storytime tailored especially to babies and toddlers (siblings welcome). Read, rhyme, and wiggle with your little one while fostering language and e...

Event Details:

No storytime 5/27

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for this weekly drop-in storytime tailored especially to babies and toddlers (siblings welcome). Read, rhyme, and wiggle with your little one while fostering language and early literacy skills. 

Ages 0-3 with caregiver. No registration needed.

No storytime 5/27

Mobile phone, laptop, desktop computer, etc.

Tech Tuesdays

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Presentations
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Technology Tuesdays are a drop in event every Tuesday afternoon in the Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center. You can bring your mobile phone, tablet, laptop, or general...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Event Details:

Technology Tuesdays are a drop in event every Tuesday afternoon in the Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center.

Magic and the Shinigami Detective book cover

Books and Brews Speculative Fiction Discussion

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Offsite at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Books & Brews:

Adults 21+ are welcome to join us in at Burnt Barrel Social, 799 Heartland in Sugar Grove, for a beverage and a discussion of a fantasy/science fiction/speculative title. (Ava...

Event Details:

Magic and the Shinigami Detective: When the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct's Evidence Building, it causes quite the stir. The break-in is daring enough, but thei...

Open
Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Adults 21+ are welcome to join us in at Burnt Barrel Social, 799 Heartland in Sugar Grove, for a beverage and a discussion of a fantasy/science fiction/speculative title. (Available one month prior at the Circulation Desk.) 

Magic and the Shinigami Detective: When the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct's Evidence Building,

Drop-in Craft: Egg Carton Mushrooms

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Age Group:
Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Event Details:

Drop-in to make your own painted mushrooms out of recycled egg cartons! Grades K-5. No registration needed.

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Event Details:

Drop-in to make your own painted mushrooms out of recycled egg cartons! 

Grades K-5. No registration needed.

Dungeons & Dragons Crit it to Win It

Dungeons & Dragons

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Magazine Lounge at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Come ready to be imaginative and cooperative as we explore 5E (fifth edition) Dungeons & Dragons mechanics in the realm of Krynn.Newcomers are welcome to join us as we begin a ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Magazine Lounge
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Come ready to be imaginative and cooperative as we explore 5E (fifth edition) Dungeons & Dragons mechanics in the realm of Krynn.

Sugar Grove Public Library District Board Meeting

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Board Room at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Presentations
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the Board room; holidays or other events necessitating a date or room change are noted.   A...

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Event Details:

Board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the Board room; holidays or other events necessitating a date or room change are noted.   

Square image with white background and blue text. Photograph of a mom, dad, and two small kids reading books in front of a bookshelf. The people have light tan skin and dark hair, and the mother is wearing a light grey hijab. Text: Family Storytime - Kids of all ages | No registration | Thursdays at 10:00 AM

Family Storytime

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Families (adults + children)
Family Storytime:

Bring the whole family to this weekly drop-in storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Program is geared toward families with kids 0-6-- older siblings are welcome.&nb...

Event Details:

No storytime 5/29

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Bring the whole family to this weekly drop-in storytime featuring stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Program is geared toward families with kids 0-6-- older siblings are welcome. 

Families with kids 0-6. No registration needed.

No storytime 5/29