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Basics of Medicare

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Board Room at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Presentations
Age Group:
Adults
Basics of Medicare:

Insurance agent Cindy Fields will show you how and when to sign up for Medicare and what it does and doesn't cover. Bring your questions! 

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

Insurance agent Cindy Fields will show you how and when to sign up for Medicare and what it does and doesn't cover. Bring your questions! 

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, May 8, 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

Homeschool Meetup

Friday, May 9, 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:

Are you homeschooling? Do you want to meet other homeschooling families in a welcoming space with fun, educational activities? Join us at this brand-new monthly homeschool meet-up!...

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:

Are you homeschooling? Do you want to meet other homeschooling families in a welcoming space with fun, educational activities? Join us at this brand-new monthly homeschool meet-up! All homeschooling styles and approaches are welcome.

Board games and lego

Board Games & LEGO

Friday, May 9, 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, May 10, 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.

A multicolored painted background with white block text reading: Messy Mondays! Select Mondays 10:00-11:00 AM. Ages 0-6 with a caregiver. No registration required.

Messy Mondays

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEAM Learning
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Messy Mondays:

Calling all families with kids ages 0-6 for this unstructured sensory play program-- we'll get hands-on with messy projects, so dress accordingly! Drop in any time during the progr...

Event Details:

March: Crumpled Paper WatercolorsApril: Painting with Primary Colors May: Leaf Stamping 

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM Learning
Event Details:

Calling all families with kids ages 0-6 for this unstructured sensory play program-- we'll get hands-on with messy projects, so dress accordingly! Drop in any time during the program to participate. 

Ages 0-6 with a caregiver. No registration needed.

March: Crumpled Paper Watercolors
April: Painting with Primary Colors 
May: Leaf Stamping
 

Logo for Basics of Medicare program

Basics of Medicare

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Board Room at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Presentations
Age Group:
Adults
Basics of Medicare:

Insurance agent Cindy Fields will show you how and when to sign up for Medicare and what it does and doesn't cover. Bring your questions! 

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

Insurance agent Cindy Fields will show you how and when to sign up for Medicare and what it does and doesn't cover. Bring your questions! 

Cookbook cover The Vegetable Eater

Cookbook Book Club

Monday, May 12, 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 Vegetable Eater by Cara Mangini.

Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading, Food & Cooking
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
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 Vegetable Eater by Cara Mangini.

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, May 13, 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, May 13, 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.

Image of multicolored LEGO bricks on a peach background. Blue rectangle with white text: LEGO Club, Grades K-5, *Please register*

LEGO Club

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games, STEAM Learning
Age Group:
Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Lego Club:

We provide the LEGO, you provide the creativity. What will you build? Grades K-5. Please register.

Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Program Type: Fun & Games, STEAM Learning
Required
Seats Remaining: 25

We provide the LEGO, you provide the creativity. What will you build? 

Grades K-5. Please register.

Matthew Desmond Tues., May 13, 7pm

ONLINE: Illinois Libraries Present Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading, 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.Matthew Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of th...

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

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

Outreach Services

Outreach: Monthly Visit at Senior Living

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Offsite at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

On the second Wednesday of every month, the outreach services librarian will visit the Sugar Grove Senior Living facility in Sugar Grove, IL from 1pm to 3pm. The librarian will hel...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

On the second Wednesday of every month, the outreach services librarian will visit the Sugar Grove Senior Living facility in Sugar Grove, IL from 1pm to 3pm.

Equus Film Festival

Equus Film Festival

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:45pm
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Music/Visual Performance
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Equus Film Festival:

Join us to watch and discuss films about horses and the people who care for them. Refreshments provided. Please register. 

Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Music/Visual Performance
Required
Seats Remaining: 50

Join us to watch and discuss films about horses and the people who care for them. Refreshments provided. 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, May 15, 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

Book cover for Viewfinder by Christine D.U. Chung & Salwa Majoka 

Novel Navigators

Friday, May 16, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
NOW Space at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Books & Reading
Age Group:
Grade School, 3rd-5th Grade
Event Details:

Are you an avid reader, or someone who hopes to stretch yourself outside your reading comfort zone? Then Novel Navigators is the place for you! Incoming grades 3 through 5 will get...

Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Grade School, 3rd-5th Grade
Program Type: Books & Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Are you an avid reader, or someone who hopes to stretch yourself outside your reading comfort zone? Then Novel Navigators is the place for you!

Tan background with three sets of legs in colorful pajamas and slippers. All three people have varying skintones. Purple text below their feet: Pajama Storytime. SGPL logo of a tree below.

Saturday Pajama Storytime

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Families (adults + children)
Event Details:

Calling all families who are ready to stay cozy in your jammies and listen to a story. You’re invited to Pajama Storytime, where we will read a cozy story while staying in our jamm...

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

Calling all families who are ready to stay cozy in your jammies and listen to a story. You’re invited to Pajama Storytime, where we will read a cozy story while staying in our jammies all the way through the morning!

Tiny Tots Play Group

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Tiny Tots Play Group:

Meet other caregivers while your child plays and builds their social skills at this unstructured play group.Ages 0-3 (siblings welcome). No registration needed.

Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Fun & Games

Meet other caregivers while your child plays and builds their social skills at this unstructured play group.

Ages 0-3 (siblings welcome). No registration needed.

Red background with Ash and Pikachu in lower left corner. Pokemon Club: Select Mondays & Wednesdays, 4:30-5:30 PM. Grades 1-6 | Please register at calendar.sgpl.org

Pokémon Club: Session A

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Fun & Games
Age Group:
Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Pokémon Club:

Calling all Pokémon Trainers! Come play, learn, and talk about Pokémon. Play the game, trade cards, and do crafts. Bring your Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, or phone if you would li...

Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade
Program Type: Fun & Games
Required
Seats Remaining: 15

Calling all Pokémon Trainers! Come play, learn, and talk about Pokémon. Play the game, trade cards, and do crafts. Bring your Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, or phone if you would like to play with another friend in the club or Pokémon Go. 

Grades 1-6. Please register for either the Monday or Wednesday option each month. Activities are the same for both sessions.

Anime Club

Anime Club

Monday, May 19, 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.

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, May 19, 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, May 20, 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, May 20, 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.

Landscape painting in a watercolor style showing a river valley with trees on each side

Paint and Sip

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room C at Sugar Grove Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Have fun painting a landscape picture! Materials provided. Please register.

Required
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Have fun painting a landscape picture! Materials provided. Please register.