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Sugar Grove Womens Club Meeting

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Adults
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Volunteering
Event Details:

Meeting to write holiday cards to veterans. 

Board Games & Puzzles

3:00pm - 5:00pm
All ages (including solo adults)
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Magazine Lounge
Age Group: All ages (including solo adults)
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

As part of International Games Month, the Sugar Grove Public Library will be offering board games and puzzles on Friday afternoons in the Magazine Lounge. You can: 

Novel Quest write-in

12:00pm - 3:45pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Are you working on a novel during November? Stop by the Library to fuel up on coffee, snacks, and writing inspiration at our write-in, or participate online! Please register.

Look at naperwrimo.org for details on other write-ins in the area during November.

To attend the event online, visit this link.

Tiny Tots Play Group

10:00am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
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.

School's Out! Drop-in Crafts

10:00am - 7:00pm
Families (adults + children)
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Looking for something to do while school’s out? Come craft with us! No registration required.

For families with children of all ages. No registration needed.

The Healing Power of Meditation

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 91
Event Details:

We are living in times that are stressful, and meditation can be just the tool we need to help us cope with the challenges of everyday life.  Join  Umesh Bhatia who will discuss how meditation can improve our physical, mental, and spirit

Tech Tuesdays

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
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.

Books and Brews Speculative Fiction Discussion

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Closed
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
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.) 

The Last Policeman: When the Earth is doomed by an imminent and unavoidable asteroid collision, New Hampshire homicide d

Open Gaming

9:30am - 1:30pm
All ages (including solo adults), Families (adults + children), Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade, Teens, Adults, Family & All Ages
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: All ages (including solo adults), Families (adults + children), Grade School, K-2nd Grade, 3rd-5th Grade, Teens, Adults, Family & All Ages
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

To celebrate the end of International Gaming Month, we are highlighting our gaming collection by offering patrons a chance to play board games from our collection in the library. We will also have puzzles in the Magazine Lounge.

Library closing at 2pm for Thanksgiving

2:00pm - 9:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Sugar Grove Public Library
Description:

Sugar Grove Public Library will be closing at 2pm Wednesday, November 27, for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Sugar Grove Public Library
Description:

The Library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

West Side Reading Circle

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:

The West Side Reading Circle will meet up and discuss their December title. 

Teen Craft: Ornament Decorating

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Get into the holiday spirit decorating different ornaments. Snacks provided.  

Baby & Toddler Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Babies & Toddlers
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 12/24, 12/31, 2/25.

Tech Tuesdays

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
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.

Adult Book Discussion

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading

Join us for a patron-led discussion in Meeting Room C. Reservation not required. Please call to find out this month's title. Book club books are available at the Circulation desk the month prior to the meeting. 

Preschool Storytime

10:00am - 10:45am
Preschool
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13

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.

Curiosity Club

4:30pm - 5:15pm
Grade School, K-2nd Grade
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Grade School, K-2nd Grade
Program Type: STEAM Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) concepts with other curious kids. We explore a different theme each month through experiments, arts, crafts, and more in this hands-on program. 

Grades K-2. Please register.

December: Three Little Pigs House Building
January: Transferable Art
February: Cloud in a Jar
 

Girls Who Code

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: STEAM Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4

Are you in grades 6-12 and interested in making friends and learning to code? Join the Girls Who Code Club! At our monthly meetings, we'll be trying fun computer projects like computer games and learning skills in Scratch, Python, Swift, and more. Please register.

Make Greeting Cards with Jennifer Boring

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens, Adults
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us in the NOW Space and make a craft! No experience necessary. Materials provided. Please register with your Sugar Grove Public Library card.

This month, Jennifer Boring will show you how to make a set of holiday themed greeting cards.

Family Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Families (adults + children)
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.

Note: Storytime on 1/2/25 will be replaced by Firefly Family Theatre Presents: Spark's Snow Day, an interactive performance ge

Outreach: Monthly Visit at Prairie Pointe

10:00am - 12:00pm
Adults
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading, Presentations
Event Details:

Typically, on the first Friday of every month, the outreach services librarian will visit the Prairie Pointe Assisted Living Facility in Sugar Grove, IL from 10am-12pm.

Thursday Whodunnit Mystery Book Group

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Quiet Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Join our revived book discussion first Thursdays of every month 6-7 PM in the Quiet Reading Room to discuss mysteries, thrillers and true crime books. 

This town takes in people on the run. Acceptance means walking away from your old life, living off the grid, and no way of getting in or out without approval. But this town has also just had its first murder.

Messy Mondays (NEW TIME!)

10:00am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
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.

December: Painting with Pinecones
January: Homemade Play-Doh
February: Squeegee/Swipe Painting