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Roots and Branches Genealogy Meetup

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentations

Join us for this new monthly group to share genealogy resources and tips, as well as ask questions and get advice on your genealogy roadblocks. All are welcome.

Tiny Tots Play Group

10:30am - 11:15am
Babies & Toddlers
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Come little ones between ages 0-3 with an adult: Enjoy a play area filled with games, blocks, puzzles, and more! While children have fun, they're practicing social and gross motor skills.

Please register with SGPL card.

Pokemon Club: Session A

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Grade School
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Grade School
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1

Grades 1-6: 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 smart phone  if you would like to play with another friend in the club or Pokémon Go.

Space is limited, please register separately for one session each month.

Anime Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Teens
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Movies
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2

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

Sugar Stitchers Drop In Stitching

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Teens, Adults
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.

Toddler and Baby Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Ages 0 months-3 years: Toddler & Baby Story Time encourages early literacy and helps develop language skills and social skills through the use of simple books, fun fingerplays, and action rhymes. Children learn the joy of choosing a book and shared reading. Caregivers stay with children. Program is geared toward toddlers, but siblings are welcome.

Writing Critique Group

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Teens, Adults
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Books & Reading

This group is for writers of fiction, poetry, essays, and more. Bring up to six double-spaced pages to read from your work-in-progress and receive reader feedback. No registration required.

Pokemon Club: Session B

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Grade School
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Grade School
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 13

Grades 1-6: 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 smart phone  if you would like to play with another friend in the club or Pokémon Go.

Space is limited, please register separately for one session each month.

Sugar Grove Public Library District Board Meeting

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Adults
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.   

Toddler and Baby Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Ages 0 months-3 years: Toddler & Baby Story Time encourages early literacy and helps develop language skills and social skills through the use of simple books, fun fingerplays, and action rhymes. Children learn the joy of choosing a book and shared reading. Caregivers stay with children. Program is geared toward toddlers, but siblings are welcome.

Curiosity Club: Birds

4:30pm - 5:15pm
K-2nd Grade
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: K-2nd Grade
Program Type: STEAM Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Grades K-2: This fun monthly program includes books, crafts, and activities geared toward curious kids entering K-2nd grade. Join us as we explore a new and interesting topic each month. A separate registration is required each month.

This month is all about birds! Learn about different kinds of birds, then get hands-on by building your own birds nest out of recycled materials. 

Books and Brews Speculative Fiction Discussion

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: 11
Event Details:

Adults 21+ are welcome to join us in the Quiet Reading Room for a beverage and a discussion of a speculative fiction book. (Books will be available one month prior at the Circulation Desk.) 

In Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, Viv, the orc barbarian, is worn out after decades of packing

Teen Volunteer Training

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teens
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Volunteering
Event Details:

Sugar Grove Public Library is looking for teen volunteers to staff our Summer Reading table (registering patrons for summer reading and handing out prizes)!

Summer Reading Kickoff

11:00am - 3:00pm
Families (adults + children)
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Event Details:

Celebrate the start of our Summer Reading 2024 Challenge! Visit the library for drop-in crafts and a story walk.

 

No registration needed.

Bring Your Own Container Garden

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Families (adults + children)
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Families (adults + children)
Program Type: Gardening/Nature
Event Details:

Families with kids aged 3 and older are invited to participate in this year’s summer reading challenge theme of “Read, Renew, Repeat” by taking part in a hands-on recycling and gardening program. 

Improve your interviewing skills (individual session)

6:00pm - 6:30pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Study Room East
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Are you entering the workforce, preparing for an interview or just looking to tighten up your introduction?

Improve your interviewing skills (individual session)

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Teens, Adults
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Study Room East
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentations
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Are you entering the workforce, preparing for an interview or just looking to tighten up your introduction?

Baby and Toddler Story Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Babies & Toddlers
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Ages 0 months-3 years: Toddler & Baby Story Time encourages early literacy and helps develop language skills and social skills through the use of simple books, fun fingerplays, and action rhymes. Children learn the joy of choosing a book and shared reading. Caregivers stay with children. Program is geared toward toddlers, but siblings are welcome.

No registration needed.

Lego Club

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Grade School
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Meeting Room C
Age Group: Grade School
Program Type: Fun & Games, STEAM Learning
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Kids entering grades K-5: Everything is awesome at Lego Club! Let your imagination soar; the ceiling is the limit!

Adult Book Discussion

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

Join us for a patron-led discussion in the Meeting Room. 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. 

ILP ONLINE: The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers with Dr. Temple Grandin

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Teens, Adults
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: NOW Space
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Reading, Online Programs
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Register here for this online program.

Preschool Story Time

10:30am - 11:15am
Preschool
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Sugar Grove Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11

Ages 3-6: We read stories, do fun fingerplays, sing songs, play letter-recognition games, make crafts, and more. Your 3-6 year old will join us for a fun time and develop independence, literacy, language, and social skills as well as positive associations with reading and the library. Caregivers do not attend the class, but must stay in the library. Please register.

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: 11
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 month's Book is The Tenant by Katrine Engberg.  A woman is murdered in her own apartment. The real-life victim is also a murder victim in the mystery book her landlord is writing.