On Monday, December 3, 2018 at 4:30 pm the Harry D. Jacobs High School Goldenaires will be visiting AAPLD for their annual holiday performance. This year the performance will be held in the large meeting room on the lower level at the Harnish Library. Jacobs students will be dressed in Renaissance costume while singing madrigal music favorites in the a cappella […]
Hour of Code is a computer science education initiative celebrated during Computer Science Week, which is the first full week in December. This year it will be December 3-9 and AAPLD is ready for some coding! Monday, December 3 from 4-5 pm we will be learning about the basics of cryptography. Cryptography is the art of solving codes and is […]
Students are lucky to have a Thanksgiving Break extension this year! With all of the snow, the library had to close this morning too. Due to the emergency snow closing, the Mr. Kipley’s Fairy Tale Forest program was cancelled. We ARE planning on re-scheduling the program though! Stay tuned for an official re-scheduled date and time. There is plenty of […]
District 300 and District 47 students have off from Saturday, November 17 until Sunday, November 25. Get them out of your house and into the library! Here is what can they do during the week FOR FREE. Besides checking out all of our awesome stuff, that is. Monday, November 19 Babies and Beans is a drop-in program for first time [or […]
Tween Art will be Thursday, November 15 from 4-5 pm. This program is for kids in grades 4-8. Tweens do not need a library card but should sign up here, just so we know how many supplies we will need. This month we will be creating yarn orbs using balloons. Storytime at Panera will be Friday, November 16 […]
This weekend is the Friends of the Algonquin Area Public Library District’s fall used book sale. It will be held at the Eastgate Branch Library, which is at 115 Eastgate Drive in Algonquin. There will be children’s books, movies, and video games for sale. Friday, November 9 from 4:00-8:00 pm Saturday, November 10 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, […]
World War I came to a close on November 11, 1918 at 11:00 am and was declared a national holiday by Congress in 1938. This Monday, November 12, 2018 the library will be holding two events: Veteran’s Day Ceremony presented by the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills American Legion Post 1231 in front of the Library’s flag pole from 10:30-11:00 am. […]
