Upcoming Events

Calling all teens! Want more teen activities and social events? Need to fulfill volunteer hours? Get involved on this planning team and help improve library services for 7th - 12th graders. All ideas welcome!

Calling all homeschoolers! Each month, we will dive into a new and exciting topic designed to inspire and support homeschooling families.

Calling the Easter-Springtime Bunny! We're making a cute bunny decoration for your holiday or Spring decor.

All supplies provided by the library. *FREE*

Please register each person separately. Registration opens 3/15/2025 at 9 a.m.

We're gearing up for Summer Reading here at Freeport Public Library and we need your help! A pro with scissors? Really good at sketching? We will be prepping crafts and materials for all of our summer programs! No skill required.

We're going a little old-school with these games this week! Join us to get a little silly, and a lot of creative by playing a few of the best group games around!

Juliet Moderow, education chair of the Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance, will teach the teens about local birds and bring specimens from the Highland Community College Bird collection.

Join us each month as we make a different type of slime!  This month we will be making UV Color Chaning Bead Slime.

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Calling all homeschoolers! Each month, we will dive into a new and exciting topic designed to inspire and support homeschooling families.

Are you in 7th through 12th grade and looking to volunteer at the Freeport Public Library? Join us for an informational meeting to go over everything you need to know to get involved this summer!

Calling all homeschool teens: it's going to be a night to remember! We're hosting a prom just for homeschool teens in the area.

Paint a paver stone to look like a cute owl for use in your garden, on your porch, or even as an inside doorstop (beware your toes!)

Registration required; please register each participant separately.

Let's get crafty! This month we are making fairy and gnome homes! Using recycled materials, paint, and a little imagination, we will craft miniature houses that double as a small table light!

It's Game Day and we're going outside to play Ultimate Frisbee! Meet at the field in Debate Square, where we will build teams and face off. Wear clothes that you can move freely and safely in. 

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Sign up for Summer Reading at our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party!  Children who sign up at the party will receive a free book.  We will also have crafts, tattoos, touch-a-truck, and games!  In case of rain, our party will move inside

Adults and teens, drop-in to make art from yarn and a canvas with other decorating supplies available for your piece. You don't have to make a heart like we did for our example. Color your world with original art!

Join us each month as we make a different type of slime.  This month we will be making disco ball slime!

Each week we will make a different project that you can take home.  This week we will be making cd weavings!  Registration required.

Each week we will make a different project that you can take home.  This week we will be making cd weavings!  Registration required.

This month we are mixing up something good: Resin Art! Pyramids with pressed flowers? Sphere full of sparkly swirls? A new tag for your best furry friend? We’ve got the supplies to do it!

This workshop-style class facilitates participants to fulfill their own fullest potential, by focusing on repetitive attempts at finding and emphasizing their own style through what they see and draw.

Decorate a towel with a one line drawing, then color in or around that drawing. We did a cat for our example, but there will be many other one line options available.