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ChessPort

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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

photo of Duffy Hudson portraying Audie Murphy, seated on a stool with a cowboy hat next to him

To Hell and Back: the true story of Audie Murphy, American hero

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Performance
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

You've seen him as Houdini, and as Edgar Allen Poe - now come see Duffy Hudson portray Audie Murphy, a true American hero if ever there was one.Broadway and film veteran Duffy Huds...

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Performance
Description:

You've seen him as Houdini, and as Edgar Allen Poe - now come see Duffy Hudson portray Audie Murphy, a true American hero if ever there was one.

Alexis Nikole Nelson

The Art of Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson [Virtual Event & Watch Party] by Illinois Libraries Present

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Learning Lab at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Virtual Event/ Watch Party
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

Register: https://bit.ly/ILP_AlexisNikoleNelson  or watch with us at the library at 7p!Celebrate Earth Month with BlackForager, Alexis Nikole Nelson. A forager, outdoor educat...

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Learning Lab
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Virtual Event/ Watch Party
Description:

Register: https://bit.ly/ILP_AlexisNikoleNelson  or watch wit

Easy Innocence / Doubleback

Monday Murders Book Group: Easy Innocence / Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellman

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Boardroom at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

Easy Innocence: When pretty, smart Sara Long is found bludgeoned to death, it's easy to blame the man with the bat. But Georgia Davis -- former cop and newly-minted PI -- is hired ...

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

Easy Innocence: When pretty, smart Sara Long is found bludgeoned to death, it's easy to blame the man with the bat.

a cut out of a bunny decorated with glued-on buttons

Button Bunnies: an Adult & Teen craft

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Young Adult, Adult
Description:

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 s...

Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Description:

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.

Therapeutic Recreation for folks with I.D.D.

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Description:

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

ChessPort

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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

Best Mystery Stories of the Year, 2022 ed.

Monday Murders Book Group: Best Mystery Stories of the Year, 2022 ed.

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Boardroom at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

Penzler’s latest anthology of the year’s best mystery stories, guest edited this time by Sara Paretsky, brings together short fiction weighted toward character-driven tales awash i...

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

Penzler’s latest anthology of the year’s best mystery stories, guest edited this time by Sara Paretsky, brings together short fiction weighted toward character-driven tales awash in psychological thrills.

concrete paver stone painted to look like an owl

Paver Owls: an Adult & Teen craft

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Young Adult, Adult
Description:

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 part...

Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 24
Description:

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.

Memorial Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Closed for Memorial Day

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Closed for Memorial Day

Therapeutic Recreation for folks with I.D.D.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Description:

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

ChessPort

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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

There Should Have Been Eight

Monday Murders Book Group: There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Boardroom at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

They met when they were teenagers. Now they’re adults, and time has been kind to some and unkind to others—none more so than to Bea, the one they lost nine long years ago. The...

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

They met when they were teenagers.

yarn fringe heart glued to white canvas background

Yarn Fringe Art (Color Your World!): Adult & Teen drop-in craft

Monday, June 9, 2025 at 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Learning Lab at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Young Adult, Adult
Description:

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. Co...

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Learning Lab
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Description:

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!

white flour sack towel with a black line drawing of two cats colored orange and red with fabric markers

One Line Towel Art (Color Your World!): an Adult & Teen craft

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Young Adult, Adult
Description:

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. Or, you can j...

Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Description:

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.

Juneteenth

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Closed for Juneteenth

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Closed for Juneteenth

coasters made out of coiled rope and painted in bright citrus colors, orange, yellow, green, and pink

Rope Fruit Coasters (Color Your World!): an Adult & Teen craft

Monday, June 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Celebrate cold-drink season with colorful, citrus-y, rope coasters. Make a set to take home. (If you are replete with coasters, you could turn them into a decoration, too.)REGISTRA...

Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Description:

Celebrate cold-drink season with colorful, citrus-y, rope coasters. Make a set to take home. (If you are replete with coasters, you could turn them into a decoration, too.)

REGISTRATION. Register each person separately.

Therapeutic Recreation for folks with I.D.D.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Maker Program
Age Group:
Adult
Description:

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Description:

No registration required! Join our therapeutic recreation program designed especially for individuals with disabilities. Engage in crafting, chatting, and fun activities!

ChessPort

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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

Independence Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Closed for Independence Day

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Closed for Independence Day

ChessPort

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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

Labor Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Closed for Labor Day

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Closed for Labor Day

ChessPort

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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

ChessPort

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Special Program
Age Group:
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Description:

Join ChessPort!No experience necessary.Chess sets are provided.Free, no registration.All current, former, rusty, and new players welcome!

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Join ChessPort!

No experience necessary.

Chess sets are provided.

Free, no registration.

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