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Zentangle for Adults & Teens with Bobby

5:30pm–7:30pm
Young Adult, Adult
Maker Program
Registration Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Registration Required
Description:

Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. We call these patterns, tangles and you create tangles with combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs.

This event is in the "Adult" group

Malcom Eaton Library Group

10:00am–11:30am
Adult
Maker Program
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Description:

Crafting and etc with Malcolm Eaton Group

This event is in the "Adult" group
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

As the first American female astronaut to fly into space on June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history. Her name became synonymous with courage, excellence and the breakthrough of women, at last, into the storied all-male, all-white culture of NASA.

This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an ‘old maid’ to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group

Mixed Media Birch Tree Paintings: an Adult & Teen craft

6:15pm–7:45pm
Young Adult, Adult
Maker Program
Registration Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Registration Required
Description:

Create a colorful work of art with us this month. Using tape, paint, and old book pages, we'll create a beautiful scene of birch trees on a pretty background.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please register each person separately.

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Learning Lab
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Virtual Event/ Watch Party
Description:

Bringing History to Life with Jonathan Eig

Watch from home! Register here: https://bit.ly/ILPJonathanEig or watch in the Learning Lab at the Library.

Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is Closed Monday, January 20th, 2026 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Lecture, Workshop
Description:

Our Changing Climate: The Science, Risks, and Getting to Solutions

This event is in the "Adult" group

It's a Weird World...GONE

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adult
Storytime
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Storytime
Description:

This month we will discuss people who have disappeared, never to be seen again. There are the famous ones, like Amelia Earhart, and the lesser knowns. If you wanted to disappear, what would you do? Join us for this fun discussion group.

This event is in the "Family" group
This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group

Jigsaw Puzzle Race (Adult/Teen/Family) Registration is OPEN!

6:00pm–7:30pm
Family, Young Adult, Adult
Special Program
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Family, Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

Beat the winter doldrums by joining our Jigsaw Puzzle Race! It will start at 6p sharp.

There's room for 5 teams. REGISTRATION is OPEN. 2 teams registered so far (1/5/26 @ 12p)

This event is in the "Adult" group

Therapeutic Recreation for folks with I.D.D.

10:30am–11:30am
Adult
Maker Program
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!

This event is in the "Adult" group
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

Based on historical documents, including Eliza's letters, this is a historical fiction account of how a teenage girl produced indigo dye, which became one of the largest exports out of South Carolina, an export that laid the foundation for the inc

This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

The first in a vivid and charming crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the hilariously uncensored amateur sleuth Glory Broussard. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club.

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group

Resin Peacock Feather craft for Adults & Teens

6:15pm–7:45pm
Young Adult, Adult
Maker Program
Registration Required
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Registration Required
Description:

Let's try to make something pretty out of resin, peacock feathers, glitter, and metal leaf (gold, silver, copper). It will be a sticky good time. Don't wear your good clothes to this craft!

This event is in the "Adult" group

Malcom Eaton Library Group

10:00am–11:30am
Adult
Maker Program
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Maker Program
Description:

Crafting and etc with Malcolm Eaton Group

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Lecture
Description:

Anti-immigrant movements in the U.S. are nearly as old as the nation itself.

President's Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of President's Day.

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Lecture
Description:

The Toledo War (1835–1836), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or Ohio–Michigan War, was a boundary dispute between the U.S.

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Lecture, Virtual Event/ Watch Party
Description:

Between May 21 and June 16, 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison traveled together through Upstate New York and parts of New England.

This event is in the "Adult" group

It's a Weird World...Aliens!

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adult
Storytime
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Storytime
Description:

Area 51, Roswell, UFOs, new government information being published...are there aliens among us? Join our fun discussion group.

Free and no registration needed. 

This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Lecture, Workshop
Description:

The speakers will provide data-driven information about the effects of climate change in Northwest Illinois and what federal, state, and community leaders and organizations are doing to address or prepare for climate change in our country, state,

This event is in the "Adult" group

Therapeutic Recreation for folks with I.D.D.

10:30am–12:00pm
Adult
Maker Program
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!

This event is in the "Young Adult" group
This event is in the "Adult" group

More than a River... [Lectures in American History #3]

6:30pm–7:30pm
Young Adult, Adult
Lecture
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Lecture
Description:

More than a River: Washington's crossing of the Delaware River and its importance in American history

This event is in the "Adult" group
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Boardroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
Description:

During WWII, a diplomatic mission in Norway turns into a murder probe.