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Happy Healthy Yoga

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
High School, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Classes will empower all who attend to feel strong and agile within their body and mind. Presented by Katie Sayad.

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: High School, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Classes will empower all who attend to feel strong and agile within their body and mind. Presented by Katie Sayad.

Windows Fundamentals

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Group Collaboration Room (GCR) at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Computers & Technology
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. Registrants must attend all seven classes.

Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Group Collaboration Room (GCR)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. 

The Voice That Rocked America®, Dick Biondi and the History of Pop Radio

Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Filmmaker Pamela Enzweiler- Pulice will present a prevue of her documentary about the legendary DJ Dick Biondi who introduced the Beatles to U.S. radio audiences, sang “On Top of a...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Filmmaker Pamela Enzweiler- Pulice will present a prevue of her documentary about the legendary DJ Dick Biondi who introduced the Beatles to U.S.

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Books Worth Talking About

Monday, May 12, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Join our Books Worth Talking About book group as they discuss Dream City Dreaming: a novel by Cindy Angell Keeling. Ms. Keeling is a local author and will be visiting our disc...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Join our Books Worth Talking About book group as they discuss

Promo graphic for Illinois Library Presents: Poverty with Matthew Desmond. Program is on Tuesday, May 13 at 7 pm. A photo of Desmond is shown above with a light gray background. On the left is a yellow bar, with a red & black Illinois Libraries Present logo.

Illinois Libraries Present: Poverty: A Discussion with Matthew Desmond

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Online Program
Program Type:
Illinois Libraries Present, Author talk, Online (Virtual) Program
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. Desmond is a professor of soc...

Virtual Event
Library Branch: Online Program
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Illinois Libraries Present, Author talk, Online (Virtual) Program
Event Details:

Join us to close out our fourth season with bestselling author Matthew Desmond in conversation with award-winning journalist, Natalie Moore. 

Lecture: Forest Bathing

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Learn about the art of Forest bathing, the practice of spending time outdoors and "bathing" in the beauty of nature. This meditative practice from Japan helps engage the senses and...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Learn about the art of Forest bathing, the practice of spending time outdoors and "bathing" in the beauty of nature. This meditative practice from Japan helps engage the senses and take a moment for yourself.

Books Cover Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon.

Mystery Reader Book Discussion

Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

This is hybrid book discussion In person and via Zoom, registrants will receive the link before the meeting.This month we will discuss Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon. Y...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

This is hybrid book discussion In person and via Zoom, registrants will receive the link before the meeting.

Windows Fundamentals

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Group Collaboration Room (GCR) at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Computers & Technology
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. Registrants must attend all seven classes.

Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Group Collaboration Room (GCR)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. 

Picture of the three performers in the Donna Herula Trio

* RESCHEDULED * Women in the Blues Concert featuring the the Donna Herula Trio

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Music Programs
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

RESCHEDULED from March 9, 2025Hear the songs and stories of the great women blues singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists such as Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Jessie Mae Hemphi...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Music Programs
Required
Seats Remaining: 27
Event Details:

RESCHEDULED from March 9, 2025

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Great Decisions 2025

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs.  This program series highlights eight critical foreign policy challenges facing Americans each year. ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions
Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Great Decisions is America's largest discussion program on world affairs.  This program series highlights eight critical foreign policy challenges facing Americans each year.

Sweet Treats of the Midwest

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Cooking, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Join author and food enthusiast Amy Gail Hansen as she uncovers the fascinating history of four desserts all originating in the Midwest, from Bertha Palmer’s brownie to the in...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Cooking, Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 40
Event Details:

Join author and food enthusiast Amy Gail Hansen as she uncovers the fascinating history of four desserts all originating in the Midwest, from Bertha Palmer’s brownie to the invention of the Twinkie, from the birth of Rice Krispie T

ID: Book cover of Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes. A small yellow house is set back on a large green hill. There is a small body of water at the base of the hill. A small red lobster sits where the grass meets the pebbles of the shoreline.

RomCom Readers: Evvie Drake Starts Over: a novel by Linda Holmes

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Join our RomCom book group as they discuss contemporary romantic comedies! Please email Emily (eblake@vppl.info) to reserve a copy of the book, or come in and pick one up...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Join our RomCom book group as they discuss contemporary romantic comedies! Please email Emily (eblake@vppl.info) to reserve a copy of the book, or come in and pick one up! This program is led by Emily Blake. Registration is required.

Essentrics with Lisa

Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Slow-paced, full body workout designed to restore movement in joints and flexibility in muscles and relieve pain. Exercise mat required. Presented by Lisa Sawczuk.

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Slow-paced, full body workout designed to restore movement in joints and flexibility in muscles and relieve pain. Exercise mat required. Presented by Lisa Sawczuk.

Windows Fundamentals

Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Group Collaboration Room (GCR) at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Computers & Technology
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. Registrants must attend all seven classes.

Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Group Collaboration Room (GCR)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. 

open book releasing various creative elements with words COLOR OUR WORLD in center text

Summer Reading Program BEGINS!

All Day
Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Reading Programs
Age Group:
Youth, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Adults, Family, Seniors, Everyone
Event Details:

Summer Reading Program 2025: Color Our World Tuesday, May 27 – Friday, August 1 Join the Summer Reading Program this year – read for enjoyment and a chance to win pr...

Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Age Group: Youth, Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Adults, Family, Seniors, Everyone
Program Type: Reading Programs
Event Details:

Summer Reading Program 2025: 

Leech, by Hiron Ennes

Grim Readers - Leech

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Board Room at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussions
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Join the Grim Readers book group as they discuss Leech by Hiron Ennes. Please email John (jbradford@vppl.info) to reserve a copy of the book, or just come in and pick one up…we’ll ...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Board Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Discussions
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join the Grim Readers book group as they discuss Leech by Hiron Ennes.

Green Cleaning -- Spring Clean Without Chemicals

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Environmental Programs, Home & Garden
Age Group:
Adults, Family, Seniors
Event Details:

Learn to make laundry soap, disinfecting sprays, and other cleaning supplies without chemicals or high costs. Replace VOCs and harsh scents with herbal aromas. Participants will ga...

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: Adults, Family, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Environmental Programs, Home & Garden
Required
Seats Remaining: 35
Event Details:

Learn to make laundry soap, disinfecting sprays, and other cleaning supplies without chemicals or high costs. Replace VOCs and harsh scents with herbal aromas.

Windows Fundamentals

Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Group Collaboration Room (GCR) at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Computers & Technology
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. Registrants must attend all seven classes.

Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Group Collaboration Room (GCR)
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Computers & Technology
Event Details:

Learn how to move and resize application windows, create files, folders, shortcuts, and more. 

Morning Makers

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Ohrman Room A/B at Villa Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
High School, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Come get crafty! Each session will feature a different craft-a-long. Supplies are included.

Required
Library Branch: Villa Park Public Library
Room: Ohrman Room A/B
Age Group: High School, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Come get crafty! Each session will feature a different craft-a-long. Supplies are included.