Storytimes near CHINATOWN BRANCH

Chinatown, Chuck Fern and So-Har Quan Community Room, 1st Floor, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Your child learns best when having fun! Support your child’s pre-literacy skills through songs, stories and play. For children 0 to 5 and their caregivers. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Chinatown, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Steve Musgrave provides various drawing materials including paper, pencils, colored pencils, and pastels and encourages participants to think of their favorite things to do in Chicago or what they love about their neighborhood. After a brief introduction to the materials, Steve will work with the kids on their drawings and try to help each participant individually, according to their interest and approach. A collaborative art piece can be displayed in the library after the program.  For ages 6 and up. How to Attend Register by 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. A parent or guardian’s email address must be used to register. As a reminder, school email addresses may block external emails such as those from CPL. Due to space limitations, please include the total number of children and adults as attendees when you register. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Chinatown, Chuck Fern and So-Har Quan Community Room, 1st Floor, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

A bi-weekly playgroup for children who speak Mandarin or Cantonese Chinese. This playgroup is intended to help children develop confidence in their own language and culture and help kids and their parents make friends! For children 0 to 5 and their caregivers. 每周为讲普通话或粤语的儿童举办游戏小活动。该游戏小活动旨在帮助儿童对自己的语言和文化建立信心，并帮助孩子及其父母交朋友！ 适合 0 至 5 岁的儿童及其照顾者。 Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with writer Donna Pecore at the Budlong Woods Branch Writing Workshop. Open to all adults, no experience necessary.  Share your work Supportive environment Friendly group critique and advice Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Chinatown, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Calling all preschoolers! Catch WTTW Kids Learn & Play featuring your favorite PBS Kids characters. Participate in fun, guided learning while developing school readiness skills. Presented in partnership with WTTW. For kids 3 to 5 with an adult. How to Attend Register by the start of the event. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. A parent or guardian’s email address must be used to register. As a reminder, school email addresses may block external emails such as those from CPL. Due to space limitations, please include only the number of children as attendees when you register. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Spice up your kitchen and see what you can make with Ms. Shilo from Legler Regional Library! For children 6 and up; younger children can also participate with a caregiver. How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register by 10:30 a.m. the day before the event. Only one registration needed per household.   Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. A parent or guardian’s email address must be used to register. As a reminder, school email addresses may block external emails such as those from CPL. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Chinatown, Chuck Fern and So-Har Quan Community Room, 1st Floor, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Join us for a screening of the film Luca. On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human. © Disney [2021]- 95 minutes - PG Community Cinema is at a branch near you! Check out hundreds of other screenings at libraries across Chicago. Accessibility English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.

Chinatown, Chuck Fern and So-Har Quan Community Room, 1st Floor, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Join the Chinatown Branch for a Book Swap! Bring a book from your own collection on the day of the event (maximum of 3 books that you are willing to give away) to swap with others and find your next read!  Participants will write a few lines about the book they brought and browse and swap from the collected books.  Chat with fellow book lovers and give a book, get a book, and make new friends while you’re at it! For adults 18 and up. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

All are welcome to join the Jeffery Manor branch for a job-seeking workshop on strategies to help land your next job. How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours before the event. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Are you a fan of anime, manga or both? If so, please join Woodson Regional Library staff as we discuss titles from the past and present. How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours before the event.   Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Chinatown, Chuck Fern and So-Har Quan Community Room, 1st Floor, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Get together as a family to play cards, board games and more! For kids 3 and up. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

Join Clearing Branch for our Genre Book Club. Read a book from the selected genre each month, then talk about what you read in our monthly Zoom discussions. In July, the theme is Science, Nature and the Environment. The best writing about science, nature and the environment can challenge us to think about concepts we take for granted, urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us, and reveal how science and nature shape our everyday lives. Can't think of a book? Don't worry, we have you covered. Check out our genre picks each month and try a title from there, or visit us at the library - we'll have plenty to choose from. Then join us online for the genre-sation! View our Science, Nature, and Environment Picks How To Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive two emails close to the event - one will be an event reminder, and the other will contain a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Do you have a secret yarn stash? So do we! Join Legler Regional Library staff as we craft our way through our own stash. Fiber artists of all abilities are welcome to meet and work on projects -- bring your own project or work on one as a group. Share pattern ideas and favorite needlework books as well as explore yarn types and techniques. How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Join Jenny at the Dunning Branch for an hour of puzzles and puzzling together!  How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours before the event. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Haiku is a Japanese-created poetry form that consists of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables each. We will select three words from the dictionary, sound out the syllables, and construct Haikus in the moment for 30 minutes. Then, we will abandon all structure and freely form creations in free-form forums that will take you into areas unknown...until now... Write what your imagination inspires you to write. Hosted by the Sherman Park Branch. How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours before the event. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Want to learn or brush up on your American Sign Language skills? Join the Thurgood Marshall Branch for this weekly virtual class. All levels of learners are welcome. Participation is required in this class. For adults, teens and kids ages 6 and up. How to Attend This event takes place on Zoom. Register at least 24 hours before the event. Chicago Public Library cannot collect personal information online from kids 0 to 13. A parent or guardian’s email address must be used to register. As a reminder, school email addresses may block external emails such as those from CPL. Only one registration per household is needed. You’ll receive an email with a link to the secure Zoom meeting about 24 hours before the meeting. Automatic transcription is included in all CPL events using Zoom. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Attending CPL Online Events Questions about attending online events? Check out our Events FAQs .

Chinatown, Chuck Fern and So-Har Quan Community Room, 1st Floor, 2100 S. Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616

Join us for a screening of the film  Superman. Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned. © Warner Bros. (2025) - 122 minutes - PG-13 Community Cinema is at a branch near you! Check out hundreds of other screenings at libraries across Chicago. Accessibility English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.