summer library events for kids & families

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(630) 653-7599 www.winfield.lib.il.us

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Dough Fossils

Monday, June 15, 10:00 a.m.

Facebook & YouTube

Make play dough with simple kitchen ingredients. Your

budding paleontologist will love imbedding creatures to

create fossil imprints and explore textures and patterns.

Puppet Show with

Alex Thomas & Friends


Facebook & YouTube

Watch Dewey the Dragon and his

puppet friends read and act out

some of your favorite fun fairy tales. The link will be active

through Sunday, June 28 at 9:00 p.m.

String Art Painting

Wednesday, June 24, 9:00 a.m.

Facebook & Youtube

Learn pulled string art techniques that create beautiful

thread art painting. Learn these mesmerizing and addictive

techniques that are sure to spark your creativity!

Chris Fascione: Juggling Funny Stories


Facebook & YouTube

Chris Fascione returns with comedy, story-

telling, and juggling. His boundless energy

brings characters from children’s literature to

life in his fun-filled family event. The link

will be active through July 5 at 9:00 p.m.

Gnocchi Making for Kids

Wednesday, July 8, 10:00 a.m.

Facebook & YouTube

Learn to make fresh potato gnocchi from scratch! See how

to use ingredients to make, roll, and shape gnocchi. Learn

some gnocchi secrets and tantalize your taste buds!

Mad Science: Fire and Ice

Monday, July 13, 9:00 a.m.

Facebook & YouTube

This spectacular show thrills audiences

with impressive science experiments. The

event includes foggy dry ice storms and demonstrates how

giant beach balls can float in the air. Register online at

www.winfield.lib.il.us to receive the link and password.

The link will be active though Sunday, July 19 at 9:00 p.m.

Kitchen Science: Lava Toffee

Monday, July 20, 10:00 a.m.

Facebook & YouTube

Join us for the perfect combination of

science and cooking! We’ll combine baking

soda with a sugary mix and watch it bubble

up, resulting in delicious candy everyone will enjoy.

Crafters’ Circle on Zoom

Join us to show the group your finished projects and share

what you’ll be working on next.

Saturday, June 6, 10:30 a.m.

Meeting ID: 840 1089 5349 Password: 725295



Saturday, July 11, 10:30 a.m.


Saturday, August 1, 10:30 a.m.




VIRTUAL FAMILY STORYTIME AND CRAFTS

Tuesdays and Thursdays in June and July

9:00 a.m. Storytime, 9:30 a.m. Crafts

Facebook & YouTube

Enjoy exciting books, songs, rhymes and movement

activities while building language and literacy skills at

our virtual storytimes. After storytime, join us to

create a craft with Choate Studio.

0S291 Winfield Rd. Winfield, IL 60190 (630) 653-7599 www.winfield.lib.il.us [email protected]



SUMMER LIBRARY EVENTS FOR TEENS & TWEENS

EVENTS WILL POST ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK.COM/WINFIELDLIB YOUTUBE.COM/USER/WINFIELDLIBRARY

Word Art

Friday, June 12, 2:00 p.m.

Facebook & YouTube

Have a favorite quote or mantra? Artist and teacher

Marisa Choate will help you turn it into art! We

will create a mixed media collage and painted back-

ground for your words to go on. Then you will

learn how to do different styles of lettering from

calligraphy to modern.

How to Draw Kawaii Characters

Friday, June 26, 2:00 p.m.

Register to Receive the Program Link

Come join us and learn how to draw adorable Ka-

waii (Japanese for "cute") characters. Art teacher

Christine Thornton will walk you through what

makes the Kawaii style uniquely its own. We'll all

practice drawing together, then choose which char-

acters you'd like to create for yourself with lots of

resources to guide you. Join us on Facebook to con-

nect with the artist! You must register online to re-

ceive the link to this video. The link will be active

through Sunday, June 28 at 10:00 p.m.

Gnocchi with Nuccia

Friday, July 10, 2:00 p.m.

Facebook & YouTube

Italian gnocchi look hard to make,

but when you know the secrets, it’s

easy! Learn how to make, roll, and

shape fresh potato gnocchi from scratch. Join Youth

Services Librarian Nuccia Choate as she demonstrates

the techniques from her home kitchen.

Virtual Animation Workshop


Facebook

The animators at Alex Thomas and Friends will show

you how to use free open source animation software

to create several different animations. This will be a

pre-recorded program so that you may play and pause

to animate at your own pace. This video will be active

through July 23.

Pour Paintings


Facebook & YouTube

Have you seen artists filling a

cup with different color paint

and pouring it onto a canvas to

create one of a kind pour paintings? It’s time to make

one yourself! Artist Marisa Choate will guide us in

using fluid art techniques to create pour paintings.

ADULT SUMMER LIBRARY EVENTS EVENTS WILL BE LIVE ON ZOOM OR POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA:

FACEBOOK.COM/WINFIELDLIB YOUTUBE.COM/USER/WINFIELDLIBRARY FOR ZOOM REGISTRATION LINKS OR TO REGISTER FOR EVENT REMINDERS, USE OUR ONLINE CALENDAR AT WINFIELD.EVANCED.INFO.

Crafters’ Circle on Zoom Join us to share current and finished

projects live on Zoom.

Saturday, June 6, 10:30 a.m. Meeting ID: 840 1089 5349

Password: 725295


Meeting ID: 861 4649 3257

Password: 295272

Saturday, July 11, 10:30 a.m. Meeting ID: 822 9575 5307

Password: 252952


Meeting ID: 827 4295 5495

Password: 232758


Meeting ID: 870 2827 0180

Password: 779015

Searching for South America

Tuesday, June 9, 7:00 p.m.

Zoom Meeting ID: 874 4788 3350

Password: 147194

Phone: (312) 626 6799

Adventure traveler Brian Michalski

spent more than a year in South

America. He trekked the Inca Trail,

navigated pristine Patagonia and

explored the Amazon rainforest while

volunteering, teaching and working.

Michalski will enthrall you with as

many entertaining stories as he has

passport stamps.

Beginner’s Hula Class

June 9, 23, July 14, 28 at 7:00 p.m.


Password: 0J2wcd Renee Page, leader of the “Hulagans”

dance group, teaches hula basics. Bringing Family History to Life

Thursday, June 18, 7:00 p.m.

Zoom Meeting Registration Link:

https://tinyurl.com/ya3lq93o Historian David Clark

will discuss how family

images, documents,

and heirlooms remain

incomplete without the

contextual information

that can only truly be

provided with a written explanation.

Zoom registration required.

The Discovery of Magic


Facebook &YouTube “The Chicago Magic

Expert” Bill Pack

reveals a secret world of

colorful characters,

amusing adventures and

arcane knowledge. Meet

magicians, explore behind-the-scenes

stories, and wonder at recreations of

their baffling magic tricks! Grab and

deck of cards and enjoy the show! This

video will be available for one month.

NASA: Earth to Mars and Beyond

Thursday, June 25, 2:00 p.m.

www.youtube.com/mjguillette Solar System Ambassador Mark Guil-

lette gives us an overview of NASA

missions past, present and future, in-

cluding the Apollo, Space Shuttle,

Space Station and Mars programs.

Leslie Goddard as Rachel Carson


Facebook & YouTube In this living history

program set in 1963,

Leslie Goddard portrays

ecologist Carson as she

discusses her childhood

love for the living world,

her passion for writing,

and her work to awaken the world to

the beauty and fragility of nature. This

video will be available for one month.

Chicago’s Landmarks

Thursday, July 16, 7:00 p.m.


https://tinyurl.com/yax29ayx Dan Ryan, Jane Byrne, Bessie Cole-

man, and Casimir Pulaski are familiar

names, yet why do they hold a place

of honor in Chicago? Historian Jim

Gibbons will discuss Chicago land-

marks and the famous names behind

them. Zoom registration required.

Cannabis Access in Illinois

Saturday July 18, 10:0 a.m.


https://tinyurl.com/yc39rk4l

Kirsten Velasco, Board Member of

Illinois Women in Cannabis, will cover

history, medical options, safe use, and

Illinois law. Zoom registration required.

Virtual Gardener’s Help Desk

Thursday, July 30, 7:00-8:00 p.m.


Password: 596672

Phone: (312) 626 6799 Need advice to get the most from your

garden? Talk with a Master Gardener

from the U of I Extension Service. You

may sign in anytime during the hour.

0S291 Winfield Rd. Winfield, IL 60190

(630) 653-7599 www.winfield.lib.il.us

[email protected]



ONLINE SUMMER BOOK GROUPS Join the discussions the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. for the Off the Shelf group and the third

Wednesday of the month at 12:15 p.m. for Mysteries at Lunch. Download the Zoom app onto a device with a

microphone and camera OR dial into the phone number listed. Use the Libby App or Overdrive to download

eBooks by the featured authors or on the featured subjects.

Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters (Series Mystery – Summer Reading Theme)

Wednesday, June 17, 12:15 p.m.

Meeting ID: 893 3250 5839; Password: 575729; Phone: (312) 626-6799

Dig Deeper this month as you read a book in the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters or the

Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths. Other titles featuring women archaeologists include:

Birthright by Nora Roberts; Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell; and Cabinet of Curiosities by

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton (Current Fiction – Summer Reading Theme)

Tuesday, July 7, 7:00 p.m.


Dig Deeper this month as you read a book by Michael Crichton or another novel on the topic of

paleontology or fossils. Suggested titles include: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier;

Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston; Bone Deep by Randy White; and Chemistry of Tears by

Peter Carey.

Hitting the Books (Library Lover’s) by Jenn McKinlay (Series Mystery - Summer Reading)

Wednesday, July 15, 12:15 p.m.


Enjoy a cozy mystery set in a library this month! Look for books in the Library Lover’s series by Jenn

McKinlay; the Haunted Library series by Allison Brook; or the Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine

Harris. Or, try The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie.

The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Nonfiction – Summer Reading Theme)

Tuesday, August 4, 7:00 p.m.


Celebrate books and libraries! Look for nonfiction books on libraries. Titles include The Bad-Ass

Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer; What We Talk About When We Talk About Books by Leah

Price; and Information Hunters by Kathy Peiss. Or, since The Library Book is about the fire at the Los

Angeles Public Library, read a book about a deadly fire, such as: The City of Falling Angels by John

Berendt; Triangle by David Von Drehle; The Circus Fire by Stewart O’Nan; or Big Burn by Timothy Egan.

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Standalone Mystery)

Wednesday, August 19, 12:15 p.m.

Meeting ID: 893 3250 5839; Password: 575729; Phone: (312) 626-6799 Read a domestic suspense novel this month! Look for books by Liane Moriarty, Mary Kubica, Gillian

Flynn, Lisa Jewell and others.

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