Festive Events
Get into the season with us at AAPLD and attend these creative, fun events for all ages. Youth • Halloween Storytime with Clarendale Residents (Ages 1-6 with caregiver | Oct. 23 at 10 am | Register) • Little Scientists – […]
Get into the season with us at AAPLD and attend these creative, fun events for all ages. Youth • Halloween Storytime with Clarendale Residents (Ages 1-6 with caregiver | Oct. 23 at 10 am | Register) • Little Scientists – […]
All registrations must be completed through our Run Signup page, located here. Join us for the Library Loop 5K on October 27. The race will begin and end at the Algonquin Area Public Library, located at 2600 Harnish Drive in […]
Saturday, May 4 • 10 am–4 pm May the 4th be with YOU! Celebrate comics and Star Wars with free comic books, crafts, costume contests, and photo ops with Star Wars characters. All ages are welcome, drop in any time!
A “bookface photo” is when you replace your face or body with a book’s cover and then take a picture. Use any book and snap a photo…be creative! Submit entries to bookface@aapld.org from April 1–13. Then, vote by liking your […]
This February, we’re celebrating African-American literature and history by encouraging more reading, writing, and critical thinking about American culture and society. To get our community involved, AAPLD is hosting two contests for high school students and adults: Black History Month Quiz […]
A flurry of books, programs, and prizes await you at the library this winter! Registration begins Saturday, January 5 for AAPLD’s 2019 Winter Reading Program, Read Up a Storm! Readers of all ages get a gift for signing up and […]
This holiday season, pick up a tag or two from an AAPLD Community Giving Tree at the either library location. Purchase the gift(s) on the wish list and make the holidays brighter for less fortunate children, families, and seniors in […]
On Monday, December 3 at 4:30pm, the HD Jacobs Goldenaires will bring their unique performance of holiday selections to the Harnish Main Library for a free concert open to the public. Students dressed in beautiful Renaissance-era costumes will perform traditional carols […]
Eric Litwin (aka Mr. Eric) is a song-singing, guitar-strumming, book-writing, harmonica-blowing, banjo-picking, award-winning, folksy, fun type of guy–and he is coming to Algonquin on Thursday, November 8. Due to overwhelming response, TICKETS FOR BOTH PERFORMANCES ARE NOW “SOLD OUT”! This event […]