Upcoming Events

Families get cozy in your jammies, wind down with us, and we will share stories and songs before bedtime. Ideal for ages 0-7. Blankets and teddies welcome.

Explore and play with sensory materials, manipulatives, letters, numbers, colors, and more. Ideal for ages 1-4.

Families get cozy in your jammies, wind down with us, and we will share stories and songs before bedtime. Ideal for ages 0-7. Blankets and teddies welcome.

Join El Ballet Folklórico Estudiantil for a heartwarming celebration of family, music, and tradition as we share My Tata’s Guitar/La Guitarra de Mi Tata by Dr. Ethriam Cash Brammer. Enjoy a live reading by the author himself!

Let's read, talk, sing, play, count and write together. Ideal for ages 0-5 years. 

Have toys that your little one is no longer loving? They might be perfect for someone else! Please bring 3-5 clean toys in great condition geared towards little ones 7 and under, and a bag to take your new-to-you toys home.

Join us and enjoy stories and activities with a guest reader and community member.

Let's read, talk, sing, play, count and write together. Ideal for ages 0-5 years. 

Help us kick off our Color Our World Summer Reading Challenge and get ready for the Midwest Invitational Rodeo - the Black Rodeo with a petting zoo and stories read by a real cowboy from the rodeo!

Let’s read, play, sing, talk, count and write our way through summer. Practice the parts of early literacy with us. Have lunch and make new friends with us on the beautiful library lawn.
*June 17 will be a special Juneteenth Storytime!

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Enjoy your lunch on the lawn and make a craft to take home.

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Have a blast playing with and jumping in tons of foam on the library lawn! Wear something that can get messy. Fun for all ages.

Let’s read, play, sing, talk, count and write our way through summer. Practice the parts of early literacy with us. Have lunch and make new friends with us on the beautiful library lawn.
*June 17 will be a special Juneteenth Storytime!

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Enjoy your lunch on the lawn and make a craft to take home.

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Let’s read, play, sing, talk, count and write our way through summer. Practice the parts of early literacy with us. Have lunch and make new friends with us on the beautiful library lawn.
*June 17 will be a special Juneteenth Storytime!

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Enjoy your lunch on the lawn and make a craft to take home.

Join us for silly and traditional family games and bubbles on the lawn!

Celebrate Juneteenth together with us on the lawn of the Sloan Museum.
Unity March - Time TBD
Balloon Artist 12-2 pm
Face Painting 12-3 pm

Let’s read, play, sing, talk, count and write our way through summer. Practice the parts of early literacy with us. Have lunch and make new friends with us on the beautiful library lawn.
*June 17 will be a special Juneteenth Storytime!