Community Calendar

Do you love playing badminton at school or in your backyard? Join us to learn more about badminton basics, including how to hold your racket, serving, and different types of shots. Badminton World Federation certified coaches will help you improve your badminton skills! All badminton equipment will be provided.

This free program is intended for adults and teens. Due to space limitations, registration is required.

For more information or help registering, please contact Tristan at tristand@dkpl.org or (815) 756-9568 ext. 2114.

Kindred Spirits Camp
Saturday, July 7 | 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For those adults who want a summer camp experience, come and join us for a day of camper fun. Games, crafts and exploration will fill our hours. Members/$35, General Admission/$45.

Join us in the garden on the second and fourth Sunday of each month to learn new garden skills and build community. Classes start with one of our experienced educators covering a specific topic, followed by lunch and time for conversation with fellow garden lovers. This is a great chance to grow your knowledge, connect with experts, and meet new people.

Preparation: Classes take place outside, so dress for the weather in clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Bring your own lunch, a water bottle, and comfortable work gloves. We recommend wearing sturdy closed-toe shoes. Our educators will provide the tools and instruction.

Registration: You can choose to attend some or all of the classes based on your interest and availability. Classes are $15 each, or $50 per session (five classes March-May and six classes June-August).

We want everyone to have a chance to learn new skills and develop new relationships. If you would like to attend the Sunday Skill Share and are unable to pay the registration fee, please contact us at programs@learngrowconnect.org for information about our financial assistance options.

Calling all moms, dads, entrepreneurs, teens, college students, or anyone interested in coding! We will be exploring CSS, a coding language meant for the presentation of a web page’s content and is a continuation of Coding Bootcamp: HTML taking place on July 11th. CSS is used to modify any HTML tag, and add color, background images, change the layout of your page to beautify any webpage.

This program is designed for patrons with no coding experience who want to learn something new and those who have taken Coding Bootcamp: HTML.

This program is intended for adults and mature teens. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at isabelm@dkpl.org or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Calling all moms, dads, entrepreneurs, teens, college students, or anyone interested in coding! For this program we will be exploring HTML, the foundation of all web pages. Students will learn HTML terminology, how to create tags, headings, images, videos, links, and more.

This program is designed for patrons with no coding experience who want to learn something new. Today we will be designing a webpage about Foxes!

This program is intended for adults and mature teens. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at isabelm@dkpl.org or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Full Moon Hike

Sunday, July 13, 2022 | 8:30 to 10 p.m.

Join us to wander the woods and prairie during the Buck Moon. Learn about nature at nighttime! Members/$3, General Admission/$5.

‘Tis the season to be outdoors and get a little messy! In that spirit, July’s Family Fun Science is Messy Science. We’ll be making slime, painting on the ground with pendulums and outdoors-friendly paint, and building bottle rockets that we’ll launch. Then, at the end, we’ll turn on the sprinkler and we can run through, rinse off, and cool down! Please wear clothes that can get messy or wet.

We have space in this program for 10 families. Please register your entire family as one registration.

For more information or help with registration, please contact Laura at lauraw@dkpl.org or (815) 756-9568 ext. 3350.

Time to put on your dancing shoes! Join us for a short history lesson about the popular Latin dance music: Bachata! Afterwards, patrons will be able to learn how to dance Bachata with easy-to-follow steps. No prior experience is necessary! Este evento será en inglés y español.

For additional information or help with registration, please contact Iris at irise@dkpl.org.

¡Hora de ponerse los zapatos de baile! Únase a nosotros para una breve lección de historia sobre la popular música de baile latina: Bachata. Posteriormente, los asistentes podrán aprender a bailar Bachata con pasos fáciles de seguir. No es necesaria experiencia previa.

Para obtener información adicional o ayuda con el registro, comuníquese con Iris en irise@dkpl.org.

South Suburban College History Professor Bruce Allardice joins us at Harvard Diggins Library to take a look at the "National Pastime" during the 1850s and 1860s in Chicago. He focuses on how the game spread, who played it, how the Civil War affected the spread of the game - and how the Chicago Cubs were formed!
Free and open to the public. Registration is required. To sign up for a seat at this event, send an email to adultservices@harvard-diggins.org or call 815-943-4671.

Join us in the garden on the second and fourth Sunday of each month to learn new garden skills and build community. Classes start with one of our experienced educators covering a specific topic, followed by lunch and time for conversation with fellow garden lovers. This is a great chance to grow your knowledge, connect with experts, and meet new people.

Preparation: Classes take place outside, so dress for the weather in clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Bring your own lunch, a water bottle, and comfortable work gloves. We recommend wearing sturdy closed-toe shoes. Our educators will provide the tools and instruction.

Registration: You can choose to attend some or all of the classes based on your interest and availability. Classes are $15 each, or $50 per session (five classes March-May and six classes June-August).
We want everyone to have a chance to learn new skills and develop new relationships. If you would like to attend the Sunday Skill Share and are unable to pay the registration fee, please contact us at programs@learngrowconnect.org for information about our financial assistance options.