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Young Entrepreneurs Club (Grades 7-12)
2025-07-23 18:00:00 2025-07-23 19:00:00 America/Chicago Young Entrepreneurs Club (Grades 7-12) Selling lemonade, walking dogs, and monetizing your creations; just a few of the ways teens are making money in 2025. Discuss your business plans with other aspiring entrepreneurs. Pizza provided. Main Library - Studio 270

Wednesday, July 23
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-23 18:00:00 2025-07-23 19:00:00 America/Chicago Young Entrepreneurs Club (Grades 7-12) Selling lemonade, walking dogs, and monetizing your creations; just a few of the ways teens are making money in 2025. Discuss your business plans with other aspiring entrepreneurs. Pizza provided. Main Library - Studio 270

Main Library

Studio 270

Selling lemonade, walking dogs, and monetizing your creations; just a few of the ways teens are making money in 2025. Discuss your business plans with other aspiring entrepreneurs. Pizza provided.

Grades 7-12. Registration required.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Middle School | High School |

EVENT TYPE: | Activity |

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Tiny Tales
Tue, Jul 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC
Enjoy an interactive storytime with your child that includes books, songs, music, and movement. For ages birth - age 2 with an adult caregiver. Drop-in program! No registration required.
Bounce & Rhyme Storytime - Ages 1-3 years old
Tue, Jul 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Rakow Branch - Rakow - Large Exhibit Area
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs in this interactive Storytime. Ages 1-3 years old with adult caregiver.
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Patio Playtime
Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Main Library
Designed for toddlers and preschoolers, this open-ended playtime encourages imagination and fun on our KidSpace outdoor patio. Drop in and play—weather permitting!
Coding Club: BBC Micro:bits Series - For Grades 3 - 4
Tue, Jul 22, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Main Library - Computer Training Room
Learn the concepts behind computer programming with the BBC Micro:Bit, a pocket-sized computer with LED light display, buttons, and sensors. This is a 2-day series. Grades 3-4
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Book Bike: Adventures in the Zoo
Tue, Jul 22, 11:00am - 12:30pm
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Coding Club: BBC Micro:bits Series - For Grades 5 - 6
Tue, Jul 22, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Computer Training Room
Learn the concepts behind computer programming with the BBC Micro:Bit, a pocket-sized computer with an LED light display, buttons, and sensors. This is a 2-day series. For Grades 5-6
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Bookmobile Stop: Lin Lor Lane
Tue, Jul 22, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Tue, Jul 22, 3:00pm - 3:45pm
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Tue, Jul 22, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
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Bookmobile stop: Deer Pointe Drive, South Elgin 60177 – 4:15-5:00
Grupo de Conversación en Inglés en línea o en la Biblioteca - English Conversation Group -Hybrid-Main Library an Zoom
Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - Grove Room
Participantes de nivel intermedio, practican conversaciones en inglés, adquieren confianza y mejoran su pronunciación. El grupo es liderado por un tutor de Literacy Connection. Favor registrarse
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Tales From the Dark Shelves - Murder Road by Simone St. James
Tue, Jul 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Conference Room
Readers of horror - join us for a small-group discussion of Murder Road, by Simone St. James.
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Tue, Jul 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Google Tools: Calendar
Tue, Jul 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Learn to keep track of upcoming events, commitments, and tasks using Google Calendar. Sponsored by Comcast Internet Essentials.
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Bounce & Rhyme Storytime - Ages 1-3 years old
Wed, Jul 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
South Elgin Branch - South Elgin - Shales Children's Activity Room
Join us for stories, rhymes, and songs in this interactive Storytime. Ages 1-3 years old with adult caregiver.
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Tiny Tales
Wed, Jul 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Main Library - Sally Lee Fox & Eagle Rooms
Enjoy an interactive storytime with your child that includes books, songs, music, and movement. For ages birth - age 2 with an adult caregiver. Drop-in program! No registration required.
Budding Bookworms Preschool Storytime - Ages 3-5 years old
Wed, Jul 23, 10:45am - 11:15am
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Wed, Jul 23, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Main Library - Computer Training Room
Learn the concepts behind computer programming with the BBC Micro:Bit, a pocket-sized computer with LED light display, buttons, and sensors. This is a 2-day series. Grades 3-4
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Coding Club: BBC Micro:bits Series - For Grades 5 - 6
Wed, Jul 23, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Computer Training Room
Learn the concepts behind computer programming with the BBC Micro:Bit, a pocket-sized computer with an LED light display, buttons, and sensors. This is a 2-day series. For Grades 5-6
Summer Discover: Nature Rangers presents Nature Mandalas - Grades: K-6 - Rakow Branch
Wed, Jul 23, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
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Let's turn leaves, stones, flowers and twigs into stunning circular patterns on the ground. All mandalas created will be submitted into the Nature Rangers contest!
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Nyan Cat Crafternoon (Grades 7-12)
Wed, Jul 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Make an army of nyan cats (a.k.a. "pop tart cats") using a variety of art materials! Registration encouraged, but not required. Drop-ins are welcome. Grades 7-12.
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Bookmobile Stop: Willow Lake Estates
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Bookmobile Stop: Woodview Circle
Wed, Jul 23, 4:00pm - 4:45pm
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Bookmobile Stop: Crestwood Apartments of Elgin
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Young Entrepreneurs Club (Grades 7-12)
Wed, Jul 23, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - Studio 270
Selling lemonade, walking dogs, and monetizing your creations; just a few of the ways teens are making money in 2025. Discuss your business plans with other aspiring entrepreneurs. Pizza provided.
MS Excel Series
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Main Library - Computer Training Room
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German Conversation Group - Hybrid
Wed, Jul 23, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Herzlich willkommen! Practice or improve your conversation skills with other German speakers. Barbara Laane will be facilitating the conversation with different relevant themes.
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