Get this FREE Android App!

INSTANT HOMEWORK HELP FROM YOUR SMARTPHONE! Do you have an Android, or tablet computer running the Android operating system? If so, use these top-notch, online resources from the Evanston Public Library straight from your Smartphone or tablet. The Apps are FREE and very easy to download. AccessMyLibrary uses GPS to find libraries within a 10-mile [...]

Engage – Photography!

When you look back down that road of childhood memories, what do you see? We become who we are in no small part because of where we have come from. Revisit some of those memories and capture them on camera. First pick up the photography/information packet in the Loft, then send us a jpeg of the photos, [...]

Get this FREE iPhone App!

INSTANT HOMEWORK HELP FROM YOUR iPHONE! Do you have an iPhone? If so, use these top-notch, online resources from the Evanston Public Library straight from your phone. How? Download the AccessMyLibrary app!* AccessMyLibrary uses GPS to find libraries within a 10-mile radius of your location, and then gives you free, unlimited access to their high-quality [...]

City of Evanston Hosting Poetry Competition Open to All Ages

April is National Poetry Month, and in celebration poems are now being accepted for an exciting competition organized by the City of Evanston’s Public Art Committee and the Evanston Public Library.  Five original poems will be selected to be installed in concrete on the sidewalk ramp in front of the Evanston Public Library in downtown [...]

Sharon Flake Comes to the Evanston Public Library!

On Thursday, October 29, at 7 pm, Sharon Flake will speak at the Evanston Public Library in the Community Room!  Flake is the author of the following acclaimed YA favorites: Money Hungry; Begging for Change; The Skin I’m In; Who Am I Without Him; and Bang!   To welcome Sharon Flake to the Evanston Public Library and [...]

Youth Job Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 7

Need a job? If you are 16 & up, come to the Youth Job Fair here at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., from 1-4 pm this Wednesday, October 7.  Candidates should arrive by 3:30 p.m. Twenty employers looking to hire qualified candidates ages 16 and up are expected to attend. A resume and [...]

TAB — Teen Advisory Board

Thanks to everyone who signed up to be part of the Teen Advisory Board yesterday at the ETHS Community Service Fair!  The first meeting is Wednesday, September 30, from 6-7:30 pm in the Evanston Public Library Community Room.    Upcoming programs this fall: filmmaking, science cafe, Sharon Flake author visit, ugly dollmaking, book group, movies, gaming, and [...]

Friday Falcon Report & Clue #3

Hello my fellow detectives! The Loft just seems to get more and more exciting by the day. New programs are happening right and left. There is a video making workshop going down right now. Registration just opened for the video game design workshop and it’s almost full. The first “book it & cook it” workshop was [...]

Registration is now open for the Video Game Design Workshop

Registration has just opened for the Video Game Design Workshop at the Evanston Public Library! Back by popular demand, the limited spaces are already filling up fast for this 3-session workshop! The class will meet on Monday evenings from 6:30 – 8:30 in the library’s computer training room: July 6, 13, 20. Must be going into [...]

The Remus Lupins at The Evanston Public Library!

Tonight, June 12, Friday, at 7 pm in the Community Room of the Evanston Public Library!!   Come one, come all, to the Remus Lupins Rock Concert!  FREE!   Wizard Rock at its finest!