Week Calendar

LACONI virtual event

This club is for students with limited English experience. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Must take a placement test and place below ESL intermediate level courses.

This club is for students who already use English in daily tasks but need to keep improving. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Attendees must take a placement test.

Ever wonder what happens after we flush? Where does it go? Well, wonder no more as we explore the Village of Plainfield Wastewater Treatment Plant.

This program is designed for children ages 0 to 23 months and their caregivers. Meet other parents, caregivers and babies. Sing songs, practice our favorite lap bounces, and play with toys over coffee, tea and juice boxes. 

Learn new words, practice your pronunciation and become more fluent in English in a relaxed group.  Improve your English by reading and discussing information from newspapers, magazines and books.

Join us under the pavilion for a sunny summer storytime. Feel free to bring your own blankets to sit on!

Practice while connecting with friends. Share ideas and culture and discuss current events, family life and anything relevant to you. Once registered, you will receive instructions to join the event.

New Life for Old Bags will meet at the Township Center (15014 S. Des Plaines Steet, Plainfield) starting in March 2024 due to the upcoming Library renovations. We look forward to welcoming you back in 2025 to our new builidng! 

This club is for students with limited English experience. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Must take a placement test and place below ESL intermediate level courses.

This club is for students who already use English in daily tasks but need to keep improving. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Attendees must take a placement test.

This program is intended for children ages 8 to 12.

Learn some basic poetry forms and write a few of your own.

This storytime is intended for children ages 2 to 5 years.

Meet with fellow crochet and knitting enthusiasts and create beautiful items for charity. This group is open to the public and all skill levels. Participants should bring supplies for either the group project or their own projects.

Enhance your improv skills with Michael Bradt of The Bit Theater. 

This program is intended for those entering Grades 6 through 12.

Let's get racing! Pick your racer and compete in this tournament to find out who will be champion. Watch out for those Koopa shells! 

This program is intended for children age 4 to 6. Registration for each child attending is required with a valid Plainfield Public Library card.

A special game of BINGO fun for the kiddos to play on their own.

Tired of asking family and friends technology questions? Computer Club is a safe and friendly place to learn basic computer skills! Each 2nd Wednesday of the month, we cover a subject and leave ample time for practice.

This program is intended for those in grades 6 to 12.

Compose your own original music with multiple instruments using Tunepad and the Python® programming language. No musical or coding experience is required. 

This program is intended for those entering Grades 6 through 12.

Take your shot at a bit of messy cooperative art that involves throwing water balloons of paint.

Sketch your pet with professional artistic guidance from Dottie Mueller of Dottie's Art Studio in Plainfield. Each registered patron will need to send an image of their pet (primarily face and neck/chest) prior to July 3rd.

Find your voice by building confidence in your public speaking skills. 

This program is intended for those entering Grades 6 through 12. Join our merry band on a 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure! No experience is required and characters will be available. 

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.