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A girl sits on her mom's lap, reading a book to a dog next to her.

Furry Readers

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Youth, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

All readers and dog lovers are invited to grab a book, ruffle some fur, and read to a dog. Register to practice reading out loud to a certified therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful.

Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

All readers and dog lovers are invited to grab a book, ruffle some fur, and read to a dog. Register to practice reading out loud to a certified therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful.

Illustration showing a typewriter, pencil, open book, and ink bottle.

Writers' & Artists' Workshop

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

Got a story idea you’ve been dying to get out? Join us for a relaxing hour of writing and drawing before the new school year! Prompts will be provided.

Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Got a story idea you’ve been dying to get out? Join us for a relaxing hour of writing and drawing before the new school year! Prompts will be provided.

Labor Day

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library
Volunteens

Volunteens

All Day
Youth and Teen Services Department at Palos Heights Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

Need volunteer hours and want to help the librarians? Drop in at the Youth and Teen Desk to pick up a form and learn about volunteering at the library. Please stop in anytime in September and October!

Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Youth and Teen Services Department
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Event Details:

Need volunteer hours and want to help the librarians? Drop in at the Youth and Teen Desk to pick up a form and learn about volunteering at the library. Please stop in anytime in September and October!

Teen book box

Teen Book Box

All Day
Youth and Teen Services Department at Palos Heights Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

Want an easier way to select a book? Let a librarian do it! Each box will include a book from our collection, a treat, and other fun things.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Youth and Teen Services Department
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Registration Required
Event Details:

Want an easier way to select a book? Let a librarian do it! Each box will include a book from our collection, a treat, and other fun things.

A girl sits on her mom's lap, reading a book to a dog next to her.

Furry Readers

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Youth, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

All readers and dog lovers are invited to grab a book, ruffle some fur, and read to a dog. Register to practice reading out loud to a certified therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

All readers and dog lovers are invited to grab a book, ruffle some fur, and read to a dog. Register to practice reading out loud to a certified therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful.

Stranger Things Games

Stranger Things Games

Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

Are you as excited for Stranger Things Season 5 as we are?

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you as excited for Stranger Things Season 5 as we are?

Crosstown Exotics Reptile Show

Crosstown Exotics Reptile Show

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Performance
Age Group:
Youth, Babies, Ages 2-5, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

From eight legs to forked tongues, Crosstown Exotics reanimates the iconic creatures from the pages of your favorite stories and tales.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Babies, Ages 2-5, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

From eight legs to forked tongues, Crosstown Exotics reanimates the iconic creatures from the pages of your favorite stories and tales.

Illustration of a black pointed witch's hat.

Cricut 3D Witch's Hat Box

Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

Build and decorate a 3D box shaped like a witch’s hat just in time for the spooky season!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Build and decorate a 3D box shaped like a witch’s hat just in time for the spooky season!

Wednesday Mystery

Wednesday Mystery

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth and Teen Services Department at Palos Heights Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

On her way back to Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams is only slightly looking forward to going back to school. She has her friends, her cello, and solving mysteries that plague Nevermore and the Outcasts. Someone has kidnapped Thing!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Youth and Teen Services Department
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Registration Required
Event Details:

On her way back to Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams is only slightly looking forward to going back to school. She has her friends, her cello, and solving mysteries that plague Nevermore and the Outcasts. Someone has kidnapped Thing!

Wednesday Mystery

Wednesday Mystery

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth and Teen Services Department at Palos Heights Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

On her way back to Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams is only slightly looking forward to going back to school. She has her friends, her cello, and solving mysteries that plague Nevermore and the Outcasts. Someone has kidnapped Thing!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Youth and Teen Services Department
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Registration Required
Event Details:

On her way back to Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams is only slightly looking forward to going back to school. She has her friends, her cello, and solving mysteries that plague Nevermore and the Outcasts. Someone has kidnapped Thing!

A girl sits on her mom's lap, reading a book to a dog next to her.

Furry Readers

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Youth, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

All readers and dog lovers are invited to grab a book, ruffle some fur, and read to a dog. Register to practice reading out loud to a certified therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Grades K-3, Grades 3-5, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Storytime
Registration Required
Event Details:

All readers and dog lovers are invited to grab a book, ruffle some fur, and read to a dog. Register to practice reading out loud to a certified therapy dog from Bright and Beautiful.

Teen book box

Teen Book Box

All Day
Youth and Teen Services Department at Palos Heights Public Library
Age Group:
Youth, Teens Grades 6-12

Want an easier way to select a book? Let a librarian do it! Each box will include a book from our collection, a treat, and other fun things. Sign up by October 10th to receive the required questionnaire form to be submitted by October 12th.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Youth and Teen Services Department
Age Group: Youth, Teens Grades 6-12
Registration Required
Event Details:

Want an easier way to select a book? Let a librarian do it! Each box will include a book from our collection, a treat, and other fun things. Sign up by October 10th to receive the required questionnaire form to be submitted by October 12th.

"Trick Or Treat" message written with green glow in the dark vinyl on a black T shirt.

Trick or Treat Bags

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Cricut at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

Do you need a new bag for Halloween? Using tools and the Cricut Autopress, we will weed and iron on new designs to a tote bag in time for Trick or Treating! The best part? It will glow in the dark!

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Cricut
Age Group: Youth, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you need a new bag for Halloween? Using tools and the Cricut Autopress, we will weed and iron on new designs to a tote bag in time for Trick or Treating! The best part? It will glow in the dark!

Haunted house illustration

Cricut Haunted House

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Activity Room at Palos Heights Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Youth, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12

What kind of a key opens a haunted house? A spook-key! Build a haunted house and add spooky features while listening to Halloween music.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Palos Heights Public Library
Room: Activity Room
Age Group: Youth, Tweens Grades 4-8, Teens Grades 6-12
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

What kind of a key opens a haunted house? A spook-key! Build a haunted house and add spooky features while listening to Halloween music.

Early Closing (Thanksgiving)

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

Thanksgiving

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

Christmas Eve

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

Christmas

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

New Year's Eve

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

New Year's Day

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

Staff In-Service

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library

The library will be closed all day for staff in-service.

Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library
Description:

The library will be closed all day for staff in-service.

Memorial Day

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library

Juneteenth

All Day
Palos Heights Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Palos Heights Public Library