Northlake Public Library District

Celebrate Pride Display
2022-06-02 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Second Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Help us celebrate Pride by creating a display to recommend some good LGBTQIA+ books in the teen area. Ages 13-18.

Popping Boba Food Science
2022-06-09 13:30 - 15:30 | Second Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Learn how to make your own popping boba! Meet us in the second floor meeting room for some tasty, tasty science. Ages 13-18.

DIY Pop Rocks Food Science
2022-07-07 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
How do Pop Rocks pop? Join us to find out and make your own! Meet us in the second-floor meeting room to do some tasty, tasty science. Ages 13-18.

Open Video Gaming
2022-07-14 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-08-04 13:30 - 15:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Head to the second floor meeting room to play the Nintendo Switch, PS4, or Xbox One. We have plenty of games to choose from! Snacks will be provided and everyone who attends will be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift card. Ages 13-18.

Squishmallow Dupes - Craft It
2022-07-21 13:30 - 15:30 | Second Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Ever thought to yourself, “Squishmallows look easy to make.” Come put your crafting where your mouth is! Ages 13-18.

Board Games & Pizza
2022-07-28 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-08-25 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-29 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-03 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Q- What’s better than playing board games with your friends? A: Playing them with your friends while eating free pizza! Come to the second floor meeting room to play. You can bring your own game, or pick one of ours. Ages 13-18.

School Supply Makeover - Craft It
2022-08-11 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Punch up your boring school supplies in time for classes to start back up. We’ll have some notebooks and folders here, but bring your own if you’d like to decorate more. Ages 13-18.

Squid Game Dalgona Candy Challenge
2022-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Do you have what it takes to survive the Squid Games? Even if you haven’t seen the show, come test yourself to see if you can chisel the shape out of a Dalgona candy disk without breaking it. No teens will be harmed during this event! Ages 13-18.
**This program has replaced Honeycomb Candy Food Science**

Eat Your Art- Color Change Lemonade
2022-09-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Learn how to make a syrup that changes color as its pH goes up! We’ll be adding it to lemonade and living our most refreshed lives. Ages 13-18.

Open Video Gaming
2022-09-10 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-10-08 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-11-05 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-12-03 13:30 - 15:30 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Head to the second floor to play Nintendo Switch, PS4, or Xbox One. We even have a newly refreshed collection of games to choose from! Snacks will be provided and one participant will win a $20 gift card. Ages 13-18.

Craft Night- Cambaya Fabric Pencil Cases
2022-09-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Join us to make a pencil-case from traditional Latin American Cambaya cloth without needing to sew a single stitch. Ages 13-18.

Eat Your Art- Amaranth Sugar Skulls
2022-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
In honor of Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos, we’re decorating tasty amaranth sugar skulls. They’ll be tasty AND gorgeous! Ages 13-18.

GIANT Bouncy Ball Bowling
2022-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Program Room – Lower Level, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Compete against your friends for a $20 Amazon gift card by knocking over more giant blow up bowling pins than they do! Ages 13-18.

Craft Night- Spooky Succulents
2022-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
We’ll be using Model Magic foam clay to turn succulent plant pots into spooky little creatures. Join us if that sounds like a good time! Ages 13-18.

Halloween Celebration
2022-10-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Program Room – Lower Level, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
We’ll have tricks in the form of spooky games, and treats in the form of “unholy” piles of candy! Bring your ghoul bros, ghost buds, zombie pals, and/or human friends with you to the library to get a jumpstart on celebrating Halloween. Ages 13-18.

Karaoke Night
2022-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting room – Lower Level, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Due to popular request on the Teen Discord server, the Watercolor Cookie program has been replaced with KARAOKE! To attend, please call, email, or Discord DM your name, age, and up to 5 song choices by Wednesday, November 9th. Ages 13-18.

Craft Night- Galaxy Slime
2022-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Come make and play with your very own (slimy but satisfying) galaxy slime! Ages 13-18.

CANCELLED: Cloud Lamps
2022-12-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Make a small but stunning LED-lit cloud lamp with us at this Craft Night. Ages 13-18.

SAT Prep Club
2022-12-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Meeting room – Lower Level, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Need some support studying for the SATs? Well, then we have the club for you. Every Tuesday at 6pm, join us in the basement floor Meeting Room for an hour of student-guided test prep! Ages 13-18.

Snacks & Studying
2022-12-12 15:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-13 15:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-14 15:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room – 2nd Floor, 231 N Wolf Road, Northlake, IL, 60164, United States
Take advantage of the quiet of the library to study or work on final projects. We’ll provide snacks, beverages, and study supplies to fend off the glazed eyeballs of under-fueled studying. Ages 13-18.
