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05/02/26 @ 11:00am - 05/02/26 @ 3:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at the library! Create super crafts and pick up some free comics (5 per person, while supplies last). Thank you to Keith's Komix (528 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60193) for the support!

05/02/26 @ 12:00pm - 05/02/26 @ 4:00pm Bloomingdale Public Library

Due to the Free Comic Book Day event, the Makerspace is closed. Makerspace equipment will not be available for patron use during the library's Free Comic Book Day event. 

07/29/25 @ 6:30pm - 07/29/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 03/13/2025 @ 3:00pm Registration end: 07/29/2025 @ 6:00pm

Bell-bottoms, Disco, and Nixon: The 1970s

The 1970s was a time of change in our history. From Sensurround, which shook the theatres in the movie Earthquake, to Watergate, that shook our country and the nation's capital. A time of change was in the air! Archie Bunker of television's All in the Family, proved that father didn't always know best. If you were Staying Alive, but had "Bad Blood" or "Boogie Fever", it didn't mean that you were necessarily sick and had to call in a doctor. When a little boy named Mikey proved to his brothers that he like eating a bowl of cereal, (which created a classic commercial), well then, it just had to be good to eat, right?

These were the Happy Days and Good Times, when three was company! We were introduced to a space alien, played by Robin Williams named Mork, and his Earth friend, Mindy. Lava Lamps, Pet Rocks, and people eating melted cheese out of avocado, gold, or brown-colored fondue pots were all the rave.  It was a time where the song “Convoy,” about truck drivers speaking over Citizens Band Radios flew to number one on the music charts. The song became so popular that even First Lady Betty Ford joined in on the fun! 

Historian, Jim Gibbons, will present life in the 1970s. Change is what the 1970s offered with styles such as bell-bottom trousers, wide ties, flowered shirts, leisure suits, afro hairdos, and patent leather shoes. We also had presidential changes in the oval office from Nixon to Ford, and then to Carter. The 70s began with Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley and ended with Mayor Jane Byrne. Gibbons will show you how our ideas have been changed due to Watergate and Vietnam. From disco dancing to "Disco Duck"-ing, the 1970s will always be remembered as a time in history that shaped a different world for the future! 

07/08/25 @ 12:30pm - 07/08/25 @ 9:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

The Open Study Room is available for any patrons to use without reservations during the specified time frame.

Please note that patrons cannot close the doors for personal use. If you wish to have private space for use, please see the Reference Desk to ask about the Group Study Room or Quiet Study Room. 

07/09/25 @ 9:00am - 07/09/25 @ 2:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

The Open Study Room is available for any patrons to use without reservations during the specified time frame.

Please note that patrons cannot close the doors for personal use. If you wish to have private space for use, please see the Reference Desk to ask about the Group Study Room or Quiet Study Room. 

07/21/25 @ 6:30pm - 07/21/25 @ 8:45pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Play Bingo. :)

08/23/25 @ 10:00am - 08/23/25 @ 4:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

08/25/25 @ 6:30pm - 08/25/25 @ 8:45pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group play bingo :)

09/06/25 @ 10:00am - 09/06/25 @ 4:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

09/11/25 @ 5:45pm - 09/11/25 @ 8:45pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Practicing skit, Dance and instrumental for a community program to be held on 9/13.

09/15/25 @ 6:30pm - 09/15/25 @ 8:45pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group play bingo

08/05/25 @ 6:30pm - 08/05/25 @ 8:45pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library Monthly business meeting

08/09/25 @ 10:00am - 08/09/25 @ 4:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

08/13/25 @ 6:00pm - 08/13/25 @ 8:00pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group HOA Board Meeting

08/20/25 @ 6:30pm - 08/20/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Divorce Care class curriculum

08/27/25 @ 6:15pm - 08/27/25 @ 8:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Facilitate Divorce Care class curriculum

09/03/25 @ 6:30pm - 09/03/25 @ 8:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

09/10/25 @ 6:30pm - 09/10/25 @ 8:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Facilitate Divorce Care curriculum

07/16/25 @ 1:00pm - 07/16/25 @ 3:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Drop in and join us for more 1975-themed fun as we show the fourth film in the beloved Pink Panther series (the third starring Peter Sellers). This time the bumbling Inspector Clouseau is on the case of another missing diamond. 

Rated: G │Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins

07/01/25 @ 1:00pm - 07/01/25 @ 9:00pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

The Open Study Room is available for any patrons to use without reservations during the specified time frame.

Please note that patrons cannot close the doors for personal use. If you wish to have private space for use, please see the Reference Desk to ask about the Group Study Room or Quiet Study Room.