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09/09/25 @ 6:30pm - 09/09/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/09/2025 @ 6:30pm

AUTOMOTIVE CONSUMERISM - BUYING, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND MORE!

What it means when your engine light comes on? What kind of gasoline should I buy? What is tire pressure monitoring? What's the pros and cons in buying gasoline vs. electric vehicles (EV's)? How do I find and keep the right mechanic?

With the costs of buying, maintaining and repairing a car going up, up, up, now more than ever it is important to know as much about your car as possible. 

Please join retired Triton College lecturer Bill O'Connell as he answers any and all your questions on car buying, maintenance and repair. Bring your questions! 

 

 

06/07/25 @ 12:00pm - 06/07/25 @ 4:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Due to the library's 50th Anniversary celebration event, the Makerspace is closed. Makerspace equipment will not be available for patron use during the library's anniversary event. 

03/17/26 @ 6:00am - 03/17/26 @ 7:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Voting opens at 6 a.m.

Voting closes at 7 p.m.

Click here for DuPage County Voter & Election Info

 

 

04/12/25 @ 1:00pm - 04/12/25 @ 5:00pm 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. 

04/30/25 @ 6:30pm - 04/30/25 @ 8:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group LEARNNGMHOW TO PLAY BUNCO

05/24/25 @ 1:00pm - 05/24/25 @ 4:45pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

05/29/25 @ 5:00pm - 05/29/25 @ 8:45pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

06/16/25 @ 6:30pm - 06/16/25 @ 8:30pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Board meeting

04/16/25 @ 6:00pm - 04/16/25 @ 6:30pm Bloomingdale Public Library

Evening Storytime (Drop-In)

6:00-6:30 p.m.

Children of all ages can join us for a storytime. The Youth Services department provides age-appropriate interactive fun with stories, sign language, music, and more!

05/20/25 @ 5:00pm - 05/20/25 @ 6:00pm Room C/Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

LEGO® Club (Drop-In)    

Grades 1-6 

Tuesday, May 20| 5:00- 6:00 p.m.

Design and build with the library’s LEGO® supply to complete the challenge. 

04/30/25 @ 6:45pm - 04/30/25 @ 8:45pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Book Club

05/06/25 @ 5:00pm - 05/06/25 @ 8:45pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Viewing event for the GPS Glenbard Parent Series event featuring Ron Fergusson. Attendees will be provided a light meal, conversation and viewing of the presentation. Activities and additional care of children will be provided in Meeting Room B.

06/03/25 @ 6:30pm - 06/03/25 @ 8:45pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library Business meeting

10/21/25 @ 7:00pm - 10/21/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 10/21/2025 @ 7:00pm

Reggae: The Beating Heart of Popular Music

No other country has had such an influence on modern popular music as Jamaica. Bob Marley is a global symbol of Jamaican reggae music, but this tiny island of barely 3 million inhabitants has produced many other great artists and has pioneered new sounds and recording techniques. Reggae has directly influenced genres like Disco, Hip Hop, and Electronic Dance Music (EDM), while many popular artists, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Stevie Wonder, have recorded their own reggae songs. Through the use of music, video, and photographs from this treasured island, Dr. John F. Lyons traces the history and impact of reggae music.

05/07/25 @ 7:00pm - 05/07/25 @ 8:45pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

05/13/25 @ 7:00pm - 05/13/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/05/2024 @ 3:00pm Registration end: 05/13/2025 @ 7:00pm

No less than the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed that Paul McCartney is the Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All-Time!  The road he traveled to get there wasn’t easy.  Paul was devastated when The Beatles broke up and struggled to move forward.  There were missteps, but Paul hit his stride and was riding high by the end of the decade.  Using interview and performance video clips we’ll trace the arc of Paul’s first post-Beatles decade from “Maybe I’m Amazed” and “Live and Let Die” to “Band on the Run” and “Listen To What The Man Says.” “Silly Love Songs” to some, but pop/rock masterpieces to most.

Hosted by College of DuPage professor, Gary Wenstrup. 

06/04/25 @ 7:00pm - 06/04/25 @ 8:45pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

06/17/25 @ 7:00pm - 06/17/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/05/2024 @ 3:00pm Registration end: 06/17/2025 @ 7:00pm

This modest blues band launched in the mid-1960s, achieved monumental success in the mid-1970s and still makes headlines today.  Using interview and performance video, we’ll trace the band’s career with a focus on their blockbuster album “Rumours” and the band’s classic line up of Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.  With the firing of Lindsay Buckingham and Christine McVie’s recent death the band will never be whole again.  It was a fascinating journey of failed romantic relationships that fueled music of intensity and warmth.  Fleetwood Mac was a soap opera set to music! 

Hosted by College of DuPage professor, Gary Wenstrup.

06/30/25 @ 7:00pm - 06/30/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 06/09/2025 @ 9:00am Registration end: 06/30/2025 @ 7:00pm

In this cooking demonstration, Chef Maddox will share her spin on 70s cuisine. Recipes will be available to take home.

Registration opens June 9th and is limited to 50 people.

07/08/25 @ 7:00pm - 07/08/25 @ 8:00pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/05/2024 @ 3:00pm Registration end: 07/08/2025 @ 7:00pm

If you like your rock ‘n’ roll mixed with an exciting blast of horns there is no better listen than the music group Chicago.  Formed in 1967 the band produced a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s.  Billboard Magazine ranked Chicago 9th on the list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in terms of chart success.  Using performance and interview clips, we’ll trace the arc of their career from their early rock ‘n’ roll successes like “25 or 6 to 4” and “Saturday In The Park” to their softer hits like “If You Leave Me Now” and “Hard To Say I’m Sorry.”

Hosted by College of DuPage professor, Gary Wenstrup.