Calendar

12/24/27 @ 12:00am - 12/25/27 @ 12:00am Bloomingdale Public Library

Online Services: Many services are available online when the library building is closed, including library card registration, eBooks and downloads, online learning, and more.

For nearby DuPage County warming centers, click here.

For a list of our holiday closings; click here. 

12/31/27 @ 12:00am - 01/01/28 @ 12:00am Bloomingdale Public Library

Online Services: Many services are available online when the library building is closed, including library card registration, eBooks and downloads, online learning, and more.

For nearby DuPage County warming centers, click here.

For a list of our holiday closings; click here. 

11/04/26 @ 6:00pm - 11/04/26 @ 7:15pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 10/19/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 11/04/2026 @ 2:24pm

Snowman Crossing Tree Ornament Making Party (Registration Required)   

Families  

Wednesday, November 11 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.  

You are invited to come create crafts that will be part of our Snowman Crossing tree at the library. We will decorate the tree the week of Thanksgiving and all are welcome to help.  

Please register as a family.

08/10/26 @ 6:00pm - 08/10/26 @ 7:15pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Beginning Crochet 

Part 2 from last session

10/26/26 @ 4:00pm - 10/26/26 @ 5:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 09/21/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 10/25/2026 @ 1:13pm

Makerspace Skills Series (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Mondays, October 26 & November 23 | 4:00- 5:00 p.m. 

October: Custom vinyl decals 

November: Candy wrapper buttons 

Learn how the various machines in the Makerspace work and walk away with new skills and a cool project. 

11/23/26 @ 4:00pm - 11/23/26 @ 5:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 10/18/2026 @ 9:00am Registration end: 11/22/2026 @ 1:13pm

Makerspace Skills Series (Registration Required)   

Grades 3-6 

Mondays, October 26 & November 23 | 4:00- 5:00 p.m. 

October: Custom vinyl decals 

November: Candy wrapper buttons 

Learn how the various machines in the Makerspace work and walk away with new skills and a cool project. 

08/20/26 @ 6:00pm - 08/20/26 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

08/27/26 @ 6:00pm - 08/27/26 @ 8:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

09/03/26 @ 6:00pm - 09/03/26 @ 8:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

09/10/26 @ 6:00pm - 09/10/26 @ 8:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

09/24/26 @ 6:00pm - 09/24/26 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/01/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/01/26 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/08/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/08/26 @ 8:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/15/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/15/26 @ 8:30pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/22/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/22/26 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

10/29/26 @ 6:00pm - 10/29/26 @ 8:30pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

11/05/26 @ 6:00pm - 11/05/26 @ 8:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

11/12/26 @ 6:00pm - 11/12/26 @ 8:30pm Conference Room Bloomingdale Public Library

Community Group

11/12/26 @ 7:00pm - 11/12/26 @ 8:00pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 11/12/2026 @ 7:00pm VIRTUAL: Illinois Libraries Presents, Author Eve L. Ewing, PhD

Engage in an important and thoughtful conversation with Dr. Eve L. Ewing, acclaimed author, educator, poet, and cultural organizer whose work explores race, education, identity, and community. Through writing that blends scholarship, storytelling, and activism, Dr. Ewing has become one of today’s most influential public voices on culture and education.

Explore the power of language and storytelling as Dr. Ewing reflects on how words shape public memory, challenge systems of inequality, and help communities imagine new futures. From classrooms and libraries to poetry and popular culture, this conversation will consider the many ways stories influence how we see ourselves and one another.

Perfect for librarians, educators, students, writers, and readers alike, this event invites attendees to think critically about the role of literature, learning, and community in times of change. Whether you are familiar with Dr. Ewing’s work or discovering it for the first time, this conversation promises insight, inspiration, and meaningful discussion.

Moderator
Brandis Friedman will moderate the event. Friedman is a writer and anchor for WTTW’s Chicago Tonight and Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, and also serves as a champion for libraries.

Please note, we will be sending the URL (Zoom link) at a later time.

09/17/26 @ 7:00pm - 09/17/26 @ 8:00pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/10/2026 @ 7:00pm VIRTUAL: Illinois Libraries Presents: Inside the Empire of AI with Author Karen Hao

Join a timely conversation with Karen Hao, award-winning journalist and author of Empire of AI. In this virtual event, Hao will explore the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, the social, political, and ethical questions surrounding AI development today, and the questions posed in her work – Will AI produce broad-based societal benefit for all? Or return us to an age of empire? The path forward is in our hands. Whether you’re excited about AI, cautious about it, or just trying to understand the hype, this event offers an accessible look at one of today’s biggest technological shifts.

Karen Hao is the instant New York Times bestselling author of Empire of AI and named one of the most influential people in AI by Time. She is lead designer of the Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight series as well as co-host of BBC’s podcast, The Interface. The first journalist to ever profile OpenAI, Hao was formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering American and Chinese tech companies, and a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. Her work has been cited by Congress, featured in university curriculums, and remade into museum exhibits.

Moderator
Reanna Esmail, Lead Librarian for Instruction at Cornell University and a prominent voice in critical digital pedagogy and intellectual freedom, will join Karen Hao in conversation.

Please note the URL (Zoom link) for this event is coming soon!