Calendar

07/18/25 @ 9:00am - 07/18/25 @ 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. 

07/19/25 @ 9:00am - 07/19/25 @ 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. 

08/11/25 @ 6:00pm - 08/11/25 @ 8:00pm Room A Bloomingdale Public Library Community Group Homeowners' Board Meeting

07/09/25 @ 2:00pm - 07/09/25 @ 4:00pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library

Drop in chess summer chess club!

Whether you are new to the game or an experienced player this is a great place to build skills, make friends who enjoy the game, and have fun! 

No registration necessary and you don't have to attend every week or the entire 2 hours. At the end of the summer there will be an interlibrary tournament including up to 12 members from our club. Ages 8-18, both residents and non-residents welcome.

07/16/25 @ 2:00pm - 07/16/25 @ 4:00pm Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

Drop in chess summer chess club!

Whether you are new to the game or an experienced player this is a great place to build skills, make friends who enjoy the game, and have fun! 

No registration necessary and you don't have to attend every week or the entire 2 hours. At the end of the summer there will be an interlibrary tournament including up to 12 members from our club. Ages 8-18, both residents and non-residents welcome.

07/23/25 @ 2:00pm - 07/23/25 @ 4:00pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library

Drop in chess summer chess club!

Whether you are new to the game or an experienced player this is a great place to build skills, make friends who enjoy the game, and have fun! 

No registration necessary and you don't have to attend every week or the entire 2 hours. At the end of the summer there will be an interlibrary tournament including up to 12 members from our club. Ages 8-18, both residents and non-residents welcome.

07/30/25 @ 2:00pm - 07/30/25 @ 4:00pm Room B Bloomingdale Public Library

Drop in chess summer chess club!

Whether you are new to the game or an experienced player this is a great place to build skills, make friends who enjoy the game, and have fun! 

No registration necessary and you don't have to attend every week or the entire 2 hours. At the end of the summer there will be an interlibrary tournament including up to 12 members from our club. Ages 8-18, both residents and non-residents welcome.

08/02/25 @ 9:00am - 08/02/25 @ 4:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

End of the year competition and fun for the Bloomingdale Library chess club & other participating libraries

08/02/25 @ 9:00am - 08/02/25 @ 4:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

End of the year competition and fun for the Bloomingdale Library chess club & other participating libraries

10/20/25 @ 6:30pm - 10/20/25 @ 7:30pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 11/25/2024 @ 9:00am Registration end: 10/20/2025 @ 6:30pm

In chocolate history, few names are better known than Hershey and Mars. Milton Hershey brought milk chocolate to the masses with his Hershey bar. Frank and Forrest Mars dominated American sweet tooths with the Milky Way, Snickers and Three Musketeers bars. Join historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D. to explore how these two legendary companies began – and how their rivalry changed chocolate forever.

08/01/26 @ 9:00am - 08/01/26 @ 4:30pm Room A/B Bloomingdale Public Library

End of the year competition and fun for the Bloomingdale Library chess club & other participating libraries

08/01/26 @ 9:00am - 08/01/26 @ 4:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library

End of the year competition and fun for the Bloomingdale Library chess club & other participating libraries

11/26/25 @ 1:00pm - 11/26/25 @ 2:00pm Room C/Makerspace Bloomingdale Public Library

08/14/25 @ 7:00pm - 08/14/25 @ 8:00pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 08/14/2025 @ 7:00pm

In this video, we learn the basics of using VLC Media Player, a free application for using your PC to watch DVDs, listen to CDs, and more.

This program will be available on our YouTube channel. See all of our Computer Class videos on our YouTube Computer Classes playlist.

08/18/25 @ 7:00pm - 08/18/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 08/18/2025 @ 7:00pm

This class will provide a deeper investigation of formulas, graphs, and formatting techniques, as well as examining other functions provided by Excel. Topics range from easy to use tricks hidden in the ribbon options, to time saving hot keys, to learning about more complex concepts like logical functions and adding secondary axis to charts.

08/25/25 @ 7:00pm - 08/25/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 08/25/2025 @ 7:00pm

Whether you are connecting with friends and family, learning from video conferences, or participating in a remote medical appointment, video calls have become an important tool over the past several years. We will work with examples in popular applications Zoom and Teams to build our skills in class and discuss situations students might encounter on their own.

09/08/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/08/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/08/2025 @ 7:00pm

In this class students will learn to create and edit dynamic formulas using tools like logical (IF) functions, arrays, conditional formatting, data validation, and more. We begin with basic formulas and build up to more complicated examples.

09/15/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/15/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/15/2025 @ 7:00pm

WhatsApp is a popular messaging platform for staying connected with friends and family. This class will cover getting your account started and how to message and call people. Optional: bring your own device. 

WhatsApp is free and only requires a Google or Apple account to download

09/18/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/18/25 @ 8:00pm Virtual Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/18/2025 @ 7:00pm

Do you have old 8mm or Super8 movie reels that you would like to save to your computer or share digitally with family? This video will show you how to digitize your reels at the library using our Wolverine Film2Digital Moviemaker Pro device.

This program will be available on our YouTube channel. See all of our Computer Class videos on our YouTube Computer Classes playlist.

09/22/25 @ 7:00pm - 09/22/25 @ 8:30pm Room C Bloomingdale Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 12/31/1969 @ 6:00pm Registration end: 09/12/2025 @ 7:00pm

Learn the basics of taking and editing pictures and movies with Android and iPhones. Students will learn to use free editing products to prepare their photos and movies for sharing. Note that different phones offer a wide range of camera features so we will focus on more generally available tools rather than some of the higher end options.