Programs for Adults

Adult Programs

Making & Crafting

Seed Starter Kits

Take & Make for Adults Starts Tuesday, March 1 while supplies last

Spring is fast approaching, which means it’s almost gardening season! Stop by the Adult & Teen Services desk and pick up a seed starting kit for your vegetable or herb garden. It’ll be the perfect way to start your garden growing for the season.

Kits available for pick up at Adult and Teen Services desk starting March 1. No registration required. Get one before they’re gone!

TinkerCAD Challenge

4th Grade & Up, Teens & Adults Online on demand, plus tutorials

New Lenox Public Library TinkerCAD Create your Challenge design in

CHALLENGE TinkerCAD, then submit it to the Library for a free print in the color of your choice. Follow along with the on-demand videos, and ask questions during Sam’s live virtual tutorial, too! See page 12 for details. Registration for each challenge opens at the first of the month. Registration is required to access the classroom.

March Challenge: Make an Avatar (March 1–31)

Live Tutorial: Sunday, March 13, 12–12:45 pm (Register)

April Challenge: Self-Watering Planter (April 1–30) Live Tutorial: Sunday, April 10, 12–12:45 pm (Register)

May Challenge: Balloon-Propelled Car (May 1–31) Live Tutorial: Sunday, May 15, 12–12:45 pm (Register)

Fiber Arts Club, Community-Led Group Adults Thursday, March 3 & 17, 6–7:30 pm Thursday, April 7 & 21, 6–7:30 pm Thursday, May 5 & 19, 6–7:30 pm Meeting Room B

Bring your projects and hang out with other knitters, crocheters and fiber artists in a relaxed social gathering. Beginners welcome. Registration not required. Masks may be required for in-person programs

Crafting with the Cameo

Adults Digital Media Lab

We’ll use the Digital Media Lab’s Silhouette Cameo to make a paper, vinyl, or heat transfer project each month.

Shamrock Card Take & Make, March 7–14 Get in the St. Patricks Day spirit with a paper 3D card craft. Registration not required, while supplies last.

Paper Terrariums, April 19 at 6:30–7:30 pm Make a terrarium guaranteed to stay green and no maintenance year round! Registration required for inperson meeting or to request a Take & Make.

Fairy in a “Bottle,” May 17 at 6:30–7:30 pm Explore the making 3D paper objects with this cute start-of-summer creation. Registration required for inperson instruction or to request a Take & Make.

Sew a Quillow

Adults Tuesday, March 22 at 6:30pm Meeting Room AB

Sew a versatile fleece-and-flannel blanket that will become a favorite snuggle-up addition to your home. New-tosewing and experienced sewers welcome. Registration begins February 23.

Poetry & Printmaking

Adults Tuesday, April 5, 6–7 pm Meeting Room AB

As part of our celebration of National Poetry Month, we will be honoring the iconic poet and printmaker William Blake by creating our own beautiful ink prints!

Using simple tools and styrofoam sheets, you will create a block print in the style of the master—or make it a style all your own! Registration starts March 5.

Adult Programs

Masks may be required for in-person programs

Writing & Book Clubs

Horror Club

Adults Wednesday, April 20, 6–7 pm Meeting Room A

Do you like being scared? Join us as we discuss Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo, available to borrow on hoopla. Horror aficionados and newcomers are welcome! Registration starts March 20, and is encouraged but not required.

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Writers, We

Community-Led Group

Adults Wednesday, March 5 & 16, 6–7:45 pm Wednesday, April 6 & 20, 6–7:45 pm Wednesday May 4 & 18, 6–7:45 pm Meeting Room B (Zoom also available)

Join local writers to discuss and workshop your writing. The group welcomes those new to the art as well as those with experience. Bring your haunting horror, sappy romance, blood-pumping action, children’s literature, shining sci-fi, poetic pathos—all genres welcome.

Writers, We (The New Lenox Writers’ Group) publishes an annual anthology of their themed submissions which can be found on Amazon. In addition to meeting at the Library, there is also the option to join via Zoom. Email writerswe@use.startmail.com to request a Zoom link.

Fiction Book Club

Community-Led Group

Adults Wednesday, March 9, 6:30–7:30 pm

This is Happiness, Niall Williams Wednesday, April 13, 6:30–7:30 pm

Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro Wednesday, May 11, 6:30–7:30 pm

What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty Meeting Room A

This member-run book club meets the second Wednesday of every month and reads a variety of titles, both fiction and non-fiction. Come discuss, share and enjoy the experience of reading with a group! Call to reserve a copy of the book, or stop by Patron Services to pick up a copy. Mystery Book Club

Community-Led Group

Adults Tuesday, March 15, 1:30–2:30 pm

The Unkindness of Ravens, M.E. Hilliard Tuesday, April 19, 1:30–2:30 pm

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens Tuesday, May 17, 1:30–2:30 pm

Doctored Evidence, Donna Leon Meeting Room A

Join our long-running book club as they discuss a different mystery each month! Stop at the Patron Services desk to pick up a copy of the book at any time.

History & Genealogy

How to Use Fold3 for Genealogical Research

Presented by Genealogy Club

Adults Tuesday, March 8, 6–7:45 pm Meeting Room B

Do you have questions about how to use Fold3? Not sure what it is or how Fold3 might help you? This presentation is for you! Jenny Warner of the Genealogy Speakers Guild and Association of Professional Genealogists will go over the basics of how to use Fold3 specifically for genealogists.

Fold3 features premier collections of original military records. These records include the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served in the military. Many of the records come from the U.S. National archives, The National Archives of the U.K., and other international records. Registration starts February 8.

Jennifer Warner has been doing genealogy for 42 years. Her mother started her and her sister early, learning about where their family came from and how to research their history.

Jenny is a member of many Lineage Societies, as well as Genealogical Societies: National Genealogical Society, Genealogical Speakers Guild, and DuPage County Genealogical Society to name a few. Jenny holds offices in many local lineage groups and genealogical societies.