Grades 6-12. Create a soft, chunky blanket using just your hands! Learn hand-knitting techniques with no needles required. The Library will provide all necessary materials. Grades 6-12. Register. Create a soft, chunky blanket using just your hands! This workshop teaches hand-knitting techniques with no needles required. The Library will provide all necessary materials. Teen events are for the listed grades only; no parents or younger siblings, please.
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Create leaf rubbings, leaf crowns, and a take‑home leaf press while exploring autumn colors and textures at Ardenwood, all ages.
Quarry Lakes marks 25 years with fishing games, guided walks, Mobile Fish Tank, food trucks, information booths, and a fire truck display, all ages, parking fees apply.
Hour of Code block programming guided by teen instructor Sarah at Centerville Library, participants use devices or borrow laptops, tickets handed out fifteen minutes prior, for ages 3–12.
Craft and Talk (Newark Library, 2nd Floor, The Curiosity Shop) — Bring‑your‑own projects, use supplied art supplies, create and chat with others, ages 13+, limited space, first‑come.
Craft folk-art dolls from colorful corn husks, adding silk hair, twig broom, or acorn cap at Ardenwood, all ages, admission fee applies.
Fall-themed mini cutting board workshop at Fremont Public Library, supplies and instruction provided, Fremont cardholders only, registration required, for ages 18 and up.
Fiber arts enthusiasts gather at Fremont Library’s Van Doorn Room to work on personal knitting, crochet, macramé, cross‑stitch, latch‑hook, or quilting projects, ages 18+.
Fremont Fear Factor at Fremont Public Library offers a series of scary-good challenges without live animals, safe for participants, for all ages.
Booktok Talks at AREA Coffee features a discussion of Mexican Gothic with coffee and pastries provided by the Library, for ages 18 and up.
Online fall reading challenge at Fremont Public Library, log three prompts to enter a $50 gift card drawing, assistance available at Adult Help Desk, ages 18+.
Open Sew (Fremont Library, In The Spark, 2nd floor) — Community sewing session with machines, thread, iron, scissors, rotary cutter, fabric scraps; bring projects, get advice, 8 machines available, 18+.
Biweekly free English classes taught by Mundelein High School teachers at Fremont Public Library, for ages 18 and up.
