Sunday Matinee: "The Ballad of Wallis Island" In-Person

Join us for a screening (and popcorn!) of the film The Ballad of Wallis Island.The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basde......More

Join us for a screening (and popcorn!) of the film The Ballad of Wallis Island.The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden & Carey Mulligan) back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.Rating: PG-13. Running Time: 99 min.No registration required.

BC Meeting Room, Baugher Center

Cupcakes and Canvas In-Person

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or ......More

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or guardian must accompany each child. For Kids Ages 6-12. Register for one session beginning Monday, March 9 at 9 AM. Register online or call 219-983-9715.

BC Meeting Room, Baugher Center

Cupcakes and Canvas In-Person

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or ......More

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or guardian must accompany each child. For Kids Ages 6-12. Register for one session beginning Monday, March 9 at 9 AM. Register online or call 219-983-9715.

BC Meeting Room, Baugher Center

Cupcakes and Canvas In-Person

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or ......More

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or guardian must accompany each child. For Kids Ages 6-12. Register for one session beginning Monday, March 9 at 9 AM. Register online or call 219-983-9715.

BC Meeting Room, Baugher Center

Virtual Event : America's Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter

For more information or to register, click here.Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work, Wal......More

For more information or to register, click here.Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal. In this work, Walter, a Pulitzer finalist, exposes the country’s failed response to the opioid crisis, and the malfeasance, corruption, and snake oil which blight the drug rehabilitation industry.Today, more people have access to treatment than ever before. So why isn’t it working? The answer is that in America—where anyone can get addicted—only certain people get a real chance to recover. Despite record numbers of overdose deaths, our default response is still to punish, while rehabs across the United States fail to incorporate scientifically proven strategies and exploit patients. In this book, you’ll find the stories of four people who represent the failures of the rehab-industrial complex, and the ways our treatment system often prevents recovery. April is a black mom in Philadelphia, who witnessed firsthand how the government’s punitive response to the crack epidemic impeded her mother’s recovery—and then her own. Chris, a young middle-class white man from Louisiana, received more opportunities in his addiction than April, including the chance to go to treatment instead of prison. Yet the only program the judge permitted was one that forced him to perform unpaid back-breaking labor at for-profit companies. Wendy is a mother from a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles, whose son died in a sober living home. She began investigating for-profit treatment programs—yet law enforcement and regulators routinely ignored her warnings, allowing rehab patients to die, again and again. Larry is a surgeon who himself struggled with addiction, and would eventually become one of the first Suboxone prescribers in the nation, drawing the scrutiny of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Be sure to register now to participate in this urgent conversation and learn insight on how we might fix the system to save lives.

Cupcakes and Canvas In-Person

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or ......More

Join Museum Educator Susan Swarner in the Baugher Center for Cupcakes and Canvas to paint a masterpiece and enjoy delicious cupcakes. No previous art experience is necessary and all supplies are provided. Participants should wear clothes that can get messy. A parent or guardian must accompany each child. For Kids Ages 6-12. Register for one session beginning Monday, March 9 at 9 AM. Register online or call 219-983-9715.

BC Meeting Room, Baugher Center

Road Trip Trivia Night In-Person

We’re “Hitting the Road” this month with a look at the best Road Trip movies, television, music and places to visit. Teams of 1-4 can vie for the prize. Doors open at 6:45PM. Seating is first come, first served. For Adults Ages 18 and Up.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Diana of the Dunes Birthday Celebration In-Person

Celebrate Diana of the Dunes--On March 25, 1881, Alice Gray was born in Chicago. Celebrate her life and legacy with a presentation by Susan Swarner and Serena Ard. Light refreshments will be served. Event will be held at the Baugher Center. For Ages 12 and Up.

BC Meeting Room, Baugher Center

Diamond Art Magnets In-Person

Create a sparkling floral magnet using diamond painting. All supplies will be provided in this beginner friendly crafting experience.For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens March 19. Register online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Brick Zone In-Person

We provide the LEGO, you provide the imagination! Join us and other LEGO Master Builders for our monthly building challenge. Your creation will be displayed at the library.For Kids in Grades K-4.Registration opens Thursday, March 19. Register online or call 219-926-908......More

We provide the LEGO, you provide the imagination! Join us and other LEGO Master Builders for our monthly building challenge. Your creation will be displayed at the library.For Kids in Grades K-4.Registration opens Thursday, March 19. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Diamond Art Magnets In-Person

Create a sparkling floral magnet using diamond painting. All supplies will be provided in this beginner friendly crafting experience.For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens March 19. Register online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Toddler Time In-Person

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week s......More

Join us for a fun-filled session of stories, songs, and activities. This program offers a welcoming environment for children to socialize, create, and learn through play.For Toddler Ages 2-3 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 23. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Children's Department, Thomas Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Tickle Tales In-Person

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9......More

Join us for a storytime designed for young children and their caregiver. Each week will include short books, songs, rhymes, finger plays, and maybe even a craft. Practice social and early literacy skills which lead to becoming a lifelong reader and learner. For Babies 9 - 24 Months and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-9080 to reserve your spot for this 4 week session.

Emily Peterson Meeting Room, Hageman Branch

Northshore Presents: EmpowHERment In-Person

For Women’s History Month this March, we invite you to join us for EmpowHERment! This women’s workshop will take place in a supportive and inclusive environment, focusing on the unique mental health challenges that many women face, coping strategies, self-care, and more......More

For Women’s History Month this March, we invite you to join us for EmpowHERment! This women’s workshop will take place in a supportive and inclusive environment, focusing on the unique mental health challenges that many women face, coping strategies, self-care, and more! Come ready to learn and relax, and leave empowered!For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens March 24. Register online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Crochet 101 In-Person

Have you always wanted to learn how to crochet? Beginners are invited to join our 3 week class and learn the basics. Sign up once for all 3 classes.For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens February 24. Register online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Crochet 101 In-Person

Have you always wanted to learn how to crochet? Beginners are invited to join our 3 week class and learn the basics. Sign up once for all 3 classes.For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens February 24. Register online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Crochet 101 In-Person

Have you always wanted to learn how to crochet? Beginners are invited to join our 3 week class and learn the basics. Sign up once for all 3 classes.For adults ages 18 and up. Registration opens February 24. Register online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Little Explorers In-Person

Join us for exciting tales, silly songs, activities, and more!For Kids Ages 4-6 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 25. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Little Explorers In-Person

Join us for exciting tales, silly songs, activities, and more!For Kids Ages 4-6 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 25. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Little Explorers In-Person

Join us for exciting tales, silly songs, activities, and more!For Kids Ages 4-6 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 25. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch

Little Explorers In-Person

Join us for exciting tales, silly songs, activities, and more!For Kids Ages 4-6 and Their Caregivers.Registration opens March 25. Register for this four week session online or call 219-926-7696 to reserve your spot.

Bertha Wood Meeting Room, Thomas Branch