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What is Poetry?
2025-10-02 19:00:00 2025-10-02 20:00:00 America/Chicago What is Poetry? Discover poetry, its history and how it is and can be just about anything. View examples of various meters, rhymes and structures that are most commonly used in poetry as well as some strange pieces. Fountaindale Public Library - Meeting Room D

Thursday, October 02
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-02 19:00:00 2025-10-02 20:00:00 America/Chicago What is Poetry? Discover poetry, its history and how it is and can be just about anything. View examples of various meters, rhymes and structures that are most commonly used in poetry as well as some strange pieces. Fountaindale Public Library - Meeting Room D

Fountaindale Public Library

Meeting Room D

Discover poetry, its history and how it is and can be just about anything. View examples of various meters, rhymes and structures that are most commonly used in poetry as well as some strange pieces.

TAGS: | Studio 300 | Reading/Writing/Publishing |

AGE GROUPS: | Adults |

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Bookmobile Stop: Target - (Off site)
Sat, Oct 18, 10:00am - 2:00pm
1188 W. Boughton Road
Monster Bash on the Boo-mobile! - (Off site/Drop in)
Sat, Oct 18, 10:00am - 2:00pm
1188 W. Boughton Road
Secretary of State Mobile DMV
Sat, Oct 18, 10:00am - 2:00pm
Meeting Room A
Register
Storytime - (Drop in)
Sat, Oct 18, 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Teen Volunteering
Sat, Oct 18, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Vortex
Registration opens Saturday, September 27 2025 at 9:00am
Vortex Open Video Game Play - (Drop in)
Sun, Oct 19, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Vortex
Baby Storytime - (Drop in)
Mon, Oct 20, 9:30am - 9:50am
Children's Storytime Room
Storytime - (Drop in)
Mon, Oct 20, 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Library Express Van Visit: Meadowbrook Manor - (Off site)
Mon, Oct 20, 10:00am - 11:00am
431 Remington Boulevard
Storytime - (Drop in)
Mon, Oct 20, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Library Express Van Stop: McKenzie Falls Townhomes - (Off site)
Mon, Oct 20, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
265 Lake Shore Drive
Crafternoon at McKenzie Falls - (Off site/Drop in)
Mon, Oct 20, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
265 Lakeshore Drive
Bookmobile Stop: RiverStone Apartments - (Off site)
Mon, Oct 20, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
308 Woodcreek Drive
Knitting and Crocheters Nest - (Drop in)
Mon, Oct 20, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B
Books & Bubble Tea
Mon, Oct 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Vortex
Registration opens Monday, September 29 2025 at 9:00am
Noche de la Familia - (Sin registro previo)
Mon, Oct 20, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Storytime Room
Love Lit Book Club - "Thank You For Listening" by Julia Whelan (Drop in)
Mon, Oct 20, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Peggy J. Danhof Board Room
Baby Storytime - (Drop in)
Tue, Oct 21, 9:30am - 9:50am
Children's Storytime Room
Bookmobile Visit: John R. Tibbott Elementary School - (Off site)
Tue, Oct 21, 9:30am - 2:30pm
520 Gary Drive
Needleworker's Group - (Drop in)
Tue, Oct 21, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Meeting Room C
Storytime - (Drop in)
Tue, Oct 21, 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Coffee & Conversation Book Club - "Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books" (Drop in)
Tue, Oct 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Meeting Room B
Storytime - (Drop in)
Tue, Oct 21, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Bookmobile Visit: Wood View Elementary School - YMCA Afterschool Program (Off site)
Tue, Oct 21, 4:00pm - 4:30pm
197 Winston Drive
Teen Volunteering - Ozobot Club
Tue, Oct 21, 4:15pm - 5:45pm
Vortex & Children's Storytime Room
Registration opens Tuesday, September 30 2025 at 9:00am
Ozobot Coding Club
Tue, Oct 21, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Storytime Room
Registration opens Tuesday, September 30 2025 at 9:00am
Bookmobile Stop: Ashbury's - New Location (Off site)
Tue, Oct 21, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
335 E. Boughton Road
Zom-Barbies
Tue, Oct 21, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room B
Registration opens Tuesday, September 30 2025 at 9:00am
Sensory Storytime
Tue, Oct 21, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Storytime Room
Potty Training for Parents and Caregivers
Tue, Oct 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A
Registration opens Tuesday, September 30 2025 at 9:00am
Bookmobile Visit: Oak View Elementary School - (Off site)
Wed, Oct 22, 9:30am - 11:30am
150 N. Schmidt Road
Baby Storytime - (Drop in)
Wed, Oct 22, 9:30am - 9:50am
Children's Storytime Room
English Conversation Group with Literacy Dupage - (Drop in)
Wed, Oct 22, 10:00am - 11:30am
Storytime - (Drop in)
Wed, Oct 22, 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Storytime - (Drop in)
Wed, Oct 22, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Kids Start-Up Academy - Presented in Partnership with Bolingbrook Bank & Trust
Wed, Oct 22, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room B
Registration opens Wednesday, October 1 2025 at 9:00am
SCORE Workshop - (Online)
Wed, Oct 22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Register
Storytime - (Drop in)
Wed, Oct 22, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Storytime Room
Great Reads Book Club - "Dracula" by Bram Stoker (Drop in)
Wed, Oct 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Peggy J. Danhof Board Room
Bookmobile Visit: Pioneer Elementary School - (Off site)
Thu, Oct 23, 9:30am - 2:30pm
1470 Raven Drive
Storytime at Wholey Granoly - (Off site)
Thu, Oct 23, 9:30am - 10:30am
714 E. Boughton Road
Registration opens Thursday, October 9 2025 at 9:00am
Baby Storytime - (Drop in)
Thu, Oct 23, 9:30am - 9:50am
Children's Storytime Room
Knitting and Crocheters Nest - (Drop in)
Thu, Oct 23, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Peggy J. Danhof Board Room
Storytime - (Drop in)
Thu, Oct 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Cuentos en Español - (Sin registro previo)
Thu, Oct 23, 11:00am - 11:30am
Children's Storytime Room
Bookmobile Stop: Fernwood Townhomes - (Off site)
Thu, Oct 23, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Fernwood Drive Lots A/B
Teen Volunteering - STEM Grid Drawing
Thu, Oct 23, 4:15pm - 5:45pm
Vortex & Children's Creativity Park
Registration opens Thursday, October 2 2025 at 9:00am
Mystery Grid Drawings
Thu, Oct 23, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Creativity Park
Registration opens Thursday, October 2 2025 at 9:00am
First Presbyterian Church of DuPage Community Stop - (Off site)
Thu, Oct 23, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
180 N. Weber Road
Paint by Numbers: From Concept to Painting
Thu, Oct 23, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room A
Registration opens Thursday, October 2 2025 at 9:00am
Storytime - (Drop in)
Thu, Oct 23, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Children's Storytime Room
Custom Halloween T-shirts
Thu, Oct 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room B
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Silent Book Club - (Off site/ Drop in)
Thu, Oct 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
704 E. Boughton Road
Library Express Van Visit: KinderCare (Weber) - (Off site)
Fri, Oct 24, 9:30am - 10:30am
895 S. Weber Road
STEM Exploration: LEGO Wrecking Ball - Homeschool Exploration
Fri, Oct 24, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Creativity Park,Children's Storytime Room
Registration opens Friday, October 3 2025 at 9:00am
Library Express Van Visit: StoryPoint Bolingbrook - (Off site)
Fri, Oct 24, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
370 N. Weber Road
Preschool Play - (Drop in)
Fri, Oct 24, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Children's Creativity Park,Children's Storytime Room
Teen Movie Friday - (Drop in)
Fri, Oct 24, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Vortex
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