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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by making your very own piñata! Listen to a brief presentation on the history of piñatas and the process before making your very own. This is a two-day workshop and patrons must attend both sessions Tuesday, September 20th and Thursday, September 22nd from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

This program is first come, first served a space is limited. It is intended for teens and adults. Children 10+ are welcome with the help of an assisting adult. Este evento será en inglés y español.

For more information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

¡Celebra el mes de la Herencia Hispana haciendo tu propia piñata! Escucha una presentación breve sobre la historia de las piñatas y el proceso.

Este taller consiste en dos días y necesitas asistir ambas sesiones martes, 20 de septiembre y jueves, 22 de septiembre de las 5:00 a las 7:00 p.m. para participar.

Para obtener información adicional comuníquese con Isabel en [email protected] o (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Calling all moms, dads, entrepreneurs, teens, college students, or anyone interested in coding! For this program we will be exploring HTML, the foundation of all web pages. Students will learn HTML terminology, how to create tags, headings, images, videos, links, and more.

This program is designed for patrons with no coding experience who want to learn something new. Today we will be designing a webpage about Foxes!

This program is intended for adults and mature teens. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Calling all moms, dads, entrepreneurs, teens, college students, or anyone interested in coding! We will be exploring CSS, a coding language meant for the presentation of a web page’s content and is a continuation of Coding Bootcamp: HTML taking place on September 27th. CSS is used to modify any HTML tag, and add color, background images, change the layout of your page to beautify any webpage.

This program is designed for patrons with no coding experience who want to learn something new and those who have taken Coding Bootcamp: HTML.

This program is intended for adults and mature teens. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month by playing Lotería, a traditional game of chance played throughout Mexico that resembles BINGO, but with pictures! Learn about the history of the game before learning how to play. Prizes will be handed out after each round to a few lucky winners!

Lotería cards will be provided for each person that attends. First come, first served as space is limited. No registration is required. Intended for school aged children. Este evento será en inglés y español.

For more information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Celebra el mes de la Herencia Hispana jugando lotería, un juego azar tradicional que se juega atreves de todo México parecido a BINGO con fotos. Aprenda sobre la historia del juego antes de aprender mientras jugamos. Este evento será en inglés y español.

Para obtener información adicional comuníquese con Isabel en [email protected] o (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Have you ever wondered what paranormal investigators do? What tools they use? How they analyze the evidence they collect and make sense of it all? Join paranormal investigators Greg Reisner & Jenny Beyerlein of the Spectre Group in Iowa City as they walk you through the process of a typical case and show you the evidence they has collected along the way.

Greg Reisner was born and raised in the DeKalb Sycamore area. He decided to become a paranormal investigator after receiving some strange phone calls in 1996 after the passing of his father. In the past 14 years him and his team, Johnson County Paranormal, have done well over 100 investigations in a variety of locations including restaurants, cemeteries, the Villisca Ax Murder House and more. During this session Greg & Jenny, representing their second Paranormal Team, The Spectre Group, will discuss the evidence they have collected from four high profile locations; Villisca Ax Murder House, Edinburgh Manor, Peoria State Hospital and Morse Mill Hotel.

This event is free and open to all. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Calling all moms, dads, entrepreneurs, teens, college students, or anyone interested in coding! For this program we will be exploring HTML, the foundation of all web pages. Students will learn HTML terminology, how to create tags, headings, images, videos, links, and more.

This program is designed for patrons with no coding experience who want to learn something new. Today we will be designing a webpage about Foxes!

This program is intended for adults and mature teens. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Calling all moms, dads, entrepreneurs, teens, college students, or anyone interested in coding! We will be exploring CSS, a coding language meant for the presentation of a web page’s content and is a continuation of Coding Bootcamp: HTML taking place on October 25th. CSS is used to modify any HTML tag, and add color, background images, change the layout of your page to beautify any webpage.

This program is designed for patrons with no coding experience who want to learn something new and those who have taken Coding Bootcamp: HTML.

This program is intended for adults and mature teens. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Celebrate Día de los Muertos with the DeKalb Public Library by making your very own ofrenda. The Day of the Dead, or in Spanish, el Día de los Muertos, is a Latin-American holiday that celebrates the lives of those who have passed.

Ofrendas (offerings) are brightly decorated shrines that pay tribute to loved ones. They often contain candles, photographs, and the favorite foods of the departed. These are intended to welcome the dead and secure blessings in the future.

In this program patrons will listen to a brief history lesson about Día de los Muertos and build their own ofrendas. All materials will be provided, but patrons are welcome to bring their own decorations (ex. Family photos, etc.) as well.

This program is first come, first served as there are a limited number of supplies. It is intended for all ages.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

Remember the experience of turning off the lights, huddling under a blanket, and watching an old black and white monster movie? Ever tell ghost stories by candlelight? Or around a campfire?

That skin crawling experience is what Familiar Spirits recreates for teens and adults. With a little something extra.

Experience an evening of “supernatural” theatre where the stories are so frighteningly real, the only relief is to scream, that is, after you stop laughing…

This is an interactive performance of chilling stories, eerie history, and inexplicable “supernatural” occurrences.

“William will have you believing in ghosts…with the lights on, he can chill the blood, but when the lights go out, it’s even more scare.” -Courier News (Elgin, IL)

This program is intended for adults and older teens, but younger patrons may attend with parental discretion. No registration is required.

For additional information, please contact Isabel at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 1700.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the DeKalb Public Library.