Grades 6-12
Thursday, Dec. 14
6-8 pm
Ames Room
Wrapping is hard. Do you need to learn how to do it? Or, do you want to wrap without friends or family seeing? Drop by and get it all done. Use our wrapping paper, or bring your own. We’ll supply the tape, bows and other supplies, too. No registration needed.
Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 16-17
Available All Day
Watch the 2016 stage recording of The Nutcracker, danced by The Royal Ballet (United Kingdom), with music played by Royal Opera House Orchestra. Registrants will receive an email with a special link and instructions for viewing on YouTube.
The Home of the Sparrow Holiday Giving Tree has returned to the lobby at Crystal Lake Public Library. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) coordinates the Giving Tree program and forwards all donations to the Home of the Sparrow, a nonprofit organization serving homeless women and children in McHenry County.
The tree is adorned with ornament tags listing suggested gifts. Grab a tag, buy the gift and return it unwrapped to the Circulation Desk by Dec. 30. Each tag also has a QR code, which patrons can scan and go directly to an Amazon wish list to purchase gifts. Amazon will then deliver the gifts directly to Home of the Sparrow headquarters.
The library’s online resources are available 24 hours per day! You can use your library card to borrow eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, TV shows and magazines at your convenience.
