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Join us as we discuss "Case Histories" by Kate Atkinson via Zoom. Copies are available at the library -- please ask at the Information Desk or Curbside Pickup.

This program is held in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

Come and discuss your newest creations, what you've been working on, and what inspires you. Teens will have a chance to share their art work and work on their current project. Each meeting will have a loose theme, but feel free to bring and share anything your working on.

March 17: Characters
April 14: Sketching
May 12: Chalk Art

Register with the best email to send you an invite to our virtual programming space.

Job hunting during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. William Schrack of the Barrington Career Center will outline how to conduct a successful job search with techniques that have been proven to work. In this workshop, you will learn how to set up your workspace at home, develop a plan, obtain support, maximize virtual networking and more!

Geared for homeschool students grades K-6 with caregivers
We'll have activities for students the first half of the program followed by an opportunity for parents to network over Zoom. Include your email for connection details.

geared for early elementary school students
To celebrate National Poetry Month, join us as we listen to and make up our own rhymes and poems over Zoom! Please include your email address for connection details.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Great Beginnings is geared for birth-23 months. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Gather your "QuaranTeam" (individuals welcome, too!) and some beverages and snacks for Virtual Trivia! We will be playing live via Zoom meeting, one team per log-in, please. Questions will be geared towards adults, but all ages are welcome. We will also be featuring movie questions in honor of the Oscars this month! Please make sure to join us right at 7pm as we go over instructions.

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your camera on.

Grades K-6
one registration per family or device
Get your paper and pencils ready for a virtual drawing class led by cartoonist Mark Anderson! Learn to draw all kinds of fun robots using only numbers, Roman numerals, and the occasional math symbol. You will not believe all the things you can draw with numbers!! Please enter your email address for connection details.

The Chiara String Quartet will perform in the comfort of your own home via their YouTube channel – register below and link will be emailed when the recording is available, or simply bookmark the DSO YouTube channel, where you can also find past performances: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUFPCXaP1D7WOBAWbbL-Pww

Concert will be recorded on April 11 -- recording will be emailed when available.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Preschool storytime is geared for 3-5 years. Each week, Monday's and Friday's class will be the same. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

Knowing where you are going with that first stroke is the single most important step in a successful painting. The sketch is like a map to your wildest journey. Large format watercolor artist Michael Ireland will stress the importance of drawing and how it sets the stage for multiple passes of glazes and color washes. Provided in partnership with the DuPage Art League.

Register here for the Zoom webinar invitation:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OdkWTYVbSVWyFONvE10gjA

How to attract and retain good customers is among the hardest tasks for the small business owner. Marketing plays a key role, but what tools should you use? Facilitated by Tom Drouin, a SCORE Certified Small Business Master Mentor, participants will have the opportunity to share, discuss and learn during an open discussion about how to determine customer needs and how to get them to say yes to your product or service offering.

Register in advance for this virtual zoom meeting:

In this 3 session class learn how to use Tinkercad and create your own project that we'll print out on our 3D printer.

Register with the best email address to be invited to our virtual programming space.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Toddler Time is geared for 2-3 years. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

grades K-6
What can you create from your recyclables? Join us on Zoom as we create recycled masterpieces! Please include your email address for connection details.

Make a few self-planting seed bombs, just in time for spring! Two business days after registering, pick-up your craft kit at the Information Desk or Curbside April 1 - 21. A limited number of kits are available, first come first served, while supplies last. Contact bericson@wheatonlibrary.org with questions.
Also needed: tray, wax paper, apron

This program is provided in the Zoom Meeting format so that you may better engage and interact with the presenter and other participants. If you feel comfortable doing so, please turn your microphone and/or camera on.

geared for grades K-6
Let's play virtual bingo and learn about how to protect our amazing planet! Bingo cards will be available to pick up at the library beginning April 8. Please include your email address for connection details.

Join us for a virtual storytime via Zoom! Great Beginnings is geared for birth-23 months. Please enter your e-mail address for instructions and connection details.

WPL and Literacy DuPage host an English Conversation Group every Saturday morning. Practice your English and learn new phrases in a friendly environment via Zoom! Everyone is welcome!

This program is a Zoom Meeting so you can engage and interact with the leader and others. Please turn your microphone and camera on.

Grades K-6
Find a new reading friend! Register to virtually read with a teen volunteer. After registration, we'll help you pick a book to share together!

Grades K-6
Find a new reading friend! Register to virtually read with a teen volunteer. After registration, we'll help you pick a book to share together!

Explore the “Nuestras Historias” exhibition which includes works from the museum's permanent collection. Nuestras Historias highlights the Museum’s Permanent Collection to showcase the dynamic and diverse stories of Mexican identity in North America. The exhibition presents cultural identity as something that continually evolves across time, regions, and communities, rather than as a static, unchanging entity, and features ancient Mesoamerican and colonial artifacts, modern Mexican art, folk art, and contemporary works from both sides of the U.S.–Mexican border.

Hope Jahren, an award-winning geobiologist, illuminates the link between human consumption habits and our imperiled planet in "The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here." She outlines the projected consequences of global warming and the actions that we all can take to fight back.
Pick up a copy at the Information Desk or Curbside, read, and join this thoughtful discussion.

In this 3 session class learn how to use Tinkercad and create your own project that we'll print out on our 3D printer.

Register with the best email address to be invited to our virtual programming space.