If no events are listed here, please see the Upcoming Friends’ Events column on the home page.
Find a world of friends at the many events and performances that happen across the Chicago Public Library system, neighboring libraries, and within Edgewater and the neighboring communities. Let’s play, learn, and engage together to keep our libraries and communities vibrant! We’ll note when an event is sponsored or co-hosted by the Friends of the Edgewater Library. Please make sure to click on the event name to see all the details.
Check below to see which programs will be hosted on-line via Zoom and for a direct link to Zoom registration.
Once registered, you will receive a link to the program that is unique to you; please do not forward or share that link with anyone else.
Please Note: All programs will be recorded, unless otherwise noted in the listing. By registering you are giving Friends of the Edgewater Library permission to use your image and voice as a part of that recording and its future use online without any expectation of remuneration, now or in the future. If you have privacy concerns, you may mute your audio and video, or choose not to register for a program. If you have any questions, please email us.
Enjoy the cocktail or mocktail of your choice and help us raise bucks for books as Marti’s donates a portion of all sales to Friends of the Edgewater Library.
Will you be our friend at the Edgewater Library? Come celebrate the end of National Friends of the Library Week with a friendly storybook tea time for two.
Come to our regular October Members’ Meeting. We’ll be on Zooom only for this meeting, so please register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting. Register Now.
What happens when an American family moves into a haunted British mansion but doesn’t believe in its ghost? This humorous short story by Oscar Wilde is not only about a humiliated spirit but is a satire about British nobility and Americans’ way of life. Register now.
Books from every genre - hardbacks, softcover - all your favorite authors! Fill a grocery bag only on Sunday from 3-4 p.m. for $5.
Books from every genre - hardbacks, softcover - all your favorite authors!
There's murder on the menu in this popular mystery sub-genre called "cozy food mysteries." Register now.
Join us virtually via Zoom, to talk about a current book you’re reading or one that you want to recommend to the group. Register now.
Come join us for our first in-person meeting since 2020! We’ll be at the Edgewater Branch Library in the Betty Barclay Community Room, 2nd floor at 10 a.m.
If you can’t attend in person, please register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting. Register Now.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting. This month is our Annual Members Meeting and Officer Elections for the 2022-2023 year. Register Now.
Join us virtually via Zoom, to talk about a current book you’re reading or one that you want to recommend to the group. Register now.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
At 17, Author Jarrett Adams was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. Hear how Jarrett’s 10-year incarceration led him to discover a higher purpose. Register now.
Join us virtually via Zoom, to talk about a current book you’re reading or one that you want to recommend to the group. Register now.
Join us virtually via Zoom, to talk about a current book you’re reading or one that you want to recommend to the group. Register now.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
Here’s your chance! Whether you’re a writer for fun or a published author, we want to hear your stories in our first open mic event - Flash Fiction | Writers on the Edge. Register to attend. Register to read.
Join us virtually via Zoom, to talk about a current book you’re reading or one that you want to recommend to the group. Register now.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
Who didn’t read at least one Nancy Drew book whether as a teenager or young adult - or are you secretly keeping your stash under the bed as an adult? For anyone who loves a good mystery as a reader or writer, your love affair with this genre likely started with a Nancy Drew mystery.
Join us on Wednesday, October 20, at 7 p.m. as we chat with one of the foremost authors on Nancy Drew, Jenn Fisher, in conversation with physician by day, crime novelist by night, Alexia Gordon. Register now.
Meet four authors writing about “Seeking Sanctuary” in our upcoming September 30 program that celebrates the resilience of women. Join us and follow four paths, three fiction, and one memoir, for a journey in the different ways everyone seeks sanctuary in their own lives. Register Now
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
The Friends of the Northtown Branch Library ( 6800 N. Western Avenue at Pratt and Western) are hosting a book sale on August 15th.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
Join us virtually via Zoom, to talk about a current book you’re reading or one that you want to recommend to the group. Register now.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting.
Chicago Audubon Society’s, John Elliott takes a fascinating look at how Midwest birds and other animals use migration to survive.
This May, we honor Mental Health Awareness Month with a program that reflects this year’s theme of “You Are Not Alone.” In “Out of the Darkness,” two authors shed light on mental illness in families through their writings -- one in fiction, one through memoir. Register now.
Register via Zoom and join us for our regular monthly members’ meeting. This is also our Annual Meeting and we’re voting on our 2021-2022 officers.
