Week Calendar

Join us for an infant-toddler storytime designed to introduce your little ones to the wonderful world of reading through music, movement, repetition, and a story read-aloud followed by play time with other families. Best for ages 0-3.

Join us for open play time where caregivers and tots can come to interact and play each week.

Join us for stories and songs each Wednesday! For kids ages 2 to 4 and their caregivers.

Would you like to get started writing down your memories, but you need a little accountability?

Join us for a family-friendly storytime! Best for ages 2-5, but children of all ages are welcome!

Sip coffee and socialize while learning basic tech skills in a relaxed environment with this new monthly series.

Some things -- like books, food, and MUSIC -- help bring people together.  Bring your family together for a musical weekend storytime at North Branch.

Join us for music, movement and stories for kids 2 to 5 years old.

Bring your little scientists ages 3 through 6 years for an introduction to the scientific method and to have some science fun.  We'll be questioning, investigating, experimenting and figuring it out together.

Join us for a free yoga class with one of the top yoga instructors on YouTube, Yoga with Adriene.

Join us for a free yoga class with one of the top yoga instructors on YouTube, Yoga with Adriene.

Work on your masterpiece for Novel November at the McClure Branch! Light refreshments and noise-cancelling headphones will be provided. Ages 13+ 

Ages 6-12. Join us each month as we make friends and explore coding, robotics, and real world problem solving. No prior experience required! 

The Mature Readers Book Club meets at Lakeview Branch 2:15 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise noted.

For more information, please call (309) 370-0067 

January 29   

If you have been wanting to learn how to play Disney's TCG, join us for us for an afternoon where we start by watching a video explain rules of play and do a walk through on how to play the game.

Have an after school group and are looking for a location for fun STEAM activities? Call ahead to Lincoln Branch Library where we have our STEAM Train program!

Calling all LEGO fans!!! Join us at Lakeview Branch for our drop-in LEGO Builders' Club. Come in for part of the time or stay for the entire two hours of play.  Third Friday of each month.

In conjunction with the 2025 Peoria Reads title, Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music by David Remnick, we will be showing the 2024 blockbuster, A Complete Unknown (rated-R), featuring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, and

Have an after school group and are looking for a location for fun STEAM activities? Call ahead to Lincoln Branch Library where we have our STEAM Train program!

Are you mourning the loss of your summer garden? Do you want to have houseplants, but are afraid you might kill them? We have the perfect solution: create your own blooming cactus with Perler beads. Adults only. Registration required.

Have an after school group and are looking for a location for fun STEAM activities? Call ahead to Lincoln Branch Library where we have our STEAM Train program!

Are you interested in starting to use the library but you don't know where to begin?  Come join us for a quick tour to see what the library has to offer.  We will cover all four floors and discover resources and treasures on each.

Have an after school group and are looking for a location for fun STEAM activities? Call ahead to Lincoln Branch Library where we have our STEAM Train program!

Join us for Land Acknowledgement and You - a program dedicated to acknowledging Native American land and the history of our nation and Peoria.

Whether you want to relive your childhood or introduce your littles to some of your favorite classics, all are welcome the third Thursday of the month for a different 90s/00s movie! All movies are rated G or PG.

Every year, Illinois celebrates the power of reading as a family with Family Reading Night. North Branch invites families of all ages and sizes to come out and join us for a Storytime (5:00-5:30), and a read-a-thon (4:30-7:30).

Join us for a night of Micro-RPGs! We've got a selection of single page ttrpgs for you to try out, that range in table size and genre, but all can be played in a short amount of time! Bring some friends, or make new ones.

Learn how to make your own Mason jar snow globes with artificial snow, miniature animal figurines, trees, objects. 

Dress for a mess.

Library Board Meetings are held on the third Tuesday at 5:30pm.

Join us for Pokémon Club! You can play the TCG or the videogames, compete in trivia, or make some Pokémon crafts! Please bring your own devices to play the videogames.

Try out a new craft that's gone viral on Tiktok, Pinterest and more on the 3rd Thursday of every month! This month, we're making beaded succulents!

Calling all cozy mystery lovers! Join us for our Cozy Mystery Book Club. Each month, we will read and discuss a cozy mystery, usually the first in a series.

Join us for a discussion of Holding the Note: Profiles in Popular Music by David Remnick, the 2025 Peoria Reads selection.

If you’ve been on the #spicy side of BookTok, you’ll love this new contemporary romance book club that meets every third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Sugar!

January 21: Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade 

Join our horror themed book club for a horrifyingly good time at Olympia Sports Bar & Grill. Love of horror is a must, love of brews not required. 

Join us on the fourth Thursday of the month (third Thurs in November and December) to discuss your favorite Sherlock Holmes stories.

New members are always welcome, whether you’re a seasoned Sherlockian or a newcomer to the canon! 

Join award-winning cookbook author, New York Times food columnist, and Serious Eats director J. Kenji López-Alt for an evening of cooking insights, techniques, and foodie exploration.