Upcoming Events › All Ages

Ready to start planning for gardening season? It’s time to see what’s new in trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, roses, vegetables and herbs this year. Kim Hartmann, landscape designer at Countryside Nursery, will share over 50 NEW plants that are proven for our area and add color, texture and diversity to your landscape along with tips and tricks for maintaining your garden. This annual favorite presentation will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar. To receive the Zoom registration link, please…

Water, food waste, and leaves... don't throw them away, let's use them! Sarah Michehl from The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will host this free Zoom webinar to share some easy ways to conserve water and turn those food scraps into something usable. Information, order forms, and lessons learned will be shared on the basics of rain barrels and composters in a suburban landscape. Also learn more about the Conservation@Home program!  To register for this program, please email adultservices@harvard-diggins.org and…

Kim Hartmann of Countryside Nursery shares the basics of growing your own vegetable garden in this free webinar on Zoom. To receive the Zoom registration link, email adultservices@harvard-diggins.org.

Live virtual author event with Marie Benedict, author of the NYT Bestselling book "The Mystery of Mrs. Christie."  To register, please email adultervices@harvard-diggins.org.  Free courtesy of your library.

From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhere—but do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Dave Desimone of the Wisconsin Historical Society reexamines the poster’s roots in the nineteenth century and explores the relevance they still possess in the age of COVID-19 and modern social justice movements.  To receive the Zoom registration link for this…

Learn about the life of the Eastern Bluebird, the decline of populations due to habitat loss and aggresive introduced species, and the local conservation efforts and success of the bluebird trail program in this free webinar presented by the McHenry County Conservation District. This program is tentatively planned as a webinar, but may move to an outdoor in-person program if pandemic conditions allow.  Adult Summer Reading Club participants who attend can log this as an activity in their Beanstack accounts…

British actress Audrey Hepburn on the set of Breakfast at Tiffany's based on the novel by Truman Capote and directed by Blake Edwards. (Photo by Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) Versatile, dependable, and affordable, the Little Black Dress or "LBD" has become the fashion equivalent of a Model T Ford. In this illustrated lecture, historian Leslie Goddard, Ph.D., explores the history of this fashion icon. Learn how Chanel helped dissociate black from mourning, how Audrey Hepburn helped establish the…

  Are you wondering what to do with an abundance of garden produce? Join Andrea Pracht of My Kitchen Clatter and learn how to make a classic dill pickle using the brining method. Water, salt, a jar, and produce is all you need - this method works for all sorts of vegetables and fruits. As part of this class, you’ll get instructions, inspiration, and ideas.  Tentative plan for this class is to be an outdoor class held at the library…