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Summer Smoothie Smash

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room 3 at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Teens

Join Intentional Nutrition and discover how to craft and blend tasty fruit smoothies! Registration required.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Meeting Room 3
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Intentional Nutrition and discover how to craft and blend tasty fruit smoothies! Registration required.

Decoración de Galletas/Cookie Decorating (Bilingual Program)

Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Meeting Room 2 at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
En Español/Bilingual, Food & Cooking
Age Group:
Adults

Join Culinary Arts Instructor Violeta for a cookie decorating workshop. She will guide you and give you tips on decorating shaped sugar cookies.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Meeting Room 2
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: En Español/Bilingual, Food & Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Culinary Arts Instructor Violeta for a cookie decorating workshop. She will guide you and give you tips on decorating shaped sugar cookies.

Disclaimer(s)

No-Show Policy

Registration is required due to limited space. If you are not able to attend, please cancel 48 hours in advance. No-shows may be waitlisted for future programs.  

Cupcake Bouquet Decorating Workshop

Monday, August 25, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Pulaski Lounge at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Food & Cooking
Age Group:
Adults

Join Culinary Arts Instructor Violeta owner of Violet Velvet Cooking Classes for a cupcake bouquet decorating workshop. She will guide you and give you tips on how to make a variety of flowers to decorate cupcakes.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Pulaski Lounge
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food & Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Culinary Arts Instructor Violeta owner of Violet Velvet Cooking Classes for a cupcake bouquet decorating workshop. She will guide you and give you tips on how to make a variety of flowers to decorate cupcakes.

vegetables from the garden

Green Space Project: Harvest Festival

Monday, August 25, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, Plants & Gardening
Age Group:
Adults, Family

Come enjoy a feast to celebrate the end of this year’s garden season. 

Green Space Project programs take place behind Prairie Jr. High in the Garden Space. No registration is required. 

 

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Family
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Plants & Gardening
Event Details:

Come enjoy a feast to celebrate the end of this year’s garden season. 

Green Space Project programs take place behind Prairie Jr. High in the Garden Space. No registration is required. 

 

Cocktails

Friday Night Special: Mixology Class with The Voyaging Alchemist

Friday, August 29, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room 3 at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, Friday Night Specials
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for an exciting mixology class led by Laura, an expert mixologist, where you'll master the art of mixing and shaking drinks like a professional.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Meeting Room 3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Friday Night Specials
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for an exciting mixology class led by Laura, an expert mixologist, where you'll master the art of mixing and shaking drinks like a professional.

Quarterly Book Box

All Day
Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food & Cooking, Literature & Writing, Take & Make
Age Group:
Adults

Each box will contain a novel and a craft, treat, or a surprise connected to the story. The theme will change quarterly. Keep all the items in the box! This quarter’s genre is gothic horror.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Food & Cooking, Literature & Writing, Take & Make
Registration Required
Event Details:

Each box will contain a novel and a craft, treat, or a surprise connected to the story. The theme will change quarterly. Keep all the items in the box! This quarter’s genre is gothic horror.

Friday Night Special: Books, Beer and BBQ

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Pulaski Lounge at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, Friday Night Specials, Gaming & Trivia, Music & Dance
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for an evening of music, games, and local flavors!  Sample craft beers from local brewers, while enjoying live music by Bourbon Aristocracy.  Treat yourself to Firewater BBQ and enjoy a round of mini golf or shoot some

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Pulaski Lounge
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Friday Night Specials, Gaming & Trivia, Music & Dance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for an evening of music, games, and local flavors!  Sample craft beers from local brewers, while enjoying live music by Bourbon Aristocracy.  Treat yourself to Firewater BBQ and enjoy a round of mini golf or shoot some

Leslie Goddard: Retro Food from the 1940s through the 1960s

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Meeting Room 3 at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, History, Informational
Age Group:
Adults

Take a nostalgic look at food innovations and marketing from the 40s to the 60s, exploring how society and technology influenced American eating habits through classic cookbooks, advertisements, and family magazines.  

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Meeting Room 3
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Food & Cooking, History, Informational
Registration Required
Event Details:

Take a nostalgic look at food innovations and marketing from the 40s to the 60s, exploring how society and technology influenced American eating habits through classic cookbooks, advertisements, and family magazines.  

Marshmallow Slime

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 3:45pm - 4:15pm
Youth Services Program Room at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, Play & Learn, Science
Age Group:
Kids

It’s sticky, sweet, and as much fun to play with as it is to eat! Due to popular demand, we are bringing back our marshmallow slime program. Join us as we make this sweet food that’s as much fun to play with as it is to eat. Limit 16 children.

Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Play & Learn, Science
Event Details:

It’s sticky, sweet, and as much fun to play with as it is to eat! Due to popular demand, we are bringing back our marshmallow slime program. Join us as we make this sweet food that’s as much fun to play with as it is to eat. Limit 16 children.

Disclaimer(s)

Photo Consent

By registering for our programs, you are giving consent for your child’s photos to be used on our website, social media sites, and/or within the library.

Dia de los Muertos Paint & Margaritas

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 2 at Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, En Español/Bilingual, Food & Cooking
Age Group:
Adults

Get ready for a lively Ceramic Sugar Skull Paint and Sip with margaritas! Create your own vibrant sugar skull while enjoying a fun, laid-back atmosphere. Limit 18

Registration Required
Library Branch: Alsip-Merrionette Park Library District
Room: Meeting Room 2
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, En Español/Bilingual, Food & Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get ready for a lively Ceramic Sugar Skull Paint and Sip with margaritas! Create your own vibrant sugar skull while enjoying a fun, laid-back atmosphere. Limit 18