Adult Blog Entries
Celebrate Women's History at HPL
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From America's favorite fictional sleuth to groundbreaking female songwriters, we're celebrating trailblazing women this March (and beyond!) at HPL.
Library Love: 10 Unexpected Ways to Use Your Library
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February is Library Lovers’ Month! We’re letting you in on some hidden gems to make you fall even deeper in love with HPL.
Introducing Palace Project: A New App for eBooks and Audiobooks
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We're happy to announce our newest digital reading and listening app, Palace Project. Learn more about this new service.
HPL Wrapped 2025: Lombard's Most Borrowed Books
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It's that time of year again! Take a look at the most-borrowed books and movies of the year.
Upcoming Events
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Helen Plum Library
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Adult Library Services
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The Lombard Garden Club is known for its annual Lilac Sale and meetings on a variety of horticultural and conservation topics, to which Club members and the public are welcome.
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Helen Plum Library
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Studio 411
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Seniors
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Maker
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Create a wooden door hanger for spring using a stencil and paint. All items will be pre-cut.
This program is for ages 18 and over.
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Helen Plum Library
Room:
Plum Meeting Rooms (Combined)
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Adult
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ESL ELL ELA
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The College of DuPage is offering free English language learning classes at the Library. Develop your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills for work, education, and everyday communication.
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Helen Plum Library
Room:
Conference Room
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Book Clubs
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This event is in the "Adult" group
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Library Branch:
Helen Plum Library
Room:
Studio 411
Age Group:
Adult,
Seniors
Program Type:
Maker
Event Details:
Get creative during drop-in Studio 411 hours. Use the makerspace equipment to sew, laser cut, record a podcast, customize with Cricut, and more!
Adult Services Staff Recommendations
If you're looking for a historical fiction novel with a more contemporary feel, Daisy Jones and the Six is the book for you! Set in the 1970s, this novel, told in an interview format, delves into the lives of the members of the famous ba...
If you could change the course of history, would you, no matter the cost? That’s the question Jake Epping must ask himself in this time-traveling thriller. When Jake’s friend Al shows him a portal back in time, he has one goal: to stop t...
This is a twisty tale involving a bartender, her brother, her husband, a shipping executive, and a Ponzi scheme. To say any more would give away the intricacies of this book but I can say that it’s nothing like I expected it to be. As al...
