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AAPLD Hosts Author and Naturalist Stan Tekiela
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AAPLD Hosts Author and Naturalist Stan Tekiela

March 21, 2025 Featured, Library Programs

Spend an evening with author, naturalist, and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela, Wednesday, April 9, at 7:00 pm, at the Luecht Auditorium at McHenry County College, for a fun and fascinating talk about our favorite (and not-so-favorite!) birds. Challenge what you think you know about common birds such as the European Starling, and the American Crow, for a new perspective and […]

Meet This Month’s Featured Artist!
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Meet This Month’s Featured Artist!

March 7, 2025 Featured, Library Programs

For March, AAPLD welcomes pastel artist Susan L. Chelminski to the Art Wall in the Adult Services Department. Learn a little more about this talented artist. The Artist: Susan L. Chelminski Background/Experience:  I began my interest in art at a very early age. My mother was a professional artist and she mentored me and stoked the fires. I studied under […]

Check Out August’s Art Display
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Check Out August’s Art Display

August 22, 2024 Featured

When you stop by AAPLD during August, be sure to visit our Art Wall, upstairs in the Adult Services department. There, you’ll find forty works by area artist Michael Schmitt. Much of Schmitt’s work focuses on themes of flight, particularly birds. His art will be displayed through the month of August. Learn a little more about the talented artist behind […]

Find facts at your fingertips!
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Find facts at your fingertips!

August 13, 2024 Featured

It’s new! It’s free! AAPLD’s newly expanded online resource collection puts thousands of facts at your fingertips. Just in time for the new school year, these resources provide access to academic, and scientific research materials, consumer and career resources and much more! Provided by the State of Illinois free of charge, these resources can be accessed from home by entering […]

Outdoor Adventure Begins at the Library!
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Outdoor Adventure Begins at the Library!

May 30, 2024 Featured

This summer, Algonquin Area Public Library and the McHenry County Conservation District are teaming up for the Find Your Wild challenge! Explore MCCD sites to earn points that can be redeemed for prizes. The free all-ages challenge is a great way for families to spend time outside, in some of McHenry County’s beautiful natural areas. The fun starts Memorial Day […]

Spring Photo Contest – May Voting
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Spring Photo Contest – May Voting

May 24, 2024 Featured, Library Programs

Here are the fabulous entries we received for the AAPLD Spring Photo Contest!  Please take a look at the photos below (click to enlarge) with the May theme of “Flowers” and select your favorite. A couple things to keep in mind: One Vote Per Person! – You may not vote more than once! You are allowed to vote for only […]

Spring Photo Contest – April Voting
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Spring Photo Contest – April Voting

April 18, 2024 Featured, Library Programs

Here are the fabulous entries we received for the AAPLD Spring Photo Contest!  Please take a look at the photos below (click to enlarge) with the April theme of “Showers” and select your favorite. A couple things to keep in mind: One Vote Per Person! – You may not vote more than once! You are allowed to vote for only […]

Score a YETI with these Winter Reading Suggestions!
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Score a YETI with these Winter Reading Suggestions!

January 4, 2024 Featured, Reading Challenge, Reading Suggestions

Want a book you can sink your fangs into? Score a Winter Reading YETI with a “WINTER THEMED” or “BEST OF 2023” selection.  Whether it’s a heartwarming wintertime love story, a thrilling adventure through the frozen wilderness, thought provoking non-fiction, or something as mysterious as the YETI himself, you’ll find plenty to choose from, on display in the Adult Services […]