Programs and Events

We’re back for year four of Queer Poem-a-Day! Queer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month presenting a public archive of original poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fourth year, we’ll be sharing a poem each weekday in June on our podcast and webpage. You can listen to our… Read More

Vote, Vote, Vote in our 11th Annual Tournament of Books! It’s that time of year again: time for the DPL Tournament of Books! In the 11th annual Tournament, you can vote for your favorite picture books, early readers, chapter books, series, comic books, manga, non-fiction, and teen fiction! Will Elephant & Piggie continue to reign… Read More

Guess the Oscars 2024 is back again!  Do you think you have what it takes to guess which movies and performers are taking home the Oscar? This year, a wide variety of movies are up for winning this prestigious award. Whether you’ve watched all, some, or none of the films, you can still participate!  There… Read More

After 3 months of prompts, submissions, and voting, the 2023 Fall Photography Scavenger Hunt program for Teens & Adults has finally come to an end. Our Grand Prize Winning photo was the winner of September’s “Shadows” prompt. The photo was taken by Karen Torres on a sunset kayak tour along Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lake… Read More

Do you have a creative knack for photography and capturing moments in life that you love sharing with others? This fall, from September through November, join fellow photographers in our Fall 2023 Photography Scavenger Hunt at Deerfield Public Library. Receive monthly prompts and create beautiful art. Register to participate. Register No photography experience necessary, and… Read More

At the Library, we love celebrating our community—and we love celebrating poetry! We are hosting a Favorite Poem Project Reading in person at the Library on Thursday, June 1, from 7:00—8:00 pm. Hear poems that are special to your neighbors and reacquaint yourself with how vital poetry is in our lives. Join readers including celebrated… Read More

Think you have what it takes to guess the winners of this year’s Grammy Awards?  Whether you are an avid music listener or just want to play for fun, we welcome you to participate in our 2023 Grammys Contest.  Take your best guess in 13 music categories, and if you guess the most correct answers… Read More

  Twitch.TV/DeerfieldLibrary We’re live (and recorded) on Twitch. Some of you might be asking, “What is Twitch?” Twitch is a popular live video streaming platform where anyone can show off their hobbies, projects, and skills. At the start, it was mostly used by video gamers and for esports competitions. Now it offers everything from music… Read More

Chase summer boredom away with this month's Grab & Go Kits! We have different kits for each age group including youth, tweens, and teens. Kits are available while supplies last outside in the green creation station and inside the Library in the Youth Services Department. Youth: Paper Plate Suncatcher For grades K-3. Create a beautiful… Read More

We are so excited to launch the second year of our special Pride Month podcast series Queer Poem-a-Day. Exclusive to the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, which otherwise features interviews with authors and other notable people, Queer Poem-a-Day is the first daily-poetry podcast to focus exclusively on the LGBTQIA+ community. Once again we are thrilled to… Read More