✨Paint with Bob Ross Before the Year Ends! Our Bob Ross Painting Nights are scheduled all the way through December at both locations, which mean there are plenty of opportunities left to discover the artist in you! Next session will be today from 1PM to 3PM at our Main Library.

🐾🐕~Come stop by the East Chicago Library ~🐕🐾 Show up and read with a comfort dog. Come pet our furry friend! Tomorrow from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Any questions please call (219) 397-2453 ext. 26

🪡🔘We're starting to get Tunnel Vision, and so should YOU!🔘🪡 We're just over a week away from our Coraline Inspired Haunted Hallway Event here at the ECPL, and we can't wait for you to join us!🐈 Join us on Thursday, October 29th from 4–6 PM!🍬🍿 #FamilyFun #Halloween2026

~Upcoming Meetings~ Finance & Personnel Committee Tuesday, October 20. 2026 Main Library -5:00pm Board meeting Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Main Library - 4:45pm

Unidos Somos Más! Together, We Are More!🎉 Our Hispanic Heritage Celebration Event is TOMORROW here at the East Chicago Public Library! Due to imminent weather, our event will be taking place inside of our library, with our food truck being located outside. #ECPL #NWI

~📷¡Participa en nuestra comunidad!📷~ Fill out a postcard sharing which Hispanic country your family originates from or a quote in Spanish or English, on a hand to be displayed in our Gallery Room. We want to see as many different Hispanic cultures represented at our Library!

✨👻~ A Night to Dismember ~👻✨ Guess the Famous Killer game night is tonight at our Main Branch from 4pm to 5pm! Join a team of players and the first to correctly guess your opponent's secret mystery character, Wins! #TeenService #GuessWho #ECPL #libraryprograms

Who's Ready for a Totally Killer Night?✨📼 Our 80's Mall Murder Madness game night is tonight at our Pastrick Branch from 5pm to 7pm! Join a team of players and play detective solving an unsolved murder case. Can you determine who dun it? #MurderMystery #ECPL #libraryprograms

Storytime at a Paleteria? Sign us up!🍨✨ Our weekly children's Storytime is visiting Paleteria La Monarka again in one week! If you and your little one love ice cream and fun stories and rhymes, this program was made for you!✨ #paleterialamonarka #ECPL #YouthServices

🪡🔘Our Eyes are on Coraline!🔘🪡 Join us for our Coraline Inspired Haunted Hallway on Thursday, October 29th from 4–6 PM!🍬🍿 With fantastical and wonderous sights, it will have you questioning if some doors are better left closed...🐈 #FamilyFun #Halloween2026 #Coraline #ECPL