Cheers to 100 Years

Join Us for a Celebration!

Celebrating 100 years as a tax-supported library

Cheers to 100 Years est. 1923

Saturday, October 14 from 6:30-9 pm

Wheaton Public Library, Main Floor

Tickets are $50 and include appetizers by Angeli's, wine and craft beer by Tasting deVine, and music by jazz ensemble Beyond Standard. All attendees will receive a special celebration gift. This event is 21 and over.

Purchase Tickets Here

Share a Memory

Do you have a favorite memory of the library?  Maybe you attended storytime, worked here or found your true love.  Please share!

We will post WPL memories on our Facebook page, website and inside the library.

Share Your Favorite Memory of WPL

Upcoming Events

Movie: Chicago

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: In-Person, Movie
Event Details:
Set in the 1920s, this musical treat about murder, celebrity, adultery, flashy lawyers, aspiring hopefuls, and all that jazz won Best Picture and five other Academy Awards. Starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere. (2002) 1 ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Chicago True Stories of the 1920s

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A or via Zoom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History, In-Person, Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join edu-tainment performer, Martina Mathisen, as she portrays an amusing, charming flapper to tell us how fashion, crime, and prohibition combined with explosive creativity to shape this fascinating decade of history. This is a hybrid event....

Zoom Webinars and Meetings

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email and reminders containing information about joining the Zoom program. If you need assistance, please email us.

Information about joining the Zoom webinar or meeting

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Virtual Program Conduct Policy

The library's patron conduct policy applies to virtual library programs. Library staff has the right to remove participants from virtual programs who are in violation of the patron conduct policy.

Movie: Some Like It Hot

1:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: In-Person, Movie
Event Details:
In this classic comedy, two male musicians go on the lam posing as women in an all-girl orchestra after witnessing a gangland massacre in 1929 Chicago. Starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe. (1959) 1 hr 45 min  No registrati...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Silent Movie with Live Organ

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Concert, In-Person, Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:
Considered one of the greatest films of the silent era, watch The Kid (1921), directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. An introduction and live theatre organ accompaniment will be provided by Jay Warren. 100 Years Celebration ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Concert: The Hot Fedoras

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Concert, In-Person
Event Details:
In honor of Wheaton Public Library's 100th Year Anniversary, join us for a performance by The Hot Fedoras! Specializing in music from the Gatsby era, The Hot Fedoras bring the era of gangsters and flappers alive through their classic renditions of 20...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library. 

Photo Permission

In the course of daily operations, the library may take photographs within public areas of the library. Written permission is not needed for Library staff to take photographs of groups or crowds including children in the library building or during library sponsored events.

Nonfiction Book Discussion

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: Wheaton Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion, Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join us for this engaging discussion of thought-provoking non-fiction titles. In October, we will discuss The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, The Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder that Shocked Jazz-Age America by Karen Abbott In...

Pick up copies of the book

Copies of the book are available at the library.  Please ask at the Welcome Desk or Curbside Pickup.

Disclaimer(s)

Virtual Program Conduct Policy

The library's patron conduct policy applies to virtual library programs. Library staff has the right to remove participants from virtual programs who are in violation of the patron conduct policy.

Timeline of Library History

100 Years of Bestsellers

Best of the 1920s & 1930s

Best of the 1940s & 1950s

Best of the 1960s & 1970s

Best of the 1980s & 1990s

Best of 2000 to Now