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Evanston Repair Café

A Climate Action Program

2021-06-26 10:00:00 2021-06-26 13:00:00 America/Chicago Evanston Repair Café REPAIR EVENTS AT EPL EVERY 2ND SATURDAY OF EVEN-NUMBERED MONTHS. PLEASE LOOK FOR THEM ON OUR EVENT CALENDAR. NEXT EVENTS: OCTOBER 9TH 2021, DECEMBER 11TH 2021 Robert Crown Branch Library - Reading Garden

Saturday, June 26
10:00am - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2021-06-26 10:00:00 2021-06-26 13:00:00 America/Chicago Evanston Repair Café REPAIR EVENTS AT EPL EVERY 2ND SATURDAY OF EVEN-NUMBERED MONTHS. PLEASE LOOK FOR THEM ON OUR EVENT CALENDAR. NEXT EVENTS: OCTOBER 9TH 2021, DECEMBER 11TH 2021 Robert Crown Branch Library - Reading Garden

REPAIR EVENTS AT EPL EVERY 2ND SATURDAY OF EVEN-NUMBERED MONTHS. PLEASE LOOK FOR THEM ON OUR EVENT CALENDAR. NEXT EVENTS: OCTOBER 9TH 2021, DECEMBER 11TH 2021

So, what is this all about? 

Repair Café's are free meeting space where people fix things together. Besides the obvious money saving, RC's have multiple benefits, from keeping stuff out of the landfill, to promoting collaboration, skill-sharing and community self-reliance, as well as supporting Evanston's Climate Action and Resilience Plan, just to name a few.

If you are curious about this, we recommend that you head down to your basement, closet or storage area and pick that thing that has been there for ages, but which you could not bring yourself to throw away (remember, there is no "away"!).

Once you have chosen your broken item, SIGN UP TO ONE 30-minute time slot that matches the type or repair you need. To allow for others to participate, we request that you bring items belonging only to the category you sign up for. The Repair volunteer will try to fix them and/or diagnose and recommend next steps and spare parts.

If you already know what is wrong with your item, feel free to bring any necessary spare parts to maximize the chances of getting it repaired!

These are the repair categories available at this Repair event:

  • GENERAL REPAIR of small appliances and common household items (lamps, toasters, fans, blenders...) NO ELECTRONICS, please.  
  • BASIC SEWING/MENDING on clothing and other textiles. Please wash before bringing item.
  • BASIC JEWELRY REPAIR: restringing, replacing clasps, links. No soldering.
  • GLUING: Wood, ceramic and plastic of household items: toys, picture frames, crockery...
  • BIKE REPAIR: Slipped chains, loose bolts, stuck seats, handlebars...
  • ELECTRONICS DIAGNOSTIC: Bring your item to learn what's wrong with it, what you need to fix it and the difficulty level of the repair.

Co-sponsored with Citizens' Greener Evanston. We are grateful to the Evanston Repair Café volunteers and Wheel & Sprocket, for their expertise, time and support.

On Saturday, June 26th, head to the Robert Crown Library and get ready to see your beloved item come back to life... while we build community together.

Questions? Bea at  becheverria@cityofevanston.org

"Build Community" Image belongs to Josh Macphee/Amplifier.org

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | STEM & Maker | Environment and Ecology | Community Engagement |

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Robert Crown Branch Library

Phone: (847) 448-8101
Branch manager
Heather Norborg, Interim Library Director

Hours
Mon, Mar 20 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Mar 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Mar 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Mar 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Mar 24 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Mar 25 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Mar 26 12:00PM to 6:00PM

About the branch

The Robert Crown Branch Library, located inside the Robert Crown Community Center, was opened in early 2020 to extend library services out into walking distance of some of Evanston's most diverse and historically underserved neighborhoods. The branch features a computer bar, laptop loaning, study rooms and a community meeting room, an expanded Spanish-language collection and bilingual staff, an outdoor reading garden, and dozens of programs each month for children, teens and adults.

Upcoming events

Mon, Mar 20, All day
Main Library

Mon, Mar 20, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Mon, Mar 20, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Mon, Mar 20, 10:30am - 11:30am
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Mar 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Mar 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - Falcon Room (303)

Mon, Mar 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Main Library

Mon, Mar 20, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)
This event is full

Mon, Mar 20, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Tue, Mar 21, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Tue, Mar 21, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Tue, Mar 21, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)

Tue, Mar 21, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - Children's Public Conference Room (106)

Tue, Mar 21, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library

Tue, Mar 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Wed, Mar 22, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Wed, Mar 22, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Wed, Mar 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Zoom Robert Crown (Virtual)

Wed, Mar 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Thu, Mar 23, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Thu, Mar 23, All day
Main Library

Thu, Mar 23, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Thu, Mar 23, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.
Registration is now closed

Thu, Mar 23, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room
This event is full

Thu, Mar 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Thu, Mar 23, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Thu, Mar 23, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Thu, Mar 23, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library

Thu, Mar 23, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Evanston Ecology Center - Multipurpose Room

Fri, Mar 24, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Fri, Mar 24, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Fri, Mar 24, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Fri, Mar 24, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Sat, Mar 25, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Sat, Mar 25, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Sun, Mar 26, All day
McGaw YMCA, 1000 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201

Sun, Mar 26, All day
Main Library

Mon, Mar 27, All day
Main Library

Mon, Mar 27, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Mon, Mar 27, 10:30am - 11:30am
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Mar 27, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Mon, Mar 27, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Main Library - Small Meeting Room (108)

Tue, Mar 28, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Tue, Mar 28, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Robert Crown Center - Multipurpose Room B

Tue, Mar 28, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Main Library - Seminar Room (312)

Tue, Mar 28, 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - Small Meeting Room (108),Falcon Room (303)

Tue, Mar 28, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - Children's Public Conference Room (106)

Tue, Mar 28, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library

Tue, Mar 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
CPL Zoom

Tue, Mar 28, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Tue, Mar 28, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Wed, Mar 29, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Wed, Mar 29, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Temperance Brewery, 2000 Dempster Street, Evanston 60202

Thu, Mar 30, All day
Main Library

Thu, Mar 30, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Thu, Mar 30, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Thu, Mar 30, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Thu, Mar 30, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Thu, Mar 30, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - Seminar Room (312)

Thu, Mar 30, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library

Fri, Mar 31, All day
Robert Crown Branch Library

Fri, Mar 31, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Fri, Mar 31, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Fri, Mar 31, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library
This event is full

Sat, Apr 01, 9:00am - 10:00am
Main Library

Sat, Apr 01, 10:00am - 11:00am
Main Library - 2nd Floor Reference Desk

Sat, Apr 01, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - Barbara Friedberg Storytelling Room (104)

Sat, Apr 01, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:30am
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Apr 03, 10:30am - 11:30am
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)
This event is full

Mon, Apr 03, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Falcon Room (303)

Mon, Apr 03, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Apr 03, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - Seminar Room (312)

Mon, Apr 03, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)
Registration is now closed

Tue, Apr 04, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Falcon Room (303),Conference Room East (311),Conference Room West (308)

Tue, Apr 04, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
The Loft (Teen Space)

Tue, Apr 04, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - Children's Public Conference Room (106)

Tue, Apr 04, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Robert Crown Branch Library

Tue, Apr 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Wed, Apr 05, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Zoom Robert Crown (Virtual)

Wed, Apr 05, 6:30pm - 7:15pm
Main Library - Barbara Friedberg Storytelling Room (104)

Wed, Apr 05, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)

Thu, Apr 06, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Thu, Apr 06, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Thu, Apr 06, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Thu, Apr 06, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Fri, Apr 07, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Fri, Apr 07, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Sat, Apr 08, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library

Mon, Apr 10, 10:15am - 11:00am
Main Library - Children's Room

Mon, Apr 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Apr 10, 11:00am - 12:15pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)
Registration is now closed

Mon, Apr 10, 11:00am - 11:40am
Main Library - Barbara Friedberg Storytelling Room (104)

Mon, Apr 10, 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)
Registration is now closed

Mon, Apr 10, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Robert Crown Library - Multi Purpose Room

Tue, Apr 11, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Tue, Apr 11, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Robert Crown Center - Multipurpose Room B

Tue, Apr 11, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Main Library - Seminar Room (312)

Tue, Apr 11, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - Children's Public Conference Room (106)

Wed, Apr 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)

Wed, Apr 12, 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)
Registration is now closed

Wed, Apr 12, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library

Wed, Apr 12, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Wed, Apr 12, 6:15pm - 7:45pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Thu, Apr 13, 10:15am - 10:45am
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Thu, Apr 13, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Robert Crown Community Center, 1801 Main St., Evanston, IL 60202 - Rooms B-C (1st Flr to the Left)

Thu, Apr 13, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Thu, Apr 13, 1:30pm - 2:10pm
Main Library - Barbara Friedberg Storytelling Room (104)

Thu, Apr 13, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Thu, Apr 13, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)
Registration is now closed

Thu, Apr 13, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom - All registrants will receive an email with a zoom link and instructions on how to join this class prior to its convening.

Thu, Apr 13, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room
This event is full

Thu, Apr 13, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Main Library - Children's Room

Thu, Apr 13, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Fri, Apr 14, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Fri, Apr 14, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
The Loft (Teen Space)

Sat, Apr 15, All day
Robert Crown Branch Library

Sat, Apr 15, 9:30am - 10:00am
Main Library

Rescheduled
Sat, Apr 15, 10:00am - 10:30am
New date Saturday, April 15, 9:30am - 10:00am
Main Library

Sat, Apr 15, 12:00pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - The Loft

Sat, Apr 15, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main Library - Falcon Room (303)

Sat, Apr 15, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Sun, Apr 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library - Barbara Friedberg Storytelling Room (104)

Mon, Apr 17, 10:15am - 11:00am
Main Library

Mon, Apr 17, 10:30am - 11:30am
Robert Crown Branch Library - Robert Crown Multipurpose Room

Mon, Apr 17, 11:00am - 11:40am
Main Library - Barbara Friedberg Storytelling Room (104)

Mon, Apr 17, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Mon, Apr 17, 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)
This event is full

Mon, Apr 17, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 2 (Virtual)

Tue, Apr 18, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Tue, Apr 18, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Main Library - Children's Public Conference Room (106)

Canceled
Tue, Apr 18, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
New venue Main Library

Tue, Apr 18, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107)

Tue, Apr 18, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)

Wed, Apr 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Levy Senior Center - Entrance Hall

Wed, Apr 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - Community Meeting Room (107),Zoom Main 1 (Virtual)

Wed, Apr 19, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Temperance Beer Co