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Sangamon County Historical Society monthly program

5:30pm–6:30pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

monthly Program presentation

Spinetinglers Horror Book Club

6:00pm–7:30pm
DeFrates Room
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: DeFrates Room
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Book Club

The Spinetinglers Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of a different horror book. If you're a fan of ghosts, vampires, or other spooks and ghouls, this book club is for you!

Mobile Branch at Lincoln Park

12:15pm–1:00pm
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Lincoln Library’s Mobile Branch is a bookmobile that brings books, digital resources, internet access, and programs directly to the community.

Mobile Branch at Schnucks North

1:30pm–2:15pm
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Lincoln Library’s Mobile Branch is a bookmobile that brings books, digital resources, internet access, and programs directly to the community.

Mobile Branch at Poplar Place

2:45pm–3:30pm
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Lincoln Library’s Mobile Branch is a bookmobile that brings books, digital resources, internet access, and programs directly to the community.

Make Your Own Wind Up Toy!

3:00pm–4:00pm
Children
Multipurpose Room
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Children
Event Details:

Make your own wind up toy using air dry clay and other supplies provided by Lincoln Library!

Teen Dungeons & Dragons

3:00pm–4:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Teens in grades 6 - 12 are welcome to join our campaign! We are playing Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.

LL Foundation Board Meeting

4:00pm–4:45pm
Bicentennial Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Bicentennial Room
Purpose of Meeting

LL Foundation Meeting

LL Board of Trustees Meeting

4:45pm–6:00pm
Bicentennial Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Bicentennial Room
Purpose of Meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting

Mobile Branch at Better Life Better Living for Kids

5:30pm–6:30pm
All Ages
Cancelled
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Lincoln Library’s Mobile Branch is a bookmobile that brings books, digital resources, internet access, and programs directly to the community.

Mobile Branch at Union Baptist Church

5:30pm–7:00pm
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Lincoln Library’s Mobile Branch is a bookmobile that brings books, digital resources, internet access, and programs directly to the community.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am–11:00am
Pre-K, Children
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Pre-K, Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Storytime

Read, write, talk, sing, and play with us! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years! Children and their grownups will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning.

Ask a Library Techie

10:30am–11:30am
All Ages
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Registration Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Computer Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sharpen your computer skills for free in the Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom.

Reception for Prospective Springfield Students - Missouri University of Science and Technology

11:00am–1:00pm
Bicentennial Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Bicentennial Room
Purpose of Meeting

To give Springfield, IL high school students and families the opportunity to learn more about our University.

Whose Right to Counsel

12:00pm–1:00pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

The right to an attorney is a cherished right, but many of us do not know where the right comes from or all that it includes.

Girl Scouts Community Outreach

12:00pm–2:00pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

Hello, my name is Lamija Terrell, and I am an intern with the Girl Scouts of Champaign, IL. We are part of a service unit that serves many girls in the Lincoln area.

Sewing Class: Quilt-as-You-Go Mug Rug

2:00pm–4:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Collaboratory
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Collaboratory
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: CoLab
Event Details:

Workshop

Get hands-on and learn a new skill at the Lincoln Library.

In this class, we'll teach you how to use "quilt-as-you-go" techniques to create a quilted mug rug (larger than a coaster, smaller than a placemat, but just the right size for a mug and a snack).

Medical Youth Session

3:00pm–4:00pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

We want to shape the greater community by educating the youth of vital, everyday medical knowledge and encouraging their dreams and aspirations in the field of medicine.

The Gathering of the Bookalos: A Silent Book Club

3:00pm–4:30pm
Adults
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Want to carve out time to read but don't want the pressure to finish and discuss a specific book?  Want to learn what others are reading and low-key socialize? It sounds to us like you may be a Bookalo.

Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five

3:00pm–4:30pm
Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Program Type: Lecture Series
Event Details:

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Join Tony Wright as he talks to us about his true crime book "Things Aren't Right: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five".

Mobile Branch at Scheels

10:00am–11:30am
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Branch
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Lincoln Library’s Mobile Branch is a bookmobile that brings books, digital resources, internet access, and programs directly to the community.

Teen movie night: Jurassic Park

5:00pm–7:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Join us for Teen Monday Movie Madness. 

We will be showing the classic 1993 'Jurassic Park'.

Please be advised this is a PG-13 movie. 

For teen grades 6-12 (ages 11-18).

DSA Book Club

6:00pm–7:30pm
DeFrates Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: DeFrates Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly book group for the Land of Lincoln DSA. Book for April: Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis.

Young adults 2.0

6:00pm–7:30pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

Young adults discussing the world problems.