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Underground Ground Railroad Display

09/26/2024 @ 10:30am - 11/30/2024 @ 5:00pm
Atrium
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Atrium
Purpose of Meeting

Underground Railroad Display and Education

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teentober 2024!

All Day 10/1 - 10/31
Tweens, Teens
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

October is the month to celebrate library services for teens! Here are some of the great things Lincoln Library is doing for Teentober:

All programs and Raffle open to grades 6-12 (Ages 11-18)

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Time - Book Club - One-Punch Man

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Teen Zone
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Social
Event Details:

Meet new people, make friends, eat food, and discuss this month’s book:

One-Punch Man volume 1 by Yusuke Murata

Wednesday, October 23rd at 3PM in the Teen Zone

For grades 6-12 (Ages 11-18)

 

LL Foundation 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

Lincoln Library Board of Trustees Meeting

The Truth Commission

6:00pm - 7:45pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

Meeting

This event is in the "Pre-K" group.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Pre-K
Storytime Area
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

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

Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Adults 21+" group.

Ask a Library Techie

10:30am - 11:30am
Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Program Type: Computer Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 4

Computer Class

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

Event Details:

Drop on in for "Ask a Library Techie," Lincoln Library's one-on-one tech help session! Bring your own device (like a smartphone, e-reader, tablet, or laptop), or borrow one of the computers in our computer classroom.

This event is in the "All Ages" group.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Lecture Series

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Event Details:

If you weren't able to attend our June "Walk with Pride" events but still wanted to learn about Springfield's LGBTQ+ history, we've got some good news for you!

Kappa Sigma Zeta meeting

3:15pm - 4:30pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Conference meeting

This event is in the "All Ages" group.

Pop-Up Library at the YMCA

9:00am - 11:00am
All Ages
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Pop-up Library- A pop-up library is a temporary collection of materials for patrons to browse and check out at a location other than the library.

This event is in the "Toddlers" group.

Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers
Storytime Area
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

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

Event Details:

Get up and get moving at our Toddler Time! This program is full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Financial Literacy for Beginners : Retirement Challenges

10:30am - 11:30am
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Multipurpose Room
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Lecture Series
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 11

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Event Details:

Financial Literacy for Beginners

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture Series

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Event Details:

Though Illinois entered the Union as a free state in 1818, slavery continued to exist within its borders for decades.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Yoga Beginners to Advanced

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
DeFrates Room
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: DeFrates Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Everyone ages 13 and up is welcome in this community yoga class. We will focus on breathing, stretching and honoring our bodies. Just bring a mat and comfy clothes! 

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Intermediate Sewing Class: Quilted Jack-o-Lantern Placemat

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Collaboratory
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Collaboratory
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: CoLab
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn how to sew a quilted placemat in the shape of a jack-o-lantern, perfect for your Halloween decor (or leave off the jack-o-lantern face to use the placemat for the Thanksgiving holiday)!

Where Olive Trees Weep Film

5:00pm - 7:30pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Film screening of Where Olive Trees Weep which provides background on the current crisis in Israel/Palestine.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Black Authors Book Club

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Bicentennial Room
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Bicentennial Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us for our book club, discussing books by Black authors. We are creating this space for all readers to share & learn about the Black experience, and books that reflect that perspective.

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Time

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Teen Zone
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Social
Event Details:

Every Wednesday at 3pm starting September 4th there will be a Teen Program in the Teen Zone. There will be some exceptions depending on holidays and school schedules, but every day there is a program will be marked on our calendar. 

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Civil Civics: "Fascism and Its Forms: Past and Present"

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Multipurpose Room
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Lecture Series

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Event Details:

In this election season we hear the term "fascist" thrown at politicians with whom we disagree all the time. Usually, we use it to mean "I disagree with you vehemently!!!" But what does that term really mean?

This event is in the "Pre-K" group.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Pre-K
Storytime Area
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

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

Event Details:

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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture Series, Book Sale
Event Details:

International best-selling author Dr. Lam will present a riveting look at how WWII sparked innovations in cardiac surgery, cancer treatment, and trauma care that saved lives in postwar America, referencing his most recent publication,&nb

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19
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.