Week Calendar

Monthly meeting

Rejuvenate your mind and body. All shapes, sizes and abilities are welcome. Bring a mat (or towel) to class if you have one, but these are not required. Drop-ins welcome. No charge – library program.

If you're interested in video editing on a budget, this class is for you!

Facebook is an app that millions of people around the world use every day. Learn how to use it effectively in this class! We will go over the basics of usage, including tips on how to navigate the new version. Attend in person or virtually.

Drop in and enjoy an open learning and play time featuring a variety of sensory and activity stations.

Join us in the Woodland Art Gallery of the Osage Branch for stories, songs and a whole lot of fun! Recommended for preschool ages.  No reservations needed. 

We will use baby pumpkins to do some process art today.

Bring your favorite book to read to a trained therapy dog (TDI-Therapy Dogs International). Raina and River will be in the Children's department from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

For ages 12 and under. Registration is required and limited to 30 participants. Celebrate fall with a mini-pumpkin painting event for children at the library! Pumpkins and paints will be provided.

Monday Day Camp visit and activity with the kids

Reading Heroes is a program providing one-on-one reading enrichment sessions for kids who've completed grades K-2.  These sessions are led by a retired reading teacher and are available in half hour increments from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Genealogist Laura Loyborg hosts genealogy help sessions each Thursday. There will be a lesson, Q&A time, handouts, and individually-assisted research help.

Journaling for Joy, is a program designed by the founder of the We Speak Foundation ACCO - a non profit 501(c)(3) organization designed to address mental health challenges and suicide prevention by providing children, from 1st grade

One on One Session

If you've ever had trouble operating your new smart television at home, this class is for you.

Kids from Kindergarten through 6th grades join us after school to make your own scarecrow craft out of various materials.  All supplies are provided.

The library's Bookmobile will be parked outside Blair Oaks Elementary School on the second Thursday of each month, from 4-6 p.m.

Visit us for a variety of books, CDs and DVDs.

Help create costumes for rubber ducks as they go in disguise!

This event is for tweens, grades 4th - 7th.

Hang out and make art with other artsy teens! We've got the supplies, you bring the creativity. 

Have you been wanting to play Grand Archive, but it seems too intimidating? Join us at Mimics JC to learn how to play this fun trading card game! No experience necessary. All cards will be provided.

Rejuvenate your mind and body. All shapes, sizes and abilities are welcome. Bring a mat (or towel) to class if you have one, but these are not required. Drop-ins welcome. No charge – library program.

Alicia Troesser is our artist on display at the Woodland Art Gallery from October 2 through November 30.  Her exhibit entitled "Exploring Layers: Past and Present" uses a variety of mediums and will engage your senses.  You can stop by t

Join us for our new Junk Journaling Group! Each month, Alexandria A., a local Junk Journaling Pro, will show us a new technique and then we'll get to incorporate it in our junk journaling time!

Join journalist and historian Bob Priddy, a member of the Cole County America 250 Commission, as he reflects on the First Continental Congress that met in 1774 and approved an overlooked document that led to the Declaration of Independence.

The book we are discussing in October is Air by Monica Roe.

Stories and songs for families. No reservations needed.

Are you an adventurer at heart? Play Dungeons & Dragons with us! The excitement is real and the escapades are never-ending! You might stomp your way through an army of orcs, or go on a noble quest to rescue a whole town. You decide!

Join us for a family movie in our Art Gallery. We will be serving popcorn to enjoy during the show. Blankets and pillows welcome! 

We are showing Aliens in the Attic from Twentieth Century Fox.