Paint & Sip for Teens
Join us for a Halloween Teen Paint & Sip on Tuesday, October 21st at 6 pm. Drinks will be provided. For grades 6 – 12. We hope to see you there!
Beyond the Screen: A “Wicked” Conversation with Marissa Bode (Zoom Program)
Prepare for a magical evening as Illinois Libraries Present welcomes actress Marissa Bode. Bode made her feature film debut as Nessarose in Academy Award-winning blockbuster, Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu.
Please call 217-243-5435 to register.
Return of Dead People of Illinois with John Lynn
Join us again on October 22nd at 6pm to hear from John Lynn, for The Return of Dead People of IL! Searching for dead people in all the right places, this ”underground” presentation explores hundreds of Illinois cemeteries to find interesting graves and headstones, intriguing lives and deaths, and lots and plots of funny names. It’s an opportunity for mortals to not only whistle past the graveyard, but to pause and enjoy the oddities of life and death while we’re still on the right side of history. Warning: grave subject matter. Expiration date: inevitable. Services: pending.
The History of Public Reading in Jacksonville: 1866 – Present
Presented by Morgan Historical Society and Chad Boehlke, Public Historian. Thursday, October 23rd at 6pm.
Jacksonville in the late 1800s had two reading societies. Both of these societies were founded on the idea of a free library that is open to any one who could pay the subscription fee. Both of these ‘libraries” went through many location and changes. The one that is now the Jacksonville Public Library eventually received city government donations. This evolved into the public library we have today, thanks to the help of Carnegie’s donation and the idea that everyone should have free access to a library.
Admission is free!
The Jacksonville Story Walk
Visit the Bob Freesen YMCA to read a story while walking along a 1 mile trail.