Words, Power, and Community: Dr. Eve L. Ewing (Zoom Event)
Engage in an important and thoughtful conversation with Dr. Eve L. Ewing, acclaimed author, educator, poet, and cultural organizer whose work explores race, education, identity, and community. Through writing that blends scholarship, storytelling, and activism, Dr. Ewing has become one of today’s most influential public voices on culture and education.
Please call the Jacksonville Public Library at 217-243-5435 to register. There will NOT be an in-person viewing of this program at the library – the program will only be available to view from home.
Lego Club
Calling all builders! This month’s Lego Club meeting is coming up! Join us at the library on November 13th to show off your Lego skills. Stop in anytime between 2:30 and 5:00 pm. This month’s challenge: build a pumpkin!
Family Craft Class: Book Pumpkins
Join us on Saturday, November 14th at 2 pm for our Family Craft Class. This month, we are making pumpkins out of books! Registration is limited – email ajones@jaxpl.org or call 217-243-5435 ext. 235 to reserve your spot today! Adults & Children 6th grade and up may register.
Adult Book Club: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Join us on November 18th at 6 pm for our November Page Turners Book Club meeting. This month we are reading “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides. All are welcome! Books are available for check out at the Circulation desk! You do not have to have a library card to participate!
Food For Fines
Starting November 16th – December 30th you can bring in nonperishable food items to remove overdue fines from your account. One item removes $1 in fines.
Does not apply to lost or damaged item fines
The Jacksonville Story Walk
Visit the Bob Freesen YMCA to read a story while walking along a 1 mile trail.