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Image: gray background with black and white butterflies and dragonflies, black drawings of flowers in the lower left and upper right corners. A drawing of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret to the left of the image and a drawing of three dimensional scrolling sculpture in the center of the image. Text reads: How Do I Love Thee? An Evening with Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. September 23rd @ 7:00pm. Admission is free! A bedridden invalid for much of her life, forbidden to marry by her Victorian father, already past the age at which a woman was considered a spinster, Elizabeth Barrett would have had little hope or prospects of marriage. But when some of her poetry caught the eye of her younger fellow-poet Robert Browning, he was immediately smitten. Never one to shrink in the face of impossible odds, Robert not only met and wooed Elizabeth but eventually convinced her to elope with him to Italy. The story of this fascinating courtship is the subject of this evening's two-person presentation, featuring Sherri Mitchell and Robert Seufert.

How Do I Love Thee? An evening with Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning

A bedridden invalid for much of her life, forbidden to marry by her Victorian father, already past the age at which a woman was considered a spinster, Elizabeth Barrett would have had little hope or prospects of marriage. But when some of her poetry caught the eye of her younger fellow-poet Robert Browning, he was immediately smitten. Never one to shrink in the face of impossible odds, Robert not only met and wooed Elizabeth but eventually convinced her to elope with him to Italy. The story of this fascinating courtship is the subject of this evening’s two-person presentation, featuring Sherri Mitchell and Robert Seufert.

Image: space background with drawing of stars, planets, a rocket ship, a ufo, and a meteor. In the center, the movie poster for "Project Hail Mary". Text reads: Jacksonville Public Library Presents - movie night. September 30th @ 6:00pm. PG-13 For thematic material and suggestive references. Admission is free - popcorn and water will be provided. 201 W College Ave | www.jaxpl.org | 217-243-5435.

Movie Night: “Project Hail Mary”

We invite you to join us on Wednesday, September 30th at 6 pm for a special showing of “Project Hail Mary”! Food and drinks will be provided!

Image: the cover for "Over in a River Flowing Out to the Sea" by Marianne Berkes and Illustrated by Jill Durbin. Text reads: Over in a River Flowing Out to the Sea by Marianne Berkes and Illustrated by Jill Durbin

The Jacksonville Story Walk

Visit the Bob Freesen YMCA to read a story while walking along a 1 mile trail.

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