Wireless Printing

Genealogical Resources

Online Resources & Databases
Image: white background with blue, orange, yellow, pink, and green squiggles and an image of the craft at the center of the flyer. Text reads: Adult Craft Night! Fruit Coasters. May 6 @ 6:00 pm. Registration is limited, please email ajones@jaxpl.org or call 217-243-5435 ext. 235 to reserve your spot today! 201 W College Ave - www.jaxpl.org - 217-243-5435.


Adult Craft Night: Fruit Coasters

Join us on Wednesday, May 6th at 6 pm for our May Adult Craft Night, this month we are making Fruit Coasters! Registration is limited – please email Ali at ajones@jaxpl.org or call 217-243-5435 ext. 235 to reserve your spot today!

Image: white background with pink, blue, yellow, and green polka dots. Drawings of dinosaurs on skateboards at the bottom of the image. Text reads: May Lego Club. Challenge: build a dinosaur! Friday, May 8th from 2:30 to 5 pm.


Lego Club

Calling all builders! This month’s Lego Club meeting is coming up! Join us at the library on May 8th to show off your Lego skills. Stop in anytime between 2:30 and 5:00 pm. This month’s challenge: build a dinosaur!

Image: white background with a yellow filigree border. Drawing of a sun at the top of the flyer, a photograph of a person holding up a paper cut into the shape of a smiley face in the center of the flyer, and graphics of a purple flower and a lightbulb with a brain at the bottom of the flyer. Text reads: Happy Hacks for Positivity & Well-Being. Part of the Brain Boost Tuesday Series geared for those over 50 - Second Tuesday of the month. Tuesday, May 12th 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Jacksonville Public Library. 201 West College Ave. Jacksonville, IL. Registration is not required. If you need accommodations, please contact the library at: 217-243-5435 or the Morgan County Illinois Extension office at: 217-243-7424. We are more creative, productive, energetic, and intelligent when we are positive and happy! Stress and negativity have the opposite effect, causing us to become at least 10% less productive. Let's learn how to flip the script! Come prepared to learn, have fun, and share with one another! Light snacks provided. Illinois Extension, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois Extension provided equal opportunities in programs and employment.


Brain Boost Tuesday: Happy Hacks

We are more creative, productive, energetic, and intelligent when we are positive and happy! Stress and negativity have the opposite effect, causing us to become at least 10% less productive. Let’s learn how to flip the script! Come prepared to learn, have fun, and share with one another! Light snacks provided.
Tuesday, May 12th from 2:00 – 3:30 pm.

Image: Tan background with yellow and white vertical stripes and brown squiggle boarders in each corner. A drawing of a book with leaves is in the center of the image. Text reads: JPL’s Page turners book club for adults. Book Fair. May 13th. 6:00 pm. We will be reading our own personal book choices for May based on the following genre: Coming-of-Age (aka Bildungsroman). A coming of age novel focuses on a main character or characters’ psychological, moral, and social growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood, so bring your own title that suits your fancy, and come ready to discuss! 201 W College Ave - www.jaxpl.org - 217-243-5435.


Adult Book Club: Coming-of-Age Stories

We will be reading our own personal book choices for May based on the following genre: Coming-of-Age (aka Bildungsroman).
A coming of age novel focuses on a main character or characters’ psychological, moral, and social growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood, so bring your own title that suits your fancy, and come ready to discuss! Wednesday, May 13th at 6 pm.


71xtgpdwd+l. ac uf1000,1000 ql80

The Jacksonville Story Walk

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

Our Calendar

View Calendar
More Events