We are a community connection to reading, life-long learning, and personal enrichment for a changing and diverse population.
We are a community connection to reading, life-long learning, and personal enrichment for a changing and diverse population.
Plants that grow without soil? Join Master Gardener Bill Wallace for a “make and take” workshop on air plants! Participants will be then be able to take an air plant home. Registration is required; please sign up at the front desk. While supplies last.
Warren County Public Library is joining libraries across the state of Illinois to host Michelle Zauner, Korean-American musician and author, as she discusses her beloved memoir "Crying in H Mart." The event will be held virtually on Thursday. June 30 at 7 p.m.
Edu-tainer Barry Cloyd traces the history of the blues, through story and song, from Africa to New Orleans, up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Chicago and the world beyond!
Want to read a first edition of Jane Austen? Want to download it too? Read beyond the beaten path with Google Books and find out the best strategies to search for authors and titles that are now in the public domain. An endless historical library is only a few clicks away!
Local author Bill Scott of Kewanee, IL will present his collection of Christian short stories, God & Me & My Model T.
A representative from Jesse White's office will update drivers on current rules of the road, review the vision and driving exams, and prepare drivers for the general written and road sign exams.
Join us for a book reading and signing event with Susan Van Kirk on Wednesday, August 10th at 4pm! Susan Van Kirk's latest novel, "Death in a Pale Hue" kicks off the Art Center Mysteries inspired by the Buchanan Center for the Arts!
Wednesday, August 24th @ 5:30pm | ZOOM | A picture-perfect suburban family is rattled when an unconventional single mom and her teen daughter arrive with a mysterious past. The opposite of the rule-driven Richardsons, the Warrens flout the status quo and threaten to upend this carefully planned community.
In celebration of Deaf Awareness Month, Marlee Matlin joins Illinois Libraries Present to share the highs and lows of her Hollywood career and journeys as an activist. The youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar, Matlin’s acting career recently achieved another milestone as her 2021 film CODA swept every category it was nominated in at the 2022 Academy Awards. The event will be held virtually on Wednesday, September 14 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, September 29th @ 5:30pm | ZOOM | Linus is a buttoned-up, live-by-the-rules, no-fun employee who works for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. When he gets his latest secret assignment from Extremely Upper Management to visit an orphanage on a remote island, he doesn't know what to expect.