Warren County Public Library

Peoria Zoo Mobile
2024-07-03 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Everybody Needs a Home! Explore the world of animal habitats. Learn how different kinds of animals make different kinds of homes!

Greece Lightning by Bright Star Theater Sponsored by Buchanan Center of the Arts
2024-06-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Public Sq, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Bright Star Theater is performing GREECE LIGHTNING at Buchanan Center of the Arts as our Sponsor for this amazing event! After watching Percy Jackson, step over to the BCA for Greece Lightning and then join us back at the Library for Camp Half-Blood Activities! It’s a full day of Percy! Don’t miss out on this day of events!

Movie Fridays: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2024-06-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States

Adult Craft: Pallet Painting
2024-06-27 16:00 - 17:00
June 27 @ 4:00 pm
Paint some patriotic pallets with us in time for Independence Day!
Attend this event and earn 100 points towards your 2024 Summer Reading program!

Camp Read S'more
2024-06-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Join the Graphic Novel Book Club for kids in grades 3rd-6th. In June we will read Cardboard Kingdom and in July we will read Mighty Jack! During our time, we will discuss, have snack and do a fun project related to our Summer Reading theme and the book!

Oil Spill Activity presented by the Girl Scouts
2024-06-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Come and do a fun Oil Spill Activity!

4H: Emergency Preparedness
2024-06-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Miss Shelby will teach all about Emergency Preparedness!

Movie Fridays: The Lorax
2024-06-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States

Nahant Marsh
2024-06-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-06-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Come and see what this great enrichment program has for us during Summer Reading! Nahant Marsh comes to us from Davenport, Iowa and can’t wait to share the wonders of the Marshland with our kids!

Sustainable Landscaping with Chris Enroth & U of I Extension Office
2024-06-20 16:00 - 17:00
June 20 @ 4:00 pm
University of Illinois horticulture educator, Chris Enroth will introduce several different techniques to incorporate sustainable practices into the lawn and garden. We will discuss sustainable lawns, how to handle stormwater, building healthy soils, and more fundamental methods to reduce your eco-footprint!
Attend this event and earn 100 points towards your 2024 Summer Reading program!
“Taking a sustainable approach to your yard benefits you, the environment, and our future. Sustainable landscapes save money by using fewer pesticides and fertilizers and lowers power, water, and waste disposal bills. Sustainable landscapes safeguard our water quality, soils, and wildlife and provide us with countless ecosystem services. University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, Chris Enroth will introduce several different techniques to incorporate sustainable practices into the lawn and garden. During the session, we will discuss sustainable lawns, how to handle stormwater, building healthy soils, and more fundamental methods to reduce your eco-footprint.”

Magician: Rick Brammer
2024-06-20 10:30 - 11:30 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States

Maker Tuesday: Hello, Hello Animals
2024-06-18 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Stop in and grab a Hello, Hello Animal Art kit to make at home, at the Library with our STEM Cart or BOTH! Then, submit your Artwork for the 4H Fair to be Judged and Ribboned at the General Project Show!

Movie Fridays: The One & Only Ivan
2024-06-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States

Adult Craft: Mandala Rock Painting
2024-06-13 16:00 - 17:00
June 13 @ 4:00pm
Join us for a fun, relaxing craft of mandala rock painting!
Attend this event and earn 100 points towards your 2024 Summer Reading program!

Animal Book Buddy Read Along
2024-06-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Bring your favorite stuffed buddy for a read along! We will find and make new friends to read books with! (all ages)

4H: Garden in a Glove
2024-06-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Learn how to make your very own Garden in a Glove!

Maker Tuesday: Animal Habitat
2024-06-11 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Stop in and grab an Animal Habitat Art kit to make at home, at the Library with our STEM Cart or BOTH! Then, submit your Artwork for the 4H Fair to be Judged and Ribboned at the General Project Show!

Wild Times Exotics
2024-06-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Wild Times Exotics, LTD is the only fully licensed and insured Zoo to You program in Central Illinois. At every single event, we offer everyone a chance to hold, pet or kiss every animal we have!

Movie Fridays: Moana
2024-06-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States

"The Happy Invention: History & Significance of Picture Postcards" with Katherine Hamilton-Smith and Illinois Road Scholars
2024-06-06 17:00 - 18:00
June 6 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm
As a public speaker and founding curator of the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, now at the Newberry Library, Katherine Hamilton-Smith brings a fascinating piece of local cultural history to life: the invention of the picture postcard, right here in Illinois! Hamilton-Smith presents a look at the documentary power and significance of picture postcards, the role Illinois played in the history and development of postcards, and on the picture postcard as a cultural icon, including local postcards!
Attend this event and earn 100 points towards your 2024 Summer Reading program!

“The first picture postcards were published for the 1889 Paris Exposition, celebrating the completion of the Eiffel Tower. In America, the first picture postcards were printed for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago —making Illinois the birthplace of the American picture postcard. Since those flowery Victorian originals, uncountable billions of postcards of every aspect of life have been printed, depicting train stations and bandstands, street views and cartoons, ads for products and services, ‘beauties’ and ‘freaks,’ social history both whimsical and dark, and everything in between. An early mention of postcards is in the 1870 diary of a Welsh curate, who called them “a happy invention.”In 2016, the world’s largest public collection of postcards and related materials, the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, was given to the Newberry Library by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. Katherine Hamilton-Smith, the founding curator of the Teich Archives, presents a look at the documentary power and significance of picture postcards. She touches on the Curt Teich Company of Chicago, the role Illinois played in the history and development of postcards, and on the picture postcard as a cultural icon.”

The event will be co-produced by the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, which invites Illinois authors, artists and educators to share their expertise and enthusiasm with people throughout the state, enabling local nonprofit organizations to present free-admission cultural programs to their communities. Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly [through the Illinois Arts Council Agency], as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.

PBS Summer Outreach
2024-06-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Join WQPT PBS as they visit Warren County Public Library for activities from PBS Kids!

Maker Tuesday: Recycling Symbol Art
2024-06-04 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Stop in and grab a Recycling Symbol Art kit to make at home, at the Library with our STEM Cart or BOTH! Then, submit your Artwork for the 4H Fair to be Judged and Ribboned at the General Project Show!

Summer Reading BEGINS!!
2024-06-03 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Summer Reading Begins at the Warren County Public Library! Be sure to stop in or register online for our Summer Reading Program!

Ugly Sweater Christmas Party - Winter Clothes Storytime
2023-12-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Let’s Celebrate Christmas together with an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party! We will read about how warm winter clothes are cozy and keep us warm when it’s cold outside. Then we will decorate sweater ornaments and have a very special party together!

Gingerbread House Teen Craft
2023-12-15 15:30 - 16:30 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Turn a Dollar Tree Dollhouse into a Gingerbread House! Simple, fun and festive! Use your best creative skills to make the cutest little decoration for the Holidays!

Pokèmon Club
2023-12-14 15:30 - 16:30 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Gotta Learn them all! Pokèmon Club is a STEAM based club that will focus on the Science, ART, History, Folklore, Biology, Math, Game and more, of Pokèmon. Learn how Pokèmon was developed, learn about the animals and their abilities, the science behind their abilities, the artwork of the game and so much more! Plus….learn how to play the actual Card Game and grow your math skills!
Kids may bring their own cards, or use the cards the Library will have on hand. Kids will learn, make friends and have a blast at this new club! Kids 12 and under must have an adult present. The program will last until 4:30pm.

LEGO Challenge Club
2023-12-12 08:00 - 17:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
For kids ages 5-12 years of age. Kids will begin with a 15 minute warm up challenge, then for 45 minutes they will have a main challenge build. Challenges can be individual or team builds, depending on the challenge. All challenges are STEM based. The club will provide all LEGOS and will run for 1 hour every Tuesday based according to the MR School Calendars. All children under 12 years must have an adult present.

Gingerbread Storytime
2023-12-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Warren County Public Library, 62 Public Square, Monmouth, IL, 61462, United States
Yummy Gingerbread! We will read fun Gingerbread stories and do some gingerbread activities!
