Gardening Series: Poisonous Plants

Bill Wallace, Master Gardener with the University of IL- Extension Service, will discuss the world of “poisonous” plants. A plant can be medicinal, deadly, or both depending on its use. Learn more about these families of plants that can do both harm and good.  

An Evening with Chef Kwame Onwuachi

Warren County Public Library is joining libraries across the state of Illinois to host award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi. Onwuachi will discuss his new cookbook My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef.  The event will be held virtually on Wednesday, June 22, at 7 p.m. To register, visit https://bit.ly/June22_KwameOnwuachi

Gardening Series: Air Plants

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.

Barry Cloyd — “A Brief History of the Blues”

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!

Read Beyond the Beaten Path

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!