Share Your Voice
Share your voice with your community! Enter our essay and art contest for a chance to win. Entries due by July 31. Grades K-2: write a few sentences & draw… Continue reading Share Your Voice
Share your voice with your community! Enter our essay and art contest for a chance to win. Entries due by July 31. Grades K-2: write a few sentences & draw… Continue reading Share Your Voice
May 12-Sept 1 Track the minutes you read. For every 250 minutes read, earn a prize from a local business. Read 1000 minutes and get invited to an exclusive pool… Continue reading Find Your Voice! Reading Program
12:00-1:30pm Music by Brion Bowman-Pavilion 1:00pm Dog Trick Show-Basketball Court 1:30-3:00pm Music by Liliana Asta-Pavilion 2:30pm Drag Story Time with Cara Toon-Gazebo 3:00-5:00pm Drag Show-Pavilion 4:00pm Raffle winners called-Pavilion All… Continue reading 2023 Galena Pride Picnic
The graphic novel Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe has been the number one challenged book of 2022 and 2021. Kobabe has defended eir book, noting how beneficial it would have… Continue reading Community Reads for Inquiring Minds
Join bestselling author TJ Klune this Pride Month to discuss publishing, writing, queer identity, book-banning, and being neurodiverse. TJ will be in conversation with Douglas Mahan. Register here: http://tjklune.eventbrite.com TJ… Continue reading An Evening with TJ Klune (virtual)
Learn to cook your own snacks with the library's toaster oven. For grades 6-12. Registration required so we can have enough supplies. Register at https://toasteroven.eventbrite.com
Practice crime scene investigation techniques to see if you'd make a good detective! For grades 6-12. Register at https://followtheevidence.eventbrite.com
No talent? No problem. Create bad art with us! For grades 6-12. Register at https://badart.eventbrite.com
Interested in enrolling your child in the library's 4-H Club? Learn more and help us shape the club at the kick-off meeting! For parents and caregivers (and their kids and… Continue reading 4-H Kickoff Meeting
Decorate paper lanterns to support Riverview Center's Candlelight Vigil events (October 10th & 17th) and/or paint a pumpkin purple to place on your front porch/window to raise awareness. This is… Continue reading Domestic Violence Awareness Month Kickoff (in person)
Join Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling Grace Lin for an engaging conversation about her journey to become an award-winning author and illustrato - and a guided… Continue reading Illinois Libraries Present: Food, Family, & Folklore with Grace Lin (virtual)
601 S Bench St
Galena, IL 61036
815.777.0200
LIBRARY HOURS
MON – THU: 10:00am – 7:00pm
FRI & SAT: 10:00am – 5:00pm
HISTORICAL ROOM HOURS
SUN & MON: Closed
TUE – SAT: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
601 S Bench St
Galena, IL 61036
815.777.0200
LIBRARY HOURS
MON – THU: 11:00am – 8:00pm
FRI & SAT: 11:00am – 5:00pm
HISTORICAL ROOM HOURS
MON WED FRI: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
SAT: 1:00pm – 3:00pm