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 a picture about what makes you special. Grades 3-5: write a paragraph about what makes you uniquely you. Grades 6-12: write a five paragraph essay… 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 party at Country Inn & Suites in Galena! Pick up a booklet to track reading at the library. Sponsored by Friends of Galena Public Library,… Continue reading Find Your Voice! Reading Program
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: https://tjklune.eventbrite.com TJ KLUNE (he/him) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's… 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
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
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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