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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 |
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A drop in stitchery group for all fiber artists of all skills. This group meets in a hybrid format. Either attend in person at the library or email distlerl@galenalibrary.org to receive the Zoom invitation. |
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Galena Public Library and Riverview Center present a family pride craft. Upcycle book pages into a rainbow bouquet. For preschoolers through adults. Sign up at letyourlovegrow.eventbrite.com |
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Stretch and breathe with us in Grant Park! Bring a yoga mat or bath towel and wear comfy clothes. For kindergarten through fifth grade. |
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A drop in stitchery group for all fiber artists of all skills. This group meets in a hybrid format. Either attend in person at the library or email distlerl@galenalibrary.org to receive the Zoom invitation. |
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Five rounds of trivia questions focused on the LGBTQIA+ community. How much do you really know about Pride? From the history of the movement, pop culture, and more these trivia questions may just leave you stumped! Register as an individual or as a 2-6 person team here https://pridetrivia.eventbrite.com If you and your team members register… Continue reading Pride Trivia Night |
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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 Day: Family crafts and games, vendors, food, drinks, Meet & Greet with the goats of Hoof It!, photo op trail, activities from Illinois Gay Rodeo… Continue reading 2023 Galena Pride Picnic |
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The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees is held in the Historical Room of the Galena Public Library. The public is welcome to attend all meetings of the Trustees. Agenda packets may be found here: https://galenalibrary.org/our-meeting-agendas/ |
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A drop in stitchery group for all fiber artists of all skills. This group meets in a hybrid format. Either attend in person at the library or email distlerl@galenalibrary.org to receive the Zoom invitation.
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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 been for em at a younger age. The memoir continues to spark controversy. We shall have a mediated community discussion about the book itself, Kobabe's… Continue reading Community Reads for Inquiring Minds |
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A drop in stitchery group for all fiber artists of all skills. This group meets in a hybrid format. Either attend in person at the library or email distlerl@galenalibrary.org to receive the Zoom invitation. To see the monthly book selections, click here. This book club meets in a hybrid format on the third Tuesday evening at 6 pm. To attend virtually, please contact distlerl@galenalibrary.org |
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The Friends' Annual Meeting will feature a presentation from Patty HartNaus and hors d'oeuvres. All Friends members are welcome to attend.
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Join us for a live screening of Robin Wall Kimmerer in conversation about her bestselling book “Braiding Sweetgrass and the Honorable Harvest.” The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation in partnership with the Galena Public Library and Illinois Libraries Present, invites you to view Robin’s conversation with naturalist Cindy Crosby on at the Galena Center for the… Continue reading Watch Party! Braiding Sweetgrass and the Honorable Harvest |
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Click here to see the monthly selections. This book club meets on Monday morning at 9:30 am.
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Enjoy a guided tour of West Street Sculpture Park with the artist himself, John Martinson! For kindergarten through sixth grade. Meet at the Park at 620 S West Street. |
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A drop in stitchery group for all fiber artists of all skills. This group meets in a hybrid format. Either attend in person at the library or email distlerl@galenalibrary.org to receive the Zoom invitation.
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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) |
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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 |
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Enjoy stories, songs and a craft outside, followed by water play. Dress to get wet! For toddlers through second grade. |