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Cricut Class: A Very Cricut Christmas

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Collaboratory at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
CoLab
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Workshop:

Get hands-on and learn a new skill at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:

In this class, we'll show you how to use our Cricut machines to create gifts and decorations that will make your Christmas merry and bright! Spots are limited and registration i...

Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Collaboratory
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: CoLab
Required
Seats Remaining: 2

Workshop

Get hands-on and learn a new skill at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:

In this class, we'll show you how to use our Cricut machines to create gifts and decorations that will make your Christmas merry and bright!

A black and white illustration of a small person standing up between the pages of a book. They are appearing to read the words in the very large book.

The Gathering of the Bookalos: A Silent Book Club

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Want to carve out time to read but don't want the pressure to finish and discuss a specific book?  Want to learn what others are reading and low-key socialize? It sounds ...

Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining: 22
Event Details:

Want to carve out time to read but don't want the pressure to finish and discuss a specific book?  Want to learn what others are reading and low-key socialize? It sounds to us like you may be a Bookalo.

Springfield NOW meeting

Monday, December 9, 2024 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bicentennial Room at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Reorganization discussion and packing comfort care kits

Bicentennial Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Bicentennial Room
Purpose of Meeting

Reorganization discussion and packing comfort care kits

Beginner Sewing Class: Sew a Snowman

Monday, December 9, 2024 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Collaboratory at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
CoLab
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Event Details:

Learn how to sew your own snowman in this beginner sewing class--perfect for a stocking stuffer, or to keep for yourself! Spots are limited and registration is required. Please ...

Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Collaboratory
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: CoLab
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Learn how to sew your own snowman in this beginner sewing class--perfect for a stocking stuffer, or to keep for yourself!

Microsoft Word Basics

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Computer Class
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Computer Class:

Sharpen your computer skills for free in the Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom.

Event Details:

Learn how Word works! From writing letters, to crafting research papers, and even making labels, there's plenty this program offers, and we'll show you how.

Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Program Type: Computer Class
Required
Seats Remaining: 13

Computer Class

Sharpen your computer skills for free in the Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom.

Event Details:

Learn how Word works! From writing letters, to crafting research papers, and even making labels, there's plenty this program offers, and we'll show you how.

An image of a laptop, phone, and tablet, over a swirling black background

Ask a Library Techie

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Computer Class
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Drop on in for "Ask a Library Techie," Lincoln Library's one-on-one tech help session! Bring your own device (like a smartphone, e-reader, tablet, or laptop), or borrow one of the ...

Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computer Class
Event Details:

Drop on in for "Ask a Library Techie," Lincoln Library's one-on-one tech help session! Bring your own device (like a smartphone, e-reader, tablet, or laptop), or borrow one of the computers in our computer classroom.

A flyer for the event, including images of Santa Claus and a stack of books

Santa Meet & Greet

Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Storytime Area at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Crafts, Social
Age Group:
Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Children, Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Free books?! From Santa?! Join the Lincoln Library Alliance on Saturday, December 14th from 11am - 1pm as they help us make things merry in the children's department!Books and a fr...

Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Crafts, Social
Event Details:

Free books?! From Santa?! Join the Lincoln Library Alliance on Saturday, December 14th from 11am - 1pm as they help us make things merry in the children's department!

Piano Recital

Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Students perform piano selections they have been working on

Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Students perform piano selections they have been working on

A banner with four colors, purple, green, orange, and cyan, with a blank quill and ink over top the banner, and white text reading "Lincoln Library" at the top and "Amateur Writer's Guild" at the bottom.

Amateur Writer's Guild

Monday, December 16, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Multipurpose Room at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Social, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Come together with other writers for feedback on anything you have written, or answers to questions you might have!

Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social, Workshop
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

Come together with other writers for feedback on anything you have written, or answers to questions you might have!

Get Covered Illinois

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Atrium at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Informational outreach

Atrium
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Atrium
Purpose of Meeting

Informational outreach

promotional image for Horror Book Club showing a book cover with an isolated hotel on a snowy backdrop; above the hotel, a man's face is screaming

Spinetinglers Horror Book Club

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Bicentennial Room at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Book Club:

Event Details:

The Spinetinglers Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of a different horror book. If you're a fan of ghosts, vampires, or other spooks and ghouls, thi...

Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Bicentennial Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club

Book Club

Event Details:

The Spinetinglers Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month for discussion of a different horror book. If you're a fan of ghosts, vampires, or other spooks and ghouls, this book club is for you!

Springfield Jaycees General Membership Meeting

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Carnegie North at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Our monthly General Membership meeting.

Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Our monthly General Membership meeting.

A red flyer with event details and a border of holiday colored string lights.

Holiday Storytime & Crafts

Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Storytime Area at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Children
Storytime:

Read, write, talk, sing, and play with us! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Event Details:

Join us for an extra special storytime as we have some holiday fun! WSIU and Molina Healthcare of Illinois are visiting local libraries, participating in Storytime reading and...

Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Children
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

Read, write, talk, sing, and play with us! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Event Details:

Join us for an extra special storytime as we have some holiday fun! 

Ask a Library Techie

Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Computer Class
Age Group:
Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Computer Class:

Sharpen your computer skills for free in the Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom.

Event Details:

Drop on in for "Ask a Library Techie," Lincoln Library's one-on-one tech help session! Bring your own device (like a smartphone, e-reader, tablet, or laptop), or borrow one of the ...

Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Age Group: Teens, Adults, Adults 21+
Program Type: Computer Class
Required
Seats Remaining: 5

Computer Class

Sharpen your computer skills for free in the Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom.

Event Details:

Drop on in for "Ask a Library Techie," Lincoln Library's one-on-one tech help session! Bring your own device (like a smartphone, e-reader, tablet, or laptop), or borrow one of the computers in our computer classroom.

Intermediate Sewing Class: Cell Phone Wallet

Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Collaboratory at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
CoLab
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Workshop:

Get hands-on and learn a new skill at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:

Learn how to sew a wallet with enough space to hold your cell phone and your important cards! This is an intermediate-level sewing class, so some prior experience with a sewing mac...

Required
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Collaboratory
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: CoLab
Required
Seats Remaining: 2

Workshop

Get hands-on and learn a new skill at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:

Learn how to sew a wallet with enough space to hold your cell phone and your important cards!

Great Horned Owls: Hiding in Plain Sight

Great Horned Owls: Hiding in Plain Sight

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Carnegie North at Lincoln Library
Program Type:
Performance
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Mark H.X. Glenshaw is an award-winning naturalist who has closely observed and documented the lives of Great Horned Owls in Forest Park, a large urban park in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Performance
Event Details:

Mark H.X. Glenshaw is an award-winning naturalist who has closely observed and documented the lives of Great Horned Owls in Forest Park, a large urban park in St.

The Lincoln Library and YMCA logos at the top with text describing the date, time, activities that happen at a Pop-up library.

Pop-Up Library at the YMCA

Monday, December 23, 2024 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Off Site
Age Group:
All Ages
Event Details:

Pop-up Library- A pop-up library is a temporary collection of materials for patrons to browse and check out at a location other than the library.

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: All Ages
Event Details:

Pop-up Library- A pop-up library is a temporary collection of materials for patrons to browse and check out at a location other than the library.

Closed for Christmas Holiday

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
Lincoln Library

Christmas 

Closing
Branches:
Lincoln Library
Description:

Christmas 

Closing at 5pm

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Lincoln Library

Closing early for New Year's Eve

Closing
Branches:
Lincoln Library
Description:

Closing early for New Year's Eve

Closed for New Year's Day

All Day
Lincoln Library

New Year's Day

Closing
Branches:
Lincoln Library
Description:

New Year's Day

Land Subdivision Committee

Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Carnegie North at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

LSC

Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

LSC

Buzz Bomb Board Games

Board Game Night at Buzz Bomb

Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Off Site
Age Group:
Adults 21+
Event Details:

Join us at Buzz Bomb Brewing Co. for a downtown Springfield night of beer and board games! We'll have a wide-ranging collection of board games to choose from, from old classics to ...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults 21+
Event Details:

Join us at Buzz Bomb Brewing Co. for a downtown Springfield night of beer and board games! We'll have a wide-ranging collection of board games to choose from, from old classics to modern euro games!

Red Cross blood Drive

Friday, January 3, 2025 at 10:00am - 4:00pm
Carnegie North at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Blood drive

Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Blood drive

Michael McDonald Art Class

Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Multipurpose Room at Lincoln Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Free Community Art Classes

Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

Free Community Art Classes