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Sim Showcase by Pierre Berry

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Music Program

PowerPoint 101

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Adults
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Computer Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Learn the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint with this helpful computer class.

Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers
Storytime Area
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

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

Event Details:

Get up and get moving at our Toddler Time! This program is full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills.

Financial Literacy for Beginners : Budgeting for the Holidays

10:30am - 11:30am
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Multipurpose Room
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Lecture Series
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 12

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Event Details:

Financial Literacy for Beginners

Sangamon County Historical Society

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Program

Just Add Magic: An Eclectic Take on Self-Publishing

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Multipurpose Room
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Social, Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Author Sianyn Leigh discusses the pros and cons of skipping big name publishers and publishing yourself in the modern day. 
Presented by the Lincoln Library Amateur Writer's Guild.

YA Civil Civics: Race to 270

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Teens
Multipurpose Room
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Trivia
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Come and try your hand at our original game, "Race to 270". It's "Risk" meets the Electoral College. 

Civil Civics: Race to 270

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Multipurpose Room
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19

Trivia

Challenge your brain, and your rivals, with trivia questions.

Event Details:

Adults, it's your turn! 

Come and try your hand at our original game, "Race to 270". It's "Risk" meets the Electoral College. 

Teen Time

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Teen Zone
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Social
Event Details:

Every Wednesday at 3pm starting September 4th there will be a Teen Program in the Teen Zone. There will be some exceptions depending on holidays and school schedules, but every day there is a program will be marked on our calendar. 

Make a Monster!

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children, Tweens
Multipurpose Room
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Crafts, Make and Take
Event Details:

Make a monster using air-dry clay and an assortment of other crafty items! 

Combating Election Disinformation

5:30pm - 7:45pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

Presentation on Election Misinformation

Springfield Jaycees General Membership Meeting

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Our monthly general membership meeting.

Preschool Storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Pre-K
Storytime Area
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

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

Event Details:

Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years! Children and their grownups will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning.

Ask a Library Techie

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Adults
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
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.

Red Cross Blood Drive

10:00am - 3:00pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

Blood Drive

Kappa Sigma Zeta Youth Informational

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

We will be providing information about our youth auxiliaries.

Christian Science Lecture

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Purpose of Meeting

To explain what Christian Science is to the public.

Walk with Pride: A Tour of Springfield's LGBTQ+ History (Encore)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
All Ages
Atrium
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Atrium
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Lecture Series
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 18

Lecture Series

Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest.

Event Details:

This LGBTQ+ History Month, join Lincoln Library’s staff for an encore performance of our free walking tour of historic LGBTQ+ sites in Downtown Springfield.

Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Toddlers
Storytime Area
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Storytime Area
Age Group: Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Storytime

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

Event Details:

Get up and get moving at our Toddler Time! This program is full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills.

IMSA Information Sessions

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Multipurpose Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Multipurpose Room
Purpose of Meeting

IMSA is a 3-year public residential high school. IMSA innovates the future of science, technology, engineering, and math education.

Jameson Jenkins and the Underground Railroad

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Lincoln Home National Historic Site Historian, Tim Townsend will talk about Jameson Jenkins and the underground railroad. Abraham Lincoln’s neighbor, Jameson Jenkins, played an important role in the hopes of freedom seekers passing through Sp

Computer Basics 1

10:30am - 11:30am
Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Registration
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Nancy Huntley Computer Classroom
Program Type: Computer Class
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Learn the basic components of a computer, how to use a mouse, and more beginner computer skills.

Get Covered Illinois

12:00pm - 4:00pm
Study Room 2
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Study Room 2

Teen Time

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Teen Zone
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Teen Zone
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Social
Event Details:

Every Wednesday at 3pm starting September 4th there will be a Teen Program in the Teen Zone. There will be some exceptions depending on holidays and school schedules, but every day there is a program will be marked on our calendar.