Name: Teentober 2024!
Start: 2024-10-01
End: 2024-10-31
Location: Lincoln Library

On narrow displays, the weekly calendar is wider than the screen. You can side-scroll within this table to view events and reservations for the whole week.

Time	Sun (10/27)	Mon (10/28)	Tue (10/29)	Wed (10/30)	Thu (10/31)	Fri (11/01)	Sat (11/02)
All Day	Reservation Underground Ground Railroad Display 09/26/2024 @ 10:30am - 11/30/2024 @ 5:00pm Atrium This is not a library sponsored event. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Atrium Purpose of Meeting Underground Railroad Display and Education
	This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Teentober 2024! All Day 10/1 - 10/31 Tweens, Teens This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Age Group: Tweens, Teens Event Details: October is the month to celebrate library services for teens! Here are some of the great things Lincoln Library is doing for Teentober: All programs and Raffle open to grades 6-12 (Ages 11-18)
9 am		This event is in the "All Ages" group. Pop-Up Library at the YMCA 9:00am - 11:00am All Ages Offsite Event This event is in the "All Ages" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. 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.				This event is in the "All Ages" group. Pop-Up Library in the Park 9:30am - 10:30am All Ages Offsite Event This event is in the "All Ages" group. 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.
10 am		This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Toddler Time 10:30am - 11:00am Toddlers Storytime Area This event is in the "Toddlers" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. 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. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Financial Literacy for Beginners : Retirement Challenges 10:30am - 11:30am Tweens, Teens, Adults Multipurpose Room Required This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Multipurpose Room Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults Program Type: Lecture Series Required Seats Remaining: 12 Lecture Series Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest. Event Details: Financial Literacy for Beginners			This event is in the "Pre-K" group. Preschool Storytime 10:30am - 11:00am Pre-K Storytime Area This event is in the "Pre-K" group. 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.
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2 pm							This event is in the "All Ages" group. Songs of the Illinois Freedom Road - Chris Vallillo 2:00pm - 4:45pm All Ages Carnegie North This event is in the "All Ages" group. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Carnegie North Age Group: All Ages Event Details: Folk musician and folklorist Chris Vallillo presents a powerful musical performance featuring the songs, stories, and struggles of the Illinois Underground Railroad.
3 pm				This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Teen Time 3:00pm - 4:00pm Tweens, Teens Teen Zone This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. 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.	This event is in the "Adults" group. Springfield's Own Dr. Andrew Lam Presents "The Only Winner in War Is Medicine" - A Fundraiser for the Lincoln Library Alliance 3:30pm - 4:45pm Adults Carnegie North This event is in the "Adults" group. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Carnegie North Age Group: Adults Program Type: Lecture Series, Book Sale Event Details: International best-selling author Dr. Lam will present a riveting look at how WWII sparked innovations in cardiac surgery, cancer treatment, and trauma care that saved lives in postwar America, referencing his most recent publication,&nb		This event is in the "Adults" group. The Gathering of the Bookalos: A Silent Book Club 3:00pm - 4:30pm Adults Required Offsite Event This event is in the "Adults" group. Library Branch: Off Site Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Club Required Seats Remaining: 3 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.
4 pm				Reservation Leah Robinson 4:45pm - 5:45pm Study Room 1 This is not a library sponsored event. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Study Room 1
5 pm			This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Intermediate Sewing Class: Quilted Jack-o-Lantern Placemat 5:00pm - 7:00pm Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults Collaboratory Required This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. 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 a quilted placemat in the shape of a jack-o-lantern, perfect for your Halloween decor (or leave off the jack-o-lantern face to use the placemat for the Thanksgiving holiday)! Reservation Where Olive Trees Weep Film 5:00pm - 7:30pm Carnegie North This is not a library sponsored event. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Carnegie North Purpose of Meeting Film screening of Where Olive Trees Weep which provides background on the current crisis in Israel/Palestine. This event is in the "Adults" group. Black Authors Book Club 5:30pm - 7:00pm Adults Bicentennial Room This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Bicentennial Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Book Club Event Details: Join us for our book club, discussing books by Black authors. We are creating this space for all readers to share & learn about the Black experience, and books that reflect that perspective.
6 pm		This event is in the "Adults" group. The Presumption of Freedom: The Illinois Supreme Court and the Fate of Slavery in the Prairie State 6:00pm - 7:30pm Adults Carnegie North This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Carnegie North Age Group: Adults Program Type: Lecture Series Lecture Series Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest. Event Details: Though Illinois entered the Union as a free state in 1818, slavery continued to exist within its borders for decades. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Yoga Beginners to Advanced 6:30pm - 7:30pm Teens, Adults DeFrates Room This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: DeFrates Room Age Group: Teens, Adults Event Details: Everyone ages 13 and up is welcome in this community yoga class. We will focus on breathing, stretching and honoring our bodies. Just bring a mat and comfy clothes!		This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Civil Civics: "Fascism and Its Forms: Past and Present" 6:00pm - 7:30pm Teens, Adults Multipurpose Room This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Lincoln Library Room: Multipurpose Room Age Group: Teens, Adults Program Type: Lecture Series Lecture Series Enjoy a local expert discussing a topic of interest. Event Details: In this election season we hear the term "fascist" thrown at politicians with whom we disagree all the time. Usually, we use it to mean "I disagree with you vehemently!!!" But what does that term really mean?

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