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February 2020
Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday is a drop-in time for patrons to ask their questions about technology (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.). We hold this event in the lobby every Thursday morning from 10am-12pm. Tech Thursday is also a time to promote the apps that our patrons can access on their devices, as well as promote the Kindles that patrons can check out.
Find out more »March 2020
Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday is a drop-in time for patrons to ask their questions about technology (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.). We hold this event in the lobby every Thursday morning from 10am-12pm. Tech Thursday is also a time to promote the apps that our patrons can access on their devices, as well as promote the Kindles that patrons can check out.
Find out more »Resume Basics Workshop
Kimberly Schott from Career Services at Kankakee Community College will lead a resume workshop on Monday, March 9 at 6:30 pm. This event will teach attendees the basics of a good resume and she will offer templates that attendees can use. Registration for this workshop is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk.
Find out more »Read Between the Lines Book Club
BPL’s Read Between the Lines Book Club is our longest-running book club and has been here for 7 years! This is a strictly fiction book discussion that meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 10 am. Miracle Creek by Angie Kim is about:“A dramatic murder trial in the aftermath of an experimental medical treatment and a fatal explosion upends a rural Virginia community where personal secrets and private ambitions complicate efforts to uncover what happened.”
Find out more »Special Topics Presentation: How To Speak To Kids About Sexual Assault
Join us when Susan Soda from KC-CASA speaks to parents, offering information, strategies, and encouragement about addressing sexual assault with kids.
Find out more »Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday is a drop-in time for patrons to ask their questions about technology (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.). We hold this event in the lobby every Thursday morning from 10am-12pm. Tech Thursday is also a time to promote the apps that our patrons can access on their devices, as well as promote the Kindles that patrons can check out.
Find out more »Tech Saturday
Tech Saturday is a drop-in time for patrons to ask their questions about technology (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.). We hold this event in the lobby one Saturday a month, in the morning from 10am-12pm. Tech Saturday is also a time to promote the apps that our patrons can access on their devices, as well as promote the Kindles that patrons can check out.
Find out more »Tuesdays with Books Club
The Tuesdays with Books Club has been meeting at the library for 4 years. It’s the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 10 am-11 am in the White Oak Room. We read an assortment of fiction with the occasional non-fiction title. Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict “An impoverished Irish immigrant in the industrial 1860s takes a job as a lady's maid in the home of prominent businessman Andrew Carnegie, with whom she falls in love before going missing, triggering Carnegie's…
Find out more »Novels @Night
Novels @ Night meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Barnes and Noble cafe to explore books from all genres. The book club allows members to experience stories they might not have chosen on their own and helps readers get out of their book comfort zones. Washington Black by Esa Edugyan “Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born. Washington Black tells a story of…
Find out more »Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday is a drop-in time for patrons to ask their questions about technology (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.). We hold this event in the lobby every Thursday morning from 10am-12pm. Tech Thursday is also a time to promote the apps that our patrons can access on their devices, as well as promote the Kindles that patrons can check out.
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