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While the library is closed, join our Teen Advisory Board online!  We will meet over Zoom to discuss library services for teens during the stay-at-home order, as well as socializing and doing fun activities like trivia games and digital escape rooms.

Open to teens ages 12-18 or entering grades 7-12. New members always welcome! You will need a free Zoom account and internet connection. For more information or to sign up for TAB, email our Young Adult librarian at johnd@galesburglibrary.org.

Instructions to join the Zoom call will be posted here on the day of the meeting.

Book discussion of this year’s NEA Big Read book, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Lab Girl is a beautifully written memoir about the life of a woman in science, a brilliant friendship, and the profundity of trees. This is a Big Read Event. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Free copies of the book are available. Please call us at 309-343-6118 or email at reference@galesburglibrary.org if you would like a copy!

Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. Participants who arrive separately at outdoor events will be seated at least six feet apart.

Discussion will take place in the library’s Storybook Garden (on the corner of Cherry St, and Simmons St.) Pizza from Jimmy’s Pizza will be provided. Registration is requested, but not required.

Tai Chi is a Chinese art and exercise form that can help improve balance and joint mobility and maybe even help stave off dementia.  Xiaoqi Wu of Eastern Therapeutic has been teaching Tai Chi in Galesburg for 14 years.

In August, the instructor will teach a four-week beginner class that covers all 24 forms of a set Tai Chi routine.

All sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 9 am at the Galesburg Public Library. We may meet indoors or we may meet outdoors. Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. 

Thank you to the Galesburg Community Foundation for sponsoring this program.

We are also taking orders for Tai Chi t-shirts. $10 for sizes up to XL.

Watch the new movie Greyhound starring Tom Hanks at home and discuss it on Facebook. You will need to stream the movie at home on AppleTV+.

At 6:30, a question about the movie will be posted, people will have a chance to answer, then another question will be posted. You will answer and read other answers as we go. We’ll keep that up for about an hour. 😀
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Refresh your screen regularly during the discussion so you can see new questions as they are posted, and make sure your Facebook screen is on the GPL Online Book Discussion Group – not your timeline or the Galesburg Public Library page.

If you click on the “Greyhound” topic you will narrow the posts down.

Come learn how to create a beautiful decoration using just twigs, yarn, and other found materials! All supplies will be provided. Free and for all ages.

Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. Participants who arrive separately at outdoor events will be seated at least six feet apart.

Class will take place outside. Call 309-343-6118 or email reference@galesburglibrary.org to sign up. Limited to 20 participants. Co-sponsored by the Galesburg Civic Art Center.

This event is part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren.

Join our Food for Thought book discussion group at an outdoor location to be named for a discussion of Food Explorer by Daniel Stone.

Food Explorer tells the true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes—and thousands more—to the American plate.

You will order and pay for your own food. Please bring a mask. Books are available for checkout. Call or email if you would like to check out a book.

This event is part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Join us for Galesburg Public Library’s Millennial book discussion group. Book selections are aimed at Millennials, but anyone over 21 is welcome.

Lab Girl is geobiologist Hope Jahren’s memoir of her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. It is a beautifully written story about the life of a woman in science, a brilliant friendship, and the profundity of trees. Call us at 309-343-6118 or email reference@galesburglibrary.org to request a FREE copy of Lab Girl to keep!  

We are still finalizing the location, please check back soon to find out where we will be meeting. Please bring a mask.

This event is a part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Join our sci-fi/fantasy book discussion group for a discussion of Contact by Carl Sagan.

In Contact, a signal is discovered that seems to come from far beyond our solar system, and a multinational team of scientists decides to find the source. What follows is an eye-opening journey out to the stars to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? Why are they watching us? And what do they want with us?

The discussion will take place in the outdoor patio at Culver’s. Please bring a mask. Copies of the books are available to check out. Call or email us if you would like to check out a copy.

This event is part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Join us for a plant swap! Bring any plants or cuttings from home that you would like to rehome, and trade them with other attendees for new plants! All attendees will also receive their own tree seedling to take home and plant.

*Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Galesburg Parks and Recreation Department will not be planting a tree at this time. BUT we will still be holding the plant swap and tree seedling giveaway!*

Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. Participants who arrive separately at outdoor events will be seated at least six feet apart.

Free and open to all ages, but children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Please sign up for the plant swap by calling 309-343-6118 or emailing reference@galesburglibrary.org.

This event is part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Check out our Big Read page for more information and a schedule of events

Tai Chi is a Chinese art and exercise form that can help improve balance and joint mobility and maybe even help stave off dementia.  Xiaoqi Wu of Eastern Therapeutic has been teaching Tai Chi in Galesburg for 14 years.

In August, the instructor will teach a four-week beginner class that covers all 24 forms of a set Tai Chi routine.

All sessions will take place on Tuesdays at 9 am at the Galesburg Public Library. We may meet indoors or we may meet outdoors. Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. 

Thank you to the Galesburg Community Foundation for sponsoring this program.

We are also taking orders for Tai Chi t-shirts. $10 for sizes up to XL.

Emily Graslie is the writer, co-creator, producer, and host of the popular YouTube channel, The Brain Scoop, the Chief Curiosity Correspondent at the Field Museum, and host of the natural history series, Prehistoric Road Trip, now out on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/video/meet-emily-graslie-vdddff/?continuousplayautoplay=true&fbclid=IwAR2Lz-SYZVqnKt_oUEHquLl1lT_9zFp7NBAcrSDl8zwYmnEKObI-c_uypPQ

Emily will join us via Zoom to discuss being a woman in the field of science, and environmental conservation, and to answer questions! You may attend in-person or virtually! We will be meeting in-person to talk via Zoom to Emily at the library, but if you would prefer to watch and ask questions from the comfort of your own home, just let us know! We will provide the Zoom link closer to the event.

Event is free and open to all ages. Registration requested but not required. Call 309-343-6118 or email reference@galesburglibrary.org to register.

Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. Participants who arrive separately at outdoor events will be seated at least six feet apart.

This event is part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Create beautiful outdoors-inspired designs using ink drawing techniques. All supplies will be provided. Free!

Call 309-343-6118 or email reference@galesburglibrary.org to sign up. Limited to 20 participants. Event is open to all ages, but children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Co-sponsored by Galesburg Civic Art Center.

Masks must be worn at all times inside the library. Masks must be worn outdoors as well when a distance of six feet cannot be observed. Participants who arrive separately at outdoor events will be seated at least six feet apart.

This event is part of the Galesburg NEA Big Read of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Click here for more information and a schedule of events! The NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

Want to play Dungeons & Dragons from the safety and comfort of your own home? The library’s D&D club is moving online while the library is closed, using the platform Roll20! You do not need prior experience with either D&D or Roll20 to join, but you will need: a computer with internet access, the ability to voice chat, and an account on Roll20. 

Open to teens ages 12-18 or entering grades 7-12. Space is limited, so email johnd@galesburglibrary.org for more information or to sign up.

Create your Roll20 account here: https://roll20.net/