Romance Book Club

10:00am–11:00am
Adults
Online
Registration Open
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Library Location: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Get your Happily Ever After fix from the Romance Book Club!

We discuss a different romance novel each month - our choices explore all the sub-genres, and a wide representation of characters. One Saturday a month, online via Zoom.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Reservation

DDHC Postcard Writing Event

10:00am–11:30am
Central Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

We will begin our postcard- writing campaign to voters for the upcoming Nov elections., and combine this with a brief monthly meeting.

Sunshine Storytime

11:00am–11:45am
Babies & Toddlers, Children
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Join us Saturday mornings this summer for an all ages, family storytime in the sunshine! Each week we'll meet in the Children's Room at 11:00 and head outside to the Museum Courtyard to read books, sing songs, and get silly.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Scrabble Tournament

11:30am–1:30pm
Adults
Forest Park Branch
Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: FP Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Prove you're the best wordsmith in Springfield at the Forest Park Library. Winners will receive prizes and bragging rights. Registration is optional, but recommended. 

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Adult D&D

11:30am–2:30pm
Adults
East Forest Park Branch
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Location: East Forest Park Branch
Room: EFP Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you want to try Dungeons & Dragons but don’t know how to start? Do you remember playing, but don’t have a group to play with now? Come to the East Forest Park library’s Dungeons & Dragons for Adults group! All levels welcome.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints. 

Cancelled

Chainmail Club

11:30am–2:30pm
Adults
Mason Square Branch
Library Location: Mason Square Branch
Room: Mason Square Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us at the Mason Square Branch the 2nd Saturday of every month for some chain-mailling! We'll have a few different patterns from past classes to make again!

Rolling Video Games Kids VR

12:00pm–2:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Join us for a Virtual Reality adventure! Explore a digital playground full of exciting challenges and multiplayer missions with VR Headsets provided by Rolling Video Games. Recommended for kids 8 and up. 

Cancelled

Sew Fun! Drop-In

12:00pm–2:00pm
Teens, Adults
Forest Park Branch
Library Location: Forest Park Branch
Room: FP Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Workshops
Event Details:

Develop your sewing skills, make new friends, and have fun!

Stop by the Forest Park Library to develop your sewing skills, make new friends, and have fun! Each month we will have a guided project to build your skills, or bring your own project and meet other sewers. Share your skills and tips with others!

Reservation

Write Up Springfield

12:00pm–2:00pm
Indian Orchard Branch
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Room: IO Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

To meet and write

Queer Book Club

12:30pm–1:30pm
Adults
Off Site
Registration Open
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Location: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Groups & Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Discover Queer Book Club! A monthly club for reading queer books of various genres. Read one of the 4 book options and meet us at Monsoon's cafe for coffee or lunch to discuss. Adults 18+.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

The Characters Within: An Improv Theatre Lab

12:30pm–2:00pm
Teens
Sixteen Acres Branch
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Room: SA Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Teen Wellness 2025
Registration Required
Event Details:

Harness your hidden characters! Using improvisational theatre and movement, we will explore the  characters that live in each of us! We will then have a ‘body-sense’ of how to bring any character to life.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints. 

Music's in the Heart: Honoring Black Music All Summer Long

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adults
East Springfield Branch
Library Location: East Springfield Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Events
Event Details:

Meet up at the East Springfield Branch to listen to music from Black artists this summer! Bring your favorite songs, albums, and soundtracks performed by Black musicians to listen to and share with the group. 

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Pop Up Art School: Dragon Eye

1:00pm–2:30pm
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Sixteen Acres Branch
Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Ages: 11+

Who's that peeking out from the cave? Sculpt a Dragon eye that's fierce or friendly using a glass eye, air dry clay and metallic paint. Class is limited to the first 15 participants. 

Sensory Playgroup

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes & Playgroups
Event Details:

Join us in a sensory friendly space to read together, make friends, and explore sensory activities.  This program is inclusive, but primarily created with children on the Autism Spectrum in mind. For ages 5 and up.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Teen Tie-Dye

2:00pm–3:00pm
Tweens, Teens
Central Library
Library Location: Central Library
Room: Teen Area
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Come to the Central library’s teen room this summer to tie-dye your own Bandana!

Ages 12+

The Characters Within: An Improv Theatre Lab

3:00pm–4:30pm
Teens
Central Library
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Location: Central Library
Room: CL Community Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Classes & Workshops, Teen Wellness 2025
Registration Required
Event Details:

Harness your hidden characters! Using improvisational theatre and movement, we will explore the  characters that live in each of us! We will then have a ‘body-sense’ of how to bring any character to life.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints. 

SuperFoods 101 - For Teens

3:30pm–4:30pm
Teens
Indian Orchard Branch
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Food & Cooking, Health & Wellness, Teen Wellness 2025
Registration Required
Event Details:

Celebrate the powerhouses of nutrition, which include cacao! Fun, colorful presentation that highlights the powerful properties of popular Superfoods and how best to incorporate them into your life.