Week Calendar

Name: Blues Stories with Barrett Anderson
Start: 2024-12-03T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-03T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Sixteen Acres Branch

Featured Events

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Mitten Tree

All Day 12/2 - 12/31

Special Events

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Community Events

Age Group:

Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Community Events

Event Details:

Get in the giving spirit this holiday season and add your donations of new mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves to the Mitten Tree at every library location. Donated items will be distributed throughout Springfield in January.

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Blues Stories with Barrett Anderson

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

SA Community Room at Sixteen Acres Branch

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Performances

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch

Room: SA Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Performances

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Event Details:

Join Boston-based Blues singer & guitarist Barrett Anderson for a vibrant evening of story and song, telling the story of early Blues music, a distinctly American form that has shaped all music and culture that followed.

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Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Savvy Seniors - Avoid Scams and ID Theft

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am

CL Community Room at Central Library

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Civic Engagement, Community Events, Classes & Workshops, Technology

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Central Library

Room: CL Community Room

Age Group: Teens, Adults

Program Type: Civic Engagement, Community Events, Classes & Workshops, Technology

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Event Details:

A representative of the Attorney General's office will present a more targeted version of the AGO Scams and ID Theft training for seniors that provides an overview of the most common forms of senior scams, contacting the AGO’s Elder Hotline, and h

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Optional

Registration for this event is encouraged, but optional.

Books & Brew @ White Lion Brewing Company

Books & Brew at White Lion

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Off Site

Program Type:

Book Groups & Reading

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Groups & Reading

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 24

Event Details:

Cure your mid-week blues and pump yourself up with this lively book discussion!

Wrap and Yap

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 5:00pm - 7:30pm

FP Community Room at Forest Park Branch

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Community Events

Age Group:

Adults

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Library Location: Forest Park Branch

Room: FP Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Community Events

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Join us in the Forest Park Community Room to wrap holiday gifts and hang out! Wrapping paper and light refreshments will be provided.

Wrap and Yap

Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

MS Community Room at Mason Square Branch

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Community Events

Age Group:

Adults

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Library Location: Mason Square Branch

Room: MS Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Community Events

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Join us at the Mason Square Library to wrap your holiday gifts away from those nosy family members while enjoying good company!

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Lunch & Learn: Financial Wellness

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

CL Community Room at Central Library

Program Type:

Classes & Workshops

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Location: Central Library

Room: CL Community Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Classes & Workshops

Registration Required

Seats Remaining: 15

Event Details:

Spend a lunch break at the Library and get financially fit with Dawn Creighton of Liberty Bank! Join Dawn for a series of engaging lunch-time workshops about budgeting, money management, saving, credit-building, home-buying, and more.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration for this event is required due to space constraints.

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Winter Reading Challenge

All Day 1/1 - 2/24

Special Events

Program Type:

Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

Age Group:

Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Program Type: Book Groups & Reading, Community Events

Event Details:

This January you are invited to compete in the Winter Reading Challenge. Follow the prompts, get a bingo, and earn a prize! Submit your finished bingo sheets to a librarian by February 24. For children, teens, and adults.

Springfield's Big Lego Day

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Special Events

Program Type:

Games

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Games

Event Details:

Celebrate International LEGO Day at the Library. Enjoy snacks, prizes, and, of course, LEGO-building fun! Recommended for grades K-12. All skill levels are welcome.

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Black History Month Bookmarks

All Day 2/1 - 2/28

Special Events

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Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

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Library Location: Special Events

Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

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Celebrate Black History Month at the Library! Stop by any location during the month of February to make an artistic collaged bookmark to be inspired by your favorite African American historical figure all year long, every time you read.

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Time	Tue (11/26)	Wed (11/27)	Thu (11/28)	Fri (11/29)
All Day			Closing Thanksgiving Day All Day All Branches Branches: Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events Description: Closed for the holiday
10 am				This event is in the "Adults" group. Knot Just Knitters 10:00am - 11:30am Adults East Springfield Branch This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: East Springfield Branch Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or crewel, these groups are the place for you. New members are welcome, and current members are often willing to share their skills. Some yarn and needles can be provided, but donations are always welcome.
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1 pm	This event is in the "Adults" group. Knot Just Knitters 1:30pm - 3:00pm Adults East Forest Park Branch This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: East Forest Park Branch Room: Café Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or crewel, these groups are the place for you. New members are welcome, and current members are often willing to share their skills. Some yarn and needles can be provided, but donations are always welcome.	This event is in the "Adults" group. Knot Just Knitters 1:00pm - 2:30pm Adults Sixteen Acres Branch This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: Sixteen Acres Branch Room: SA Community Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or crewel, these groups are the place for you. New members are welcome, and current members are often willing to share their skills. Some yarn and needles can be provided, but donations are always welcome.		This event is in the "Adults" group. Knot Just Knitters 1:00pm - 2:30pm Adults Mason Square Branch This event is in the "Adults" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: Mason Square Branch Age Group: Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Whether you knit, crochet, cross-stitch, or crewel, these groups are the place for you. New members are welcome, and current members are often willing to share their skills. Some yarn and needles can be provided, but donations are always welcome. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. This event is in the "Adults" group. Open Sew 1:00pm - 2:30pm Tweens, Teens, Adults Mason Square Branch 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 Location: Mason Square Branch Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Develop your sewing skills, make new friends, and have fun!
2 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. This event is in the "All Ages" group. Open Studio Tuesdays 2:00pm - 4:30pm Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages East Forest Park Branch 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. This event is in the "All Ages" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: East Forest Park Branch Room: Makerspace Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Event Details: Join us for our day-time, Open Studio session! You can bring a project to work on, or an idea to bounce off of other makers.	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. This event is in the "All Ages" group. Cancelled Makerspace Collaboratory Drop-In 2:00pm - 4:30pm Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages East Forest Park Branch 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. This event is in the "All Ages" group. Cancelled Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: East Forest Park Branch Room: Makerspace Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Event Details: From traditional crafts to digital tinkering, the East Forest Park Makerspace is your place to create, invent, and learn. Each week we will have a drop-in project or two based on a theme. This event is in the "Children" group. Bilingual Story Time 2:30pm - 3:30pm Children Brightwood Branch This event is in the "Children" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: Brightwood Branch Age Group: Children Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytimes & Playgroups Event Details: Join our Circle to share canticos/songs, games and fun stories while learning some initial Spanish.
3 pm	This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Crafternoon 3:00pm - 4:00pm Tweens, Teens Brightwood Branch 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 Location: Brightwood Branch Age Group: Tweens, Teens Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Every Tuesday we will place crafting materials and instructions out on tables in the center of the library for patrons to use. This program is designed for teens and tweens, but adults and younger children are welcome as well.	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. This event is in the "All Ages" group. Wednesday Crafternoons for All Ages 3:00pm - 4:30pm Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages Indian Orchard Branch 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. This event is in the "All Ages" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Get crafty! Let's make something together. Join Meg as we do a different craft every week on Wednesday afternoons. Tissue Paper Painting, Watercolor painting, finger painting, and floral book marks are some of the crafts we will be exploring. This event is in the "Tweens" group. This event is in the "Teens" group. Wow Wednesdays! 3:30pm - 4:30pm Tweens, Teens Forest Park Branch 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 Location: Forest Park Branch Room: Program Den Age Group: Tweens, Teens Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Join us every other Wednesday in September, October, and November at the Forest Park Library for Wow Wednesdays! We will be doing a variety of crafts and activities, but all of it will be fun! For tweens and teens, ages 11-18.
4 pm	This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Tweens" group. Choose Your Own Adventure Read Aloud Club 4:00pm - 5:30pm Children, Tweens Indian Orchard Branch This event is in the "Children" group. This event is in the "Tweens" group. Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Location: Indian Orchard Branch Room: IO Community Room Age Group: Children, Tweens Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Groups & Reading, Technology Event Details: Join Ms. Meg as we go on an adventure of a lifetime. What path will we choose? Where will we go? Will we make the right choice to stay alive? We'll read together a Choose Your Own Adventure and decide as a group our fate. We will have science projects that accompany the book. As we meet over the year you can fill up your CYOA passport.
5 pm		Closing Thanksgiving Eve 5:00pm - 11:45pm All Branches Branches: Central Library, Brightwood Branch, East Forest Park Branch, East Springfield Branch, Forest Park Branch, Indian Orchard Branch, Library Express at Pine Point, Mason Square Branch, Sixteen Acres Branch, Off Site, Online, Special Events Description: All libraries close at 5 pm for the holiday.

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