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Program Recording Available: Lincoln As Storyteller, 5/5/22
Mr. Lincoln shares some of his favorite stories and jokes, and explains why he used these so often. You'll still get a good dose of both the nation's history and Mr. Lincoln's personal story. Mr. Lincoln is portrayed by Kevin Wood.
Program Recording Available: Oh Yes, You CAN Be Creative! 4/5/22
Repurpose cans and small yogurt containers into useful, whimsical works of art. Craft along with Kathleen Obirek, teacher and crafter, as we make a summer party favor, a jewelry caddy, a weighted pen holder, with additional materials to make key and change (coins) trays, flower vases, and more.
Program Recording Available: Pruning Tools and Techniques, 3/15/22
Gardeners, be on the “cutting edge” of practicing prudent pruning. Kathleen Obirek, landscape designer and educator, shows you the best pruning tools and how to use them for harvesting fruits, cutting flowers, pruning ornamental grasses, shrubs, and trees.
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New Movie Wednesdays
05/31/23 @ 2:00pm - 05/31/23 @ 4:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library
No registration required.
Come in and watch a newly released DVD movie on our projector system. Call the Adult Reference Desk a day or two ahead to find out what we will be showing.
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Introduction to Ancestry Library Edition
06/03/23 @ 2:00pm - 06/03/23 @ 3:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 05/30/2023 @ 9:00am Registration end: 06/03/2023 @ 2:00pm
Are you an amateur genealogist? Do you enjoy researching your family’s history?Prairie Trails Library has many resources that you can use to aid your genealogical research. In this class we will cover the basics Ancestry Library Edition, one of our genealogy databases.
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Wits Workout: Child’s Play
06/06/23 @ 2:00pm - 06/06/23 @ 3:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 05/30/2023 @ 9:00am Registration end: 06/06/2023 @ 2:00pm
Registration is required. This program is limited to 20 PTPLD participants Patrons may register up to two (2) guests.
Please note that this program will be meeting in person.
Give your brain the workout it needs with Wits Workout, an interactive brain-health program developed by the University of Illinois Extension. Participate in interactive puzzles, brain teasers, and games designed to get you thinking and keep your mind active. Recommended for older adults.
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Illinois Libraries Present: Navigate Your Stars: Jesmyn Ward in Conversation with Tracie D. Hall
06/06/23 @ 7:00pm - 06/06/23 @ 8:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 05/30/2023 @ 9:00am Registration end: 06/06/2023 @ 6:30pm
Registration is required.
Please note that this program will be meeting virtually
Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association, Jesmyn will discuss her life, her literary vision and her unique perspectives on love and loss. Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of American Library Association, will join her in conversation. Jesmyn Ward is the critically acclaimed author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including bestsellingSing, Unburied, Sing, Salvage the Bones, and the memoirMen We Reaped. This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present.
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New Movie Wednesday
06/07/23 @ 2:00pm - 06/07/23 @ 4:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library
No registration required.
Come in and watch a newly released DVD movie on our projector system. Call the Adult Reference Desk a day or two ahead to find out what we will be showing.
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Drop-In Stitch Club
06/08/23 @ 6:30pm - 06/08/23 @ 8:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library
No Registration is required, but space is limited.
Please note that this program will be meeting in person.
Bring your project-in-process and trade advice with other knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, and other stitchers during our drop-in stitch club. Materials and instructions will not be provided, but coffee and conversation will be!
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Adult Summer Reading Program
06/12/23 @ 9:00am - 07/29/23 @ 5:00pm Prairie Trails Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 06/05/2023 @ 9:00am Registration end: 07/29/2023 @ 5:00pm
Registration begins Monday, June 5th
This year’s summer reading theme is “Find Your Voice/Encuentra Tu Voz”. Patrons may register either in-person at the Adult Reference desk or online on the library events calendar. Once you register you will receive a reading log (patrons who register online will be able to pick their logs up at the Adult Reference Desk).You will need a valid Prairie Trails Public Library Adult library card to register. For every three (3) books read, participants will receive a chance to win a prize in our prize drawing at the end of summer reading. Prizes will be drawn the week after Summer Reading ends.
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Adult Coloring Night
06/12/23 @ 7:00pm - 06/12/23 @ 8:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 05/29/2023 @ 9:00am Registration end: 06/12/2023 @ 7:00pm
Coloring is a relaxing activity that adults can enjoy, too. Come join us for an evening of coloring and conversation. We provide the coloring pages, colored pencils, and peaceful environment. You sit back, relax, and color! Please note that we are returning to in-person Adult Coloring Night meetings.
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Breakfast Bingo
06/14/23 @ 10:00am - 06/14/23 @ 11:00am Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library Registration is required. Registration starts: 05/30/2023 @ 9:00am Registration end: 06/14/2023 @ 10:00am
Registration is required. This program is limited to 40 PTPLD participants. Patrons may register up to two (2) guests.Please note that this program will be meeting in person.
Kick off this year’s summer reading program, “Find Your Voice/Encuentra Tu Voz”, with a morning of breakfast and bingo! Prizes will be awarded to winners.
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New Movie Wednesday
06/14/23 @ 2:00pm - 06/14/23 @ 4:00pm Founders Meeting Room Prairie Trails Public Library
No registration required.
Come in and watch a newly released DVD movie on our projector system. Call the Adult Reference Desk a day or two ahead to find out what we will be showing.
Photo Release Policy
The Prairie Trails Public Library District staff may take photographs of participants, individually or in groups, attending or taking part in library programs and activities. These photographs may appear in future library publications or videos of other patrons or staff without the permission of the person(s) being photographed. If a library patron does not wish himself/herself or he/her child to be photographed, the patron must notify the library staff to that effect, or consent will be assumed.
