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Family Read Night

5:00pm - 8:00pm
Children, Birth - Preschool, Tweens (9-12 or 5th-8th grade), Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Family / Families
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Children's Library
Age Group: Children, Birth - Preschool, Tweens (9-12 or 5th-8th grade), Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Family / Families
Event Details:

Get ready for a cozy evening of books and bonding at Family Reading Night! Gather the whole family and head to the library for an evening dedicated to quality time and the joy of reading together.

Native American Activism in Action

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Performance / Lecture
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Performance / Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at Quincy Public Library and meet representatives of the Great Plains Action Society, an indigenous-led group that focuses on activism.

Spanish Conversations

11:00am - 12:30pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Performance / Lecture
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Performance / Lecture

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Banned Book Club

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Book Club
Registration Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

To read? Or not to Read? Is often the question that comes up with banned and challenged books.

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Thanksgiving

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Quincy Public Library

Day After Thanksgiving

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Quincy Public Library

Closed for Holiday Weekend

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Quincy Public Library

Book Swap Drop-off

12/02/2024 @ 9:00am - 12/07/2024 @ 10:00am
Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Take & Make
Register Now
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Mobile Library
Age Group: Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Take & Make
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you want a new stash of books at home? Do you have a pile of read books that you want to get rid of? Do you pass on your books after you read them and buy new ones? 

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Bookies

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Book Club
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bookies meet at 1:00 on the first Wednesday of every month. Book selections are made 3-6 months in advance. Anyone interested in book discussions is welcome to attend!

JWCC ESL Conversations

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Registration Required
Event Details:

An informational conversational group for English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers to become more fluent in conversational English.

Spanish Conversations

11:00am - 12:30pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Performance / Lecture
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Performance / Lecture

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

1st Annual Book Swap!

10:00am - 1:00pm
Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Take & Make
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Take & Make
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you want to refresh you stash of books at home? Do you pass on your books after you read them and buy new ones? Give yourself a holiday present, then, and join in our first annual book swap!

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Renaissance Readers: Holiday Party!

10:00am - 11:30am
Adults (18+), Seniors
Book Club
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Renaissance Readers meet at 10:00 am on the second Tuesday of each month.

Book titles are selected 3-6 months in advance.

Any interested reader is invited to join the discussion!

Banned Book Club Holiday Party and Book Talk

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Book Club
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

To read? Or not to Read? Is often the question that comes up with banned and challenged books.

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

The Magic of Raina Telgemeier

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Tweens (9-12 or 5th-8th grade), Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+)
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Virtual / Online
Age Group: Tweens (9-12 or 5th-8th grade), Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+)
Event Details:

Join the Quincy Public Library and Illinois Libraries Present (ILP) for another amazing virtual program, especially for teens and tweens!

Unshelved Book Club: Everyone in my family has killed someone by Benjamin Stevenson

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Book Club
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Unshelved book club meets at 1:00 pm on the second Wednesday of every month.  Books are selected 3-6 months in advance.  Anyone interested in discussing the selected monthly book is welcome to attend!  

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Craft Time: Winter Book Trees

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Crafts / DIY
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Crafts / DIY
Registration Required
Event Details:

In a crafting mood? Come join us at the library and help us repurpose old, discarded books into trees! Have fun turning a book into a holiday or winter woodland tree!

All materials are provided. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Spanish Conversations

11:00am - 12:30pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Performance / Lecture
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Performance / Lecture

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Holiday Movie Marathon

11:00am - 7:30pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Movie
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

The Quincy Public Library is excited to offer a Holiday Movie Marathon just in time for the holidays! It will start at 11 am and last all day at the library.

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

JWCC ESL Conversations

6:30pm - 7:45pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Registration Required
Event Details:

An informational conversational group for English as a Second Language (ESL) speakers to become more fluent in conversational English.

Spanish Conversations

11:00am - 12:30pm
Adults (18+), Seniors
Performance / Lecture
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Small Conference Room
Age Group: Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Performance / Lecture

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Experience Little Women: The Musical at QPL!

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Tweens (9-12 or 5th-8th grade), Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Online / Virtual, Movie
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Quincy Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens (9-12 or 5th-8th grade), Teens (13+ or 9th -12th grade), Adults (18+), Seniors
Program Type: Online / Virtual, Movie
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the Quincy Public Library and Illinois Libraries Present (ILP) for another amazing program!

Disclaimer(s)

Accommodations

If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 217-223-1309 in advance. 

Christmas Eve

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Quincy Public Library

Christmas

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Quincy Public Library