LIBRARY CLOSURE - May 20-23

Bloomington Library will be CLOSED Monday-Thursday, May 20-23.

The Bookmobile will make its stops during these closures. The Bookmobile schedule is available at bit.ly/bookmobileschedule.

  • Monday’s English Conversation Group will meet at STAR Literacy (201 E. Grove St.)
  • Tuesday’s Fiction Book Club will meet online via Zoom. Visit bit.ly/fiction521 to register for this program and receive the Zoom link.

This closure will allow us to continue to unbox 107,000 books (which were moved to storage when our construction project began) and to shelve 262,000 books. Some collections and areas of the library will not be available until the library reopens on Friday, May 24.

During open hours leading up to the closure, call 309.590.6120 or text 309.446.8398 with questions.

Teen Black-Out Poetry for Teens

Program Type:

At Home (supplies and/or written instructions provided)

Age Group:

Teens
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.
Registration for this event is no longer open.
Allowed Grades: 6th Grade to 12th Grade

Teens who register for this program will create a black-out poem of their own design using discarded book pages.

Poetry kits will be reserved for the first 30 teens who register. An email with details about picking up the kit -- including a pickup deadline -- will follow registration. During registration, registrants will indicate if they’d like to pick up their kit in the Drive-Up Lane, on the Bookmobile, or at the Adult Services Help Desk. Beginning April 15, registration can be completed online below, by calling 309.590.6168, or in person at the Adult Services Help Desk.

Poetry kits will contain: a selection of random book pages, a black marker, and instructions.

Questions about this program can be emailed to Tiffany at reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org.