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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Child,
Baby & Toddler,
Adult,
Teens,
Everyone
This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Diversity Mural
All Day 2/1 - 2/28
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Activity Room
Age Group:
Child,
Baby & Toddler,
Adult,
Teens,
Everyone
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Join us in celebrating Black History Month by visiting the library during the month of February and creating a self-portrait to add to our Diversity Mural.
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This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Teen Book Valentines
All Day 2/1 - 2/28
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
TeenZone
Age Group:
Teens
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Celebrate love ... for books!
In TeenZone, throughout the month of February, teens are encouraged to take some time to write a love letter to their favorite book to let the book know what it means to them.
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
15
2025
Sat
Bookmobile to Crestwicke
8:45am - 9:45am
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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9 am |
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Bookmobile to Wingover
9:30am - 10:30am
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Child" group.
Feb
15
2025
Sat
Lego Construction
9:30am - 11:30am
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Child
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Join us for Lego Construction, and have your picture taken with your creation. The challenge is to build whatever you want!
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10 am |
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This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
Feb
10
2025
Mon
Itsy Arts
10:00am - 11:00am
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Baby & Toddler
Program Type:
In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
15
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Itsy Arts with the Illinois Art Station offers hands-on, transformative artmaking for young artists (age 2-5 years) and their families.
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This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
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This event is in the "Child" group.
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This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Baby & Toddler
Program Type:
Story Time,
In-Person Program
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Toddlers are always on the go! Come to story time to encourage their emerging skills with books, rhymes, music, and lots of movement activities.
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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
14
2025
Fri
Bookmobile to Angler's Manor
10:30am - 11:30am
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
15
2025
Sat
Bookmobile to Viking Brews
10:15am - 11:30am
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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The Freedom Oil Bookmobile Stop has permanently moved to Viking Brews.
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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11 am |
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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Sensory Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Child,
Baby & Toddler
Program Type:
Story Time,
In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
20
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This inclusive story time offers stories, songs, and sensory-focused activities for children of all ages and abilities! After story time, stay for sensory play and socialization.
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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Child" group.
Feb
14
2025
Fri
Love Your Library
11:00am - 4:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Child
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Following our weekly Fun Friday Story Time (begins at 10am), these love-themed activities will be available in the Children’s Department:
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12 pm |
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
14
2025
Fri
Bookmobile to Somerset Court
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
:
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
15
2025
Sat
Bookmobile to White Eagle
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
:
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Feb
15
2025
Sat
D&D: A Ship in the Mist (for teens)
12:45pm - 4:45pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Conference Room
Age Group:
Teens
Program Type:
In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
6
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In A Ship in the Mist, the players are hired to recover a lost skyship known as the Sky Scythe and retrieve an experimental artifact called the Veil of Aramis.
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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Child" group.
Feb
9
2025
Sun
Fun & Games: Family Game Day
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Child
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Join us in the Children's Department for classic board games, card games, and puzzles. Red Raccoon Games will join us on site to demonstrate how to play a variety of hand-picked games, all appropriate for your family gaming experience.
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This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Feb
15
2025
Sat
Teen UnValentine Day Party
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Community Rm 1, 2, & 3
Age Group:
Teens
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Are you a teen who's over the romance and the sappiness of Valentine's Day? Are you ready to celebrate the "day of love" being over? Then join us in Community Rooms 1-3 for an afternoon of No Romance and UnValentine activities.
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3 pm |
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
10
2025
Mon
Bookmobile to Arbors Apartments
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
:
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
11
2025
Tue
Bookmobile to Traditions
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
:
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
12
2025
Wed
Bookmobile to Evergreen
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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4 pm |
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5 pm |
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
10
2025
Mon
Bookmobile to Royal Pointe Road
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
11
2025
Tue
Bookmobile to Golden Eagle
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
:
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
12
2025
Wed
Bookmobile to Bohmer
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Bookmobile to Eagle Ridge
5:30pm - 6:45pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
:
Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Winter Chess Club
5:30pm - 7:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Program Rm 1 & 2
Age Group:
Child,
Baby & Toddler
Program Type:
In-Person Program
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Calling all knights of the square table! Come to the Children's Department for an informal chess drop-in event. All levels of chess skills are welcome! Bring a friend to play with or come to meet a new checkmate (Ha ha!
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Feb
10
2025
Mon
Creating Quilted Hearts
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Innovation Lab
Age Group:
Adult,
Teens
Program Type:
Innovation Lab,
In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
9
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Teens and adults will learn how to sew small, quilted hearts. The library will provide participants with an assortment of fabrics, sewing tools, and thread.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Feb
10
2025
Mon
Let's Dish! A Cookbook Club
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
Register
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Community Rm 3
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Book Club
Required
Seats Remaining:
20
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Calling culinary enthusiasts! Join us in exploring the book In Bibi's Kitchen by Hawa Hassan.
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This event is in the "Baby & Toddler" group.
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This event is in the "Child" group.
This event is in the "Child" group.
Feb
12
2025
Wed
Tales for Tails
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Children's Department
Age Group:
Child
Program Type:
In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
8
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This program pairs trained and certified therapy dogs with children in Grades K-5 who want to practice reading aloud.
There will be 4 time slots available for kids to meet and read to a pup in the Children's Department:
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Feb
12
2025
Wed
Teen Genre Book Club
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Register
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Conference Room
Age Group:
Teens
Program Type:
Book Club,
In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
15
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The Teen Genre Book Club will meet monthly to discuss a different genre of book, giving you more choice of what to read. Pick any book that fits the month's genre.
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Silent Book Club
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library
Room:
Conference Room
Age Group:
Adult,
Teens
Program Type:
Book Club,
In-Person Program
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Are you looking for a book club without assigned reading?
Do you need a peaceful hour with a good book?
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7 pm |
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
10
2025
Mon
Bookmobile to Old Farm Lakes
7:15pm - 8:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Adult" group.
This event is in the "Adult" group.
Feb
11
2025
Tue
Mystery Book Club
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
Register
Library Branch:
Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room:
Conference Room & Online
Age Group:
Adult
Program Type:
Book Club,
In-Person Program,
Online Program
Required
Seats Remaining:
30
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The Mystery Book Club will meet to discuss A Peculiar Combination by Ashley Weaver. Participants have the option to meet either in person at Bloomington Public Library or online via Zoom.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
11
2025
Tue
Bookmobile to Ponds Apts
7:15pm - 8:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
12
2025
Wed
Bookmobile to Rainbow Ave
7:15pm - 8:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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This event is in the "Everyone" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Feb
13
2025
Thu
Bookmobile to Ballybunion
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Bookmobile
Library Branch:
Bookmobile
Age Group:
Everyone
Program Type:
Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:
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