LIBRARY CLOSURE MAY 20-23

Bloomington Library will open Thursday, May 16, at 5pm and will remain open through the weekend.

The 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/fiction521to 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.

This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Bookmobile to Shirley

9:00am - 10:00am
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:

This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Bookmobile to Pepper Ridge

10:30am - 11:45am
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:

This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Bookmobile to Phillip Place

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Bookmobile Stop
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Call or text if you have questions about the Bookmobile:

This event is in the "Teens" group.

D&D: Rise of the Necromancer

12:45pm - 4:45pm
Waitlist
Required
Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Conference Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: In-Person Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
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When a strange, violent storm forces your party to hide in a cavern, you discover a nefarious plot. It’s up to you to put a stop to these plans to engulf the land in eternal darkness!

This event is in the "Adult" group.

Fact and Fiction with Author Jocelyn Green

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Register
Required
Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Bloomington Reads, In-Person Program, Online Program
Required
Seats Remaining: 54
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This program is part of Bloomington Reads, a community reading program series which encourages people to read and talk about the same book or, in 2024, the same topic.