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Books on Tap Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Offsite Event
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program
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Books on Tap Book Club The Books on Tap Book Club will meet at Lil Beaver Brewery to discuss World Running Down by Al Hess.   Contact the Help Desk at 309.590.6168 or reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org to check o...
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Dewey's National Library Week Scavenger Hunt

All Day 4/7 - 4/13
Bloomington Public Library
Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Children's Department
Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler, Adult, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: In-Person Program
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Celebrate National Library Week with a library scavenger hunt. Pick up your clue sheet at the Check Out Desk. Complete the scavenger hunt and receive a prize. This event is for all ages.  ...
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National Library Week Bookmobile Trivia

All Day 4/8 - 4/13
Bookmobile
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Library Branch: Bookmobile
Age Group: Child, Adult, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Bookmobile Stop
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National Library Week Bookmobile Trivia How well do you know the bookmobile? Test your bookmobile knowledge this week to celebrate National Library Week! All players will receive a completion prize and adults will be entered into a random drawing ...
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Let's Dish! A Cookbook Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Community Rm 2
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program
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Let’s Dish! A Cookbook Club Calling culinary enthusiasts! Join us in exploring the book Falastin: A Cookbook by Sami Tamimi & Tara Wigley. Prepare a recipe of your choosing from the cookbook and bring it to share. Copies of the cookbook w...
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Mystery Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Virtual Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, Online Program
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Mystery Book Club The Mystery Book Club will meet online via Zoom to discuss Vanishing Edge by Claire Kells.   Contact the library's Help Desk at 309.590.6168 or reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org to check out or reserve ...
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Medicare Basics: What You Need to Know

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: In-Person Program, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 30
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Would you like an easy-to-understand plan to to manage your health care costs with less stress? Join financial consultants Bernie Wrezinski and Greg Fahrenkrug for this program. They are members of the Institute for Financial Education, whi...
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Book Discussion: "American Eclipse"

10:00am - 11:30am
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
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Now that you've seen a solar eclipse, join author David Baron to discuss his book American Eclipse, a narrative history about a total eclipse that crossed the American frontier in 1878. This event inspired our country’s rise as a scientific power. It...
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English Language Conversation

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Room: Community Rm 2
Age Group: Adult, Teens
Program Type: In-Person Program
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Seats Remaining: 37
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English Language Conversation The English Language Conversations Group, offered in partnership with STAR Adult Literacy, is designed for adults for whom English is a second language. The group works on conversation skills with guided topics....
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Fiction Book Club

7:00pm - 8:15pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Conference Room & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Fiction Book Club In recognition of Arab American Heritage Month, the Fiction Book Club will meet to discuss The Other Americans by Laila Lalami. Participants have the option to meet either in-person in the Conference ...
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Memories from The Eastland Disaster

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Bloomington Reads, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 176
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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. --- Founders of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society (EDHS) will present...
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"Capsized!" with Author Patricia Sutton

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler, Adult, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Bloomington Reads, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 60
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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. --- Capsized! The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster is an engaging...
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Books on Tap Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Room: Offsite Event
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program
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Books on Tap Book Club The Books on Tap Book Club will meet at Lil Beaver Brewery to discuss Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto.  Contact the Help Desk at 309.590.6168 or reference@bloomingtonli...
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History Reads Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Conference Room & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program, Online Program
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History Reads Book Club The History Reads Book Club will meet to discuss The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore. Participants have the option to meet either in-person at Bloomington Public Library or online via Zoom.  Registrati...
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Mystery Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Virtual Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 23
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Mystery Book Club The Mystery Book Club will meet online via Zoom to discuss Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge.   Contact the library's Help Desk at 309.590.6168 or reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org ...
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"Ashes Under Water" with Author Michael McCarthy

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Bloomington Reads, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 59
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Bloomington Reads is a community reading program series, encouraging people to read and talk about the same book or, for 2024, the same topic. --- Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck That Shook America reviews the 1915 Eas...
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Music of the Great Lakes and Illinois Waterways

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Child, Baby & Toddler, Adult, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Bloomington Reads, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 176
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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. --- Musician Lee Murdock performs a boundless body of music and stories from...
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English Language Conversation

5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Community Rm 2
Age Group: Adult, Teens
Program Type: In-Person Program
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Seats Remaining: 39
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English Language Conversation The English Language Conversations Group, offered in partnership with STAR Adult Literacy, is designed for adults for whom English is a second language. The group works on conversation skills with guided topics....
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Fiction Book Club

7:00pm - 8:15pm
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Age Group: Adult
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Fiction Book Club n recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month, the Fiction Book Club will meet to discuss Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine. Participants have the option to meet either in-person in the Conference Room...
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Fact and Fiction with Author Jocelyn Green

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library & Online
Room: Community Rm 2 & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Bloomington Reads, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Seats Remaining: 176
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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. --- Author Jocelyn Green shares her insight into the research and writing of...
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Books on Tap Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Offsite Event
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club
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Books on Tap Book Club The Books on Tap Book Club will meet at Lil Beaver Brewery to discuss Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between by Amrou Al-Kadhi.  Contact the Help Desk at 309.590.6168 ...
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Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Virtual Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Online Program
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The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers with Temple Grandin, Phd. Join us for a special event with Temple Grandin, PhD., one of the world’s most accomplished and well-known adults with autism. Grandin has been at the forefront of research and activis...
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True Colors Book Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: Offsite & Online
Age Group: Adult, Teens
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program, Online Program
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True Colors Book Club he True Colors Book Club will meet to discuss The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevissier. Participants have the option to meet either in-person at the Unitarian Church (1613 E. ...
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Let's Dish! A Cookbook Club

6:30pm - 8:00pm
Bloomington Public Library
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Library Branch: Bloomington Public Library
Room: NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL PHASE 3 - Community Rm 3
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program
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Seats Remaining: 21
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Let’s Dish! A Cookbook Club Calling culinary enthusiasts! Join us in exploring the book The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. Prepare a recipe of your choosing from the cookbook and bring it to share. Copies of the cookbook will b...
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Mystery Book Club

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Bloomington Public Library & Online
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Room: Conference Room & Online
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, In-Person Program, Online Program
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Mystery Book Club The Mystery Book Club will meet to discuss The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne. Participants have the option to meet either in-person at Bloomington Public Library or online via Zoom.  Contact the library's...