Juneteenth

We will be closed the 19th and 20th of June. Interested in some background? Try out our online African American History collection.

Searching on “Juneteenth” you will find articles from various reference works including:

Civil War and Reconstruction, Third Edition
Encyclopedia of American Folklore
Encyclopedia of African-American Politics, Third Edition
The Emancipation Proclamation, Updated Edition
Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
American Civil War: Emancipation and the Mind of Lincoln
African Americans in the Visual Arts, Third Edition
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, Second Edition
African-American Writers, Third Edition
Encyclopedia of African-American Literature, Second Edition

Meet Illustrator Orpheus Collar

Orpheus Collar, illustrator of the graphic novel versions of Rick Riordan's series, Heroes of Olympus, and adapter as well as illustrator for The Kane Chronicles, plans to visit us on Sunday, June 12 at 2 pm.

Holiday Closings

We will be closed:
Sunday May 29
Monday May 30

Sunday June 19
Monday June 20

Sunday July 3
Monday July 4

Drag Queen Story Hour with Citrine

Join us for a Drag Queen Story Hour
starring Citrine
Community Center Auditorium
Sunday, Jun. 5, 1:00 PM

Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like?drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.
- from Drag Queen Story Hour