The Friends of Hayner Library holds a regularly-scheduled book sale every Monday morning. Materials of all sorts are available for purchase including books for all ages, newspapers, magazines, movies, and more! However, there may be times when the volunteers are unavailable to hold the sale. If you would like to call the Friends building before […]
Visitors will take a visual journey through time, seeing the American Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War through Photographer Robert J. Ellison’s eyes. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Aug. 14-31, 2023 Hatheway Gallery Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. The Civil Rights events are: […]
Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. at the Downtown Library for Family Story Time with Mary Kay. Please register for Family Story Time at (618) 462-0677, ext. 2836.
Visitors will take a visual journey through time, seeing the American Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War through Photographer Robert J. Ellison’s eyes. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Aug. 14-31, 2023 Hatheway Gallery Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. The Civil Rights events are: […]
Visitors will take a visual journey through time, seeing the American Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War through Photographer Robert J. Ellison’s eyes. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Aug. 14-31, 2023 Hatheway Gallery Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. The Civil Rights events are: […]
Join us in the Teen Center in the Performance Room at Alton Square Mall at 4pm for crafts, movies, and games! For more information, please call Megan at (618) 433-2872.
Visitors will take a visual journey through time, seeing the American Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War through Photographer Robert J. Ellison’s eyes. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Aug. 14-31, 2023 Hatheway Gallery Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. The Civil Rights events are: […]
The Friends of Hayner Library holds a regularly-scheduled book sale on the first Saturday of the month. Materials of all sorts are available for purchase including books for all ages, newspapers, magazines, movies, and more! However, there may be times when the volunteers are unavailable to hold the sale. If you would like to call […]
All branches of The Hayner Public Library District are closed on Sunday, September 3, 2023, and Monday, September 4, 2023, in observance of Labor Day.
Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. at the Downtown Library for Family Story Time with Mary Kay. Please register for Family Story Time at (618) 462-0677, ext. 2836.
Calling all crafters! Pack up your portable craft and join us for X’s and Sews, a new crafting program designed to encourage all crafters to come and work on their projects while listening to relaxing music, warming up with a mug of hot tea, and chatting with fellow crafters. All crafts are welcome—embroidery, knitting, crochet, […]
Join us in the Teen Center in the Performance Room at Alton Square Mall at 4pm for crafts, movies, and games! For more information, please call Megan at (618) 433-2872.
Kicking off our third season, we are thrilled to welcome two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author Colson Whitehead to our Illinois libraries. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys, Harlem Shuffle, The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and a […]
Join us for the latest iteration of Taps and Tomes, our bi-monthly book club in partnership with The Old Bakery Beer Company! Come have a drink and enjoy a discussion of this month selection- Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Our social hour starts at 6pm, with the discussion beginning at 7pm. All […]
Pre-School Story Times with Sam will be held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall. Please register for Pre-School Story Time at (618) 433-2881.
The Friends of Hayner Library holds a regularly-scheduled book sale every Monday morning. Materials of all sorts are available for purchase including books for all ages, newspapers, magazines, movies, and more! However, there may be times when the volunteers are unavailable to hold the sale. If you would like to call the Friends building before […]
Join us for a new lecture series with The Nature Institutes’s Ramona Pollard! Focused on all the ways that the wider community can participate in ongoing science projects, Ramona will share information and strategies that will help scientists gain real world data! Don’t miss these opportunities to help move science forward! Scientists with NASA are […]
Kids, join us for an hour of building and creating Lego masterpieces! The library will supply the Legos, or feel free to bring your own. The Legos stay at the library and will be displayed between sessions. Lego Club will meet in the KidsSpace at Hayner Library at AltonSquare Mall on the second Tuesday of […]
Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. at the Downtown Library for Family Story Time with Mary Kay. Please register for Family Story Time at (618) 462-0677, ext. 2836.
What type of programs do you want to see at your library? You should be a part of the Teen Advisory Council, which makes decisions about new programs and events for teens at Hayner Library! This group will meet at 4:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in the Teen Center in the […]
Join our class on how the processes of immigration, asylum, and naturalization affect genealogy research!
Pre-School Story Times with Sam will be held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall. Please register for Pre-School Story Time at (618) 433-2881.
The Friends of Hayner Library holds a regularly-scheduled book sale every Monday morning. Materials of all sorts are available for purchase including books for all ages, newspapers, magazines, movies, and more! However, there may be times when the volunteers are unavailable to hold the sale. If you would like to call the Friends building before […]
Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. at the Downtown Library for Family Story Time with Mary Kay. Please register for Family Story Time at (618) 462-0677, ext. 2836.
Calling all crafters! Pack up your portable craft and join us for X’s and Sews, a new crafting program designed to encourage all crafters to come and work on their projects while listening to relaxing music, warming up with a mug of hot tea, and chatting with fellow crafters. All crafts are welcome—embroidery, knitting, crochet, […]
Searching for dead people in all the right places, this ‘underground’ presentation by renowned researcher John Lynn explores hundreds of Illinois cemeteries to find interesting graves and headstones, intriguing lives and deaths, and lots and plots of funny names! It’s an opportunity for mortals to not only whistle past the graveyard, but to pause and […]
Join us in the Teen Center in the Performance Room at Alton Square Mall at 4pm for crafts, movies, and games! For more information, please call Megan at (618) 433-2872.
Come and share the insights you’ve learned after attending our most recent genealogy class on immigration! Bring your family stories, your ideas, and your questions!
Pre-School Story Times with Sam will be held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall. Please register for Pre-School Story Time at (618) 433-2881.
Back by popular demand, Hayner Library is once again offering computer classes! Classes will be held twice a month, covering topics from basic skills to using social media platforms such as Facebook and Pinterest. Whether you have no computer experience or just need a refresher, feel free to join us for these introductory classes! This […]
This presentation by Dr. Cory Willmott of SIUE’s Lifelong Learning Institute will focus on the Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 9 CE, 25–220 CE), considered the “golden age” of Chinese civilization from which many elements of Chinese culture originated. At the core of Chinese symbolism are circle and square shapes as metaphors for Heaven and […]
Come color with us and enjoy the company of other coloring enthusiasts! Feel free to stay the whole time, or just a little while. We will provide coloring pages, coloring bookmarks, and colored pencils. Feel free to bring your own supplies, as well. Registration is not required.
The Friends of Hayner Library holds a regularly-scheduled book sale every Monday morning. Materials of all sorts are available for purchase including books for all ages, newspapers, magazines, movies, and more! However, there may be times when the volunteers are unavailable to hold the sale. If you would like to call the Friends building before […]
Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. at the Downtown Library for Family Story Time with Mary Kay. Please register for Family Story Time at (618) 462-0677, ext. 2836.
Join us in the Teen Center in the Performance Room at Alton Square Mall at 4pm for crafts, movies, and games! For more information, please call Megan at (618) 433-2872.
Pre-School Story Times with Sam will be held on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. at Hayner Library at Alton Square Mall. Please register for Pre-School Story Time at (618) 433-2881.
What were we watching fifty years ago at the Starlight Drive-In, Grand Theater, and Alton Ciné? A new film series at the Genealogy & Local History Library will answer that question as we come together to watch some of the best movies of 1973. This month we will be watching the classic Barbara Streisand and […]
For the novice and the experienced: join us for a poetry writing prompt to get the creativity flowing and receive constructive feedback from your peers. Bring a project you’re currently working on, or use your prompt in guided group discussion. The focus genre will change each month, so be sure to check in! Coffee and […]
Back by popular demand, Hayner Library is once again offering computer classes! Classes will be held twice a month, covering topics from basic skills to using social media platforms such as Facebook and Pinterest. Whether you have no computer experience or just need a refresher, feel free to join us for these introductory classes! This […]
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