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 […]

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 […]

Join our class on how the processes of immigration, asylum, and naturalization affect genealogy research!

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 […]

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!

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.

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 […]