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Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 12:00AM to 11:59PM
Branch
Gold Hill Library
Description
All Hallows Read, All Ages
All Hallows Read is a new literary tradition to give someone a scary book during the Halloween season. We think this should be broadened to include reading a spooky book from the library! Get in the spirit , and read three spooky books between October 1- October 31 and earn a free spooky book. Pick up a Reading Recommendations Bookmark at the Gold Hill Library with websites for the...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 12:00AM to 11:59PM
Branch
Medford Library
Description
October is the scariest of months and we want you to tell us just how scared we should be! Write your best scary story for us! Maybe it's set on Halloween, maybe it's not! Just make is SCARY!
Guidelines: 1. A maximum of 5k words. 2. Themes to include just plain scariness or Haloween. 3. Please keep content PG-13 or below.
The contest will run from October 1st - October 31st. The winner will be...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 10:00AM to 11:30AM
Branch
Gold Hill Library
Description
Meet your neighbors, share coffee or tea, conversation, crosswords, boards games, puzzles and crafts. Coffee with Friends meets the first and third Wednesday at each month.
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Branch
White City Library
Description
Learning to ride a bike is a child’s first step to independence and adventure! This special storytime program will introduce children to the joys of riding a bike through a series of books, songs, and rhymes!
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Branch
Medford Library
Description
During the early 1930s -- the "worst hard times" of the early Great Depression -- Jackson County experienced a political convulsion of political extremism. Two local demagogues relentlessly issued reckless (and untrue) charges and baseless accusations in their newspapers during the early Depression. Their campaign to wrest control of county government away from the local establishment successfully stoked resentment and anger...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Branch
Medford Library
Description
Join us for a journey into Junior Fiction! Each week we will read a chapter from a different novel and then complete a fun project that goes along with the story. Did you enjoy the book we read together? Check it out and read more! The goal is to find new books to enjoy.
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Branch
Gold Hill Library
Description
We teach kids about stranger danger and Internet safety...so why not include firearm safety? One of our Jackson County Sheriff Office Deputies will present the same steps taught in schools by the Resource Officers to help children know and remember to “Stop! Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell a Grownup” if they ever find a firearm, so that curiosity does not take over. Kids will learn the difference between a real gun and toy...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 2:00PM to 4:00PM
Branch
Central Point Library
Description
Come and enjoy building your imagination's creations! Don't know what to build? There will be a cool prompts to spark your creative gears into motion. Builds will be displayed in the library to allow the community to admire your awesome skills! Every first and third Wednesday of each month, unless otherwise indicated.
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Branch
Gold Hill Library
Description
Stop by the Gold Hill Library to meet with other teens, play board games, watch movies, discuss books, and use the homework help and library databases. Have a conversation with the library staff about what teen programs you would like to see in the library.
10) Yarnia!
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM
Branch
Eagle Point Library
Description
Learn to knit or crochet. Supplies provided. For all levels.
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 3:00PM to 4:00PM
Branch
Jacksonville Library
Description
Children are invited to share a story with a trained and registered therapy dog. Paws to Read at the Library provides a non-intimidating environment for budding readers to explore reading out loud. The dogs welcome a scratch on the head and the turn of the page from young readers.
12) Banned Book Club
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM
Branch
Medford Library
Description
Once a month, read and discuss a banned book. Explore what caused these books to be banned, what being banned means, and how this impacts us as a society. We will talk about the who and the why, and if we agree or disagree. Stop by the Medford Reference desk to pick up a copy of the months current title!
September: The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
October: The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale...
13) All Hallows Read
Date
Thu Oct 5, 2023 from 12:00AM to 11:59PM
Branch
Gold Hill Library
Description
All Hallows Read, All Ages
All Hallows Read is a new literary tradition to give someone a scary book during the Halloween season. We think this should be broadened to include reading a spooky book from the library! Get in the spirit , and read three spooky books between October 1- October 31 and earn a free spooky book. Pick up a Reading Recommendations Bookmark at the Gold Hill Library with websites for the...
Date
Thu Oct 5, 2023 from 12:00AM to 11:59PM
Branch
Medford Library
Description
October is the scariest of months and we want you to tell us just how scared we should be! Write your best scary story for us! Maybe it's set on Halloween, maybe it's not! Just make is SCARY!
Guidelines: 1. A maximum of 5k words. 2. Themes to include just plain scariness or Haloween. 3. Please keep content PG-13 or below.
The contest will run from October 1st - October 31st. The winner will be...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 10:00AM to 10:30AM
Branch
White City Library
Description
Bring your preschoolers (ages 3-5) to enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun at the library. A great opportunity to encourage an interest in books and reading and help young children develop important socialization skills. This storytime uses both English and Spanish.
Venga con sus niños preescolares (de 3 a 5 años) para disfrutar cuentos, rimas y canciones, y para divertirse en la biblioteca. Es una...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 10:15AM to 11:15AM
Branch
Medford Library
Description
Baby Social Hour programs are for mostly pre-walking babies (0-16 months). The first half of this program is an early literacy activity (read aloud, tactile activity, songs/rhymes or combination) and the second half of the program is a parent "social time" to allow parents to connect with one another, and for those babies to have a safe space to interact with one another.
Note: Registration for Baby Social Hour is not...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
Branch
Central Point Library
Description
The Babies and Wobblers program is a combination of our Baby Social Hour and Wobblers programs - tailored to smaller groups. Descriptions for both of these programs are below. Expect a combination of all of these elements in this combined program.
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Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 10:30AM to 11:30AM
Branch
Jacksonville Library
Description
Bring your preschoolers (ages 3-5) to enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun at the library. A great opportunity to encourage an interest in books and reading and help young children develop important socialization skills.
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Branch
Ashland Library
Description
The Babies and Wobblers program is a combination of our Baby Social Hour and Wobblers programs - tailored to smaller groups. Descriptions for both of these programs are below. Expect a combination of all of these elements in this combined program.
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Baby Social Hour programs are for pre-walking babies (0-16 months). The first half of this program is an early literacy activity (read aloud, tactile activity,...
Date
Wed Oct 4, 2023 from 11:00AM to 11:30AM
Branch
White City Library
Description
Bring your preschoolers (ages 3-5) to enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun at the library. A great opportunity to encourage an interest in books and reading and help young children develop important socialization skills.