Centralia Regional Library District

Teen Reading Club
2024-04-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-03-02 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Join Centralia Regional Library District’s Reading Club for teens (ages 12-18)!
This club is a laid-back, bring-your-own-reading-content type, with snacks and activities/games. There is no required reading, but suggestions are always given for guidance. Reading doesn’t even have to be from a book, but if you are reading a book, it doesn’t have to be a traditional, physical novel–it can be an eBook or audiobook. All reading is welcome here, be it magazines, fanfiction, video game dialog, shampoo bottle labels… whatever you like to read, we’ll talk about it!
And starting January 2024, the more meetings you attend, the more entries you’ll get into a prize giveaway at the end of the year! Currently, meetings are from 2PM to 3:30PM on a Saturday each month in the upstairs Teen Room (accessible by elevator and stairs).

Earth Day Family Fun
2024-04-12 16:30 - 17:30 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Join us for a very special Earth Day Family Fun tomorrow night, April 12, in the 2nd floor Monken Activity Room (accessible by elevator and stairs)!
Pick your choice of craft, have a yummy snack, and learn about Earth Day! Everyone gets to take home their very own scavenger hunt and activity calendar too. Be sure to bring the whole family!

Miss Rita's Story Time
2024-04-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-03-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-03-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-02-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-02-14 10:30 - 11:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Raise your children to be lifelong readers by bringing them to story time at the Library! Story Time is in the Discovery Room on the Library’s 2nd floor, accessible via elevator and stairs.
Story Time is held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month.

2024 Great American Eclipse Viewing Party
2024-04-08 12:00 - 16:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Watch the Eclipse at the Centralia Regional Library! Activities include:
– Pinhole Viewer Crafts
– Eclipse and Solar System Art
– Shadow Chalk Art
– Spotting Scope Viewing
– Photography Demonstrations and Opportunities
– Coloring Pages and Activity Packs
– Indoor and Outdoor Games
– Giant Bubbles
– Eclipse Livestream Viewing in the Monken Activity Room (in case of overcast weather)
We will be handing out solar viewing glasses until supplies run out. An astronomer will be narrating the eclipse onsite.
Eclipse partiality begins at 12:45pm and will end at 3:20pm. Totality begins at 2pm and ends at 2:03pm.

National Library Week 2024
2024-04-07 - 2024-04-13 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Ready, set, library! National Library Week is April 7–13, 2024, and Centralia Regional Library District encourages everyone in the community to visit the library to take part in the week’s Virtual Library Crawl and Spirit Week activities and to receive daily prizes while exploring all the library has to offer.
Virtual Library Crawl:
Take a virtual crawl through library websites across the world! Visit 9 library websites (3 local, 3 U.S., 3 world) to complete your library passport. When you submit your completed passport, you’ll score free early admission into our next Friends of the Library Used Book Sale! Get your passport here.
Spirit Week Activities:
Sunday, April 7: Sharing Sunday – Share a social media post about the Library!
Monday, April 8: Mentioning Monday – Mention your favorite TV series, movie, or book that you enjoy checking out when you visit the Library!
Tuesday, April 9: National Library Workers Day/True Love Tuesday – Show some love to your favorite library staff member(s)! Consider nominating them for a Library Star award or an Illinois Library Association Award.
Wednesday, April 10: National Library Outreach Day/Work Outside Wednesday – Reach out to your friends and family and share the Library’s resources with someone who hasn’t visited the Library!
Thursday, April 11: Tour-It Thursday – Never been to Centralia Regional Library District or haven’t seen all of it? Get a free tour!
Friday, April 12: Free Time Friday – Have an extra minute of our day? Visit the Library!
Saturday, April 13: Shelfie Saturday – Come on in and take a “shelfie” in the Library, then post it online. Tag us @centralialibrary on Facebook and Instagram!
While you’re here, head to our front desk to spin the wheel for a prize! You can spin the wheel once a day Monday through Saturday during the celebration week.

Get Ready for the 2024 Great American Eclipse!
2024-04-05 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-16 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
On April 8, 2024, another total solar eclipse will be happening and Centralia has a front row seat! Get ready to view this incredible event by coming to one of our monthly workshops leading up to the date of totality. You’ll learn just what exactly an eclipse is and why they happen, how to safely view one, and how to photograph it without ruining your eyes or your camera. There will also be arts and crafts and solar viewers will be given out.
This workshop is in the 2nd floor Monken Activity Room, accessible by elevator and stairs.

Black Out Poetry
2024-04-01 - 2024-04-30 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Grab an old book page to repurpose into a poem by blacking out words until a poem appears as the only text on the page! Come up to the Youth Department on the Library’s 2nd floor (accessible by elevator and stairs) to grab a page. If you want, you can hand it back to us when you’re done so we can display it. You’ll even get a cool button for becoming an official CRLD poet!
This activity is for ages 12-18.
See the How-To Video.

Family Fun
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Family Fun returns with more games, crafts, and activities for the whole family to enjoy! The main activities this month include learning to plant your own potatoes and making a paper lily flower. This bi-monthly event happens in our Youth Area on the Library’s 2nd floor, accessible by elevator and stairs.

Crochet Club
2024-03-25 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-03-11 16:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Join Centralia Regional Library District’s social Crochet Club!
Whether you’re new to the craft or a professional, bring your own project to work on as we chat and swap tips and ideas with each other. We will have extra yarn and hooks for those without.
No age restrictions or registration required to join–just come on in!
Crochet Club meets in the second floor Monken Activity Room on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, unless otherwise noted. The Activity Room is accessible by elevator or stairs.

Ruth E. Carter: Interweaving Tradition and Imagination Through Costume Design
2024-03-20 19:00 - 20:00
Join us for a special event with Ruth E. Carter, two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer. Carter made history as the first Black person to win an Academy Award in Best Costume Design for the film, Black Panther. She received a second Academy Award in the same category for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Ruth E. Carter will be joined in conversation with Aisha Harris, co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and author of Wannabe.
Please note this event will NOT be recorded and you must be registered to watch the event. Register with the website link below.
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. Illinois Libraries Present is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a Department of the Office for the Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

Board Meeting
2024-03-20 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-02-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
The Centralia Regional Library District Board of Trustees meets the third Wednesday of every month.
Meetings are held in Monken Activity Room, 2nd floor, at the Main Library at 4:00 pm on the date designated and are open to the public. Accessible by elevator or stairs.
A link to the meeting agenda will be posted on this page and a paper copy at the Main Library.

Book Club for Adults
2024-03-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Join the Centralia Regional Library District’s Book Club for adults!
For March 2024, we are reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab.
If you are interested in joining us by becoming a Book Club member, please fill out our member form, especially if you would like for us to place a hold on the book for you. You do not need to have a library card or live in Centralia to join.
Join the Facebook Group!

Women's History Month Educational Scavenger Hunt
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-31 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Learn some history, win a prize! Each worksheet is different, so you can hunt several times if you want to learn even more (prizes are only given for the first completed worksheet). This scavenger hunt can be done at any time during the month upstairs in the Youth Department (accessible by elevator and stairs). Get the whole family involved!

Family Fun
2024-02-27 16:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Family Fun returns! Get in the Valentine’s Day mood with string art hearts or duel each other in an indoor snowball fight. There will be other assorted games to play too, so bring the whole family!

Growing Your Own Backyard Grocery Store
2024-02-24 11:00 - 14:00 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Learn how to grow your own grocery store in your backyard!
This free workshop hosted by Ellie’s Place and The Schwartstead is open to everyone willing to learn, no registration needed. Be sure to bring something to take notes in and any seeds you’d like to swap with others.

Romance & Regency with Bridgerton’s Julia Quinn
2024-02-20 19:00 - 20:00
Julia Quinn, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning romance author, has written close to 40 novels including her popular series about the Bridgerton family which was adapted into an Emmy-nominated series on Netflix. Her newest novel, Queen Charlotte, is co-written with television pioneer Shonda Rhimes. It’s a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte and King George III’s great love story and how it sparked a societal shift.
Julia Quinn will be joined in conversation with Sarah MacLean, bestselling historical romance author, romance columnist for The New York Times and The Washington Post, and co-host of the weekly romance novel podcast Fated Mates.
This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events.
If you cannot make it to the live event, go ahead and register. A recording of the event will be sent to you. ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

Book Club for Adults
2024-02-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Centralia Regional Library District, 515 East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, United States
Join the Centralia Regional Library District’s Book Club for adults!
For February 2024, we are reading Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks.
If you are interested in joining us by becoming a Book Club member, please fill out our member form, especially if you would like for us to place a hold on the book for you. You do not need to have a library card or live in Centralia to join.
Join the Facebook Group!

Presidents' Day - Library Closed
2024-02-19
The Library will be closed in observance of Presidents’ Day. Our online collections are available 24/7.
