To learn more about virtual library services by appointment and online chat and phone hours, please visit the current services and appointments webpage. All public meeting rooms are closed through December 31, 2020.
Do you love puzzles, magic, or testing your wits against a terrifying foe bent on your destruction? Join the Library for its first-ever digital escape room!
You can complete this escape room as a group or as an individual. You can compete against friends (or enemies) and try it multiple times. This escape room is intended for adults and teens, but children are more than welcome to test their mettle. Just make sure you have fun!
Monroe County tweens (ages 7–11) are invited to contribute to making an online Tween Quaranzine to document how you, the community’s young people, are responding to these strange times of quarantine and social distancing in the face of COVID-19. To participate, you may contribute an 8.5” x 5.5” page. All ideas that highlight the community and uplift your voices are encouraged and welcome. The Library will accept writing (250 words or less), artwork, comics, photography, recipes, tutorials, and/or a combination of all of these––really anything goes as long as it can be represented on paper. Your pages will be compiled and made publicly available on the Library’s website as one zine! Submissions for Volume 1 are due by June 28. The completed zine will be published on the Library website on July 6. Submissions for Volume 2 are due by July 31 and will be published on August 7. More information, a parent permission and entry form, and complete guidelines can be found here.
Join the Kadampa Meditation Center Bloomington for a Monday meditation series in June. Each week, resident teacher Gen Tsoglam will teach and guide you through a short meditation and relaxation routine. Start your week off right by centering and finding your inner peace. Videos are beginner-friendly. This program is geared to age 12 and up, but all ages are welcome!
*** This virtual program may be viewed on the Library's YouTube channel, premiering June 22 at 10 AM. It will be archived and available on the same YouTube channel thereafter. ***
This live workshop presented over Zoom will shed light on the various frauds and scams that target older adults. Participants will learn what to look for that might indicate a scam, how to verify if a sales pitch or request for information is legitimate, and what to do if you or someone you care for has been taken advantage of. Age 18 & up. A partnership between Monroe County Extension Office and the Library.
*** To participate in live Zoom events, please register with a valid email address. The link to the Zoom event will be emailed to you 30 minutes before the program begins.***
