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The Library will be closed Sunday, May 30 and Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | View in browser
Create Your Own World!
Minecraft Club!
EPL is working with the tiilt Lab at Northwestern to bring you Summer Minecraft Club! We'll host both a private creative and survival server every Tuesday in June and July. Each month we will also feature different creative and survival challenges. Join us and show off your Minecraft skills! Registration required. Grades 6-8.
Tuesday, June 8, 4 pm. Register
Tuesday, June 15, 4 pm. Register
Tuesday, June 22, 4 pm. Register
Tuesday, June 29, 4 pm. Register
Minecraft Challenge Kickoff: Build an Ice Boat Race Track Thursday, June 10, 4 pm. Register
Teen Pride Party!
6th Annual EPL Teen LOFT LGBTQA+ Celebration
Join us to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride with a youth-only party! Live DJ, Just Dance Party, Zine Making and more. Planned by youth for youth! Registration required. Grades 6 -12. Live in-person, socially distant, masks required.
Wednesday, June 16, 6 pm, Robert Crown Branch Library, Reading Garden. Register.
Let's keep the party going!
All throughout the summer, every Wednesday at 6 pm, the Teen Loft will be offering live, in-person, socially distanced Teen Nights at the Robert Crown Branch Library, Reading Garden. Grades 6-12. Registration required.
Here's the June lineup:
Anime Club: Come watch Anime with friends! Crafts and more! Wednesday, June 9, 6 pm. Register
Pride Party: LGBTQIA+ Youth-planned shindig! Wednesday, June 16, 6 pm. Register
D&D Night: Learn to DM, paint minis, and more! Wednesday, June 30, 6 pm. Register Play in the live game: Wednesday, June 30, 6 pm. Register
More Awesomeness
Queer Art Show & Tell with Jasper Huber
Jasper Huber is a transgender artist from Evanston currently studying communication design and new studio practice at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The majority of his work is typography based and features uplifting messages centered around mental health and queerness. His exhibition "Trans Joy" will be on display on the 3rd floor of the Main Library throughout June. Wednesday, June 23, 6 pm. Register.
Virtual Dungeons & Dragons
Join us for beginner-friendly sessions of D&D, virtually via Roll20! Please sign up with us, create an account on Roll20, and have a level 1-3 character sheet ready to play! Saturday, June 5, 1 pm. Register.; Saturday, June 19, 1 pm. Register.
Teen Cycling Club
Calling all female-identifying teens! Learn how to fix your bike and get familiar with local bike routes! Priority space for femme youth of color.
Contact Courtney at creed-tanner@cityofevanston.org for more details!
More fun things
7 Buff Super-Ladies Who Would Totally Step on You!
3 Upcoming and New YA Dystopian and Apocalyptic Novels
Heroic or Villainous ~ What's Your Superpowered Destiny?
2020 Annual Report
It was a year like no other -- for the world, for the country, for Evanston, and for the Evanston Public Library too. This 2020 Annual Report reflects it all: the pandemic response, the call to racial justice, and the many ways we explore the frontiers of what equitable access to resources truly means for Evanstonians. View the report in English & Spanish.
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