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April Programs @

For details about programs visit urbanafreelibrary.org and click on “ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS”

Tiny Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, 5 p.m.

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, 9 a.m.

Urbana Otaku Manga Club 4 p.m.

First Fridays Family Concert with Bones Jugs 6:30 p.m.

Babies’ Lap Time10 & 10:45 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Urbana Free Library Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting, 7 p.m.

Miss Southern Illinois at Toddler Time, 10 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Wee Love Music, 6 p.m.

Preschool Story Time10 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

UFLive! presents Wheeler/Pryor Duo Meets The Jokers 2 p.m.

Urbana Pops Orchestra Concert, 2 p.m.

Young Artists Workshop Series: Navajo Storytelling Through Art, 3 p.m.

Drop-In Tutoring for Adults 9:30 a.m.

Babies’ Lap Time10 & 10:45 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Toddler Story Time, 10 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Preschool Story Time 10 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Baby and Me Yoga Series 1:30 p.m.

Earth Day Celebration, 3 p.m.

Babies’ Lap Time10 & 10:45 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Toddler Story Time, 10 a.m.

Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Drop-In Tutoring for Adults 9:30 a.m.

Drop-In Tutoring for Adults 9:30 a.m.

A Poetry Reading by the Quintessential Poets, 7 p.m.

Preschool Story Time10 a.m.Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

* registration required

Read IN the Market with The Urbana Free Library, 8 a.m.

Prairie Breezes presents the Knights of Cabiria, 11:15 a.m.

Red Herring Writers 12:30 p.m.

Second Saturday Board Games, 2 p.m.

Spanish Story Time, 2:30 p.m.

Paint Your Own Masterpiece, 3 p.m.*

Chess + for Kids, 3:30 p.m.

Babies Lap Time, 11 a.m.

Chemists Celebrate Earth Week: Dive into Marine Chemistry! 2 p.m.

Chess + for Kids, 3:30 p.m.

Slavic Story Time, 2 p.m.

Chess + for Kids, 3:30 p.m.

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, 1 p.m.

Children’s Art Exhibition, April 7-15

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, 9 a.m.

Crafty Story Time, 11 a.m.

Chess + for Kids, 3:30 p.m.

Toddler Story Time, 10 a.m.

Tiny Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

Spring Holiday Library Closed

Drop-In Tutoring for Adults 9:30 a.m.

Connections Cafe, 10 a.m.

Teen Video Game Night 5:30 p.m.

Open Testing for Circulation Clerk and Shelver/Barista Positions, 1:30 p.m.

Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, 9 a.m.

Paws to Read for National Library Week! 4:15 p.m.

Babies’ Lap Time10 & 10:45 a.m.

Tiny Teen Open Lab, 3 p.m.

The programs marked with a are Boneyard Arts Festival events.

Celebrate National Library Week! April 8 - 14

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Library Events Adult, Teen, & Children’s area 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. • Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. • Friday – Saturday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. • Sunday

Champaign County Historical Archives Local History & Genealogy 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. • Wednesday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. • Sunday

Young Artists Workshop Series: Navajo Storytelling Through Art

Sunday, April 15 • 3:00 - 3:45 p.m.Megan’s Reading Room (Children’s Area)

For children of ages 5 and up; 7 and under with a caregiver

The Young Artists Workshop is a series of spring workshops sponsored by The Urbana Free Library and the Urbana Public Arts Program.

Join us at our Young Artist’s Studio, featuring Navajo artist and educator Beverly Smith! Beverly will lead us through a storytelling and arts workshop featuring Baje Whitethorne’s Sunpainters. Youth will hear a story and be guided through creating artworks inspired by stories of their own.

Sunday, April 15 • 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Lewis Auditorium (Ground Floor) • For all ages

UFLive! presents Wheeler/Pryor Duo Meets The Jokers

Today’s concert features some of the most talented and in-demand performers in the area: Brad Wheeler, Armand Beaudoin, Dorothy Martirano, and Jim Pryor. The musicians have strong and diverse backgrounds in classical, contemporary art music, jazz, and Latin jazz with folk, gypsy, gypsy jazz, tango, and klezmer.

Boneyard Arts Festival @ Your Library

Enjoy the creative works of K-5 students from Urbana public schools when you visit the Children’s area. Come see what these young artists have been working on.

Prairie Breezes presents the Knights of Cabiria

Join the Knights of Cabiria for a one-of-a-kind concert for families, featuring high-energy dance music from Latin American and Eastern European countries.Prairie Breezes concerts are on the first Saturday of most months and are generously sponsored by Peggy and Bob Podlasek in memory of Greg Bliss.

Friday, April 6 • 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. Busey-Mills Reading Room (First Floor)

For all ages

Monday, April 30 • 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Lewis Auditorium (Ground Floor)

For adults

First Fridays Family Concert with Bones Jugs

A Poetry Reading by the Quintessential Poets

Bones Jugs presents an eclectic spin on American styles from bluegrass to ragtime. The band may feature xylophone, banjo, guitar, upright bass, jug, bones, clarinet, kazoos, whistles, horns, and washboard. Good for listening, dancing, and foot tapping!

Come hear original work by members of the Quintessential Poets — all published writers from the Champaign-Urbana area who meet regularly to critique each other’s work. The readers will be Frank Modica, John Palen, Elaine Palencia, and Pat Simpson. This is their third reading at the The Urbana Free Library, and it is open and free to the public

Refreshments will be available.

The Library will be open until 8:00 p.m. for this special Imbibe Urbana event!

UFLive! concerts are generously sponsored by The Urbana Free Library Foundation and are scheduled on the third Sunday of most months.

Children’s Art Exhibition • April 7 - 15

Saturday, April 14 • 11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Lewis Auditorium (Ground Floor)

For children and their families

Red Herring Writers

Paint Your Own Masterpiece

Readings by members of the Red Herring Fiction Workshop, Champaign-Urbana’s longest-running writing workshop.The Red Herring Fiction Workshop has been meeting at the Channing Murray Foundation on the University of Illinois campus every Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. since 1980. Writers at every level are welcome.

Want to try your hand at painting your very own masterpiece? The Library will provide all the supplies, some ideas, how-to books and relaxing music to summon your painting muse!

Saturday, April 14 • 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lewis Auditorium (Ground Floor) • For all ages

Saturday, April 14 • 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Lewis Auditorium (Ground Floor) • For age 16 and up

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