All Library locations will be closed Friday, July 4, for Independence Day.
Arts & Culture
Activity
Monday, July 7, 2025
1:00pm
In Person
Local Percussionist Roger Caliman will introduce program participants to the basics of reading music including musical notation, scales, key signat...
Activity
Saturday, July 5, 2025
12:00pm
In Person
Join us at the beautiful Central Library for a rehearsal before the studio sets off on their next European tour. The performance will include scene...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 5, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
Join us for a celebration of local art at the 12th annual Art in the Loop Project kickoff event, featuring a musical performance by Monarch Duo, a tra...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 11, 2025
3:00pm
In Person
Composer and musician Johann Sebastian Bach’s circle of friends and family included some of the most influential voices of the German Baroque era. Kan...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 1, 2025
6:30pm
Online
In Person
Writer and director David Wayne Reed revives Shelf Life, his popular show-and-tell storytelling series, for Big Read 2025. The event – focusing on som...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00pm
In Person
NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest offers unsigned bands a chance to play a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Live + Local, a partnersh...
Signature Event
Sunday, March 16, 2025
1:00pm
In Person
In honor of Women’s History Month, SALT, a team of five artist educators, presents A Mosaic of Mothers, micro-operas that amplify Midwestern women’s e...
Signature Event
Thursday, March 13, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
Journalist S.H. “SKIZ” Fernando tells the story of hip-hop legend Daniel Dumile Jr. – aka masked supervillain MF DOOM – in a new biography set against...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
6:00pm
Online
In Person
More than 20 million motorists a year travel Bruce R. Watkins Drive. But this vital corridor, completed in 2001, came at a high cost to East Side resi...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
1:00pm
In Person
With a perfect blend of humor and pathos, Broke-ology celebrates the strength of familial ties and the enduring power of hope in a touching exploratio...