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Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/26
Emporia Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Emporia Public Library

New Year's Day

All Day
Emporia Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Emporia Public Library
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Evening Readers: The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Event Details:

Book selection: The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

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This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Roaming Readers: The Anthropocene Reviewed

Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book Selection: The Anthropocene ReviewedGet your steps in as we discuss short selections of The Anthropocene Review by John Green while walking the Flinthills Mall. We will meet a...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Page Turners Book Club: The Last Ride of the Pony Express

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book selection: The Last Ride of the Pony Express

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Queer Book Club: The Guncle

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Young Adult Area at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book selection: The Guncle

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Young Adult Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

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Book selection: The Guncle

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

All Day 1/19 - 1/20
Emporia Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Emporia Public Library
This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Booked for Mystery: The Midnight Feast

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Gather with fellow mystery lovers to unravel thrilling tales of crime and intrigue! Book selection: The Midnight Feast

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Gather with fellow mystery lovers to unravel thrilling tales of crime and intrigue! 

Book selection: The Midnight Feast

This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Evening Readers: Harlem Shuffle

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Event Details:

This month's book is: Harlem Shuffle

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

This month's book is: Harlem Shuffle

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Roaming Readers: The Anthropocene Reviewed

Monday, February 10, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Event Details:

Get your steps in as we discuss short selections of The Anthropocene Review by John Green while walking the Flinthills Mall. We will meet at the west entrance. February 10: “The Ha...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Get your steps in as we discuss short selections of The Anthropocene Review by John Green while walking the Flinthills Mall. We will meet at the west entrance. February 10: “The Hall of Presidents” through “The Internet” (pp. 67-88)

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Page Turners Book Club: The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Event Details:

Book selection: The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Presidents' Day

All Day 2/16 - 2/17
Emporia Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Emporia Public Library
This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Queer Book Club: All the Things We Don't Talk About

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Young Adult Area at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book selection: All the Things We Don't Talk About by Amy Feltman

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Young Adult Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

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Book selection: All the Things We Don't Talk About by Amy Feltman

This event is in the "School Age (Grades 3-5)" group.

WAWA Book Club

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Storytime Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
School Age (Grades 3-5)
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Storytime Room
Age Group: School Age (Grades 3-5)
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Bring your friends and read the 2024–2025 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Master List nominees. We’ll have snacks and activities for readers.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Booked for Mystery: Home is Where the Bodies Are

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book selection: Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Book selection: Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Page Turners Book Club: The Half-Moon

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Meeting Room at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book selection: The Half-Moon by Mary Beth Keane.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Queer Book Club: Leg

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Young Adult Area at Emporia Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Book Club:

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Event Details:

Book selection: Leg by Greg Marshall.

Library Branch: Emporia Public Library
Room: Young Adult Area
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month’s selected title! Pick up your copy at the circulation desk today.

Book selection: Leg by Greg Marshall.