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Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 8:30am - 10:30am
Kohlhammer Barn at Off Site
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, History, Science & Nature
Age Group:
Everyone
Coffee Outside and Tours of the Historic Kolhammer Barn:

Looking for an excuse to enjoy a cup (or two!) of coffee outdoors? Join us for this outdoors event right next to the red barn along the Waubonsie Creek in Downtown Oswego. Feel fre...

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Kohlhammer Barn
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Food & Cooking, History, Science & Nature
Registration Required

Looking for an excuse to enjoy a cup (or two!) of coffee outdoors? Join us for this outdoors event right next to the red barn along the Waubonsie Creek in Downtown Oswego. Feel free to bring coffee made at home or a way to make it there. You will also have the opportunity to take a tour of the historic Kolhammer Barn.

This is a great event to ride your bicycle to. Motor vehicle parking is in the library parking lot.

Weather permitting as this is an outdoor event, also suggested you bring a chair or blanket to sit on in the event the grass is wet.

Contact Bill with any questions.

Disclaimer(s)

Inclement Weather

If there is inclement weather, we will move the program indoors. 

Photography and Video Recording

Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection with you or your child being photographed or recorded.

Alice's Ordinary People: A Civil Rights Program

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Oswego Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

Alice Tregay's story is one of ordinary people effecting extraordinary change for human rights. Five decades of fearless activism and the continuing relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King adds to the ongoing fight for justice.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Alice Tregay's story is one of ordinary people effecting extraordinary change for human rights. Five decades of fearless activism and the continuing relevance of Dr. Martin Luther King adds to the ongoing fight for justice.

Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours

Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:30am - 10:30am
Kohlhammer Barn at Off Site
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, History, Science & Nature
Age Group:
Everyone
Coffee Outside and Tours of the Historic Kolhammer Barn:

Looking for an excuse to enjoy a cup (or two!) of coffee outdoors? Join us for this outdoors event right next to the red barn along the Waubonsie Creek in Downtown Oswego. Feel fre...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Kohlhammer Barn
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Food & Cooking, History, Science & Nature
Registration Required

Looking for an excuse to enjoy a cup (or two!) of coffee outdoors? Join us for this outdoors event right next to the red barn along the Waubonsie Creek in Downtown Oswego. Feel free to bring coffee made at home or a way to make it there. You will also have the opportunity to take a tour of the historic Kolhammer Barn.

This is a great event to ride your bicycle to. Motor vehicle parking is in the library parking lot.

Weather permitting as this is an outdoor event, also suggested you bring a chair or blanket to sit on in the event the grass is wet.

Contact Bill with any questions.

Disclaimer(s)

Inclement Weather

If there is inclement weather, we will move the program indoors. 

Photography and Video Recording

Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection with you or your child being photographed or recorded.

Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 8:30am - 10:30am
Kohlhammer Barn at Off Site
Program Type:
Food & Cooking, History, Science & Nature
Age Group:
Everyone
Coffee Outside and Tours of the Historic Kolhammer Barn:

Looking for an excuse to enjoy a cup (or two!) of coffee outdoors? Join us for this outdoors event right next to the red barn along the Waubonsie Creek in Downtown Oswego. Feel fre...

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Off Site
Room: Kohlhammer Barn
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Food & Cooking, History, Science & Nature
Registration Required

Looking for an excuse to enjoy a cup (or two!) of coffee outdoors? Join us for this outdoors event right next to the red barn along the Waubonsie Creek in Downtown Oswego. Feel free to bring coffee made at home or a way to make it there. You will also have the opportunity to take a tour of the historic Kolhammer Barn.

This is a great event to ride your bicycle to. Motor vehicle parking is in the library parking lot.

Weather permitting as this is an outdoor event, also suggested you bring a chair or blanket to sit on in the event the grass is wet.

Contact Bill with any questions.

Disclaimer(s)

Inclement Weather

If there is inclement weather, we will move the program indoors. 

Photography and Video Recording

Photos and videos may be recorded at library events. By attending you may be included in these photos and videos. Your attendance at this event grants your permission to be in these photos or videos which may be used for archival or library promotional purposes. Please inform the event facilitator if you have any objection with you or your child being photographed or recorded.

Closed Early - Thanksgiving Eve

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closing early for Thanksgiving Eve.

Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closing early for Thanksgiving Eve.

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Thanksgiving.

Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Thanksgiving.

The History and Folklore of Santa Claus

Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Montgomery Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

The History and Folklore of Santa Claus

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Montgomery Campus
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The History and Folklore of Santa Claus

Christmas Eve

All Day
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Christmas Eve.

Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Christmas Eve.

Christmas

All Day
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Christmas.

Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Christmas.

Closed Early - New Year's Eve

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closing early for New Year's Eve.

Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closing early for New Year's Eve.

New Year's Day

All Day
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for New Year's Day.

Closing
Branches:
Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus
Description:

Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for New Year's Day.

Light Houses of Michigan and the Great Lakes

Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Meeting Room at Montgomery Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

When you think of lighthouses do you think of the East or West coasts? Did you know that Michigan, which has more freshwater coastline than any other state, also has the most lighthouses (over 120)?

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Montgomery Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

When you think of lighthouses do you think of the East or West coasts? Did you know that Michigan, which has more freshwater coastline than any other state, also has the most lighthouses (over 120)?

Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Oswego Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

This presentation focuses on the life and losses of Mrs. Lincoln and is set on 14 April 1865, as she prepares for an evening at the theatre with her husband and friends.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

This presentation focuses on the life and losses of Mrs. Lincoln and is set on 14 April 1865, as she prepares for an evening at the theatre with her husband and friends.

Love Stories from History

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Oswego Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

The course of historical love never did run smooth, fascinating and funny tales from history.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

The course of historical love never did run smooth, fascinating and funny tales from history.

Orson Welles: War of the Worlds

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Oswego Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

A Look Behind Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

A Look Behind Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Broadcast

Louisa May Alcott and Civil War Nursing

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Oswego Campus
Program Type:
History
Age Group:
Adults

Author of the classic children's story, "Little Women", and many others; Louisa May Alcott also served as one of 5000 women who worked in the Union Army hospitals during the Civil War.

Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Oswego Campus
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Author of the classic children's story, "Little Women", and many others; Louisa May Alcott also served as one of 5000 women who worked in the Union Army hospitals during the Civil War.