This event is in the "Everyone" group Sep 13 2025 Sat Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours 8:30am–10:30am Everyone Off Site Open Registration Required This event is in the "Everyone" group Sep 13 2025 Sat Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours 8:30am–10:30am Off Site Open 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 16 2025 Tue Alice's Ordinary People: A Civil Rights Program 6:30pm–8:00pm Adults Oswego Campus Open Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Sep 16 2025 Tue Alice's Ordinary People: A Civil Rights Program 6:30pm–8:00pm Oswego Campus Open 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.
This event is in the "Everyone" group Oct 18 2025 Sat Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours 8:30am–10:30am Everyone Off Site Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Everyone" group Oct 18 2025 Sat Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours 8:30am–10:30am Off Site Upcoming 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.
This event is in the "Everyone" group Nov 15 2025 Sat Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours 8:30am–10:30am Everyone Off Site Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Everyone" group Nov 15 2025 Sat Coffee Outside and Kohlhammer Barn Tours 8:30am–10:30am Off Site Upcoming 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.
Nov 26 2025 Wed Closed Early - Thanksgiving Eve 5:00pm–9:00pm Some Branches Closing Nov 26 2025 Wed Closing Closed Early - Thanksgiving Eve 5:00pm–9:00pm Branches: Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus Description: Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closing early for Thanksgiving Eve.
Nov 27 2025 Thu Thanksgiving Day All Day Some Branches Closing Nov 27 2025 Thu Closing Thanksgiving Day All Day Branches: Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus Description: Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Thanksgiving.
This event is in the "Adults" group Dec 20 2025 Sat The History and Folklore of Santa Claus 1:00pm–2:00pm Adults Montgomery Campus Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Dec 20 2025 Sat The History and Folklore of Santa Claus 1:00pm–2:00pm Montgomery Campus Upcoming Library Branch: Montgomery Campus Age Group: Adults Program Type: History Registration Required Event Details: The History and Folklore of Santa Claus
Dec 24 2025 Wed Christmas Eve All Day Some Branches Closing Dec 24 2025 Wed Closing Christmas Eve All Day Branches: Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus Description: Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Christmas Eve.
Dec 25 2025 Thu Christmas All Day Some Branches Closing Dec 25 2025 Thu Closing Christmas All Day Branches: Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus Description: Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for Christmas.
Dec 31 2025 Wed Closed Early - New Year's Eve 5:00pm–9:00pm Some Branches Closing Dec 31 2025 Wed Closing Closed Early - New Year's Eve 5:00pm–9:00pm Branches: Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus Description: Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closing early for New Year's Eve.
Jan 1 2026 Thu New Year's Day All Day Some Branches Closing Jan 1 2026 Thu Closing New Year's Day All Day Branches: Oswego Campus, Montgomery Campus Description: Oswego and Montgomery Campuses are closed for New Year's Day.
This event is in the "Adults" group Jan 24 2026 Sat Light Houses of Michigan and the Great Lakes 1:00pm–2:00pm Adults Montgomery Campus Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Jan 24 2026 Sat Light Houses of Michigan and the Great Lakes 1:00pm–2:00pm Montgomery Campus Upcoming 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)?
This event is in the "Adults" group Feb 24 2026 Tue Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Oswego Campus Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Feb 24 2026 Tue Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady 7:00pm–8:00pm Oswego Campus Upcoming 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 10 2026 Tue Love Stories from History 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Oswego Campus Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 10 2026 Tue Love Stories from History 7:00pm–8:00pm Oswego Campus Upcoming 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.
This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 24 2026 Tue Orson Welles: War of the Worlds 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Oswego Campus Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Mar 24 2026 Tue Orson Welles: War of the Worlds 7:00pm–8:00pm Oswego Campus Upcoming 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
This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 21 2026 Tue Louisa May Alcott and Civil War Nursing 7:00pm–8:00pm Adults Oswego Campus Upcoming Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 21 2026 Tue Louisa May Alcott and Civil War Nursing 7:00pm–8:00pm Oswego Campus Upcoming 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.
