**NOTE: This program has been rescheduled from the previous date and will now be held on Monday January 31st, 2022 at 6:30pm** “Better than no alcohol at all.” We learn to cope with the new 18th constitutional amendment… speakeasies, bootleggers, rival gangs, blind pigs, moonshine, cocktails, near-beer and home brewing. How Alcoholics Anonymous and […]
Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join Mrs. Karen each week for stories, songs, and a craft. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register. Call 815-943-4671 for more information.
Join us for an evening of Lego and K'nex building fun with a different challenge each month. Class size is limited. Registration is required. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register or call 815-943-4671.
Join us for our monthly adult craft night at Harvard Diggins Library. Tonight we will be making tissue paper honeycomb hearts for Valentine's Day. All supplies are provided. Registration is required as there are a limited number of seats available. Masks covering nose to chin are required. To sign up, send an email to adultservices@harvard-diggins.org.
Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join Mrs. Karen each week for stories, songs, and a craft. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register or call 815-943-4671.
Winter isn't over yet so drop by the Library to create a cute snowman from a white sock. This activity is open to kids in PreK through 5th grade. Young children will require adult help. All supplies provided. Registration is required as class size is limited. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register or call 815-943-4671 for more […]
Use LED light bulbs and a battery to create a light-up Valentine card. Open to teens in 6th grade through 12th grade. Registration is required as supplies are limited. Email teenservices@harvard-diggins.org to register.
Are you a Minecraft expert or just a beginner? Any level of Minecraft fan is welcome to join us for some fun with gaming friends. Bring your device or use ours to play Minecraft. Registration is required as class size is limited. This activity is open to kids in 3rd through 6th grades. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org […]
Join us for Harvard Diggins Library's monthly movie night. Tonight's film will be Respect (2021) starring Jennifer Hudson. All ages are welcome to attend but parents please note that this film is rated PG-13 for thematic material, language, and violence. All attendees must wear a mask covering nose to chin throughout the film. Free and […]
Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join Mrs. Karen each week for stories, songs, and a craft. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register or call 815-943-4671.
Homeschool students in 5th - 8th grade are welcome to join the Reader Leader book club to discuss selections from the 2022 Rebecca Caudill list. Meetings will be held every other week through March 2022. Email teenservices@harvard-diggins.org to register. For more information, call 815-943-4671.
Homeschool students in Kindergarten through 5th grade are invited to join the Bluestem Monarch book club to read and discuss titles from the 2022 Bluestem and Monarch book lists. This book club will mix independent reading with read-togethers based on age and reading level. Meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesday of […]
Join us for the next Illinois Libraries Present author event with New York Times Bestselling Author Jasmine Guillory, current reigning queen of chick-lit romance novels. Free and open to the public. You may register to view the live stream in-person in the Library's meeting room, or you can request the Zoom link to view from […]
Women have been traveling to space for decades, and women have been involved in getting people to space - and returning them safely to Earth - for just as long. Learn more about several of these trailblazers in this exciting presentation from Michelle Nichols, Director of Public Observing at the Adler Planetarium. This program is […]
Get back into sewing with this refresher class for students who have taken prior sewing classes at the library. This is a three week class. Participants must be comfortable using a sewing machine. Projects will include a 9-patch pillow and basic pattern reading. Supply list will be handed out at registration. Class size is limited. […]
Ann Bradford Strokes (1833-1903) worked aboard the Navy’s first Hospital Ship, Red Rover, of Mound City, Illinois. She worked with sick and wounded soldiers aboard the United States Naval Hospital Ship (U.S.N.) throughout the Western Theater of the Civil War on both the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and their tributaries. Stokes lived mostly aboard the […]
Preschoolers ages 3-5 and their caregivers are invited to join Mrs. Karen each week for stories, songs, and a craft. Registration is required. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register or call 815-943-4671.
Homeschool students in 5th - 8th grade are welcome to join the Reader Leader book club to discuss selections from the 2022 Rebecca Caudill list. Meetings will be held every other week through March 2022. Email teenservices@harvard-diggins.org to register. For more information, call 815-943-4671.
Homeschool students in Kindergarten through 5th grade are invited to join the Bluestem Monarch book club to read and discuss titles from the 2022 Bluestem and Monarch book lists. This book club mixes independent reading with read-togethers based on age and reading level. Meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesdays through March, […]
Love building with Legos? Join us on the first Thursday of every month for an hour of building fun with a new challenge each month. Class size is limited so registration is required. Email ilovestories@harvard-diggins.org to register. Call 815-943-4671 for more information.
Get back into sewing with this refresher class for students who have taken prior sewing classes at the library. This is a three week class. Participants must be comfortable using a sewing machine. Projects will include a 9-patch pillow and basic pattern reading. Supply list will be handed out at registration. Class size is limited. […]
