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News, Adults, Art and Crafts, Family Fun, Kids, Personal Enrichment, Teen May 1, 2023
The DeKalb Public Library is pleased to announce that we will hold our eighth “8 Countries in 1 Day” on Saturday, September 16, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Last year we saw our largest attendance with over 300 people joining us to celebrate this...
Adults, Family Fun, Kids, Local Artists, Media, News, Oral Histories & Interviews, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Jun 2, 2022
Please join DeKalb Public Library as we host the traveling exhibit called Voices of Belonging from Friday, June 10th to Friday, June 24th in the Main Lobby. Voices of Belonging is an interactive audio exhibit that aims to deepen our communiversity...
Action with Intention, Adults, Family Fun, Kids, News, Personal Enrichment, Teen May 23, 2022
The library will host events and informational booths from Monday, June 6 through Saturday, June 11 as part of Autism Acceptance Week! This initiative is partnership with the Friends of the Library, RAMP, Westside Children's Therapy, and the NIU...
Adults, News, Personal Enrichment Apr 20, 2022
Looking for food, music, crafts, and activities from countries you've perhaps never visited? The DeKalb Public Library is pleased to announce that we will hold "8 Countries in 1 Day" on Saturday, September 17, from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. This...
Adults, Media, News, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling, Teen, Virtual Events Mar 28, 2022
Until 1972, sexual discrimination against women in college and university studies was legal. Women could be denied educational opportunities. Patsy Mink, Edith Green, Birch Bayh, Ted Stevens, and Richard Nixon changed that. Congresswomen Green and...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Houses-BrochureDownload North County Houses Almon Parke House | 1884 - Located on Route 23 between Sycamore and Genoa, north of Lloyd Road. Parke was a Captain in the Civil War, and a brick and stone mason. His son...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Opera-Houses-1Download DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Opera-Houses-2Download Even small towns like Kirkland, Malta and Sandwich were known in the late 1800’s to contain a building, usually downtown, known as an Opera...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Things-about-NIU-tourDownload Altgeld Hall’s Cornerstone Laying | While the actual ground breaking for what is now Altgleld Hall at NIU ad taken place on September 17. 1895, the laying of the building’s cornerstone did...
Adults, Personal Enrichment, Reading, Writing, and Storytelling Nov 2, 2021
DeKalb-County-Tours-and-Spots-Train-DepotsDownload Chicago and Northwestern/ Union Pacific Railroad Depot | Designed in 1890, opened for use in 1891. Designed in Romanesque Revival style architecture by Charles Sumner Frost of the Firm Frost and...
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