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 Mink pushed a bill through the ...
On Thursday, September 2, at 6:30 p.m., the DeKalb County Health Department joined the library virtually to present on emergency preparedness. September is National Preparedness month, and this year, the theme is “Prepare to Protect.” During this virtual presentation, participants ...
The lead up to 2021 Olympics was unlike any other Olympics in history. The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic and was the first Olympics canceled since the 1940 and 1944 Games because of World ...
Women ragtime composers faced challenges – it wasn’t considered very “ladylike” to write this kind of music, and once they got married, they were expected to give up their career and raise a family. Still, a surprising amount of ragtime ...
On Saturday, August 7, at 2:00 p.m., Amy Alessio joined the library for a final presentation in a series of virtual cooking programs. This final presentation focused on vintage international desserts like kolackies, baklava, German Chocolate Cake and more. To ...
Easy to make and eat, patrons enjoyed hearing about small dessert trends from past decades in this humorous, nostalgic look back with cookbook collector Amy Alessio! This virtual event was held on Zoom and live streamed the library's Facebook page ...
Do you want to grow your own garden but don’t have the space? On Tuesday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m., Clarissa from DeKalb County Community Gardens shared information on how to grow edible plants in a small space like a ...
On Saturday, May 22, at 2:00 p.m., Tim Kain joined the library to give a virtual presentation on ocean habitats and the animals that reside there. During the presentation, we examined the role sea creatures play within their respective marine ...
On Thursday, April 1, the DeKalb Public Library and the Election Group hosted a virtual public DeKalb School Board Candidates Q&A on Zoom and Facebook Live. This election is important to all students, teachers, and parents. The Q&A is a ...
Inga Witscher, host of the PBS series Around the Farm Table, joined us virtual on March 27 for a spring themed food and farming adventure. Inga taught us how easy it is to make homemade focaccia, a spring savory tart, and how ...
June 14, 2022
Community Feedback Survey
June 2, 2022
Library to Host Voices of Belonging Exhibit
May 26, 2022
STEM Kit: Trees (Elementary)
May 26, 2022
STEM Kit: Big Numbers (Counting 2)
