• Rap & Hip-Hop [History

    My Tell of the Tale of Two (Music) Cities Registration Required

    📆 Sunday, June 14⏰ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    📍 South Elgin Branch

    Come watch a screening of a staged reading of Letra Bledsoe's Jukebox Musical. It has music, poetry, and art the “Rhyme” in the photographs, and in the story being told through “Rap & Hip-Hop” music.

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  • Literary Gardens

    Nature Rangers for Adults Registration Required

    📆 Thursday, June 25⏰ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    📍 South Elgin Branch - South Elgin - Hoffer Meeting Room

    Join Master Gardener and natural history writer Cindy Crosby for a fun look at garden in literature and poetry. There are so many gardens that helped shape the books we love to read.

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  • Poetry Writers Workshop

    Hybrid Registration Required

    📆 Monday, July 6⏰ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    📍 Main Library - Grove Room

    Share your love of poetry! Poets share their work in a supportive environment facilitated by Elgin Poet Laureate Emeritus Gareth Mann. Please register.

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  • Poetry Writers Workshop

    Hybrid Registration Required

    📆 Monday, August 3⏰ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

    📍 Main Library - Grove Room

    Share your love of poetry! Poets share their work in a supportive environment facilitated by Elgin Poet Laureate Emeritus Gareth Mann. Please register.

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