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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to a time to raise awareness, reduce the stigma around mental illness, and remind ourselves that no one has to face mental health challenges and suffer alone. Click "Read more" for a list of Dewey numbers for common topics in mental health, some of the memoirs in our collection pertaining to mental health struggles, and resources that provide information.

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May is Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States and their descendants. AAPI Heritage Month acknowledges their contributions in our society and influence on our culture. Click Read More to see a list of some authors of Asian and Pacific Islander ancestry in our fiction collection as well as a sampling of nonfiction and memoirs featuring Asian and Pacific Islander voices and culture.

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The May 2025 Newsletter is Now Available

The May 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From Queer Tea Hour and book groups to public resource information seminars and free exercise classes, we have many activities for kids, teens, and adults available to the community this month.

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Holocaust Days of Remembrance: April 23-30

According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the United States Congress established the Holocaust Days of Remembrance as the nation’s annual week-long commemoration of the Holocaust.

April is Autism Acceptance Month

Autism Acceptance Month celebrates and honors the experiences and identities of autistic individuals. It emphasizes moving beyond awareness towards meaningful acceptance, understanding, inclusion, and support.

Take Action for Libraries Day 2025: Show Up for our Libraries

Take Action for Libraries Day is held annually on Thursday of National Library Week, April 10 in 2025. This year, as the IMLS and library funding are under attack, ALA encourages every library advocate to Show Up for Our Libraries by telling Congress to protect federal support for libraries. Click "read more" for all of the ways that you can take action for libraries.

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Stay In the Loop! Our April 2025 Newsletter is Available

The April 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From exercise classes and crafts to movies and tabletop games, we have many activities for kids, teens, and adults available to the community this month.

Our Seed Library is Back!

Get ready to cultivate a brighter future! The Seed Library is back for the season, offering a treasure trove of seeds to grow your own veggies, herbs, and plants.

Women's History Month Reads

Women's History Month celebrates the history, activism, and achievements of girls and women. It has been observed in the United States annually since 1987, when Congress passed a resolution to expand Women's History Week to an entire month. National Women's History Week had started in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter via a Presidential proclamation.

Stay In the Loop! Our March 2025 Newsletter is Available

The March 2025 "In the Loop" newsletter is now available on our website! From Women's History Month movies and tabletop mini painting to therapy dogs and Take-and-Makes, we have a lot planned for families, kids, teens, and adults.

Black History Month: Celebrate Black Authors!

February is Black History Month. Come borrow books from our Celebrate Black Voices display, featuring titles in our collection from various genres written by black authors!

February is Library Lovers' Month

February is Library Lovers’ Month, a month dedicated to people that love libraries and everything they have to offer and that lauds everyone who advocates for libraries. Show your library love by playing Bingo! Pick up your Bingo Sheet at the Library Lovers' Month display or Reference Desk. Complete library activities and cross out boxes to get 5 in a row, column, or diagonally. Bring your Bingo Sheet to the Reference Desk to enter a drawing for a library swag bag. Contact the Reference Desk if you have questions about how to do any of the Bingo tasks.

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Celebrate Girls and Women in Sports Day

February 5 is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, “This celebration inspires girls and women to play and be active, to realize their full power. The confidence, strength and character gained through sports participation are the very tools girls and women need to become strong leaders in sports and life.” Here are some books, movies, and websites to learn about and celebrate NGWSD.

Celebrating Black History Month

Black History Month, which had its origins in Chicago during the summer of 1915, According to the Black History Month founding organization, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, “the 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.”

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The February 2025 In the Loop Newsletter is Available

The February 2025 edition of the In the Loop newsletter has been released.