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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read Event: Film Showing: Harriet
DESCRIPTION:The film Harriet\, starring Cynthia Erivo\, will be showing in Carnegie Commons. Come and go as your schedule allows. Collage materials will be available to create an expression of art related to the film and also related to the recent presentation: Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad™\, presented by Connie Martin\, MA on September 21st. \nThis event does not require registration. \nAges: 18+
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/nea-big-read-event-film-showing-harriet/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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SUMMARY:Craft: Harvest Moon
DESCRIPTION:Create an autumn inspired full moon wall hanging to welcome the full moon on September 26th\, the Harvest Moon. \n  \n3:00pm Session or 5:30pm Session. Registration is required. September 2\, 2026\, signups begin. \n  \nAges 18+
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/craft-harvest-moon/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Main Floor any time between 5:30pm and 7pm to learn more about Marion Carnegie Library’s participation in the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read 2026. MCL is joining Artspace Southern Illinois and 4 other neighboring libraries to read Harriet Tubman: Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton and to foster discussion on the themes of Freedom and Courage. Free copies of our NEA Big Read book selection will be available while supplies last. \nAges: 18 and up. \nThis is a come and go event. Registration is not required.
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/nea-big-read-opening-reception/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read Event: Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad™\, presented by Connie Martin\, MA.
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad™ \n“Quilt Whisperer” Connie Martin\, MA. provides an American historical information presentation from research on her family history to reveal secret codes in quilts as a 6th generation descendant of enslaved Africans in Kentucky. \nConnie finds joy in sharing stories of her great grandmother Lizzie\, as told to her from her enslaved mother who told stories of plantation escapes traveling through Kentucky\, Missouri and into Illinois to freedom in Canada. \n*Who began the Underground Railroad?\n*Why was it the most successful national covert operation to exist in America? \nLearn the untold history of secret safe routes\, and codes used on the Underground Railroad\, including special stitching in the quilts; used throughout our counties – including use of Illinois rivers and streams that freedom seekers used to follow using abolitionist guides who risked their lives assisting them north to Canada. \nhttps://ilhumanities.org/speakers/connie-martin \n  \nAges 18+
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/nea-big-read-event-pre-civil-war-quilts-secret-codes-to-freedom-on-the-underground-railroad-presented-by-connie-martin-ma/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton. NEA Big Read. \nAges 18+
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/book-club-4/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read Event: Film Showing: Harriet
DESCRIPTION:The film Harriet\, starring Cynthia Erivo\, will be showing in Carnegie Commons. Come and go as your schedule allows. Collage materials will be available to create an expression of art related to the film and also related to the recent presentation: Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad™\, presented by Connie Martin\, MA on September 21st. \n  \nAges 18+ \n*This event does not require registration*
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/nea-big-read-event-film-showing-harriet-2/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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SUMMARY:World Postcard Day
DESCRIPTION:October 1st is World Postcard Day. Join a worldwide celebration honoring the joy a handwritten note in the mail brings! Stop by Carnegie Commons to choose a postcard and a write a note to brighten someones day. Postcards will be provided; mail your postcard(s) at your convenience. https://worldpostcardday.com/ This year’s World Postcard Day theme\, “Paper Bridges”\, celebrates that metamorphosis of a paper object into a special form of connection that bridges the space between sender and recipient. \nAges: 18+
URL:https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/event/world-postcard-day/
LOCATION:206 S Market St\, Marion\, IL\, United States\, Illinois 62959
CATEGORIES:Adult Department
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