Marion Carnegie Library is Closed for a Staff Training Day
2024-10-14 | Marion Carnegie Library, 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, 62959, US
The library will reopen at 9 am on Tuesday, October 15.

Library Board Meeting
2024-10-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-09 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Marion Carnegie Library, 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, 62959, US

Friends of the Marion Carnegie Library Book Sale
2024-11-01 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Marion Carnegie Library, 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, 62959, US
Everyone is invited to a book sale presented by the Friends of the Marion Carnegie Library! All proceeds go to support Marion Carnegie Library’s projects and programs.
For more information on how you can help out visit https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/friends
Paperbacks $0.25
Hardbacks $1.00
And so much more!
On Saturday from 2 -4 pm, fill a shopping bag with books for only $5.00!
NOTICE: All participants and parents understand and agree that photos taken at the event may be used in social media postings and future promotions .

MCL is Closed in Observance of Veterans Day
2024-11-11

MCL Closes at 5 pm
2024-11-27, 2024-12-23, 2024-12-31

MCL is Closed in Observance of Thanksgiving
2024-11-28 - 2024-11-29

Season's Readings at Marion Carnegie Library
2024-12-12 17:00 - 19:00 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
Celebrate the holiday season with Marion Carnegie Library! We will be hosting fun-filled holiday activities in every department.
We will be making dried fruit ornaments and serving FREE hot cocoa on the Main Floor!
In the Children’s Department, the kiddos can enjoy winter sensory activities as well as make a fun polar bear craft!
In the Young Adult Department, we’ll be dishing out some FREE popcorn and making holiday bookmarks!
In the Technology Lab, you can create your own custom wooden ornament!
NOTICE: All participants and parents understand and agree that photos taken at library events may be used in social media postings and future promotions.
Children 10 years old and younger must be accompanied by a guardian at all times while attending MCL events.

Music, Poetry, and Stories with Ken Waldman: Alaskan Fiddler and Poet
2024-12-14 13:30 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
Come enjoy the music, poetry and stories of Alaskan fiddler Ken Waldman on December 14th at 1:30 pm in the MCL McCoskey Room!
This event is family friendly and open to all! We look forward to seeing you there!
Brought to you by Marion Cultural and Civic Center and Marion Carnegie Library!

Friends of the MCL Gift Wrapping Boutique
2024-12-19 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-20 12:00 - 16:00 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
Let the Friends of MCL help wrap your holiday gifts! All proceeds will help support projects and programs at Marion Carnegie Library

MCL is Closed in Observance of Christmas
2024-12-24 - 2024-12-25

MCL Closed
2025-01-01

MCL Closed in Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2025-01-20

Love Your Community, Love Your Mind, Love Your Body Exclusive Bookmark
2025-02-01 09:00 - 17:00 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
During the first two weeks of February, you can swing by MCL to pick up an exclusive “Love Your Community, Love Your Mind, Love Your Body” bookmark! Available while supplies last.
Children 10 years old and younger must be accompanied by a guardian at all times while attending MCL Children’s Department events.
NOTICE: All participants and parents understand and agree that photos taken at the event may be used in social media postings and future promotions.

Friends of the Marion Carnegie Library Book Sale
2025-03-07 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-08 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-30 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-31 09:00 - 16:00 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
Everyone is invited to a book sale presented by the Friends of the Marion Carnegie Library! All proceeds go to support Marion Carnegie Library’s projects and programs.
For more information on how you can help out visit https://www.marioncarnegielibrary.org/friends
Paperbacks $0.25
Hardbacks $1.00
On Saturday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., fill a shopping bag with books for only $5.00!
NOTICE: All participants and parents understand and agree that photos taken at the event may be used in social media postings and future promotions.

MCL Closed in Observance of Good Friday
2025-04-18 09:00 - 17:00
Marion Carnegie Library will be CLOSED on Friday, April 18th, 2025 in observance of Good Friday. The library will reopen on Saturday, April 19th at 9 a.m. All online services such as Cloud Library, Hoopla, and the Card Catalog will still be available while we are closed.

MCL Closed in Observance of Memorial Day
2025-05-26 09:00 - 17:00

Summer Reading Program Kickoff
2025-06-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Mandala Gardens, 1704 N State St, Marion, IL, 62959, US
Meander through beautiful Mandala Gardens, feed an alpaca, create a unique bookmark with Little Egypt Arts Association, or do a fun garden activity with Marion Garden Club. Don’t miss the bagels or ice cream for a snack and get a cool balloon animal from Mr. Twist! It’s going to be the perfect garden evening!

Marionopoly
2025-06-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Marion Cultural and Civic Center, 800 Tower Square Plz, Marion, IL, 62959, US
Take a stroll around Tower Square Plaza beginning at Marion Cultural Civic Center as you play the Marionopoly board game in real life! Follow the directions on the sidewalk, visit with our local merchants, and stop off at the fun activity spaces. When you have completed the whole game, receive a commemorative, limited bookmark!

CLOSED: Juneteenth
2025-06-19 | Marion Carnegie Library, 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, 62959, US
The library is closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

Make Music Marion Day
2025-06-21 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
June 21st is Make Music Marion Day! Join us at 1pm or 3pm in the McCoskey Room for the presentation:
Latin Hip Hop as the New Poetry with Illinois Humanities Road Scholar, Catalina Maria Johnson.
And, stop by the Young Adult Department and the Children’s Department for music themed crafts!

Latin Hip Hop as a New Poetry
2025-06-21 13:00 - 16:00 | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
June 21st is Make Music Marion Day! Join us at 1pm or 3pm in the McCoskey Room for the presentation:
Latin Hip Hop as the New Poetry with Illinois Humanities Road Scholar, Catalina Maria Johnson.
Don’t forget to stop by the Young Adult Department and the Children’s Department, all day long, for music-themed crafts.
Latin hip hop artists are advancing the poetic traditions of their countries in unique ways. Ana Tijoux from Chile was raised on protest songs and Pablo Neruda; Residente from Calle 13, Puerto Rico spits out rhymes as carefully crafted as any poet’s; Niña Dioz from Mexico reads dictionaries to find the precise words to fit her ideas and rhymes; Xiutehzcatl from Boulder, Colorado rhymes in three languages: Spanish, English and Nahuatl–an ancient indigenous language. Nevertheless, academia and poetic circles have surprisingly not embraced and celebrated these artists as poets.
This program, with video and lyric examples, will make a case for hip hop as the new poetry with a focus on Latinos in the U.S. and the Americas. The presentation, paired with slides and a rich set of musical videos, is lively, light and fun, and focused on participation, discussion, and musical enjoyment!
Presented by Illinois Humanities Road Scholar, Catalina Maria Johnson.
Catalina Maria Johnson, Ph.D. is a Chicago-based music journalist. She hosts and produces her own radio show, Beat Latino, which airs in Chicago on Vocalo (Chicago Public Media) and other USA cities as well as Berlin. Catalina is also a regular contributor to NPR, Songlines and other publications, and an editorial board member of Revista Contratiempo.
Catalina’s music journalism explores the extraordinary diversity of the global music scene with an emphasis on Latine music – from the most traditional roots music to cutting-edge electronic grooves.
Illinois Road Scholars and Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly [through the Illinois Arts Council Agency], as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
