Marion Carnegie Library | 618-993-5935

Butterflies Story Hour
2025-09-17 10:30 - 2025-09-18 23:00 (America/Chicago) | 206 S Market St, Marion, IL, United States, Illinois 62959
Read butterfly stories, sing and dance, and take home some fun butterfly magnets!
All Younger Children

Teen Craft Night: Homemade Slime
2025-09-17 16:00 - 19:30
Make some slime to take home and enjoy!

Ages 12-18

Playroom Playdate
2025-09-18 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-09-23 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-30 10:00 - 12:00
Meet up with friends or make new friends in the fun playroom!
All Younger Children.

Adult Craft
2025-09-18 17:30 - 19:30
Book Vase Craft.
Ages 18+

Adult Craft
2025-09-19 14:00 - 16:00
Book Vase craft!
Ages- 18+

Tween Movie
2025-09-20 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-27 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-04 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-11 13:00 - 16:00
Come watch a fun tween movie!
Ages 8-12

Construction Story Hour
2025-09-24 10:30 - 2025-09-25 11:30
Read construction stories, sing and dance, then take home a fun construction craft!

All Younger Children

The Bookworms
2025-09-24 16:00 - 19:30
Join ‘The Bookworms’! A teen book club where we discuss anything you want to read. Stay for a movie based on a YA novel!
Ages 12-18

Playroom Playdate
2025-09-25 16:00 - 19:00
Meet up with friends or make new friends in the fun playroom!
All Younger Children

Adult Book Club
2025-09-27 10:00 - 11:30
We will be discussing A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon. Meet in the McCoskey Room.
Ages 18+

Builder's Club
2025-09-29 17:30 - 19:00
Come build whatever you can imagine!
Ages – Birth to 12

7th Annual Library Crawl
2025-10-01 - 2025-10-31
This October, take some time to appreciate some of our incredible libraries throughout the State of Illinois!
The Annual Library Crawl is a unique event organized by the public libraries of Illinois Heartland Library System as a fun way to introduce our public library’s patrons to the other libraries of the IHLS service area. Patrons can visit area libraries throughout the month of the crawl and get a passport stamp at each library they visit. Some patrons have tried to visit every library in the crawl! The main purpose, though, is to help participants discover the many, many great resources available to them with their library cards.
Pick up a Library Crawl Passport from MCL’s Main Desk, and get a stamp from each participating library you visit.
Share your posts with the hashtag #IHLSLibraryCrawl2025 to let everyone follow your adventure! The first three Marion Carnegie Library patrons who return a passport with at least five stamps will receive a small gift bag of Marion Carnegie Library branded items!
ALL MONTH LONG!

Monster Story Hour
2025-10-01 10:30 - 2025-10-02 11:30
Read about monsters, sing and dance, and make a fun monster hat!
All Younger Children.

Teen Game Night
2025-10-01 16:00 - 19:00
Come play our board games and video games in the YA department!
Ages 12-18

Playroom Playdate
2025-10-02 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-09 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-14 10:00 - 12:00
Meet up with friends or make new friends in our fun playroom!
All Younger Children.

A Conversation with The Sqwatchers!
2025-10-02 18:00 - 19:30
Do Sasquatch and Bigfoot roam the Shawnee National Forest? We will delve into the lore and the evidence at 6 p.m. on October 2nd with a local investigative team!

The Sqwatchers, founded in 2015 by Jim Peters and Joe Jenkins, are a dedicated Bigfoot research team chasing the legend of Sasquatch across the wilds of southern Illinois. Based in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest, this duo combines rugged fieldwork, cutting-edge technology, and a passion for the unknown to uncover evidence of the elusive creature. The Sqwatchers have earned a reputation as tenacious investigators, sharing their journey through podcast appearances with well over 100,000 YouTube views, and as presenters at conferences and Bigfoot festivals showing audio and photographic evidence that they have collected during their research. Their mission: to prove Bigfoot roams the Midwest’s forests and swamps.

NOTICE: All participants understand and agree that photos taken at the event may be used in social media postings and future promotions.

Tween Craft-Pom Pom Monsters
2025-10-03
8 – 12 year olds can pick up this fun kit that makes monsters out of yarn pom poms!

Builder's Club
2025-10-06 17:30 - 19:00
Build whatever you can imagine!
Birth -12

Bat Story Hour
2025-10-08 10:30 - 2025-10-09 11:30
Read a bat story, sing and dance, then take home a fun bat craft!
All Younger Children.

Teen Movie & Make-It Night
2025-10-08 16:00 - 19:00
Come watch “Halloweentown” and make a craft in the YA Department!
Ages 12-18

Closed for Staff Training Day.
2025-10-13

Adult Craft: Floating Ghost
2025-10-14 15:00 - 19:30
Required Registration begins on October 8th at the Main Desk. Please register for one of two times:
Tuesday, October 14th at 3pm or 5:30pm. All materials provided. Open to ages 18 and up.
