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Dr. Jessica Rudnick from Illinois Extension office

Climate Risks & Resilience at Local & State Levels (The Costs of Living with Climate Change #5)

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Workshop
Age Group:
Adult

Climate Risks & Resilience at Local & State Levels

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Lecture, Workshop
Description:

Climate Risks & Resilience at Local & State Levels

Closed for Staff Training

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
Freeport Public Library
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
long rows of lettuce growing in a field

Find Your Farmer: Understanding Regenerative Farming & Local Food

Monday, May 11, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Young Adult, Adult

Join us for an engaging and approachable overview of today’s food system.

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Young Adult, Adult
Program Type: Lecture
Description:

Join us for an engaging and approachable overview of today’s food system.

Memorial Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Memorial Day.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Memorial Day.

painted portrait of George Rogers Clark in his Revolutionary War military uniform

"George Roger Clark Takes the Old Northwest" by John Lynn

Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adult

John Lynn traveled a thousand miles by canoe and 250 miles by 
bicycle, from Redstone Fort in Pennsylvania to Forts Massac and 
Kaskaskia in Illinois to Fort Sackville in Indiana, to follow the 

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Lecture
Description:

John Lynn traveled a thousand miles by canoe and 250 miles by 
bicycle, from Redstone Fort in Pennsylvania to Forts Massac and 
Kaskaskia in Illinois to Fort Sackville in Indiana, to follow the 

Juneteenth

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Juneteenth. What is Juneteenth?

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Juneteenth. What is Juneteenth?

Independence Day

All Day 7/3 - 7/4
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Independence Day.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Independence Day.

painting of revolutionary soldiers wading chest deep in a creek with woods behind them

Revolutionary Illinois: How Our State Shaped Our Nation, presented by John Kokoris, "Mr. Illinois"

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Performance
Age Group:
Adult

Revolutionary Illinois
How Our State Shaped Our Nation

Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Lecture, Performance
Description:

Revolutionary Illinois
How Our State Shaped Our Nation

Labor Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Labor Day.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Labor Day.

Indigenous Peoples Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. What is Indigenous Peoples Day?

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. What is Indigenous Peoples Day?

Veteran's Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library closed in observance of Veteran's Day.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library closed in observance of Veteran's Day.

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day

Post-Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library closed Thurs, Nov 26 & Fri, Nov 27 for Thanksgiving.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library closed Thurs, Nov 26 & Fri, Nov 27 for Thanksgiving.

Christmas Eve

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library closed Thurs, Dec 24 & Fri, Dec 25th in observance of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library closed Thurs, Dec 24 & Fri, Dec 25th in observance of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.

Christmas Day

All Day
Freeport Public Library

Freeport Public Library closed Thurs, Dec 24 & Fri, Dec 25th in observance of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.

Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library closed Thurs, Dec 24 & Fri, Dec 25th in observance of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day.