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Teen Tuesday: Life-Sized Clue

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Teen Room at Freeport Public Library

Program Type:

Special Program

Age Group:

Young Adult
Library Branch: Freeport Public Library
Room: Teen Room
Age Group: Young Adult
Program Type: Special Program
Description:

This time, you aren’t just playing the game – you ARE the game! Join us for an afternoon of mystery and fun. 

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National Day of Awareness of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:00am - 3:00pm
Meeting Room at Freeport Public Library

Program Type:

Special Program

Age Group:

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

Join Quiet Souls and Freeport Public Library for the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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

Climate Risks & Resilience at Local & State Levels

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

6:30pm–7:45pm
Adult
Lecture, Workshop
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

9:00am–12:00pm
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library

Find Your Farmer: Understanding Regenerative Farming & Local Food

6:30pm–7:30pm
Young Adult, Adult
Lecture
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
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Memorial Day.

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

6:30pm–7:45pm
Adult
Lecture
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
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
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Independence Day.

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

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adult
Lecture, Performance
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
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library is closed in observance of Labor Day.

Veteran's Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

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

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

Freeport Public Library closed in observance of Thanksgiving Day

Post-Thanksgiving Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

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

Christmas Eve

All 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
Closing
Branches:
Freeport Public Library
Description:

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