Walnut, Illinois Public Library

Job Search Assistance
2025-03-17 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
MARCH EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
3-17, 3-19, 3-24, 3-26 & 3-31
10 AM – 4 PM
Job Search Assistance

Resume Writing
Job Searching
Inventorying your skills
Completing job applications

for more information contact: marcia_obenhaus@best-inc.com
(815) 379-2159
This service is provided at no charge through a grant obtained by Business Employment Skills Team (BEST, Inc.)

A Leprechaun's Toddler Time
2025-03-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Walnut Public Library Invites you to join us!
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 @ 10am
Story: Ten Lucky Leprechauns
Music with Mr. Larkin
Leprechaun Craft
Fine Motor: counting and sorting
Large Motor: Leprechaun’s Trail
Sensory Bin
Leprechaun Photo Spot
Be sure to wear green!

Celebrate Dr. Seuss
2025-03-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Help Walnut Public Library celebrate Dr. Seuss on Saturday, March 8th at 10:00. Click the link to register today!

OSF Health Checks
2025-03-05 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
OSF will be at the Walnut Library Wednesday, March 5th offering these services and resources at no charge. Stop into the library and take advantage of this convenient health check.

Exploring Space with Coralie Adam!
2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Meeting
Exploring Space with Coralie Adam

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Get an inside look at the space industry with Illinois’ own Coralie Adam. She’ll be joined in conversation by Renae Kerrigan, Curator of Science and Director of the Dome Planetarium at Peoria Riverfront Museum.

Born and raised in Illinois, Coralie holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy from the University of Illinois, and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado. She leads the multi-mission Optical Navigation team at KinetX Aerospace, the first privately held company to provide deep space navigation and flight dynamics expertise to NASA. At KinetX, Coralie has had lead roles on the navigation teams for NASA’s New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx, Lucy, and OSIRIS-APEX missions. Coralie’s work enabled the first exploration of the Pluto system and the historic sample collection of near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to leading the OSIRIS-REx optical navigation team, she co-convened the scientific investigation of Bennu’s active particle ejection phenomena. Coralie is currently the Deputy Navigation Chief on NASA’s Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, as well as supporting several commercial and government exploration initiatives to the moon and beyond.

Dementia Caregiver Support Group
2025-03-04 13:00 - 14:00
New in 2025! First Tuesday beginning in March!
Contact Beth, Dementia Navigator 815-625-4790 Ext. 3977 To Sign Up
Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, are a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia to:

Develop a support
Exchange practical information on caregiving challenges and possible solutions.
Talk through issues and ways of coping.
Share feelings, needs and
Learn about community resources

Visit alz.org/Illinois to learn more about caregiver programs and resources.

Adult Book Club-The Woman All Spies Fear
2025-02-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Elizebeth Smith Friedman had a rare talent for spotting patterns and solving puzzles. These skills led her to become one of the top cryptanalysts in America during both World War I and World War II.
She originally came to code breaking through her love for Shakespeare when she was hired by an eccentric millionaire to prove that Shakespeare’s plays had secret messages in them. Within a year, she had learned so much about code breaking that she was a star in the making. She went on to play a major role decoding messages during WWI and WWII and also for the Coast Guard’s war against smugglers.
Elizebeth and her husband, William, became the top code-breaking team in the US, and she did it all at a time when most women weren’t welcome in the workforce.
Amy Butler Greenfield is an award-winning historian and novelist who aims to shed light on this female pioneer of the STEM community.

Job Search Assistance
2025-02-26 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-24 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-03 10:00 - 16:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
FEBRUARY EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
2-3, 2-5, 2-10, 2-12, 2-24 & 2-26
10 AM – 4 PM
Job Search Assistance

Resume Writing
Job Searching
Inventorying your skills
Completing job applications

for more information contact: marcia_obenhaus@best-inc.com
(815) 379-2159
This service is provided at no charge through a grant obtained by Business Employment Skills Team (BEST, Inc.)

Beauty and the Beast Storytime!
2025-02-26 10:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Beauty and the Beast
Wednesday. February, 26th @10am
Books: Beauty and the beast & How to Catch a Big Bad Wolf
Activities: Rose Painting & Fairy Tale Fun
February 20th is National Tell A Fairy Tale Day! Join us for all things Fairy Take at the Walnut Library!

FEBRUARY JOB SEARCH WORKSHOP
2025-02-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
BEST, INC & IDHS
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
4- 5 pm
Walnut Public Library-101 Heaton St, Walnut, IL 61376
key representatives from Business Employment Skills Team, Inc (BEST, Inc.)| and Illinois Department of Heath Services resources for area job seekers.
Register here

4-H Stem-Slime!
2025-02-24 15:30 - 16:30 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH @ 3:30- SLIME
EXPLORE THE SCIENCE BEHIND SLIME AND MAKE YOUR CWN
Registration is requiredRegister HERE

Slowing Down with Amy Tan
2025-02-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Meeting
Date & Time
Feb 19, 2025 07:00 PM

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Description
National Humanities Medal winner and bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan joins us to share on her body of work and reflect on the wonder of slowing down and savoring the quiet moments. Her connection to nature is captured in her latest, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, a collection of sketches and essays which debuted at #1 on both the New York Times and the Indie bestseller list.

Born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from China, Tan’s first bestselling novel, The Joy Luck Club, offered a look at the immigration experience from the perspective of mothers and daughters. Other New York Times best-sellers followed, including The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement. Tan is also the author of two children’s books, a memoir, and other works. In keeping with her love of science and childhood love of doodling, she recently took up nature journal sketching. When she found herself overwhelmed by our increasingly divisive culture, she turned to nature and the world of bird life outside her own window.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.

ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

Do You Wanna Make A Snowstorm?
2025-02-18 15:15 - 16:15 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Join us for a snowstorm of fun.Tuesday, February 18, 20253:15pm-4:15pm
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Closed for President's Day
2025-02-17 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Just a reminder that the Walnut Public Library will be closed to honor our Presidents on Monday, February 17th

Valentine Toddler Time
2025-02-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
FEATURING MUSIC WITH MR. LARKIN!
STORY: 10 LITTLE VALENTINES
FINE MOTOR: COUNTING & SORTING
LARGE MOTOR: SNOW STOMP & HOP SCOTCH
VALENTINE CRAFT
SENSORY BIN

4-H Stem-Bouncing Eggs!
2025-02-10 15:30 - 16:30 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH @ 3:30- BOUNCING EGGS
OBSERVE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EGGS ARE ADDED TC VINEGAR.
FOLLOWED BY DISSECTING AN EGG TO EXAMINE THE INSIDES
Registration is requiredRegister HERE

An Evening with James McBride
2025-02-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Meeting
Date & Time
Feb 4, 2025 07:00 PM in

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Description
Illinois Libraries Present James McBride, an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, was published in 1996 and is considered an American classic, read in schools and universities across the United States. His 2013 novel, The Good Lord Bird, won the National Book Award for Fiction and was adapted by Ethan Hawke and Jason Blum into a Showtime series bearing the same name. His latest, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, was named one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023.

In 2016, President Obama awarded McBride the National Humanities Medal “for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America. Through writings about his own uniquely American story, and his works of fiction informed by our shared history, his moving stories of love display the character of the American family.” In 2024 he became the latest recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. A native New Yorker, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.

Heather Marie-Montlilla of PBS Books will join McBride in conversation.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

Job Search Assistance
2025-01-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-22 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
JANUARY EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
1-6, 1-8, 1-13, 1-15, 1-20, 1-22, 1-27 & 1-29
10 AM – 4 PM
Job Search Assistance

Resume Writing
Job Searching
Inventorying your skills
Completing job applications

for more information contact: marcia_obenhaus@best-inc.com
(815) 379-2159
This service is provided at no charge through a grant obtained by Business Employment Skills Team (BEST, Inc.)

Job Search Workshop
2025-01-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
January Job Search Workshop
January 27, 2025 3:00- 4:00 pm Walnut Public Library-101 Heaton St, Walnut, IL 61376
Representatives from BusinessEmployment Skills Team, Inc (BEST,Inc.) and Illinois Department ofEmployment Security will be on hand to share information and resources for area job seekers.
Register online here

Love and Laughs with Michelle Buteau
2025-01-23 19:00 | Zoom Meeting
Love and Laughs with Michelle Buteau

Date & Time
Jan 23, 2025 07:00 PM in

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Description
Join comedian, actress, and producer Michelle Buteau in conversation with Greta Johnsen. Michelle is the creator/writer/star of the Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, inspired by her autobiographical book of essays of the same name. She is also the host of two popular reality competition shows – The Circle and Barbecue Showdown, and hosts the popular podcast, Adulting. In 2024, she starred in Babes alongside fellow comedian/actress Ilana Glazer.

Born in New Jersey to Caribbean parents, Michelle brings her unique perspective and big personality to stage and screen. Her one-hour comedy special, Welcome to Buteaupia, won the Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Special. Her new special, A Buteau-ful Mind, drops on Netflix December 31.

Greta Johnsen is an interviewer, podcast host, and book person. She is loved as co-host of HBO’s Official Game of Thrones Podcast and hosted WBEZ’s Nerdette podcast for eleven years. She can also be heard on podcasts like Pop Culture Happy Hour and City Cast.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).

ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com

Adult Book Club-Butcher & Blackbird
2025-01-22 19:00 - 20:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
Walnut Library Book Club
Wednesday, January 22nd at 7:00 pm
“I want to ruin her so that she’s mine, my beautiful disaster. My wild creature. My goddess of chaos.”
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, they find something elusive—the friendship of two like-minded, pitch-black souls who just happen to enjoy killing other serial killers.

From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, and from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.
But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love.
Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves?
Or have they finally met their match?
TRIGGER & CONTENT WARNING
Sexual Assault of a child is mentioned
Child abuse & Abuse mentioned
Death of a parent during childbirth
Murder of a Parent
Medical Procedures
Cannibalism
Murder
Knife, Axe, and Chainsaw Violence

1st Resume Workshop
2025-01-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton Street, Walnut, 61376, United States
HOW TO CREATE MY 1ST RESUME
MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH
3:30 – 5:00 PM
JANUARY 20TH
10 AM – 4 PM
WALNUT PUBLIC
LIBRARY

I HAVE NEVER HAD A JOB BEFORE. WHAT DO I LIST AS EXPERIENCE?
WHO DO I USE FOR REFERENCES?
WHAT DO YOU PUT ON A RESUME?
