Event List

Safe Zone is a free training program to help educate and empower allies of the LGBTQIA+ community. In this two-hour training you will discuss affirming vocabulary for the LGBTQIA+ ...

The new EPL Chess club is a casual environment for masters and novices to meet up to play and enjoy one of the oldest games in the world.  Bring your board or just your enthus...

A therapy dog is visiting the library and wants to listen to you read! Each young reader will have a 15 minute session with the dog on duty. 

A therapy dog is visiting the library and wants to listen to you read! Each young reader will have a 15 minute session with the dog on duty. 

A therapy dog is visiting the library and wants to listen to you read! Each young reader will have a 15 minute session with the dog on duty. 

A therapy dog is visiting the library and wants to listen to you read! Each young reader will have a 15 minute session with the dog on duty. 

Join us for a special sunrise Sunday yoga session in the reading room of EPL. Join Yoga Instructor Lisa Allen for an hour of peaceful yoga and meditation followed by coffee & s...

Interested in taking a reading journey through time and space, spanning multiple decades, with award winning authors? EPL’s Sci-Fi book club might be the one for you!For May, we wi...

Cyndee Schaffer is an author and educator who tells her mother's story and the history of the Women's Army Corps in her book, Mollie's War. Cyndee uses excerpts from her mother’s ...

Read this month's pick and join us to talk all about it! This summer, we will be reading through the Grishaverse, starting with Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone. Orphaned and e...

Are you a fan of Japanese animation and want to hang out with other adults who share your love of Manga & Anime? Come join us at EPL's Anime club! You will get a chance to talk...

Mark Knott, from the Metro East Recovery Council, will be discussing the stigma of substance abuse disorder and how to deal with this sensitive and personal issue in a non-judgment...

The Edwardsville Library Friends are hosting a meet and greet with animals from Treehouse Wildlife Center. Their programming utilizes education ambassador animals in their permanen...

Edwardsville Public Library & Edwardsville High School's Advanced Journalism and Broadcast Clubs are proud to present five short films about the lives of five extraordinary Edw...

Registered yoga teacher Julie Hamilton will lead the class using modifications of many common yoga poses. Perfect for seniors and for others with disabilities or challenges such as...

Vinyl is back, and EPL is where to get it. In addition to the new vinyl collection gracing to our library shelves, you finally get a chance to listen to and share your favorite vin...

Like to read? We'd love to meet you! This club meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm for a laid-back chat about adult books published in a variety of genres.For May, w...

Join us in City Park outside the library, with City of Edwardsville Parks & Recreation to start your summer off right! Learn about what some of your favorite places in the comm...

Explore the natural history of eagles & learn the basics of conservation biology with the World Bird Sanctuary. Live eagles will be present for program.

Bring a blanket, get comfy, and enjoy a feature film with free popcorn!A family of ducks decides to leave the safety of a New England pond for an adventurous trip to Jamaica. Howev...

Join us for an inspiring evening with Tamar & Jennifer as they share methods and purposes for cultivating important native systems & habitats in your own backyard. From con...

Share stories, songs, & bubbles, then stay & play with friends!