Young Artists Club

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Explore your inner artist with the Children’s Department!

10 children ages 8-12 will meet to learn new art techniques and complete a leaf painting. We will explore, create, and read about artists who use these techniques.

Registration is required.

Register today via email (childrens@joplinpubliclibrary.org), phone (417-623-7953), or in person!

In an effort to offer safe programming, masks will be required for all participants aged 2 and older (per CDC guidelines), including attending adults. Pre-registration and attendance limits are in effect to maintain social distancing. Library staff will disinfect materials as needed throughout programs.

Takeout Kit–Glowing Halloween Hand

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Get ready for Halloween with a creepy, glowing hand from our latest craft kit!  Kits are available in the Teen Department starting at noon on Thursday, October 28, while supplies last.  Grab one before they’re gone!

Explore and Play at Home: Pirate Party

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70 children ages 2-6 can grab a take-home bag filled with activities to treasure!

Each kit contains 4-6 themed activities, crafts, and opportunities for learning. Kits are available on a first come, first-served basis in the Children’s Department.

Artist Talk with Luke Blevins

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We invite you to join us for an Artist Talk with Luke Blevins on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 10:30am in the Community Room at Joplin Public Library.
Blevins’ exhibit, Queer Space, opened in the library’s Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation Gallery on Sunday, October 10th and runs through Friday, December 31, 2021.
In this work, Blevins explores the tangential relationships between boyhood, social expectations, queer culture, and heteronormative assimilationism. He uses fantastical imagery to illustrate the shifting relationships we have with space and community as we grow and develop into our own persons. Through digital manipulation and processes, he creates imagery that proposes narratives without conclusions.
Blevins was born and raised in Southwest Missouri. He studied art at Missouri Southern State University before earning his Master of Arts at the University of Missouri Kansas City. He teaches at Crowder College in the evenings and works in Admissions at Missouri Southern during the day.
This is a FREE, public event. Registration not necessary. For more information, contact Post Art Library Director Jill Sullivan at 417-623-7953 x1041.

Read and Play Toddler Hour

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Read and Play with the JPL Children’s Department! This three-week series will focus on the five early literacy practices: read, write, talk, sing, and play! Register today via email (childrens@joplinpubliclibrary.org), phone (417-623-7953), or in person! Suggested age: 1-2

In an effort to offer safe programming, masks will be required for all participants aged 2 and older (per CDC guidelines), including attending adults. Pre-registration and attendance limits are in effect to maintain social distancing. Library staff will disinfect materials as needed throughout programs.

Read and Play Preschool Hour (Group 2)

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Read and Play with the JPL Children’s Department! This three-week series will focus on the five early literacy practices: read, write, talk, sing, and play! Register today via email (childrens@joplinpubliclibrary.org), phone (417-623-7953), or in person! Suggested age: 3-5

In an effort to offer safe programming, masks will be required for all participants aged 2 and older (per CDC guidelines), including attending adults. Pre-registration and attendance limits are in effect to maintain social distancing. Library staff will disinfect materials as needed throughout programs.

Read and Play Preschool Hour (Group 1)

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Read and Play with the JPL Children’s Department! This three-week series will focus on the five early literacy practices: read, write, talk, sing, and play! Register today via email (childrens@joplinpubliclibrary.org), phone (417-623-7953), or in person! Suggested age: 3-5

In an effort to offer safe programming, masks will be required for all participants aged 2 and older (per CDC guidelines), including attending adults. Pre-registration and attendance limits are in effect to maintain social distancing. Library staff will disinfect materials as needed throughout programs.

Free Flu Shot Clinic!

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Joplin Public Library will be hosting a free flu shot clinic in partnership with the Community Clinic of Southwest Missouri. No registration, paperwork, or Library card required.

Ages 3 and up.

Storywalk Launch Party

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**This event has been cancelled due to rain. A rescheduled date will be announced soon.
A monstrously fun morning awaits you at the Joplin Public Library!
Come check out the launch of our outdoor Storywalk (featuring Kim Norman’s “The Ghosts Went Floating”) on Wednesday, October 13th from 10:30-11:30 AM. In addition to the excellent self-guided story, your little ones can enjoy monster-filled activities like bubbles, chalk, and a feed the monster beanbag toss!
Feel free to enjoy the activities at your little one’s pace during the hour.

Crafternoon–DIY Bendy Mummy

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Join us in the Teen Department for a make-and-take craft!  Create your own poseable mummy with garden wire and muslin just in time for Halloween.  Crafternooon is a come-and-go activity; stop by between 4:00pm and 7:00pm for the crafty fun!  This activity is designed for teens in middle school and high school.

Register today by emailing teen@joplinpubliclibrary.org or calling the Teen Office, 417-623-7953, ext. 1027, or stopping by the Teen Desk.

In an effort to offer safe activities, masks will be required for all participants (per CDC guidelines).  Registration and attendance limits are in effect to maintain social distancing.  Library staff will disinfect materials as needed throughout programs.