Week Calendar

The Friends of the St. Joseph Public Library Fall Book Sale will take place in the lower level of the DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. Over 10,000 books, DVDs, and CDs for all ages. Hardback books are $2, and Paperback books, DVDs, and CDs are $1.

 Please join us for fall Storytime! We will read exciting stories and finish our session with a themed craft. 

Get ready to sing, dance, read, and have so much fun with Ms. Misty for preschool Storytime at the East Hills Library!

Activities will be geared toward ages 3-6.

Learn how to see the world around you through an “artist's eye.” Join Annie Corrington, owner of Art Attack Studio, to learn and improve drawing skills over the course of 8 weeks.

Bring your wiggly toddlers to a storytime designed just for them!

Featuring fun crafts that maybe wacky for the time of year. Available every Wednesday. While supplies last.

Not recommended for children under 3.

Walk, crawl or run for storytime at the Carnegie Library during our fall storytime session. Each session will end with a craft.

This is a Second Series of the very popular Creative Aging Drawing Observationally class. For adults ages 55+, registration required.

Come to the Downtown Library and for a fun filled session of reading and crafts with Lisa and Robyn! Make new friends and learn some new skills. We can't wait to see you there!

Program is best for children 0-5. 

Play is learning! Join us on Friday mornings for a special playtime just for babies (0-18 months) and their caregivers.* Make connections and share experiences with other caregivers in a laid-back atmosphere, while your babies play.

The Friends of the St. Joseph Public Library Fall Book Sale will take place in the lower level of the DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. Over 10,000 books, DVDs, and CDs for all ages. Hardback books are $2, and Paperback books, DVDs, and CDs are $1.

Ms. Shelly from the Remington Nature Center will be teaching us about bats! With 14 species of bats who call Missouri home, there is no shortage of interesting things to learn about our only flying mammal.

Get ready to experience Hocus Pocus like never before! We'll have props and activities to make this an interactive movie experience. Costumes encouraged.

Hocus Pocus, 1993 has a running time of 95 minutes with a PG rating.

Can you imagine what it would be like to have a robot of your own? Bring your imagination to the Downtown Library to build a robot and find out!

If you and your child enjoy crafts, games, movies and a variety of fun activities, get to Washington Park Library for Tricky Tuesday! 

Come and paint a foam pumpkin to decorate your house for the season. Make them scary, funny, silly or cute the options are endless!  

Join us as we try out our new yard games in the park. Yard games are available for checkout for use on library grounds only.

The games were purchased with funds from the Urban Homestead grant.

***Weather permitting***

The St. Joseph Public Library Foundation is hosting the 4th Books, Beers, & Boos Fundraiser. Local author Lory Lacy will be attending and will have copes of her book for sale: The Victorian: The Past Lives of Jack the Ripper.

Do you want to be able to practice Spanish in a judgment-free setting?

Join the East Hills branch for a fun-filled night of BINGO! 

Prizes will be provided by the library. 

Intended for adults, ages 18+

Our weekly movie event is hosted by professional movie critic Bob Shultz. This week’s movie is Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 88 Minutes, PG-13.