The newest book from Fountain Favorite, award-winning author of The Yellow Wife, Sadeqa Johnson. This event will be held in person as well as livestreamed on the Library's YouTube channel. Registration required.

With an earnest ability to create a delicate balance of harmony, melody, deep emotion and subtlety, Lee DeWyze’s depth as a songwriter call to mind some of his earliest influences like Simon and Garfunkel, Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) and Johnny Cash.  

Abraham Lincoln is often called The Great Emancipator; however, enslaved people were responsible for seizing their own freedom. During this program, students will explore primary sources related to self-emancipation at Fort Monroe and the resulting Confiscation Acts. Students will also analyze the Emancipation Proclamation and explore the impact it had on both enslaved and free…

Join CMoR Play Guide Kelis in the Art Studio for structured craft time. They’ll be using yarn to make cute and soft pom pom “puffles” while developing school readiness skills. This event is ideal for ages 2 to 5 yrs. This event is free with Museum admission.

New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blackwood will be chatting with Emily Thiede about her follow-up to the bestselling Within These Wicked Walls.

This historical novel, set during the Civil War, is about two women – one Black and yearning for freedom in New Orleans, the other a Jewish abolitionist in NY – whose resourceful sewing to support their communities leads them on dangerous journeys. Virtual via Zoom. Register to get link.

Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging, and performing multiple parts simultaneously on one instrument. He is hailed as one of the world’s most creative modern fingerstyle guitarist with a repertoire spanning solo viral video hits alongside mainstream chart success.

Participants will make arts and crafts, learn new things, and explore their creativity with the help of either the Play Guides or Art Studio Coordinator. This event is free with Museum admission.

For grades 2 through 8, make some stomp rockets to celebrate space in the Center of the Universe.