Winter Holiday Schedule

All Library locations will be closed on the following days for the Winter Holiday:
Wednesday, December 24
Thursday, December 25
Friday, December 26
Wednesday, December 31
Thursday, January 1

Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle, Turner* and Mobile Libraries will be closed on:
Wednesday December 24, 2025 through Wednesday January 1, 2026. 
*Turner Community Library will be open on Saturday December 27.

Main, West & South library locations will be open on December 29 and 30 but will close early at 5:00 pm.

All library locations will reopen for normal operating hours on Friday, January 2, 2026. 

MIDWESTERN by Justin Hamm

Program Type:

Exhibits, Entertainment & Culture

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

MIDWESTERN is a hybrid poetry/photography show based on poems from my first three collections and photographic prints from my recent book MIDWESTERN, released from Kansas City's Spartan Press. The poems and photos explore the beauty, mythology, and decline of the American Midwest. The show has hung in several galleries in the Midwest over the past year, including the Normal Public Library in Normal, Illinois; Presser Performing Arts Center in Mexico, Missouri; the Mississippi River Gallery in Hannibal, Missouri; and the Carbondale, Public Library in Carbondale, Illinois. MIDWESTERN is scheduled to hang at the HUB Cultural Center in Rushville, Illinois, and the Youngstown Public Library in Youngstown, Ohio, next year. A feature about the show can be heard on Normal, Illinois's NPR affiliate at this link: https://www.wglt.org/post/glt-datebook-poet-and-photographer-explores-decay-heartland

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