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Immigrant Stories Movie Series: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) - R, 18+ YRS
Date: 01/18/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 3:20pm Location: Large Meeting Room Library: Medford Library Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture. This movie is about a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who is swept up into an adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led. Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Rated R for some violence, sexual material, and language.
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Author Talk Viewing Party: Naomi Alderman 18+
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 11/30/2023<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:00pm - 1:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Carpenter Conference Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Medford Library<br> <p>Come view the virtual author talk on our our big screen in a community room at the Medford Library.</p>
<p>November 30: Naomi Alderman </p>
<p>December 5: Victoria Aveyard</p>
<p>December 12: Stephanie Land </p></div>
Gold Hill Walking Club 18+
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 10/23/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:00pm - 1:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> <br> <strong>Library:</strong> Gold Hill Library<br> <p>Join us at the library for a weekly neighborhood walk every Wednesday. We will begin at the Gold Hill Library and take the path to the Gold Hill Sports Park and back. It's a wonderful opportunity to exercise outdoors and socialize. The club meets rain or shine.</p>
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Eagle Point Friends of the Library Open Cupboards Book Sale
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 01/18/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:30pm - 3:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point Library<br> <p>Shop for new and gently used items including books, CDs & movies. All proceeds benefit the Eagle Point Library.</p></div>
Gold Hill Book Club 18+
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 01/18/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:00pm - 4:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Gold Hill Library<br> <p>The Gold Hill Library Book Club discusses thought-provoking books with other book lovers.</p>
<p>December 21: Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid</p>
<p>January 18: Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner</p>
<p>February 15: There There by Tommy Orange</p>
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CANCELED: Zine Makers Café
Date: 01/06/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Location: Adams Conference Room Library: Medford Library Zine is short for magazine. Join new friends to talk about and create zines. You can create something very short and simple, or connect with fellow creators to start a series. All are welcome, whether you just learned what zines are or you've been making them for years.
What do people write about in their zines? Everything! There are zines about pop culture, personal reflections, art, travel and m
A Conversation with Artist Wataru Sugiyama, 18+ YRS
Date: 09/29/2024 Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Presenter: Wataru Sugiyama Location: Gresham Room Library: Ashland Library Join us for a conversation with local artist, sculptor, and ceramist Wataru Sugiyama on his life, his creations, and the joy to be found in art. When Sugiyama left an engineering career in Japan to pursue a Communications degree at SOU, there was no way of knowing that a required art class would change everything. From then on, his passion for creating art only grew. Sugiyama crafts
"No Strings Attached" Book Club, 18+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 07/25/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:00pm - 4:30pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> attendees<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Jacksonville Library<br> <p>Join us to discuss the different books we're reading — recent reads, old favorites, or anything in-between. No required reading, just read what you love, then share with the group! </p>
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Gold Hill Walking Club 18+
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 02/28/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 12:00pm - 1:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> <br> <strong>Library:</strong> Gold Hill Library<br> <p>Join us at the library for a weekly neighborhood walk every Wednesday. We will begin at the Gold Hill Library and take the path to the Gold Hill Sports Park and back. It's a wonderful opportunity to exercise outdoors and socialize. The club meets rain or shine.</p>
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Lego Club, 6+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 05/19/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 2:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Storytime Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Medford Library<br> <p>Join us for weekly themed Lego building challenges, or make whatever you like! Let your creativity soar on your own or in collaboration with others!</p>
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First Friday Art Lab: Handmade Trophies, 6+ YRS
Date: 08/02/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Prospect Library First Friday Art Labs are a time to experiment with creativity. We'll provide the materials, you bring your imagination. This month we will be reusing found materials to make unique trophies we can hand out to our friends, families, and pets for the things they excel at. Materials will be supplied, but feel free to bring any unqiue objects you would like to incorporate into your designs.
Tween Movie Hangout 11-16
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 02/21/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 2:00pm - 4:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Gold Hill Library<br> <p>Bring your friends and watch the Pixar movie Onward starring Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.</p></div>
Let's Play! 8+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 01/05/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:30pm - 4:30pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> Matt Beccaria<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> White City Library<br> <p>Come and play games with Resource Specialist Matt! </p>
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Teen Gamer Day, 13+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 01/06/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> All Day Event<br> <strong>Location:</strong> <br> <strong>Library:</strong> Medford Library<br> <p>What kind of gamer are you? Video games? Board games? Charades? We've got them all! Challenge your friends or our Teen Library staff to a game!</p></div>
Kaleidoscope Play and Learn, 0-5 YRS
Date: 01/18/2024 Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm Presenter: Southern Oregon Early Learning Hub Location: Ruch Meeting Room (Full Room A+B Side) Library: Ruch Library Discover how children learn through play and daily activities: singing songs, telling stories, creating art, and having fun! Kaleidoscope Play and Learn is open to everyone — young children (ages 0-5) and their family, caregivers, and parents. No pre-registration required.
Kaleidoscope Play and Learn groups are offered in collaboration w
Backgammon at the Library, 10+ YRS
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 05/20/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 11:00am - 12:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point Library<br> <p>Join us at the Eagle Point Library for treats and backgammon. Beginners and seasoned players are welcome. Bring your boards and your friends!</p>
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<p>* Library-provided game boards are in limited supply. Wait times may vary.</p></div>
Jackson County Library District Board Meeting
Date: 05/20/2024 Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm Location: Library: Medford Library The Jackson County Library District Board meets regularly on the third Monday of each month via Zoom and in the Board Meeting Room at the Medford Branch Library, 205 S. Central Avenue, unless otherwise noted in the agenda.
Agendas and packets of supplementary information prepared for each meeting are posted here. Once meeting minutes are approved by the Board, they will be available here.
Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies
<div><strong>Date:</strong> 05/21/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:00pm - 4:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Rogue River Library<br> <p>Children are invited to share a story with a trained and registered therapy dog. Paws to Read at the Library provides a non-intimidating environment for budding readers to explore reading out loud. The dogs welcome a scratch on the head and the turn of the page from young readers.</p></div>
Asian American Representation in Literature: An Author Talk with Rebecca F. Kuang
Date: 05/21/2024 Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Location: Online We welcome you to register for a thrilling conversation with Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) as she chats with us about her New York Times bestselling novel, Yellowface. Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media.
In Yellowface, Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Haywa
Spark Space: LEGO Explorers, 5+
Date: 11/06/2024 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Community Room Library: Central Point Library
Come and enjoy building your imagination's creations! Don't know what to build? Every week there will be a cool new prompt to spark your creative gears into motion. Builds will be displayed for a week to allow the community to admire your awesome skills!