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Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity: An Author Talk with Kim Scott

Date: 02/28/2024 Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm Location: Online Why is feedback so difficult, and how can we make it easier? The idea is simple: You don't have to choose between being a pushover and a jerk. Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, will explain the Radical Candor feedback framework and how you can practice it today. She'll offer practical, tactical tips for how to solicit criticism, give praise and criticism, ga

DART Mobile Tech Van @ Lilac Meadow Apartments

Date: 03/26/2024 Time: 3:00pm - 5:30pm Presenter: Leah Finney Location: Lilac Meadows Apts. - 3009 Cummings Lane, Medford Library: DART Mobile Tech Van DART is a mobile tech van, library outreach vehicle, Wi-Fi hotspot, and computer lab all rolled into one!  Visit DART at Lilac Meadow Apartments: 3009 Cummings Ln, Medford, OR, 97501 DATE AND TIME: March 26th 2024: 3pm to 5:30pm DART's location will change regularly. Check this calendar or call your branch library for updates! The van is sta

Lego Club, 6+ YRS

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/24/2024<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> <hr> <p> </p></div>

Ukulele Practice/Play Together, 18+ YRS

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/25/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 3:00pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> Viki Brown<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point Library<br> <p>Come practice and play your ukulele with others. All are welcome. Some ukulele experience is required; this is not a class. If you do not have a ukulele you can borrow one from the JCLS Library of Things.</p></div>

DART Mobile Tech Van @ KELLY SHELTER

Date: 11/03/2023 Time: 9:30am - 12:00pm Presenter: Kaitlynn Edrington &amp; Brian Rozendal Location: Library: DART Mobile Tech Van DART is a mobile tech van, library outreach vehicle, Wi-Fi hotspot, and computer lab all rolled into one!  Visit DART at KELLY SHELTER: 685 Market St, Medford, OR, 97504 First and Third Friday of Every Month from 9:30-12! DART's location will change regularly. Check this calendar or call your branch library for updates! The van is staffed by a Mobile Services S

Tween D&amp;D, 9-13 YRS

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 09/15/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 1:00pm - 3:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Guanajuato Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Ashland Library<br> <p>Stop by the library to play a short D&amp;D adventure! Bring your own character, or use one of our pre-made ones. We'll have dice to spare, but you're encouraged to bring your own, if you have them.<strong> </strong>Registration encouraged but not required; this event will be capped at 8 participants.</p></div>

Phoenix Family Movies, Elemental 3+ yrs.

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/26/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 2:45pm - 5:00pm<br> <strong>Presenter:</strong> Jody Fleming<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Meyer Memorial Trust Community Meeting Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Phoenix Library<br> <p>A love story between fire and water. Rated PG.</p></div>

Eagle Point Friends of the Library Open Cupboards Book Sale

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 06/27/2024<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 &amp; movies. All proceeds benefit the Eagle Point Library.</p></div>

Teen Movie Matinees, 10+ YRS

Date: 06/27/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm Location: Library: Medford Library All Summer the Medford Teen Library will be showing our FAVORITE Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOMs)!  Join us in discovering new--and old--favorites every Thursday! June 6 - Adventures in Babysitting (G/120m/2016)  June 13 - Camp Rock (G/94m/2008)  June 20 - Freaky Friday (G/105m/2018)  June 27 - Double Feature  Teen Beach Movie (PG/125m/2013)  Teen Beach Movie 2 (G/104m/2015)  July 11 - Princess Protectio

Community Movie Matinee

Date: 06/27/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 5:30pm Presenter: Anna Rands, Haylie Courtney, Austin Woodall, Matt Beccaria, Michael Workman Location: Large Meeting Room Library: Medford Library Join the Medford Library for a casual movie going experience with some small snacks provided. Then hang out afterwards to talk about the showing. June 13: Dirty Dancing (PG-13, 97min, 1987) &amp; Save the Last Dance (PG-13, 113min, 2001) June 27: Chicago (PG-13/113min/2002), &amp; Les Miserables (PG-13/150min/2012)

Children's Author Workshop with Valerie Coulman, 8+ YRS

Date: 07/24/2024 Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm Presenter: Valerie Coulman Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Prospect Library Join us with local guest author, Valerie Coulman, for an engaging time of stories together. As the writer of award-winning picture books for children, Valerie will share some of her own experiences. Then we'll write a story together as we learn how books are made.  Valerie Coulman started by telling stories to her own children. In fact, her first book, When Pigs Fly, b

Only Hope: My Mother and the Holocaust Brought to Light

Date: 01/27/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Location: Gresham Room Library: Ashland Library Before she passed away in 1974, Felicia Bornstein Lubliner wrote about her internment in ghettos and concentration camps (Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen) in Nazi-occupied Poland. Her powerful stories have been published by her son, Irving Lubliner, who also contributed the foreword and afterword to Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust. He will share excerpts, shedding light on his mother’s experiences

Holiday Closure

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 01/15/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> All Day Event<br> <strong>Location:</strong> <br> <p>All branches of Jackson County Library Services will be closed today. You can always find great content 24/7 through our <a href="https://jcls.org/downloads">Digital Content</a>.</p></div>

Find the Magic: Dragon Mason Jar Night Light, 8+YRS

Date: 09/18/2024 Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: Library: White City Library Kids can create their own whimsical dragon jar – that lights up!  It will be a treasure that you’ll want to hoard!

CANCELLED - Kaleidoscope Play and Learn, 0-5 YRS

Date: 06/27/2024 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

Paws to Read: K9 Reading Buddies

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 03/07/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:30pm - 4:30pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> <br> <strong>Library:</strong> Eagle Point 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>

BOOK TALK: Kimila Kay, 18+ YRS

Date: 06/15/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Presenter: Kimila Kay Location: Large Meeting Room Library: Medford Library Join us as local author Kimila Kay discusses her series Stoneybrook Mysteries. TheStoneybrook Mysteries consists of three books:  Redneck Ranch (book 1), Five Golden Rings (book 2) and Whispering Willows (book 3). Author Kay will discuss the next book in this series: Willows Woods.  Kimila Kay is currently a member of the Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA), Ladies of

Gentle Qigong, 18+ YRS

Date: 02/27/2024 Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Presenter: Betsy Schiller Location: Community Meeting Room Library: Jacksonville Library Relax your mind and enliven your spirit as you are guided through a sequence of gentle movements.  This free, 4-week session is offered as an invitation into regular Qigong practice.  No registration or special equipment required.  Drop-ins welcome.  

Spark Space Hours, 10-15

<div><strong>Date:</strong> 02/27/2024<br> <strong>Time:</strong> 3:00pm - 5:00pm<br> <strong>Location:</strong> Community Room<br> <strong>Library:</strong> Central Point Library<br> <p>Explore new interests with cool STEAM programs. Each session will explore a different topic in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month, unless otherwise indicated. <span style="color:#3498db;"></span></p></div>

Cultivating Companions: Growing Connections Through Plants, 50+YRS

Date: 07/17/2024 Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Library: Rogue River Library Cultivating Companions is a free seven week program to bring rural older adults togeter. Learn how to grow indoor plants, use them for art and cooking, and make new friends. Join the Jackson County Master Gardeners in your local library branch to learn new skills and meet new faces. Space for the program is limited. Please fill out the attached flier and return to Grace Florjancic, the Master Gardener Coordinator