Blood Drive In-Person

Eckhart Public Library is proud to partner with the American Red Cross to offer blood drives at the Library. This Blood Drive will take place in the Activity Room on the lower level of the Main Library on Monday, August 18th, from 12:30 - 5:30 pm.Each pint of blood that......More

Eckhart Public Library is proud to partner with the American Red Cross to offer blood drives at the Library. This Blood Drive will take place in the Activity Room on the lower level of the Main Library on Monday, August 18th, from 12:30 - 5:30 pm.Each pint of blood that's donated can help save up to three lives and will touch the lives of so many more. What a great way to pay it forward and make an impact on people in our community and across the country.To register to make a donation please visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Activity Room (Lower Level), Main Library

It's Elementary!

It's Elementary is afterschool fun and discovery for grade-schoolers that meets in the Activity Room every Monday from 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Our topics rotate from week to week. We'll have days devoted to art. Days devoted to building things or cooking things, And some days w......More

It's Elementary is afterschool fun and discovery for grade-schoolers that meets in the Activity Room every Monday from 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Our topics rotate from week to week. We'll have days devoted to art. Days devoted to building things or cooking things, And some days we'll even try a little acting!

Main Library

Genealogy Society Meeting

The DeKalb County Genealogy Society meets at the Willennar Genealogy Center on the third Monday of each month.

Willennar Genealogy Center

Dine to Donate: Chipotle Mexican Grill In-Person

The Friends of Eckhart Public Library will be partnering with Chipotle Mexican Grill in Auburn for a Dine to Donate event on Tuesday, August 19th, from 4:00 pm - 8:00pm.Dine-in and carry-out orders qualify for Dine to Donate, so let them know you want to support the Fri......More

The Friends of Eckhart Public Library will be partnering with Chipotle Mexican Grill in Auburn for a Dine to Donate event on Tuesday, August 19th, from 4:00 pm - 8:00pm.Dine-in and carry-out orders qualify for Dine to Donate, so let them know you want to support the Friends of Eckhart Public Library when you order! If you order online or through the app, use code A3ZWH8C.A portion of all sales during this event will be donated to the Friends of Eckhart Public Library to support the programming and services of Eckhart Public Library. These funds are instrumental for so many library initiatives, including providing prize books for children and teens in our community.

Offsite

Family Storytime In-Person

Hello Friends! Family Storytime is an interactive literacy-based experience for all families. It is an opportunity to gather and share time together.This summer, Family Storytime will be held in the Children's Department under the big balloon painting except for those d......More

Hello Friends! Family Storytime is an interactive literacy-based experience for all families. It is an opportunity to gather and share time together.This summer, Family Storytime will be held in the Children's Department under the big balloon painting except for those days when perfect weather calls us to the Library Park. We have two programs each week: Tuesdays at 6:15 pm and on Wednesdays at 10:45 am.We will read a story based on a theme, and have songs and activities designed to encourage mental development and socio-emotional learning. It is a great opportunity for children to interact with their peers!Upcoming TopicsJuly 22 & 23 - Park RangersJuly 29 & 30 - Firefly Award BooksAugust 5 & 6 - First Day of SchoolAugust 12 & 13 - ElephantsAugust 19 & 20 - Blocks (engineering)August 26 & 27 - Circles & Wheels

Main Library, Main Library

Classic City Readers: White Teeth In-Person

Classic City Readers is a longstanding book club dedicated to the appreciation and examination of the written word. Join Darcy on the third Wednesday of every month in the Close Community Room for a thoughtful and interesting literary discussion.Library cards are not re......More

Classic City Readers is a longstanding book club dedicated to the appreciation and examination of the written word. Join Darcy on the third Wednesday of every month in the Close Community Room for a thoughtful and interesting literary discussion.Library cards are not required to check out the books for this book club. Just stop by the desk on the Main Level of the library to pick up a copy of the current title.On August 20th, we'll discuss White Teeth by Zadie Smith.Description of White Teeth from Penguin Random House:NATIONAL BESTSELLER Updated for the 25th Anniversary with a new introduction by the author The blockbuster debut novel from “a preternaturally gifted” writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Time—set against London’s racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, and embracing the comedy of daily existence.One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyZadie Smith’s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith’s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own.At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith.

Close Community Room, Upper Level, Main Library

The Scribbler's Pub: An Amateur Writing Group In-Person

The Scribbler's Pub is a group of amateur writers that meets every other Wednesday in the Close Community Room from 4:30- 6:45 pm.The group aims, in part, to experiment with different writing styles while enjoying a safe environment in which to share work. Monthly writi......More

The Scribbler's Pub is a group of amateur writers that meets every other Wednesday in the Close Community Room from 4:30- 6:45 pm.The group aims, in part, to experiment with different writing styles while enjoying a safe environment in which to share work. Monthly writing prompts will be chosen by group members.If you have questions, please contact the group at [email protected].

Close Community Room, Upper Level, Main Library

Knifty Knitters In-Person

The Knifty Knitters Club meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month in the Close Community Room at the Main Library. Knitters and crocheters of all ages (and any skill level) are welcome to join the group to create and learn from one another.

Close Community Room, Upper Level, Main Library

It's Elementary!

It's Elementary is afterschool fun and discovery for grade-schoolers that meets in the Activity Room every Monday from 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Our topics rotate from week to week. We'll have days devoted to art. Days devoted to building things or cooking things, And some days w......More

It's Elementary is afterschool fun and discovery for grade-schoolers that meets in the Activity Room every Monday from 3:30 - 4:30 pm. Our topics rotate from week to week. We'll have days devoted to art. Days devoted to building things or cooking things, And some days we'll even try a little acting!

Main Library

Digital Fingerprinting Services

Eckhart Public Library will host IndentoGO Digital Fingerprinting Services in the Eckhart Room from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm every Tuesday.The State of Indiana contracts with Idemia, which operates IdentoGO, to provide these services to area residents. Appointments must be mad......More

Eckhart Public Library will host IndentoGO Digital Fingerprinting Services in the Eckhart Room from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm every Tuesday.The State of Indiana contracts with Idemia, which operates IdentoGO, to provide these services to area residents. Appointments must be made at www.indentogo.com. Fees will be listed when scheduling and vary depending on which service is requested.

Main Library