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Preschool Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: CGPL
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

This storytime is designed to help build reading readiness and kindergarten readiness skills and features longer books that are accompanied by a variety of activities, including flannel boards, dramatics, and songs.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Let’s Talk Graphic Novels: Strong Women

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Facebook
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Facebook
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Virtual Program
Event Details:
Celebrate Women’s History Month by reading books containing strong female characters. Join us via Facebook for this virtual event. ...

BabyBook

11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Early Learning, Storytime

BabyBook

BabyBook is a lapsit storytime that introduces a love for books and reading through music & movement, rhythm & rhyme, and cuddles & play!

Gentle Yoga

11:00am - 12:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Registration
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 19

Gentle Yoga

Join us for an hour of gentle yoga. Please bring your own yoga mat or bath towel, as well as a yoga block for your practice. Space is limited and registration is required.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Tech Tutoring

3:30pm - 5:30pm
Adult Services
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Adult Services
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Class / Workshop, Technology
Event Details:
If you: ...are having trouble navigating your new smartphone or tablet ...need help setting up an email account ...are having other issues with technology ...then Tech Tutoring is for you! Schedule a 30-minute appointment with one of o...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

AARP Tax Assistance

9:00am - 3:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Details:
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free tax preparation assistance. Please bring all necessary documents with you (ex. W-2s, 1099s, social security income statements, interest and dividend income documents, and/or anything else that shows income)....

Toddler Time

11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Toddler Time

This interactive storytime introduces toddlers to books, reading, and language through stories, songs, and activities. Learn fun ways to build the early literacy skills children need to learn to read!

Written in Stone: Cemeteries & Gravesites of Cape Girardeau

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Oscar Christian Hirsch Community Room
Registration
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Oscar Christian Hirsch Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Forum / Speaker
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
Event Details:
Join us for a special presentation all about the cemeteries and historic gravesites in Cape Girardeau.  ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Bedtime Stories

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Facebook
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Facebook
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Early Learning, Storytime, Virtual Program

Bedtime Stories

This online storytime, set at night, is presented to encourage families to try to make reading a part of their daily routine. Bedtime is a great place to start! Join us via Facebook for this virtual event.

Miniature Library Take & Make

All Day 4/1 - 4/30
Adult Services
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Adult Services
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Games & Activities
Event Details:
Make your own miniature library in honor of National Library Week (April 23rd-29th)! Stop by the Information Desk beginning April 1st to pick up a kit to make a miniature library (while supplies last; first come, first served). Then, submit your c...

AARP Tax Assistance

9:00am - 3:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Details:
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free tax preparation assistance. Please bring all necessary documents with you (ex. W-2s, 1099s, social security income statements, interest and dividend income documents, and/or anything else that shows income)....

Preschool Picassos: Kandinsky's Concentric Circles

11:00am - 12:00pm
Youth Program Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Children
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Class / Workshop, Early Learning
Event Details:
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian artist who pioneered abstract painting in the 20th century! He believed that circles were a fundamental building block in art. Put on your favorite painting clothes and join us to paint circles inside of circles inside...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Storytime

11:00am - 11:30am
Library Branch: CGPL
Age Group: Youth
Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

This storytime is designed to help build reading readiness and kindergarten readiness skills and features longer books that are accompanied by a variety of activities, including flannel boards, dramatics, and songs.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Tech Tutoring

3:30pm - 5:30pm
Adult Services
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Adult Services
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Class / Workshop, Technology
Event Details:
If you: ...are having trouble navigating your new smartphone or tablet ...need help setting up an email account ...are having other issues with technology ...then Tech Tutoring is for you! Schedule a 30-minute appointment with one of o...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Let's Talk Picture Books: Rain

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Facebook
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Facebook
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Virtual Program
Event Details:
It's raining, it's pouring...but these books will keep you from snoring! Join Ms. Renee via Facebook as she shares her favorite rainy day books. ...

Books on Tap

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Ebb & Flow Fermentations
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Ebb & Flow Fermentations
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:
Join us for our freeform, read-what-you-want book club! This month's theme for discussion will be “Luck of the Irish”. The theme for reading during April is “A Plague on Both Your Houses". ...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

BabyBook

11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Early Learning, Storytime

BabyBook

BabyBook is a lapsit storytime that introduces a love for books and reading through music & movement, rhythm & rhyme, and cuddles & play!

Gentle Yoga

11:00am - 12:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Registration
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Gentle Yoga

Join us for an hour of gentle yoga. Please bring your own yoga mat or bath towel, as well as a yoga block for your practice. Space is limited and registration is required.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Tech Tutoring

3:30pm - 5:30pm
Adult Services
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Adult Services
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Class / Workshop, Technology
Event Details:
If you: ...are having trouble navigating your new smartphone or tablet ...need help setting up an email account ...are having other issues with technology ...then Tech Tutoring is for you! Schedule a 30-minute appointment with one of o...

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Construction Club

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Program Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Children
Program Type: Games & Activities

Construction Club

An hour of free play will give kids the opportunity to get creative and build anything they choose with LOTS of LEGO. Work on your own creations or build as a team. The library will provide the LEGOs, you provide the imagination!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Board of Trustees Meeting

7:00am - 8:00am
Penzel Conference Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Penzel Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Board Meeting

Board & Committee Meetings

View agenda here.

Event Details:
The Board of Trustees is a policymaking board and is fiscally responsible for how the library’s funds are spent. With a few exceptions, the Board meets every month on the 1st Thursday at 7:00 am in the Penzel Conference Room at the library. The publi...

AARP Tax Assistance

9:00am - 3:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Event Details:
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free tax preparation assistance. Please bring all necessary documents with you (ex. W-2s, 1099s, social security income statements, interest and dividend income documents, and/or anything else that shows income)....

Toddler Time

11:00am - 11:30am
Youth Program Room
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Youth Program Room
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytime

Toddler Time

This interactive storytime introduces toddlers to books, reading, and language through stories, songs, and activities. Learn fun ways to build the early literacy skills children need to learn to read!

Bedtime Stories

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Facebook
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Facebook
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Early Learning, Storytime, Virtual Program

Bedtime Stories

This online storytime, set at night, is presented to encourage families to try to make reading a part of their daily routine. Bedtime is a great place to start! Join us via Facebook for this virtual event.