Library Events & Programs

Stories and a craft for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Bring your projects to work on, or bring a hook and yarn if you'd like to learn the basics.

Join us at the Rensselaer Library for Lap Sit!

for children 0-23 months old, along with a caregiver

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return. (publishers description)

Join us at the Wheatfield Library as we review and discuss Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer on Tuesday, October 8 at 1:00 p.m. Copies of the book are available at the library's front desk. 

Mario Kart & other Wii Games

Join us for a morning of fun!

Join us on Wednesday, October 9th fom 6-7:30 pm. Find your story at the Library. Are you interested in researching your family history? You are invited to join us every month on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, for Genealogy Help!

An afternoon of fun and exploration!

The Wheatfield Library, along with the group History & Mystery, presents Bill Taylor - The Vietnam War in the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) on Friday, October 11 at 6:00 p.m. Taylor, a Marine in Vietnam in 1966 with special landing force Alpha and highly decorated individual, will speak about his experiences in Vietnam. He went on to write a book, Author of On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam, which spent 62 weeks on the Amazon best seller list and received a Globe Award, International Book award, and other awards, and is currently being turned into a screen play for a movie. Taylor will have books available for purchase and autograph. (Purchase of book prior to or during event is optional.) Registration for this free program is preferred and can be done online at myjcpl.org/events or by visiting or calling the library at 219-956-3774.

Join us on Saturday, October 12th at 2 pm. Celebrate National Family History Month and join us as we preview our Historic Jasper County digital newspapers. Our earlier newspapers are available for free, on the Hoosier State Chronicles. our online digital newspapers are filled with family history and local history infromation. We will discuss how to search, save, and clip newspaper articles. 

for kids in grades K-5

Bring your projects to work on, or bring a hook and yarn if you'd like to learn the basics.

Join us at the Rensselaer Library for Lap Sit!

for children 0-23 months old, along with a caregiver

Do you LOVE reading fantasy books? Are dragons and magic spells your jam? Join us for our first Fantasy Book Club meeting at the Wheatfield Library. For this first meeting, we will discuss some of our past favorites and vote on a book for all of us to read. We will also discuss a name for our group. Refreshments and snacks will be provided. Registration is required to attend and can be done online at myjcpl.org/events, by calling (219) 956-3774, or in person at the Wheatfield Library. This program is for adults 18 and over.

'Carnegie's Maid' by Marie Benedict.

An exciting hour of bingo for all adults.

Join us at the Rensselaer Library on Thursday October 17th from 3:30 to 5:30 pm to play seom Dungeons and Dragons! Age 6th grade to adult. Contact the Rensselaer Library with questions. 

Join us at the Rensselaer Library for Third Thursday!