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Lego Club

Calling all builders! This month’s Lego Club meeting is coming up! Join us at the library on September 11th to show off your Lego skills. Stop in anytime between 2:30 and 5:00 pm. This month’s challenge: build a bear!

Image: the background is painted many different colors with visible brushstrokes. Paint brushes are on the left of the image and paint pots are at the bottom, a photograph of painted rocks are on the right of the image. Text reads: Family Craft Day! Rock Painting, September 12th @ 2:00 pm. Registration is limited - call 217-243-5435 or email ajones@jaxpl.org to reserve your spot! 201 W College Ave, 217-243-5435 www.jaxpl.org. This craft is for adults and children aged 11 and up!

Family Craft Class: Rock Painting

Join us on Saturday, June 13th at 2 pm for our Family Craft Class. This month, we are painting rocks! Registration is limited – email ajones@jaxpl.org or call 217-243-5435 ext. 235 to reserve your spot today! Adults & Children 6th grade and up may register.

Image: black background with gray grid lines and playing cards. Text reads: Game Night. Just for Adults! September 16th @ 6 pm. This month's theme: Card games! Bring your favorite card game, whether is be Uno, Phase 10, or something else! Admission is free! 201 W College Ave | www.jaxpl.org | 217-243-5435.

Adult Game Night: Card Games

Join us on Wednesday, September 16th at 6 pm for a night full of fun, laughter, and friendly competition! September’s Theme: Card Games! Bring your favorite card game, whether is be Uno, Phase 10, or something else! Admission is free!

Image: Blue background with an angular human head graphic and a web of binary numbers. A image of Karen Hao sits in the foreground to the right side of the image. Text reads: Inside the Empire of AI with Karen Hao. Thursday, September 17th at 7 pm via Zoom. Join a timely conversation with Karen Hao, award-winning journalist and author of Inside the Empire of AI. In this virtual event, Hao will explore the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, the social, political, and ethical questions surrounding AI development today, and the questions posed in her work – Will AI produce broad-based societal benefit for all? Or return us to an age of empire? The path forward is in our hands. Whether you’re excited about AI, cautious about it, or just trying to understand the hype, this event offers an accessible look at one of today’s biggest technological shifts. There will NOT be an in-person viewing of the stream at the Jacksonville Public Library. To register to view via Zoom at home, please contact the Jacksonville Public Library at 217-243-5435. 201 W College Ave | www.jaxpl.org | 217-243-5435. This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events.

Inside the Empire of AI with Karen Hao (Zoom Event)

Join a timely conversation with Karen Hao, award-winning journalist and author of Inside the Empire of AI. In this virtual event, Hao will explore the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, the social, political, and ethical questions surrounding AI development today, and the questions posed in her work – Will AI produce broad-based societal benefit for all? Or return us to an age of empire? The path forward is in our hands.

Thursday, September 17th at 7 pm via Zoom. Please call the Jacksonville Public Library at 217-243-5435 to register!

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The Jacksonville Story Walk

Visit the Bob Freesen YMCA to read a story while walking along a 1 mile trail.

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