The Library

05/31/2026

⭐️ Additional Summer Hours ⭐️
Tuesdays 10:30am-5pm
📅 starting June 9th

05/08/2026

Make plans to attend Mother’s Day Crafting for kids tomorrow (Saturday)at 10:30. This is a drop off event for those who feel comfortable doing so.

05/04/2026

Mother’s Day Crafting for kids is happening Saturday, May 9th at 10:30am. Adults are welcome to drop off and pick up at 11:30 so your children can make a wonderful surprise for Mom!

04/24/2026

Used books sale!!! 2-5pm today (4/24) and 8am-noon tomorrow (4/25). Free will donation.

04/19/2026

04/16/2026

Children’s storytime is this Saturday at 10:30. Come join us for a story, snack, and fun activity.

04/16/2026

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04/03/2026

Rose Johnson won our March reading contest. She read 15 books!! Congratulations, Rose!

03/31/2026

The Violins of Hope Concert with Violinist Jeffrey Phillips and Pianist Leigh Pirtle is Sunday, April 12th, 2:00 p.m., at the Danville United Methodist Church. A reception will be held in the Danville Station Activity Room following the concert. The Anne Frank Museum and railcar will be open during the reception.

Violinist Jeffrey Phillips is the co-founder of the Burlington Lunchtime Chamber Music Series with Roger Hatteberg, a private violin instructor and the Operations Manager of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra. He was a freelance violinist for sixteen years in New York and London and was a founding member of the new music group Cadillac Moon Ensemble. Jeffrey has performed with groups including English National Ballet, Artemis Chamber Ensemble, London Children’s Ballet, Scandinavian Chamber Orchestra of New York, Sequenza21, Mimesis Ensemble, American Opera Projects, and flutist Paula Robison at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also was part of a touring ensemble that performed Arctic Magic Flute with Martin Woods (Inupiaq) under the direction of William Todd Hunt in the Alaskan Arctic.

He holds a BM in violin performance from St. Olaf College, an MM in violin performance from SUNY Purchase, and he apprenticed with the Manhattan String Quartet for two years. He studied violin with Laurie Smukler, Calvin Wiersma, Eric Lewis and Andrea Seen. Jeffrey studied chamber music with the aforementioned Manhattan String Quartet and members of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Colorado String Quartet, and the Met Opera Orchestra.

All are welcome to attend this free concert.

03/27/2026

Children’s Storytime and Easter Egg hunt tomorrow, starting at 10:30.