Upcoming Events
See what's happening this month.
Click on the Events Calendar to see a detailed listing of programs and events happening at SCPL. Click on the video to view events happening in June.
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Mesker Park Zoo & Botanical Garden
Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo has graciously provided SCPL with 4 Zoo Passes! Here are the guidelines for use of the passes:
- Zoo Pass is valid ONLY for free general admission for up to two adults and four children.
- Zoo Pass is exclusive for individuals; it cannot be used by businesses, organizations, schools, or daycares.
- No additional membership benefits will be provided to visitors using the Zoo Pass
- A photo ID is NOT required to be checked when a visitor presents a Library Zoo Pass.
Zoo Passes will check out for 1 week and are NOT renewable. A $1 per day fine will be assessed for late passes. For more information, please call 812-649-4866.
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Summer reading is underway! Enjoy books or audiobooks while on the go. Dowwnload our free e-book and audio app-Libby! Stop by or call the Library and we can help get you started.
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SCPL is seeking your thoughts about our library system. We have created a quick survey to help us understand what we do well and identify areas we need to improve. Please take a few minutes to respond to the questions. You may scan the QR code or find the link to the survey on our website. We will also offer paper copies of the survey at each of our locations. The survey is intended for residents of Luce, Ohio or Hammond townships in Spencer County Indiana ages 12 and older. Please complete only one survey. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. |
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Summer Reading 2022!
Oceans of Possibilities
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SCPL will be offereing a variety of programming this summer. There's something for everyone! Win one of many "Instant Winner" prizes when checking out Library materials. |
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Book the Box
Patrons ages 9-12 may book an hour time slot with up to 4 people to play Xbox. Please call 812-649-4866. A variety of games will be offered including, Cuphead, Mine Craft and Lego Marvel.
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Each month SCPL will feature a new puzzle challenge. For this month's challenge, download or pick up a puzzle sheet at any branch and solve as many of the puzzles as you can. Return your sheet by email or drop it off at any SCPL location. Each person who solves the puzzle correctly will be entered into a drawing for a $10 local gift card.
Download your June puzzle challenge here.
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Memorial and Honor Donations |
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Selections From the New Shelf |
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Staff & Patron Selections |
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Child Programs and Events |
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1000 Books Before Kindergarten |
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Do you have a baby, toddler or preschooler? If so, join SCPL's 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program to help your child be ready for kindergarten. This program promotes reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and encourages parent and child bonding through reading. The goal of the program is to establish strong early literacy skills that will allow children to gain the confidence to become strong readers. Contact our Children's Department or Click here for more information.
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Adult Programming
In Person Classes!
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The Book Club at Rockport meets the first Friday of every month at 1:00 PM. You can join virtually or at the Main Library in Rockport. For more information please contact Erin by calling 812-649-4866. |
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July 1st at 1:00 PM at Rockport in the Large Meeting Room
Discussing The Boys by Ron Howard
“What was it like to grow up on TV?” Ron Howard has been asked this question throughout his adult life. in The Boys, he and his younger brother, Clint, examine their childhoods in detail for the first time. For Ron, playing Opie on The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days offered fame, joy, and opportunity—but also invited stress and bullying. For Clint, a fast start on such programs as Gentle Ben and Star Trek petered out in adolescence, with some tough consequences and lessons.
With the perspective of time and success—Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor—the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and Clint’s teacher, sage, and moral compass. Jean became their loving protector—sometimes over-protector—from the snares and traps of Hollywood.
By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming, and harrowing, THE BOYS is a dual narrative that lifts the lid on the Howard brothers’ closely held lives. It’s the journey of a tight four-person family unit that held fast in an unforgiving business and of two brothers who survived “child-actor syndrome” to become fulfilled adults.
-Excerpt from Amazon.
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June 8thh at 3:30 PM at Hatfield in the Community Room
Discussing Wild Montana Skies by Susan May Warren
Search and rescue pilot Kacey Fairing is home on leave in Mercy Falls, Montana, twelve years after she joined the military to escape the mistakes of her past. With a job waiting for her as the new lead pilot of Peak Rescue in Glacier National Park, Kacey hopes to reconnect with the now-teenage daughter she sees only between deployments. What she doesn't realize is that someone else is also back in town.
Ben King has been building his country music career since the day Kacey shut him out of her life. Now all of that's on hold when his injured father calls him home to help run Peak Rescue until he's fully recovered. It doesn't take long, though, to discover his father's ulterior motives as Kacey Fairing walks into the house and back into his heart.
With Mercy Falls in a state of emergency due to flash floods, Kacey and Ben are forced to work together to save lives. But when floodwaters turn personal, can they put aside the past to save their future?
-Excerpt from Amazon.
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June 13th at 1:30 PM at Richland Branch
Discussing The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg
When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper club, they get more than they bargained for. The plan for congenial evenings—talking, laughing, and sharing recipes, homemade food, and wine—abruptly changes course one night when one of the women reveals something startlingly intimate. The supper club then becomes Confession Club, and the women gather weekly to share not only dinners but embarrassing misdeeds, deep insecurities, and long-held regrets.
They invite Iris Winters and Maddy Harris to join, and their timing couldn't be better. Iris is conflicted about her feelings for a charming but troubled man, and Maddy has come back home from New York to escape a problem too big to handle alone. The club offers exactly the kind of support they need to help them make some difficult decisions.
-Excerpt from Amazon.
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If you find yourself stressing over what to make for dinner then join SCPL's Virtual Recipe Swap page on Facebook. Click here to request to join. This group allows members to share tips, tricks, and recipes with each other. Join today!
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