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Black Kid Magic Storytime

Black Kid Magic Storytime
2025-02-13 10:00:00 2025-02-13 11:00:00 America/Chicago Black Kid Magic Storytime Main Library - Room 115B: Story Time

Thursday, February 13
10:00am - 11:00am

Add to Calendar 2025-02-13 10:00:00 2025-02-13 11:00:00 America/Chicago Black Kid Magic Storytime A storytime for Black History Month celebrating the culture and stories of Black kids. Main Library - Room 115B: Story Time

Main Library

Room 115B: Story Time

A storytime for Black History Month celebrating the culture and stories of Black kids.

Black Kid Magic is a weekly storytime during Black History Month celebrating our rich culture. We will pick from a variety of books in our collection that focus on characters that reflect ourselves and our community! Join us every Thursday in February 10:00am-11:00am for a story and a craft.

Main Library
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Phone: 815-965-7606
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Dunarene Hopson
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The 66,000 sq.ft. Main Library opened in spring of 2024 and serves as the Rockford Public Library's main downtown facility. The newly constructed space boasts a 1st floor Children's Area complete with a dedicated computer lab, three program rooms, play structure with slide, and baby garden, a Maker Lab with access to 3D printers and scanners and small board computers, podcasting room, green screen video room, a large Young Adult Zone with gaming center, adult computer lab, local history room, and several meeting and study rooms accommodating groups of 2-8 people. Additional features include a large interactive screen, two roof-top terraces, one of which is available for rent as part of our large event space on the third floor, underground parking, and drive-thru book drop holds pickup!

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