4 | 5 An Evening With Thomas Armstrong
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois Street, Plainfield
Real Reads Book Club: Death of a King
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
White Oak Library District/Lockport Branch, 121 E. 8th Street, Lockport, IL
| 6 Film Screening: Selma
5:30 pm - 8:15 pm
White Oak Library District/Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill, IL
| 7 The Freedom Riders & The Civil Rights Movement
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend Street, Lemont IL 60439
Make Two-Give One Fleece Scarf Event
3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Joliet Junior College Main Campus Library
History of the Chicago Race Riots with Author Claire Hartfield
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
White Oak Library District/Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville, IL
| 8 A Novel Idea Book Discussion: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois Street, Plainfield
| 9 | 10 Dream Pendant Necklaces
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
White Oak Library District/Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville, IL
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11 In the Belly of the Beast: King in Chicago
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Joliet Public Library, Black Road Branch 3395 Black Road, Joliet
| 12 Great Read Painting Party: I Have a Dream
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend Street, Lemont IL 60439
Peace Dove Mobile
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
White Oak Library District/Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill, IL
| 13 | 14 Art Contest Deadline
9:00 am - 9:00 pm
All participating locations
| 15 Critics' Choice Movie: Selma
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois Street, Plainfield
Family Book Discussion
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Joliet Junior College Main Campus Library
Martin Luther King, Jr. Poster Contest
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
White Oak Library District/Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville, IL
Letters for Change
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
White Oak Library District/Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill, IL
Film Screening: Selma
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, IL
| 16 | 17 Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend Street, Lemont IL 60439
Lasana Kazembe, PH.D. presents, Check the Rhime: The Cultural & Political Roots of Hip-Hop
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Joliet Public Library, Ottawa Street Branch, 150 N. Ottawa St. Joliet, IL 60432
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18 | 19 Junior Explorers: Celebrating with Dr. King
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
White Oak Library District/Crest Hill Branch, 20670 Len Kubinski Drive, Crest Hill, IL
Film Screening: Selma
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
White Oak Library District/Lockport Branch, 121 E. 8th Street, Lockport, IL
| 20 | 21 A Novel Idea Book Discussion: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Plainfield Public Library District, 15025 S. Illinois Street, Plainfield
Struggle for a Dream: The Life of MLK, Jr.
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
White Oak Library District/Lockport Branch, 121 E. 8th Street, Lockport, IL
| 22 Book Discussion: Dear Martin, by Nic Stone
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend Street, Lemont IL 60439
Joliet Public Library's Great Read Art Gala
12:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Joliet Public Library, Ottawa Street Branch, 150 N. Ottawa St. Joliet, IL 60432
Film Screening: The History Channel's King
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, IL
| 23 | 24 Rummage Sale -- Giving Back to the Community
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
White Oak Library District/Romeoville Branch, 201 W. Normantown Road, Romeoville, IL
I Have a Dream Craft
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, IL
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25 The Poetic Storyteller: Oba William King
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Fountaindale Public Library, 300 W. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook, IL
| 26 | 27 Book Buzz Discussion: Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend Street, Lemont IL 60439
| 28 The Great Read Finale
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Joliet Public Library, Black Road Branch, 3395 Black Rd, Joliet, IL
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