10/05/24 @ 11:00am – 10/05/24 @ 12:00pm Library Commons Area Winfield Public Library Winfield Public Library is pleased to partner with Southwestern College’s Deets Library to host Winfield native Steven Steinbach, author of With Liberty and Justice for All? The Constitution in the Classroom.  Local social studies teachers and the Winfield community at large are invited to hear about and discuss Steinbach’s unique approach to the study of both the constitution and American History. This is a timely topic given the coming election and discussion of the Constitution that will center around Constitution Day on September 17.

10/05/24 @ 11:00am – 10/05/24 @ 1:00pm Discovery Room Winfield Public Library Open to the public and coordinated by community members, this is an opportunity to visit with others that have or care about someone with Multiple Sclerosis.   This event has been created by a member or members of our community and is not a library program. Hosting and advertising this event on behalf of our community does not imply an endorsement of the event or any information shared within. WPL supports members of our community gathering and learning together through the provision of space and resources.

10/07/24 @ 4:15pm – 10/07/24 @ 5:15pm Discovery Room Winfield Public Library Youth, grades 3-7, have an opportunity to tackle the Winfield Public Library’s 2024 Reading Challenge together!  Our October challenge is to read “a detective novel or true crime book.” We are reading The Misfits, A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee and illustrated by Dan Santat. When a notorious thief is on the prowl for priceless treasure, an elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, also known as the Misfits, is on the case! We meet every Monday after school from 4:15 pm-5:15 pm and read the book aloud together each week. Youth may pop in and join us at ANY TIME!  Copies of the book are available at the library, and attendance at the club meetings is not required to participate. 

10/07/24 @ 6:30pm – 10/07/24 @ 7:30pm Community Room Winfield Public Library Join us for a discussion of the graphic novel 83 Days in Mariupol:  a War Diary on Monday, October 7 at 6:30pm.  A companion to September’s partner event with Southwestern College’s Deets Library, “The Question of Ukraine,” the book discussion will include input from Lev Mitin, a Winfield High School student whose family emigrated from Ukraine during the siege of Mariupol. Emily Hedges, librarian at SC’s Deets Library, will co-facilitate the discussion.  Published in January 2023, 83 Days in Mariupol is a young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the siege of Mariupol (February 2022-May 2022) The October 7 discussion is open to adults and teens; copies of the book are available to check out at WPL’s front desk.  From the publisher: A city ruined. In once quiet residential streets, two armies battle, driving people into cellars and basements with little food or water. No lights or heat. Dwindling medical supplies. Shells and bullets deliver cruel, random death to the young and old, men, women, and children. This is Mariupol, a Ukrainian city and early target of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Bordering Russian-occupied territory, the coastal city seemed doomed to a defeat that would come within days, if not hours. Could Mariupol, and Ukraine, survive? As Russian rockets threatened the city, Ukrainians resisted, and with a heroic combination of sacrifice and bravery, the besieged city endured…for months. But it all came at a steep cost.  With compassion and his keen journalist’s eye, Don Brown illuminates the horrors of Mariupol and the depredations of its people not seen in the city since World War II. He also shows that outside of Mariupol, the city’s agonies were mirrored by similar events occurring in towns and cities across Ukraine. 83 Days in Mariupol reminds us that the bloody defiance shown at the Alamo, Dunkirk, Leningrad, and Thermopylae isn’t confined to the past but has a violent, modern presence. It is the story of senseless destruction, patriotism, and grit against long odds – a brutal battle whose consequences still reverberate across Ukraine and continue to reshape the global political landscape.

10/08/24 @ 4:00pm – 10/08/24 @ 5:30pm Community Room Winfield Public Library The Winfield Public Library board meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 4:00 pm. Meetings are open to the public.