If you have never tried listening to a book, we would like to encourage you to give it a go. Listening to a book, narrated by a skilled voice actor, can be a wonderful experience and provide a mini-vacation for tired eyes. With multiple formats available, and more titles coming out in audio than ever before, nearly everyone can find listening happiness with an audiobook.
The Crown Point Community Library has two great resources for downloadable audio – The Overdrive and RBDigital collections. Both require you to load apps on your device, which is very simple and our staff can help you with this process. Overdrive recently introduced its Libby app, which simplifies the whole searching, downloading and listening process.
Create a Lego sculpture and bring it into the Winfield Branch between June 19th and July 10th. Creations should be original creations and not from a kit.
We are still accepting applications for Summer Reading volunteers at the Crown Point Youth Services Department and the Winfield Library. Applications are due May 14th!
May is “Get Caught Reading” month. Laura Clemons, Communications Specialist “caught” the Library’s new Programming and Outreach Librarian, Peter Lewis, reading! Come meet him in person along with the library’s new director Julie Wendorf and other members of the library’s leadership team at a “Meet & Greet” event on Wednesday, May 16 from 4-6 p.m. in the Tri Kappa meeting room at the downtown Crown Point Library. This event is free, refreshments will be served.
The Crown Point Community Library is excited to announce their next Library Mini Golf Event, “A Hole Lot of Fun,” will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The library will be transformed into an 18-hole miniature golf course for the day. The course will be set up throughout the first and second floors of the library, including a special “Family Fun Zone” in the meeting rooms that will feature free refreshments, games and more. Players of all ages will have “A Hole Lot of Fun” swinging their clubs through the library stacks!
So get your golf on and come play, explore and experience the library in a unique and fun way. A Family Fun Zone will be located at the end of the course in the library’s three meeting rooms. Light refreshments, games and other activities will be available to players at no extra charge. In addition, we will have raffle items donated by many of our community’s businesses.
The cost of the event is $5 per person or $20 for a group of five. One round of golf (putters, balls, scorecards will be provided to players) and admittance to the Family Fun Zone is included.
The library will be open for business during its normal Saturday hours, 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. Although there will be extra activity from the golfers and their fans, library staff will make every effort to provide the usual high level of service that the community expects. Patrons needing quiet library time are encouraged to visit the library on Friday or visit the Winfield Branch located at 10771 Randolph Street.
Library Mini Golf allows us to raise money for library programming for children, teen, and adults at the Crown Point Community Library and Winfield Branch Library. All the proceeds from this fundraising event will allow us to offer author/illustrator visits, literary impersonators, musicians and more to expand the traditional boundaries of library programming.
Our librarians have many ideas for new and exciting programs for the community. You can be part of our efforts by supporting this year’s “A Hole Lot of Fun” mini-golf fundraiser – a fun event for families and friends of all ages.
Scenic Landscaping Photography – Best Practices
Wednesday, March 21
6 p.m. – Meet and Greet
6:30-7:30 p.m. – Presentation
The Purdue Club of NWI will be featuring Photographer, Pete Doherty on Scenic Landscaping Photography – Best Practices. Pete is a local Scenic & Corporate Photographer.
Pete is a former bank marketing executive who started his own company, Doherty Images, LLC in 2005. A freelance photographer, he specializes in Chicago lakefront and Indiana Dunes photography. He also provides commercial photography to a wide range of businesses and organizations throughout Northwest Indiana and Chicago.
Join the Friends of the Crown Point Library as they celebrate members (new and old) and a longtime support for the Library at a public open house on Tuesday, February 27 from 5 – 7 p.m. in the library’s meeting rooms.
Learn about the new membership benefits and upcoming events!
Social hour begins at 5 p.m.
Welcome and Announcements at 5:30 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served and musical entertainment will be provided by Chicago Harpist, Nichole Luchs.
Free. No RSVP! For more information contact Rose at (219) 663-3924.
