Finish up Haunted St. Joe's Cryptid week by participating in this fun interactive showing of Hotel Transylvania, props and activities included! Feel free to dress up in a family friendly costume. 

For all ages, registration required.

Hotel Transylvania (2012) is 91 minutes long and is rated PG.

Regular monthly meeting of the SJPL Board of Trustees.

Join us for an outdoor movie night sponsored by the Library Foundation. The outdoor theater equipment was purchased with funds from the Urban Homestead grant.

Families can create art together at this family art night! Just in time for spooky season we will be creating Ghost Family Portraits. 

For all ages, registration required. Please register once for your family and note how many will be painting. 

Only for members of the St. Joseph Public Library Board.

Do you have a student with dyslexia?  Have you ever wondered what that might feel like? Experience what it is like to have dyslexia during this simulation presented by Jamie Davis, Certified Academic Language Therapist and National Board Certified Teacher in the area of literacy.  

For adults, registration is required for this session.

The Book Buddies Pony Express Therapy Dogs, in partnership with the East Hills Library, are offering children a way to improve their reading skills in a unique and fun environment. This program utilizes therapy dogs as the listeners for children of all ages and reading levels.  Drop in anytime during this 90 minute session.

Join us for an outdoor movie night sponsored by the Library Foundation. The outdoor theater equipment was purchased with funds from the Urban Homestead grant.

Ms. Shelly from the Remington Nature Center will be teaching us about bats! With 14 species of bats who call Missouri home, there is no shortage of interesting things to learn about our only flying mammal. Come join us as we separate fact from myth in this educational and fun look at these mysterious creatures of the night. 

Best for grades K - 6th. Registration required.

Ready to stitch, slay, and create? Join us for Slay Crochet, a teen and adult crochet club at Washington Park Library! 

We’ll provide all the materials and teach you the basics and more, so you'll leave with some new skills!  Come stitch, chill, and slay with us!  

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie is a fun twist on a classic tale. We are partnering with Haunted St. Joe, The St. Joseph Symphony and the Friends of the Animal Shelter to stitch together a Monstrously fun week! After the movie, you will have a chance to meet some dogs that are available for adoption (starting at 7 o'clock). One lucky attendee at our film will win 2 free tickets to St. Joseph Symphony's Frankenstein--It's Live! Concert.

Frankenweenie (2012) is 90 minutes long and rated PG. For all ages, no registration required.

Join us for the final segment of our dyslexia awareness series where we learn how we can support children with dyslexia presented by Jamie Davis, Certified Academic Language Therapist and National Board Certified Teacher in the area of literacy.

For adults, no registration requried.

You're invited to a spooktacular Halloween bash at a real haunted library. We'll have snacks, drinks, tricks, and treats. Costumes are not required, but definitely encouraged!

If you have not already, fill out the permission slip here, or bring a guardian to fill out the form in person.