Author Shirin Yim Bridges will present More Than Pretty and Pink at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, on the main floor of Illinois State University’s Milner Library as part of the Spring Speaker Series.
On Friday, April 1, Illinois State University’s Milner Library will celebrate its sixth annual observance of the Edible Book Festival from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the main floor of the library.
Illinois State University’s Milner Library will host an exhibit of World War II posters starting on Monday, March 14, and continuing through Friday, September 30.
On Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m., Irene Spencer will present Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife on the main floor of the Illinois State University Milner Library as part of the Spring Speaker Series.
Author Lorenzo Pace will present on Thursday, March 17, at 7 p.m. on the main floor of the Illinois State University Milner Library, with a book signing to follow his presentation.
A reading of works by William Blake and other poets will be part of the Friday Night Live Literary Kicks event at Illinois State University’s Milner Library on Friday, Nov. 12, at 8:15 p.m.
Illinois State University’s Milner Library will host Justice James Knecht and the University Debate Team on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. on the library’s main floor. The debate, Freedom to Read Sexually Explicit Material, is free and open to the public.
Juan and Miguel Vazquez, of the renowned Flying Vazquez trapeze act, recently donated a substantial number of items to the Circus and Allied Arts Collection, housed in the Special Collections area of Illinois State University’s Milner Library.
As part of Banned Books Week, Illinois State University’s Milner Library and Barnes and Noble College Bookstore will host readings from banned and challenged books on Tuesday, Sept. 28, and Wednesday, Sept. 29, starting at 11:30 a.m. each day.
The Center for Conservation and Preservation at Illinois State University’s Milner Library will host a number of workshops and lectures this fall on the creation and preservation of books.
