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La Crosse Public Library

La Crosse Public Library Main

608-789-7100
800 Main Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
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Thu: 9:00am-7:00pm
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Sat: 9:00am-1:00pm

La Crosse Public Library North

608-789-7102
1552 Kane Street
La Crosse, WI 54603
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Tue: 10:00am-2:00pm
Wed: 2:00pm-6:00pm
Thu: 2:00pm-6:00pm

La Crosse Public Library South

608-789-7103
1307 16th Street South
La Crosse, WI 54601
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Tue: 2:00pm-6:00pm
Wed: 10:00am-2:00pm
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Upcoming Events

Jan
30

FRIENDS MONDAY BOOK SALE

9:00am - 12:00pm
Age Group: All Ages

FRIENDS MONDAY BOOK SALE

9:00am - 12:00pm
Jan 30, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Age Groups: All Ages
Program Type: Book Sale
Description
Come join us Mondays 9:00am-12:00pm for the Friends of the La Crosse Public Library book sale in the lower level book room. ...
Jan
31

Creation Space Open Lab

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Age Group: All Ages

Creation Space Open Lab

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Jan 31, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Creation Space
Age Groups: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description
The La Crosse Public Library Creation Space provides an opportunity for the community to explore, create, invent and collaborate with others. Drop in during open lab to: ...
Feb
1

Roaming Readers

10:00am - 11:00am
Age Group: Adult

Roaming Readers

10:00am - 11:00am
Feb 1, 2023
Outreach
Age Groups: Adult
Program Type: Book Discussion
Description
Looking for more ways to get your steps in this winter? Join us for Roaming Readers and talk books while we walk! We’ll meet at the Community Connections Center (1407 St....
Feb
1

Family storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Age Group: Preschool

Family storytime

10:30am - 11:00am
Feb 1, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Main Hall
Age Groups: Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Description
Designed for all ages, this 30 minute storytime features stories, rhymes, singing, games, and dancing. A great opportunity to encourage an interest in books and help young children develop important socialization skills....
Feb
1

Creation Space Open Lab

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Age Group: All Ages

Creation Space Open Lab

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Feb 1, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Age Groups: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description
The La Crosse Public Library Creation Space provides an opportunity for the community to explore, create, invent and collaborate with others. Drop in during open lab to: ...
Feb
1

Knit & Needle

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Age Group: Adult, All Ages

Knit & Needle

5:00pm - 7:00pm
Feb 1, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Creation Space
Age Groups: Adult, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description
Bring your knitting, crochet, or embroidery projects and craft alongside other fiber art enthusiasts!...
Feb
2

Creation Space Open Lab

10:00am - 12:00pm
Age Group: All Ages

Creation Space Open Lab

10:00am - 12:00pm
Feb 2, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Creation Space
Age Groups: All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description
The La Crosse Public Library Creation Space provides an opportunity for the community to explore, create, invent and collaborate with others. Drop in during open lab to: ...
Feb
2

Sewing with Stephanie - Tote Bag

10:00am - 12:30pm
Age Group: Adult
Registration

Sewing with Stephanie - Tote Bag

10:00am - 12:30pm
Feb 2, 2023
La Crosse Public Library Main
Age Groups: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Description
Tote Bag Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 10-12:30 pm Creation Space - La Crosse Public Library Main Registration is required - to register call 608-789-7145 or email programteam@lacrosselibrary.org...
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Honor Black History, Support Black Future!

  • How Long 'til Black Future Month?

    How Long 'til Black Future Month?

    N. K. Jemisin

    Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories. "Marvelous and wide-ranging."--Los Angeles Times"Gorgeous" --NPR Books"Breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold."--Entertainment Weekly Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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  • Black Trans Feminism

    Black Trans Feminism

    Marquis Bey

    Marquis Bey offers a meditation on blackness and gender nonnormativity in ways that recalibrate traditional understandings of each, conceiving of black trans feminism as a politics grounded in fugitivity and the subversion of power.

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  • The Black Power Mixtape

    The Black Power Mixtape

    Göran Hugo Olsson

    A provocative mixtape, mash-up and treasure trove of never-before-seen images and stories of the Black Power movement, with contemporary reflections by Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Questlove and many more. Original.

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  • How We Get Free

    How We Get Free

    Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

    The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organization and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today's struggles.Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States.

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  • Fables and Spells

    Fables and Spells

    Adrienne Maree Brown

    Visionary fiction and poetry from bestselling author adrienne maree brown.

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  • Ain't I a Woman

    Ain't I a Woman

    Bell Hooks

    A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must-read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood. Examining the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the black woman's involvement with feminism, hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and sexist assumptions. The result is nothing short of groundbreaking, giving this book a critical place on every feminist scholar's bookshelf.

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  • Undrowned

    Undrowned

    Alexis Pauline Gumbs

    Deep, trans-species lessons for a world in crisis.

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  • As Black As Resistance

    As Black As Resistance

    William C. Anderson, Zoé Samudzi

    Both theoretical and pragmatic, this refreshingly savvy book charts a course for the Black Lives Matter generation.

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  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    ONE OF TIME’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.

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  • Black Ink

    Black Ink

    Stephanie Stokes Oliver

    Spanning over 250 years of history, Black Ink traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this masterful collection of twenty-five illustrious and moving essays on the power of the written word. Throughout American history black people are the only group of people to have been forbidden by law to learn to read.

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