Williams Weekly Storytime
2024-12-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Williams, 158 Tetherow Rd, Williams, OR, 97544, United States
Families are invited to the Williams branch of Josephine Community Library every Friday from 11 am–12 pm for a weekly themed storytime and craft session in a safe and fun environment.

Illinois Valley Saturday Storytime
2024-12-14 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-21 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-28 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-04 11:00 - 17:00, 2025-01-11 11:00 - 17:00 | Illinois Valley, 209 West Palmer, Cave Junction, OR, 97523, United States
Families are invited to drop-in to the Illinois Valley branch of Josephine Community Library every Saturday for themed storytime and crafts all day. Storytime takes place every half hour.
This program is offered at no charge and a library card is not necessary to participate.

K9 Reading Buddies | Grants Pass
2024-12-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-24 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-31 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Grants Pass, 200 NW C Street, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
Each week the library comes alive with furry friends waiting to hear a good book.
Visit Grants Pass and Williams every Tuesday or Wolf Creek every second Wednesday from 3–4 pm for K9 Reading Buddies. During this program, trained therapy dogs provide a non-intimidating environment for children to learn to read out loud. Young readers have the opportunity to explore language and books during this special storytime.
Registration is not required.

K9 Reading Buddies | Williams
2024-12-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-31 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Williams, 158 Tetherow Rd, Williams, OR, 97544, United States

Sprout a Reader Storytime
2024-12-19 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-01-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-01-09 10:30 - 11:00 | Grants Pass, 200 NW C Street, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
Children ages birth to five and their caregivers are invited to learn how to give a great storytime from home during the Sprout a Reader program from 10:30–11 am on Thursdays at the Grants Pass branch.

Computer Basics Drop-in Lab
2024-12-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-01-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Offsite
Drop in to the WorkSource Oregon computer Lab twice a month to boost your computer skills with an instructor from Josephine Community Library. Practice using the internet, learn how to copy/paste, try uploading and downloading, and more. This free, hands-on program is open to all — no library card or WorkSource Oregon enrollment needed.
Classes are from 2–3:30 pm every other Thursday in the computer lab at WorkSource Oregon, 1569 NE F St. Grants Pass, OR 97526. Registration is not required — space is limited.
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.
Schedule:
October 17 | Intro to Computers and Windows
October 31 | Files, folders, and online storage
November 14 | Using Internet and Internet Safety
December 5 | Email Setup and Use
December 19 | Word and Excel
January 2 | Google Suite
January 16 | Intro to Computers, Keyboard, and Mouse
January 30 | Windows 11, Files, and Folders
February 13 | Using Internet and Internet Safety
February 27 | Email Setup and Use
March 13 | Microsoft Word/Excel
March 27 | Google Suite
April 10 | Intro to Computers, Keyboard, and Mouse
April 24 | Windows 11, Files, and Folders
May 8 | Using Internet and Internet Safety
May 22 | Email Setup and Use
June 5 | Google Suite

Holiday Caroling with Rogue Singers
2024-12-21 14:30 - 15:30 | Grants Pass, 200 NW C Street, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
Community members of all ages are invited to join us to create warm memories with holiday caroling at the Grants Pass branch on Saturday, December 21. Experience the joy of the season with local a cappella choir, Rogue Singers.
This program is offered at no charge and a library card is not necessary to participate.

Closed for Christmas Eve and Christmas
2024-12-24 - 2024-12-25 | All branches
All four library branches will be closed on Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25.

Williams book club
2024-12-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Williams, 158 Tetherow Rd, Williams, OR, 97544, United States
Join the monthly Williams Book Club the last Saturday of every month from 12–1 pm at the Williams branch.
From gripping plot twists to heartwarming characters, participants can unravel the wonders of literature together. Explore what you love about the books you’re reading or the ones you’ve recently finished.
This program is offered at no charge and a library card is not necessary to participate.

Closed for New Years
2025-01-01 | All branches
All four library branches will be closed on Wednesday, January 1 in observance of New Years.

Virtues and Obligations
2025-01-07 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-01-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Grants Pass, 200 NW C Street, Grants Pass, OR, 97526, United States
Civic Behavior From Yesterday—for Today
Join former Oregon Teacher of the Year Lois MacMillan for a three-part series exploring classical virtues and civic responsibilities. Drawing from Jeffrey Rosen’s The Pursuit of Happiness and Richard Haas’ The Bill of Obligations, participants will examine values like temperance, humility, and justice, and the common good. Open to teens and adults, this program blends history and civic engagement to inspire personal and community well-being.
This program is offered at no charge and open to the public. A library card is not needed to participate.
Lois serves on the National Council of History Education and has participated in fellowships with Monticello, Ford’s Theatre, James Madison, and the Pulitzer Center.
Schedule:
Temperance, Humility, Sincerity | Tuesday, January 7 | 5:30–7 pm | Grants Pass branch
Industry, Resolution, Moderation | Tuesday, January 14 | 5:30–7 pm | Grants Pass branch
Tranquility, Silence, Justice | Tuesday, January 21 | 5:30–7 pm | Grants Pass branch
Recommended reading
January 7 Books in the Presentation:

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence by David Waldstreicher
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America’s First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
John Adams by David McCullough
Abigail Adams: A Life by Woody Holton

January 14 Books in the Presentation:

1776 by David McCullough
A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic by Francis Cogliano
Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 by Ricardo Herrera
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fisher
Washington at the Plow by Bruce Ragsdale
Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention by Mary Sarah Bilder
March Book One, Two, and Three Graphic Novels by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham
Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America by John Lewis

January 21 Books in the Presentation:

James Traub’s John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
Marcus Rediker’s The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
Caleb Bingham’s The Columbian Orator
Richard Carwardine’s Lincoln’s Sense of Humor
John Stauffer’s Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
David Blight’s Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
James Oakes’ The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics
James Oakes’ Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
John Stauffer’s Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century’s Most Photographed American
Diane McWhorter’s Carry Me Home Birmingham Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Glenn Eskew’s But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle
Melvin Urofsky’s Louis D. Brandeis: A Life
Jeffrey Rosen’s Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
Jeffrey Rosen’s Conversations with RGB: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
