Week Calendar

Get out and stretch your way to feeling better mentally and physically. Chair yoga is a low impact way to fitness and everyone can participate regardless of physical or health limitations! Jessica Bannon will be your instructor.

Do you like cooking with herbs, and gardening? We would love for you to join our herb group that meets on the third Wednesday of each month. Anyone is welcome! 

2025 BLUE BUSH INSPIRATIONAL BOOK CLUB

We meet on the second Thursday of every month at 11:00a.m. for our book discussion. Please feel free to join us.

To make an appointment, call 1 800 RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code ELLISLIBRARY. 

Get out and stretch your way to feeling better mentally and physically. Chair yoga is a low impact way to fitness and everyone can participate regardless of physical or health limitations! Jessica Bannon will be your instructor.

Come in and get creative on Saturdays 11am - 1pm.  Lego building fun for the whole family. 

Love to play cards?  Then stop by and enjoy various card games. Coffee and cards will be provided, unless you prefer to bring your own. Bring some friends and have some fun!

If you love historical fiction or want to try something new,  join us every second Wednesday of the month here are at the branch!

Use the link to find the this month's book title!

January 9 - The Negotiator by Dee Henderson

February 13 - Christy by Catherine Marshall

March 13 - Relative Silence by Carrie Stuart Parks

April 10 - The Ark and the Dove by Jill Eileen Smith

“Yoga with Diane”  A FREE, one hour community Yoga class.  Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, this class is designed for all  levels, all ages.

Ida Library Crankers, a machine sock knitting group, meets once a month in the Ida Library Community Room. Everyone is welcome. Bring your sock knitting machine or come and learn about sock knitting with machines.

All meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 4pm

2025 selections:

January      The Women by Kristin Hannah

February    Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Quarterly meeting of the Summerfield-Petersburg Library Advisory Board. This meeting will take place at the City of Petersburg building at 24 E Center St.

January meeting of the Monroe County Library System's Board of Trustees.

Join us as we hunt down our UnFinished (craft) Objects.

Come out and have a fun night of crafting with us. This month we are making a fun trinket holder out of a oyster shell. Registration is required and all materials will be provided. 

The Dundee Branch Book Club meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. on the lower level of the library.

Everyone is welcome, and books are available at the library.

All meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 6pm

2025 selections:

January      The Women by Kristin Hannah

February    Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Life is a Mystery Book Club List 2025 

We typically meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm 

All meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Ida Branch Library. New members are always welcome! Please pick up a copy of the book at the library before the meeting.

All readers are welcome to join us as we read and discuss books with an emphasis on Japanese culture/history with our friends in Hofu, Japan and members of MIFA.  Discussions will be on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm Monroe local

Guess Who is Coming to Dinner?

Join us as we watch a recently released movie on a Saturday evening. We will supply the popcorn, you will need to bring a soda or water to drink. These movies will have a PG or PG-13 rating and are intended for teens or adults.