“Hold on Tight, Spider Monkey!”

twilight movie showing at the depot

“Hold on tight, spider monkey!” We’re traveling to Forks, Washington this Winter Break for a showing of the romantic fantasy film Twilight! Based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer, Twilight follows teenager Bella Swan as she moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.

FREE snacks and drinks will be provided! This movie is rated PG-13, so anyone 13 or older is welcome! We’ll be doing a door prize giveaway of some Twilight merch! Come visit us at the Old Aurora Train Depot on December 28th at 5:30 pm.

APLD Holiday Events

Celebrate the Holidays with the library

Happy Holidays from your hometown library, the Aurora Public Library District! Looking for something fun to add to your holiday calendar? There will be a little of the library sprinkled in these special occasions across Southern Dearborn County, thanks to the Aurora Public Library District Foundation! Check it out!

On Saturday, December 2nd, visit the Moores Hill Winter Walk in downtown Moores Hill, where a special guest may be in attendance! Who could it be? Do I hear jingle bells and the hooves of reindeer? I bet he may have a fun treat for good girls and boys (and teenagers too!), courtesy of APLD! For more information, follow the Moores Hill Indiana Winter Walk Facebook page.

Visit us on Saturday, December 2nd at Dillsboro’s yearly holiday festival, the Dillsboro Hometown Christmas, on the Dillsboro lawn to enter in a raffle prize, including a Reindeer Ridge visit, courtesy of APLD! For more information, follow the Dillsboro Main Street Facebook page.

Looking for some more holiday fun? Visit the LIVE reindeer and other cool animals from Silly Safaris from 1-4 pm on December 3rd and 17th at the Lions Club in Downtown Aurora, brought to you courtesy of APLD! For more information, follow the Aurora Main Street Facebook page.

We can’t wait to see you there!

It’s Getting UGLY!

ugly sweater party at the aurora library

It’s about to get UGLY at the library! Break out your sweaters because we’re hosting an Ugly Sweater Holiday Party at the Aurora Public Library on December 15th at 4 pm. Whoever has the ugliest sweater will win an Amazon gift card!

No sweater? No problem! Anyone 13-19 is welcome with or without a sweater.

Free snacks and drinks will be provided! We hope to see you there!

Get Your GAME On!

Gaming and Grub Meets in December

Join our monthly teen video game group, Gaming & Grub! We meet for one hour on the third Thursday of every month at 4 pm to play games on our Nintendo Switch! Battle it out in Super Smash Bros, race towards the finish line in Mario Kart, and help us decide what other games we should try out! FREE snacks and drinks will be provided.

This program is open to all teens ages 13-19. We will be meeting at the Aurora Public Library in the teen section on December 21st at 4 pm. We hope to see you there!

Game ON!

 

Join our monthly video game group, Gaming & Grub on November 16th at 4 pm at the Aurora Public Library!

We meet for one hour on the third Thursday of every month at 4 pm to play games on our Nintendo Switch! Battle it out in Super Smash Bros, race towards the finish line in Mario Kart, and help us decide what other games we should try out!

FREE snacks and drinks will be provided! We hope to see you there!

PLEASE NOTE: This program’s time has been moved to 4 pm from its regular 6 pm slot.

The Library is HAUNTED!

Library Haunted House October 27

Shriek freely and pardon the screams… the library is HAUNTED!

The Aurora Public Library is hosting a haunted house! After closing at 6 pm on Friday, October 27th, the library will be open again at 6:30 pm until 7:30 pm for some frightening fun. This walkthrough might be too scary for younger ghouls, so recommended age is 3rd grade and up.

Registration is required by 1 week before the event. To register, speak to a librarian or call 812-926-0646.

Who knows what might be lurking in the library!

Show Off Your Spooky Look!

Costume Party APL October 29

Show off your costume, play some spooky trivia, and win prizes at our Halloween Costume Party! We’ll vote for the scariest, funniest, and most original costumes! Winners will receive a secret spooky surprise!

Anyone ages 13-19 is welcome to attend! Dressing up is highly encouraged, but not required.

We’ll be showing off our costumes for the spookiest season of the year at the Aurora Public Library on Thursday, October 26th at 6 pm! We’ll have light refreshments available.

We can’t wait to see you there!

NYM Book Club Reads The Boy Who Drew Monsters

Not Your Mother's Book Club Meets in october

Want some excitement in your book club? Check out Not Your Mother’s Book Club from the Aurora Public Library District, where you’ll get to read today’s hottest books from Booktok and beyond and discuss them with readers just like you! Olivia, our resident “edgy” book lover, will be there to lead the discussion and take recommendations from attendees. Remember, this is your book club, and your reading opinions matter!

This month, we will be reading “The Boy Who Drew Monsters” by Keith Donohue.The Boy Who Drew Monsters by Keith Donohue

Ever since he nearly drowned in the ocean three years earlier, ten-year-old Jack Peter Keenan has been deathly afraid to venture outdoors. Refusing to leave his home in a small coastal town in Maine, Jack Peter spends his time drawing monsters. When those drawings take on a life of their own, no one is safe from the terror they inspire. His mother, Holly, begins to hear strange sounds in the night coming from the ocean, and she seeks answers from the local Catholic priest and his Japanese housekeeper, who fill her head with stories of shipwrecks and ghosts. His father, Tim, wanders the beach, frantically searching for a strange apparition running wild in the dunes. And the boy’s only friend, Nick, becomes helplessly entangled in the eerie power of the drawings. While those around Jack Peter are haunted by what they think they see, only he knows the truth behind the frightful occurrences as the outside world encroaches upon them all.

Registration is recommended, but not required for this FREE program, open to anyone ages 18 or older. We will be meeting at Hankering Southern Kitchen in Downtown Aurora on October 26th at 6 pm.

As a reminder, this will be the last meeting of NYMBC in 2023. The club will resume in January 2024.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Get Your Game ON!

Gaming Club Meets October 19th

Join us on the third Thursday of this month at 6 pm for an hour of gaming fun at Gaming & Grub, our teen gaming club! Battle it out in Super Smash Bros, race towards the finish line in Mario Kart, and help us decide what other games we should try out!

FREE snacks and drinks will be provided! We hope to see you there!

We will be meeting at the Aurora Public Library on Thursday, October 19th at 6 pm.

I Smell… CHILDREN!

Hocus Pocus Movie Night at the Depot

Oh no… you lit the black candle! You know what that means! The Sanderson Sisters are coming to the Aurora Train Depot!

It’s just a bunch of Hocus Pocus! Join us at the Local History Library at the Depot for a showing of Hocus Pocus, a family film that follows a villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night.

FREE snacks and drinks will be provided. Anyone ages 13-19 are welcome to attend!

We’ll watch the Sanderson Sisters return on Thursday, October 12th at 6 pm at the Local History Library at the Depot. Wear your spookiest attire if you feel so obligated!

The Sanderson Sisters