General Events

De-Stress Fest

Event Type
Other
Sponsor
Funk Library, Grainger Engineering Library, Main Library, Music & Performing Arts Library
Location
Funk Library, Grainger Engineering Library, Main Library, Music & Performing Arts Library
Date
May 8, 2025   11:00 am - 9:00 pm  
Contact
TLAS
E-Mail
TLAS@library.illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Teaching, Learning, and Academic Support

On Reading Day, take a study break to relax and refresh at the library's end-of-semester tradition, De-Stress Fest! From animals, crafts, a film screening, music, VR, snacks, academic support, and more,* there is something for everyone! Locations include: Funk Library - Grainger Engineering Library - Main Library - Music & Performing Arts Library. See below for each location's unique schedule of events. We hope to see you there! 

*While supplies last. 

FUNK LIBRARY SCHEDULE 

All Day | Funk Library 2nd Floor 
Interactive Whiteboard Questions | Relaxing Animal Cams | Puzzles & Coloring | Crafts

Scheduled Events
2 PM – 4 PM 
Film | Rachel Carson: The Woman Who Launched the Modern Environmental Movement | Funk Library Room 509 

GRAINGER ENGINEERING LIBRARY SCHEDULE 

All Day | IDEA Lab
11 AM – 9 PM
Study Spaces* | FREE Snacks** | Board Games | Puzzle Station | Open PC Gaming  | Animal Cam Streaming | Fidget Toys (Play-Doh, Stress Balls, etc.) | Study Supply Stations (Pencils, Scrap Paper, etc.) | Activity Stations (Coloring Sheets, DIY Puzzles, etc.)

Scheduled Events
2 PM – 3 PM 
Collage Bookmarks | Grainger Commons (2nd Floor Rooms 233/235)

3 PM - 4 PM
Giant Games | Third Floor, Room 335

4 PM - 6 PM 
Scrap Sculptures | Grainger Commons (2nd Floor Rooms 233/235)

4 PM - 7 PM
VR Game Room with the Illinois VR Club | IDEA Lab (Immersive Learning Lab Room 000J)

*Reservation required. Visit the IDEA Lab website to reserve a space, either our innovation design room for group study OR a seat in our Immersive Learning Lab for a single-use high-tech workstation.
**Snacks will be provided in 2 hour intervals starting at noon, right outside the IDEA Lab. Note: Keep our spaces clean and our technology safe; Food is not allowed inside the IDEA Lab, and drinks are not permitted in high-tech workstations.

MAIN LIBRARY SCHEDULE 

All Day | Main Library Orange Room
11 AM – 9 PM
Coloring | "Best of" Animal Cam QR Codes | “Take What You Need” & Emoji Boards | Play-Doh | Kinetic Sand | Chess | Checkers

Scheduled Events
11 AM – 12 PM
Ambassador Animals Meet & Greet with the Wildlife Medical Clinic | Main Library Gallery

12 PM – 1 PM
Craft: Button Making | Main Library Orange Room
Free Snacks | Main Library Orange Room

1 PM – 2 PM  
Craft: Vision Boards | Main Library Orange Room
Creative Brain Break & Wishing Wall with the Writers Workshop | Main Library Orange Room

2 PM – 3 PM
Craft: Stained Glass Jars | Main Library Orange Room
Creative Brain Break & Wishing Wall with the Writers Workshop | Main Library Orange Room

3 PM – 4 PM
Mini-Therapy Horse Meet & Greet with Heartland Mini Hoofs | Main Library Gallery 
Free Snacks | Main Library Orange Room
Reading Day Relaxation with the Rare Books & Manuscript Library | Main Library Room 346

4 PM – 5 PM
Craft: Sticker Making | Main Library Orange Room
Reading Day Relaxation with the Rare Books & Manuscript Library | Main Library Room 346

5 PM – 6 PM
Craft: Button Making | Main Library Orange Room

6 PM – 7 PM  
Craft: Vision Boards | Main Library Orange Room
Free Snacks | Main Library Orange Room

7 PM – 8 PM  
Craft: Stained Glass Jars | Main Library Orange Room
Free Donuts | Main Library Orange Room

8 PM – 9 PM
Craft: Sticker Making | Main Library Orange Room
Free Snacks | Main Library Orange Room

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY SCHEDULE 

All Day | MPAL Reading Room
Puzzles & Crafts | Interactive Whiteboard Questions

Scheduled Events
12 PM – 1 PM
Vinyl Listening Hour | MPAL Reading Room

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