Library Calendar

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Power of Presentation

    1:00 - 2:00 pm
    CITL Innovation Studio, Armory 172

    Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand.

  • Fashion in Colonial Latin America. A Reflection on Sources

    5:00 pm

    Join us for the first webinar in the Costumes & Customs Lecture Series, sponsored by the Office of Arts Integration and organized in collaboration with the University Library, the Department of Theatre, the Department of Classics, the Spurlock Museum, and the Krannert Art Museum, explores the history and cultural significance of clothing across time and place.

Thursday, February 26, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Introduction to Research at the Library (Online)

    10:00 - 11:00 am

    New to the university? Need a refresher on using the library? This hands-on workshop will introduce you to library resources and services. After this workshop, you’ll be able to navigate the library website with confidence to access print and electronic materials. Come with questions if you have them!

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Coding Qualitative Data in MAXQDA (Online)

    3:00 - 4:00 pm

    MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. The software is free for all University of Illinois users via a license provided by Illinois Computes. Learn how to create a code system and apply codes to text, media, and survey data...and more!

  • The Evolution of the Greek Book: From Byzantine Manuscripts to Renaissance Incunabula

    3:00 - 5:00 pm
    Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

    Dr. Elias Petrou will explore the evolution and transmission of the Greek book from East to West, beginning with an overview of the Byzantine educational system, the preservation and transmission of classical Greek knowledge through manuscripts, and how this inherited book culture was transformed through the new technology of print.

  • Thriving Thursday with the McKinley Stress Management Peers
    Recurring

    4:15 - 5:15 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library

    Weekly interactive tabling events to learn about resources for stress management individually and throughout the campus community.

  • Film Screening & Discussion: The Edge of Each Other’s Battles

    6:00 - 8:00 pm
    Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Multipurpose Room, 1212 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL

    Join us for a film screening of The Edge of Each Other’s Battles (2002), a 59-minute documentary honoring Audre Lorde, followed by a facilitated discussion.

  • Painting Mini Canvases at Grainger Library

    7:00 - 9:00 pm
    Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Second floor, Room 233/235

    Take a study break at the Grainger Library and paint your worries away on a mini canvas. All materials will be provided while supplies last. No registration required, but seats are limited to 40 on a first-come, first-served basis.

Friday, February 27, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • VR Club at UIUC (Grainger Library IDEA Lab) - MiXR: Gilley & Johnson and Intro to Social VR

    5:00 - 8:00 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

    VR Club at UIUC hosts meetings on Fridays from 4 - 7 PM at the IDEA Lab. Meetings start with MiXR (Meetings involving Extended Reality), an academic forum discussing topics regarding extended reality technology and the metaverse, followed by VR activities. - The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center IDEA Lab

Saturday, February 28, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Sunday, March 1, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Monday, March 2, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Analyzing Coded Data in MAXQDA

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. The software is free for all University of Illinois users via a license provided by Illinois Computes. Learn how to use activation to view data for specific codes and documents, use reports, and more.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Getting the Most out of Google Scholar

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Google Scholar is an incredibly popular and useful tool for research with several features that scholars may not be familiar with. This workshop will elaborate on the difference between searching in Google Scholar and academic databases, demonstrate how to use Google Scholar’s Advanced Search, explain how to get to connect your library access to Google Scholar, and more.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Artificial Intelligence Technology in the Databases: How ProQuest and JSTOR are Changing Research

    1:00 - 2:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a future feature of academic research; it is already embedded in the library databases that many researchers use daily. This workshop provides a practical and critical introduction to how AI operates within platforms such as ProQuest and JSTOR, including how it shapes search results, generates summaries, and suggests topics.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Creating Citations with Mendeley (Online)

    10:00 - 11:00 am

    Are you struggling to keep track of all your sources? Looking for an easier way to cite as you write? Mendeley is a free citation manager that helps you organize your citations, store and annotate your files, and insert formatted citations into papers. You will leave this hands-on workshop with a Mendeley library set up and ready to use!

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Detecting AI-Generated Content (Hybrid)

    12:00 - 1:00 pm
    Room 106, Main Library

    AI tools can write essays, summarize articles, and generate convincing images in seconds– but how can you tell when text (or images) were created by a machine rather than a human? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how generative AI works and why detecting AI-generated content is difficult to automate.

  • Savvy Researcher - Podcasting: How do I … Part 3: How do I record a Podcast?

    4:00 - 5:00 pm
    Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Room 335

    This session introduces the podcasting equipment and technology available to our campus community from the libraries.

Thursday, March 5, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Analyzing Coded Data in MAXQDA (Online)

    3:00 - 4:00 pm

    MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. The software is free for all University of Illinois users via a license provided by Illinois Computes. Learn how to use activation to view data for specific codes and documents, use reports, and more.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Writing in the Social Sciences

    3:00 - 4:00 pm

    The Doctoral Research Support Program and the Writers Workshop are hosting Writing in the Disciplines, an online series that connects doctoral students with faculty, journal editors, and publishers to discuss writing styles and skills in specific disciplines. These events are open to all current graduate students.

  • Thriving Thursday with the McKinley Stress Management Peers
    Recurring

    4:15 - 5:15 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library

    Weekly interactive tabling events to learn about resources for stress management individually and throughout the campus community.

Friday, March 6, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • VR Club at UIUC (Grainger Library IDEA Lab) - MiXR: Zhiting He and VR

    5:00 - 8:00 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

    VR Club at UIUC hosts meetings on Fridays from 4 - 7 PM at the IDEA Lab. Meetings start with MiXR (Meetings involving Extended Reality), an academic forum discussing topics regarding extended reality technology and the metaverse, followed by VR activities. - The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center IDEA Lab

Saturday, March 7, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Open Qualitative Data Analysis with Taguette (Online)

    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Taguette is a free and open-source tool for coding and analyzing text data. In this workshop, we’ll use Taguette and secondary data from the Qualitative Data Repository to practice developing and applying codes to interview data.

Sunday, March 8, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Monday, March 9, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Advanced Research Strategies

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Looking for a new way to conduct your research? Tired of getting zero results in your database searches? This workshop will break down how the professionals identify resources, and search for articles, books, and other scholarly works. We’ll cover chasing citations, creating optimal keyword searches, using built-in database functions to improve your searches, and other str

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Artificial Intelligence Technology in the Databases: How ProQuest and JSTOR are Changing Research

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a future feature of academic research; it is already embedded in the library databases that many researchers use daily. This workshop provides a practical and critical introduction to how AI operates within platforms such as ProQuest and JSTOR, including how it shapes search results, generates summaries, and suggests topics.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Dissertation Research and Writing (Online)

    3:00 - 4:30 pm

    We are inviting doctoral students to join this discussion on dissertation writing and research. Later-stage PhD candidates will share their research, writing, and time management techniques. Each panelist will talk about strategies that have worked for them (or strategies that definitely have not worked).

  • Thriving Thursday with the McKinley Stress Management Peers
    Recurring

    4:15 - 5:15 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library

    Weekly interactive tabling events to learn about resources for stress management individually and throughout the campus community.

Friday, March 13, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Saturday, March 14, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • IASL Lunar New Year Exhibition
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library, 3rd Floor, Rooms 309 & 321

    This exhibition presents a selection of Chinese nianhua and related images exploring Lunar New Year themes and the horse, offering a glimpse into the hopes, stories, and celebrations they carry. May you enjoy an energetic and fruitful year ahead.

Monday, March 16, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Friday, March 20, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, March 21, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, March 22, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, March 23, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - MAXQDA for Literature Reviews

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Qualitative data analysis software programs can be valuable tools for organizing research sources for a literature review. This workshop will demonstrate techniques for organizing and analyzing literature in the software program MAXQDA, though the strategies will be relevant to other qualitative data analysis tools like NVivo or Atlas.ti.

  • Savvy Researcher - STEM Database Searching

    4:00 - 5:00 pm
    Grainger Engineering Library and Information Center, Grainger Commons Room 233/235

    Learn how to find resources and navigate STEM databases using search strategies like Boolean Operators.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Friday, March 27, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • VR Club at UIUC (Grainger Library IDEA Lab) - MiXR: Liudmila Bredikhina and VR

    5:00 - 8:00 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

    VR Club at UIUC hosts meetings on Fridays from 4 - 7 PM at the IDEA Lab. Meetings start with MiXR (Meetings involving Extended Reality), an academic forum discussing topics regarding extended reality technology and the metaverse, followed by VR activities. - The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center IDEA Lab

Saturday, March 28, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, March 29, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, March 30, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Introduction to Web of Science

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Funk ACES Library, Room 509

    Web of Science is a large multidisciplinary platform of abstract databases for articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. This session provides insight and strategies for getting the most use out of the platform. We will highlight how to search for literature and authors, as well as where to find citation and grant information.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - MAXQDA for Analyzing Survey Data

    2:00 - 3:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. By the end of this workshop, we hope you'll be able to import survey data from a spreadsheet into a MAXQDA project; set up survey questions as codable data, variables, or both; use manual and automatic coding tools to code text data in survey responses and more.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Friday, April 3, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, April 4, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, April 5, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, April 6, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Thursday, April 9, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Designing Infographics on the Web (Online)

    10:00 - 11:00 am

    Infographics can be a very effective way to convey small bits of information very quickly, while drawing viewers in because of their visual appeal. In this workshop students will learn about best practices for creating infographics, as well as what to avoid.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Power of Presentation

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    CITL Innovation Studio, Armory 172

    Throughout your life you will, almost certainly, give presentations. We have all sat through presentations that were boring, confusing, and drab. How do you communicate your message most succinctly? What visuals will captivate and inform your audience the best? In this session we distill the magic that just might take your next presentation from bland to grand.

  • Thriving Thursday with the McKinley Stress Management Peers
    Recurring

    4:15 - 5:15 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library

    Weekly interactive tabling events to learn about resources for stress management individually and throughout the campus community.

Friday, April 10, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • Player Piano Demonstration

    4:00 - 5:00 pm
    Player Piano room on the 2nd floor of the Music & Performing Arts Library (1300 Music Building, 1114 W Nevada St)

    Enjoy a free concert featuring the Music & Performing Arts Library’s Steinway Duo-Art Reproducing Piano! See the piano in action and learn more about the instrument and roll collection. This is an informal even and all are welcome!

  • VR Club at UIUC (Grainger Library IDEA Lab) - MiXR: Dr. Mike Yao and VR

    5:00 - 8:00 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

    VR Club at UIUC hosts meetings on Fridays from 4 - 7 PM at the IDEA Lab. Meetings start with MiXR (Meetings involving Extended Reality), an academic forum discussing topics regarding extended reality technology and the metaverse, followed by VR activities. - The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center IDEA Lab

Saturday, April 11, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, April 12, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, April 13, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Publishing Your Book for Tenure (Online)

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Attendees will become familiar with the differences between a dissertation and first book manuscript, and will further learn about identifying points of revision, creating a revision plan/timeline, approaching editors/presses, writing a book proposal, and the publishing process at a glance.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Scoping Reviews: Purpose and Process (Online)

    3:00 - 4:00 pm

    A Scoping Review is a type of evidence synthesis that represents an exploration of research literature to understand the depth and breadth of research related to a specific question or topic. A scoping review maps concepts from the literature to reveal trends, themes, and gaps in the research area to inform, and provide context for further exploration or examination.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Self-Care

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Are you curious about how the library can support you in accessing free resources for self-care? Would you like to know more about self-care but are unsure where to start? This workshop will facilitate discussion about self-care strategies and will provide opportunities to search for free resources (online and in print) that can support your personal self-care practices.

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Friday, April 17, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • Global Book History Lecture: Textual Materiality in the Medieval World

    3:00 - 5:00 pm
    Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

    This public event will begin with a lecture by Dr. Warren C. Brown (California Institute of Technology discussing medieval textuality and materiality. A reception and open house will follow where visitors may view our recently acquired Merovingian manuscript and Greek papyrus. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.

  • VR Club at UIUC (Grainger Library IDEA Lab) - MiXR: Dr. Laura Shackelford and VR

    5:00 - 8:00 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Engineering Library Information Center

    VR Club at UIUC hosts meetings on Fridays from 4 - 7 PM at the IDEA Lab. Meetings start with MiXR (Meetings involving Extended Reality), an academic forum discussing topics regarding extended reality technology and the metaverse, followed by VR activities. - The Grainger Engineering Library Information Center IDEA Lab

Saturday, April 18, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, April 19, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, April 20, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Study Skills for Neurodiverse Students

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Tired of hearing advice about highlighting your notes and writing lists? There are lots of study tips out there, but they don't work for everyone, especially if you're neurodivergent. This workshop is for those who find that popular advice doesn't work for them to learn new study habits, such as reading tips, time tricks, and building habits on uplifting strengths.

  • BE A SAVVY RESEARCHER The University Library offers a wide array of workshops for you to develop your research and information management skills. All are welcome!

    Savvy Researcher - Course Affordability Workshop for Instructors

    1:00 - 2:00 pm
    Room 314, Main Library

    Did you know that over half of college students worry about being able to afford their course materials? Are you wondering how you can create a budget-friendly course for students? This workshop will introduce you to Library and campus resources you can share with students to help them save money on textbooks, articles, technology, and other materials.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Friday, April 24, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, April 25, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, April 26, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, April 27, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Friday, May 1, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, May 2, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, May 3, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, May 4, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

  • Spring 2026 De-Stress Fest

    10:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Main Library, Funk Library, Grainger Engineering Library, and the Music and Performing Arts Library

    On Reading Day, take a study break to relax and refresh at the library’s end-of-semester tradition, De-Stress Fest! Participating locations include Main Library, Funk Library, Grainger Engineering Library, and the Music and Performing Arts Library (MPAL). More details and schedules will be shared closer to the date.

  • Splendid Spredges

    3:00 - 5:00 pm
    Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

    Celebrate the semester’s end with RBML! We are diving into the trendy book decoration world — bring your own books and paint the edges with our supplies, then view various historical fore-edge paintings from the collection in our Reading Room.

  • Thriving Thursday with the McKinley Stress Management Peers
    Recurring

    4:15 - 5:15 pm
    IDEA Lab, Basement of Grainger Library

    Weekly interactive tabling events to learn about resources for stress management individually and throughout the campus community.

Friday, May 8, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, May 9, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, May 10, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, May 11, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, May 14, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, May 15, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, May 16, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, May 18, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, May 22, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, May 23, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, May 24, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, May 25, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, May 28, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, May 29, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, May 31, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, June 1, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, June 4, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, June 5, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, June 7, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, June 8, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, June 11, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, June 12, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, June 13, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, June 14, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, June 15, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, June 19, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, June 20, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, June 21, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, June 22, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, June 25, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, June 26, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, June 27, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, June 29, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, July 3, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, July 4, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, July 5, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, July 6, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, July 9, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, July 10, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, July 11, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, July 13, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, July 16, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, July 17, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, July 18, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, July 19, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, July 20, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, July 23, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, July 24, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, July 25, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, July 26, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, July 27, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, July 30, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, July 31, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, August 2, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, August 3, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Friday, August 7, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Saturday, August 8, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Sunday, August 9, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.

Monday, August 10, 2026

  • Sweetbitter: The Literary Legacies and Afterlives of Sappho
    Recurring

    All Day
    Main Library Room 346

    The ancient poet Sappho coined "sweetbitter" in one of her most evocative verses, still striking us to the heart nearly three millennia later. As with so many ancient figures, the poet is more legend than person today, her story told and retold even as her poetry continues to enchant and move. This exhibit will be on display through mid-August 2026.