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Category: Spotlight

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March 3, 2026March 3, 2026Books, Reader of the Month, Adults, Spotlight

March 2026 Reader of the Month

This month’s Reader of the Month is Bernadette, a senior at Loras College majoring in secondary education and Spanish. Whether she’s serving as an RA, singing at church, or participating in her campus’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Club, Bernadette brings energy and heart to […]

Various pieces by Art @ Your Library February and March artists are shown - a watercolor painting of a heron, a photograph of a prairie landscape at sunset, silhouetted cats and a red barn and red tree.
February 23, 2026February 23, 2026Art, Adults, Spotlight

Art @ Your Library – February and March 2026

For more than a century, the Carnegie-Stout Public Library has connected our community with the arts — a tradition that began when the library first opened its doors in 1902. Today, that legacy continues through Art @ Your Library, a monthly celebration of local creativity […]

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February 5, 2026February 5, 2026Resources, Books, Reader of the Month, Learn, Adults, Spotlight

February 2026 Reader of the Month

This month’s Reader of the Month is Kate, a lifelong Dubuquer and passionate learner whose love of reading is deeply connected to curiosity, creativity, and perspective. Read on to learn more about the books and ideas shaping her journey and find her recommendations here. Hello! […]

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December 29, 2025January 6, 2026Books, Adults, Staff Review, Spotlight

Staff Picks: Favorite Books of 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, all of us here at the library like to look back at the books we’ve read in the past year. Good and bad, short and long, fiction and nonfiction, it’s always interesting to assess our reading journeys in the […]

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May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Resources, Adults, Teens, Spotlight

Vinyl Records in Rotation at C-SPL

Amplify your love of music with your library card!

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