Ray County Library Board of Trustees Meeting
2025-04-07 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-05 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Library Community Room
Monthly Meeting of the Ray County Library Board of Trustees.

Crafting for Adults: Feed Sack Tote Bags
2025-04-08 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s craft will be feed sack tote bags! It will be a relaxing evening that offers allows room for creativity in style. All supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring your own vinyl or plastic tote bag. Click here to register to attend.

Storytime!
2025-04-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is food and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Senior Life Solutions
2025-04-15 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
To strengthen the health literacy of our patrons, Senior Life Solutions will present a monthly health information program on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10 am in the Library’s Community Room.

Storytime!
2025-04-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is Easter!

Seed Starting Workshop: Community Connections Event
2025-04-16 17:00 - 17:45 | Library Community Room
Seed Starting Workshop: Community Connections Event
Join us for a hands-on gardening workshop presented by the MU Extension Horticulture Team! This program is the first in a series to learn to grow your own food in collaboration with Community at Play and the Richmond Salvation Army. Attendees will also be able to sign up to use a new community garden in Richmond, MO.
Attendees will learn how to successfully start seeds at home for transplanting into the garden. Each participant will leave with planted seeds.
Workshop Highlights:

Interactive Learning
Pros and Cons of Seed Starting
Expert Guidance

Date: April 16th
Time: 5:00pm-5:45pm
Register to attend: https://forms.gle/cD8ZKbki2MtWnSiN8

Next Chapter Book Club
2025-04-17 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-01 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-15 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
Helping people with disabilities enjoy books, friends, and their community. This is a book club meeting where a selected book will be read and discussed, in partnership with Special Needs Services of Ray County. Contact the library or Special Needs Services for details regarding joining the book club.

Kid Zone STEM: Fossil Dig
2025-04-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s kids’ craft program will be a fossil dig! This program is best for children in grades 1-5. Supplies and fun are provided!

Storytime!
2025-04-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is trains and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Storytime!
2025-04-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is Bluey!

Mushroom Festival!
2025-05-02 - 2025-05-03 | Richmond Square, 100 W Main St, Richmond, MO, 64085, United States
Come see us at the Mushroom Festival!
-Friday May 2 @ 9-5
-Saturday May 3 @ 9-2

Closed for the Mushroom Festival!
2025-05-03 | Ray County Library, 215 E Lexington St, Richmond, MO, 64085, United States
The library will be closed Saturday, May 3. Come see us at the festival from 9-2!

Closed for Truman Day
2025-05-05 | MO
The Ray County Library will be closed Thursday, May 8, 2025 in observance of Truman Day.

Book Club
2025-05-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Community Room
Book Club Meeting where a selected book will be discussed. This month’s book is “I Know Who You Are” by Alice Feeney. Members can also pick up next month’s book, “The Housekeeper and the Professor” by Yoko Ogawa. Contact the library for details regarding joining the book club.

Storytime!
2025-05-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is rain!

Composting 101-Community Connections
2025-05-07 17:00 - 17:45 | Library Community Room
Composting 101: Community Connections Event
Join us for an informative gardening workshop presented by the MU Extension Horticulture Team! This program is the second in a series to learn to grow your own food in collaboration with Community at Play and the Richmond Salvation Army. Attendees will also be able to sign up to use a new community garden in Richmond, MO.
Attendees will learn how to make and use a compost pile at home for use in the garden.
Workshop Highlights:

How to make compost
How to use compost
Expert Guidance

Date: May 7th
Time: 5:00pm-5:45pm
Please register to attend
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Crafting for Adults: Dreamcatchers
2025-05-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s craft will be dream catchers! It will be a relaxing evening that offers allows room for creativity in style. All supplies will be provided. Click here to register to attend.

Storytime!
2025-05-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is turtles and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Raised Bed Gardening-Community Connections
2025-05-14 17:00 - 17:45 | Library Community Room
Raised-Bed Gardening: Community Connections Event
Join us for an informative gardening workshop presented by the MU Extension Horticulture Team! This program is the third in a series to learn to grow your own food in collaboration with Community at Play and the Richmond Salvation Army. Attendees will also be able to sign up to use a new community garden in Richmond, MO.
Attendees will learn how to construct, design, and maintenance a raised-bed garden. For all ages.
Workshop Highlights:

Learn how to make and use raised beds
Expert Guidance

Date: May 14th, 2025
Time: 5:00pm-5:45pm
Please register to attend
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Big Library Read!
2025-05-15 - 2025-05-29 | MO
Join the Ray County Library and Libby App for #BigLibraryRead starting May 15th and borrow ‘Uncommon Measure’ by Natalie Hodges on the Libby App with no waitlists or holds!

Uncommon Measure explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until performance anxiety forced her to give up the dream of becoming a concert solo violinist. Anchoring her story in illuminating research in neuroscience and quantum physics, Hodges traces her own passage through difficult family dynamics, prejudice, and enormous personal expectations to come to terms with the meaning of a life reimagined—one still shaped by classical music but moving toward the freedom of improvisation.

Learn more at https://link.overdrive.com/biglibraryreadmay2025

Storytime!
2025-05-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Research shows that children benefit from active participation in early learning activities. Bring your children to this event for stories and craft activities. This week’s theme is windy days!

Closed for Memorial Day
2025-05-26 | MO
The Ray County Library will be closed Monday, May 26, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day.

Kid Zone STEM
2025-05-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Community Room
This month’s kids’ craft program will be announced soon! This program is best for children in grades 1-5. Supplies and fun are provided!

Storytime!
2025-05-28 10:00 - 11:00 | Library Community Room
Early Literacy Storytime program for toddlers and preschoolers. This session’s theme is sharing and will include fun stories, activities, and a craft!

Summer Reading Program!
2025-06-02 - 2025-08-09 | MO
Be Inspired, get creative, and branch out with your reading this summer as we Color Our World! With this year’s theme, we want readers to be inspired and imaginative as they select their reading materials and attend related events.
There are two programs, one for adults and one for children and teens aged 0-18 years. Participants who register for the program and children/teens who log 600 minutes of reading and adults who log 5 books can earn badges, free books, and a chance to win one of this year’s great prizes.
Log in/register here!
Visit the ‘Summer Reading” tab at the top of the webpage for more information!
