Fondulac District Library announces Star Wars Day, which celebrates reading and the stories of one of the most popular sagas of all time. The all-ages event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Fondulac District Library in East Peoria, Illinois.

Free activities and programs for all ages will run throughout the day and include Jedi training, crafts, a Star Wars Science Station, games, Star Wars Bingo, prize drawings, and much more. Special guests from the 501st Legion, the Rebel Legion, and the Mandalorian Mercs costume clubs will be in attendance and available for photographs. Additionally, members of the East Peoria Robo Raiders, a local First Tech Challenge (FTC) team, will participate in a presentation and demonstration of the real-life “droids” they design, build, and take to competition. The library also offers Star Wars-related books and movies on display and available for check out to library cardholders.

For more information about this special event, visit www.fondulaclibrary.org or call (309) 699-3917.

Special Activities

10:30   Star Wars Bingo
11:00   Costume Parade
11:30   Jedi Training (both Jedi training sessions are the same)
12:30   Jedi Training
2:00     Real-Life Droids: East Peoria Robo-Raiders

Ongoing Activities

I Spy with My Jedi Eye: Starting at the Children’s Information Desk
Craft Cantina: Children’s Department: Story and Craft Room – Paper plate BB8 and paper Darth Vader.
Star Wars Puppet Theater: Children’s Department
Photo Booth: Children’s Department
X-wing Miniature Game: Library Lobby
Video Arcades: Second Floor (Teen Space)
Tattooine Tattoo Parlor: Second Floor
Perler for Padawans: Second Floor
Boba Fett’s Badge Factory: Second Floor
Force Fair: Atrium – Star Wars Bowling, Light Side vs. Dark Side Tic Tac Toe, and Blast-a-Trooper.
Star Wars Science Station: Atrium
Makers Space: Atrium – Take a closer look at R2D2, a battle droid, and a jawa.
Admiral Ackbar’s Snack Bar: Treats for sale from the Friends of the Library
Niima Outpost: Homemade Star Wars crafts for sale from the Friends of the Library

Fondulac District Library will join more than a thousand libraries around the world on November 21, 2015, for the eighth annual celebration of gaming in libraries – International Games Day @ your library.

Fondulac District Library will celebrate its largest gaming event of the year from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and will offer special gaming programs and events suitable for the whole family.

The library will create a vintage-to-modern videogame arcade, with console games spanning decades. Visitors will be able to try Minecraft or duel with a fellow Yu-Gi-Oh! players. Classic and modern board and card games for all ages will be available to play. Additionally, a human-sized Connect Four will be set up for all to enjoy.

International Games Day is part of a comprehensive gaming initiative at Fondulac District Library. Benefits of offering gaming in the library include, but are not limited to, encouraging social interaction and educating and entertaining the individuals who participate in them. Studies indicate that games aid perception, cognition, and decision making, as well as encourage team work.

International Games Day @ your library is an international initiative supported by the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, and Nordic Game Day. For more information on International Games Day please visit https://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/international-games-day-2015.