Information supplied by Danville Public Library
The Danville Public Library announces a variety of events upcoming.
Mark your calendars! Danville Public Library is hosting Stranger Things: Curse of Vecna at the Library on August 4 and 5 from 6 pm to 10 pm. All activities are scheduled in and around the library, located at 319 N. Vermilion Street, just north of downtown Danville. The event is free and open to the public.
The Stranger Things event is inspired by the hugely popular Netflix series about a small fictional town in Indiana that experiences supernatural events. The series has drawn record viewership and won numerous awards.
Stranger Things: Curse of Vecna features free activities for all ages. Visitors will:
- Move through a haunted maze with a Stranger Things twist.
- Visit the Rainbow Room, the Creel House, and Eddie’s trailer.
- Get your picture taken with local actors dressed as characters from the hit series.
- Enjoy free ice cream from Scoops Ahoy.
- Danville residents may also sign up on the spot for a free library card.
Try our skip the line option at https://tinyurl.com/StrangerThings2023.
Sponsored by Danville Library Foundation.
Local actors will appear as characters from the series, including Brooke Kuchefski, Aaron Martin, Bryan Goode, Jaren West, Zoe Wilson, Cora Helferich, Paige Norton, Polly Norton, Carson Barrett, Silas Van Camp, Katayala Becker, Isabelle Cripin, Mason White, Jacob Ault, Gavin Baugh, Colin Hess, Laramie Ziegler, Racheal Anderson, Addison Ohlmiller, Phil Weber, and Zachary Pollock. Guides include Ava Brines, Brandon Moore, David Hurley, Jillian Potts, Isaiah Easton, Jonathan Estes, Lainee Devors, Alaina Dines, Dylan Taylor, and Lee Bridgman.
Special Effects by Jerry Strain, Lee Bridgman, Racheal Anderson and Bailey Thompson. Sets and costumes by Library staff and interns. Sound Design by Andrew Dudich.
For more information, visit danvillepubliclibrary.org or follow the Danville Public Library on Facebook @DanvillePublicLibrary. For media inquiries, email Jennifer Hess at jhess@danvillepubliclibrary.org.
Disclaimer: You may encounter mild spoilers for Season 4 of Stranger Things. May not be suitable for all ages.
- Mark H.X. Glenshaw is an award-winning naturalist who has closely observed and documented the lives of Great Horned Owls in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri since December 2005. Mark’s talk, "Forest Park Owls: Mating, Nesting and Owlets", will share what Mark has been able to observe and document including mating, nest selection, feeding of the owlets, fledging and gradual maturation of owlets, and the dispersal of the owlets. The program uses many of his photos and videos to illustrate these amazing behaviors of these beautiful birds.
Saturday, August 12 at 12pm-2pm in the 1st Floor Meeting Room.
Danville Public Library is located at 319 N. Vermilion St. in Danville, Illinois.
- Local author Dr. Tina Nelson-Jackson, Ed. D. will be available to sign copies of her book
published earlier this year, “Mentoring Matters! An Evaluation Study of a Mentoring Program
Designed for Misbehaving Black Boys.” Copies of her book will be available for sale at the event as will a QR code for purchasing her book from Amazon.
Saturday, August 12 at 9am-11am in the 1st Floor Meeting Room.
About the Author: Dr. Tina Nelson-Jackson “Action Jackson” is a native of Danville, Illinois and a Danville High School Graduate Class of 1984. She obtained her Associates Degree in Criminal
Justice from Danville Area Community College; Master’s Degree in Education; Bachelor’s
Degree in Career Occupations from Eastern Illinois University; Doctorate Degree in Educational
Leadership & Management from Capella University; Educational Specialist degree in Leadership from Georgia College & State University; Education Specialist degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Piedmont College.
About Danville Public Library
Danville Public Library is free for all Danville residents. With a free library card, patrons have access to hundreds of thousands of materials, including books, e-books, audiobooks, videos, DVDs, CDs, and much more.
Some of the FREE benefits of access to Danville Public Library:
- Borrow thousands of items from the library, with access to hundreds of thousands via partner libraries
- Online browsing and checkout via the DPL website
- Audiobooks, e-Books, digital videos, DVD’s/Blu-rays/Music CD’s
- Curbside pickup and home delivery
- Public computers
- Programs and activities for all ages
- Free and low-cost meeting, conference, and study rooms
For more information, visit danvillepubliclibrary.org or call 217-477-5220.
