Upcoming Events

Have you ever seen a liquid that reacts to magnets? A substance strong enough to stop a hammer, but that melts in your hands?

Why are some slimes soft and stretchy while others flow like water?

Register HERE: https://libraryc.org/decaturlibrary/84273

Learn the basics of web browsing, internet applications, and internet security.

For beginning learners.

Register here or call 217-421-9731 to secure your spot. Space is limited.

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

Draw and use your own designs to create pinback buttons!

Registration is encouraged, but not required. 

Experiment with different layouts to create satisfyingly smooth marble runs! You'll even have the chance to create a racing layout and be crowned the Marble Race Champion!

Join us on the second Tuesday of every other month for Teen Gaming Tournaments! Teens will test their skills between two gaming stations, battling it out until one teen reigns supreme at each station. 

These open meetings are for teens ages 14-18 to attend and participate in for volunteer hours! At these meetings you will learn what a Teen Advisor is and what they do in libraries and their communities.

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

High School Half-Day Hangout is back by popular demand for the 2025-2026 school year! 

DPS Students!! Come hang out with us on your monthly half-days!! There will be SNACKS, GAMES, CRAFTS, AND TV!!

Layered lemonades, fizzy lemonades, popping boba, and gummies, oh my! Experiment with different ingredients to create unique looking, tasting, and textured culinary masterpieces! 

Learn the basics of web-based productivity suite Google Workspace and its associated tools Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and Google Drive.

For intermediate learners.

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

Join us for an evening with author, Troy Taylor at the Historic Lincoln Square Theater. Taylor is author to more than 150 books on history, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and the supernatural in America.

‘Tis the season! Use a variety of abandoned toy parts to create a Frankentoy abomination! Don’t worry if you want to make a plushie and don’t know how to sew, Teen Librarian Alexis would love to teach you!

Design and build your own paper kite, then take the challenge to see whose kite can fly the highest!

These open meetings are for teens ages 14-18 to attend and participate in for volunteer hours! At these meetings you will learn what a Teen Advisor is and what they do in libraries and their communities.

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

Join us on the second Tuesday every other month for Teen Trivia Tuesdays!

High School Half-Day Hangout is back by popular demand for the 2025-2026 school year! 

DPS Students!! Come hang out with us on your monthly half-days!! There will be SNACKS, GAMES, CRAFTS, AND TV!!

Join your peers in scooping, designing, and carving a pumpkin masterpiece! Then, concoct a recipe of destruction, sit back, and watch your pumpkin explode into color!

Bring your friends to celebrate spooky season at DPL! This is the first of many monthly Teen After-Hours movie showings (free popcorn provided)! This month, we will be showing Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.