Read Along the Path

Join the Hammond Public Library in collaboration with Gibson Woods Nature Preserve for a StoryWalk. The ½ mile red trail features pages and activities from a book that fits the season for families to enjoy in celebration of the nature and exploration. This season's book is The Flower Thief by Alice Hemming, and will run from April 1 - June 7 (weather pending.) Gibson Woods Nature Preserve is open Tuesdays - Sundays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Hammond Explorers 4-H Meeting

Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 12:45pm - 3:00pm
Lois Bell Room at Hammond Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

End of year celebration and packing up for 2026 fair.

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Lois Bell Room
Purpose of Meeting

End of year celebration and packing up for 2026 fair.

Juneteenth-Tentative

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Co-Sponsored
Age Group:
Everyone
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Co-Sponsored

NAACP

Monday, June 22, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Informational Monthly Meeting. 

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Purpose of Meeting

Informational Monthly Meeting. 

Bingocize March & April 2026

Get Fit HPL: Seated Yoga!- CANCELLED

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Have you always wanted to try yoga but you're not sure you'll be able to get up off the floor?  Try seated yoga!  Instead of using a mat and lying on the ground, we'll stretch and tone our bodies while we sit in chairs.

Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you always wanted to try yoga but you're not sure you'll be able to get up off the floor?  Try seated yoga!  Instead of using a mat and lying on the ground, we'll stretch and tone our bodies while we sit in chairs.

Disclaimer(s)

Photography/Videography Disclaimer

The Hammond Public Library may photograph or video record programs and events. By attending programs and events at the Hammond Public Library you understand that you may appear in pictures or videos the Hammond Public Library posts online or in promotional materials. 

Juneteenth-Tentative

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 4:00pm - 8:30pm
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Age Group:
Adults
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults

Tops

Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Bingocize March & April 2026

Get Fit HPL: Seated Yoga!- CANCELLED

Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Have you always wanted to try yoga but you're not sure you'll be able to get up off the floor?  Try seated yoga!  Instead of using a mat and lying on the ground, we'll stretch and tone our bodies while we sit in chairs.

Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you always wanted to try yoga but you're not sure you'll be able to get up off the floor?  Try seated yoga!  Instead of using a mat and lying on the ground, we'll stretch and tone our bodies while we sit in chairs.

Disclaimer(s)

Photography/Videography Disclaimer

The Hammond Public Library may photograph or video record programs and events. By attending programs and events at the Hammond Public Library you understand that you may appear in pictures or videos the Hammond Public Library posts online or in promotional materials. 

three images showing babies and toddlers reading and playing with text describing an early literacy storytime

Babies & Tots Storytime

Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Youth Programming Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies and Tots

Join Miss Allison for a story, songs and rhymes to help your little one's mind grow.

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Youth Programming Room
Age Group: Babies and Tots
Program Type: Early Literacy, Storytime
Event Details:

Join Miss Allison for a story, songs and rhymes to help your little one's mind grow.

Line Dancing

Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva Line Dancing

Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come on out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evening! 

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Event Details:

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come on out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evening! 

Hammond Republican Party

Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Monthly Meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly Meeting

Juneteenth- Tentative

Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Co-Sponsored
Age Group:
Adults
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Co-Sponsored
Bingocize March & April 2026

Get Fit HPL: Seated Yoga!- CANCELLED

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors

Have you always wanted to try yoga but you're not sure you'll be able to get up off the floor?  Try seated yoga!  Instead of using a mat and lying on the ground, we'll stretch and tone our bodies while we sit in chairs.

Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you always wanted to try yoga but you're not sure you'll be able to get up off the floor?  Try seated yoga!  Instead of using a mat and lying on the ground, we'll stretch and tone our bodies while we sit in chairs.

Disclaimer(s)

Photography/Videography Disclaimer

The Hammond Public Library may photograph or video record programs and events. By attending programs and events at the Hammond Public Library you understand that you may appear in pictures or videos the Hammond Public Library posts online or in promotional materials. 

Tops

Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Line Dancing

Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva Line Dancing

Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Community Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come on out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evening!

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Event Details:

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come on out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evening!

Library Closed for Holiday

All Day
Hammond Public Library

The Hammond Public Library is closed on Saturday, July 4th, 2026. We will reopen on Monday, July 6th,2026.

Closing
Branches:
Hammond Public Library
Description:

The Hammond Public Library is closed on Saturday, July 4th, 2026. We will reopen on Monday, July 6th,2026.

Tops

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
three images showing babies and toddlers reading and playing with text describing an early literacy storytime

Babies & Tots Storytime

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Youth Programming Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies and Tots

Join Miss Allison for a story, songs and rhymes to help your little one's mind grow.

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Youth Programming Room
Age Group: Babies and Tots
Program Type: Early Literacy, Storytime
Event Details:

Join Miss Allison for a story, songs and rhymes to help your little one's mind grow.

Line Dancing

Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva Line Dancing

Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evenings!

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Event Details:

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evenings!

HPL Foundation Meeting

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room

Tops

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
images of babies and toddlers reading and playing with text describing an early literacy storytime

Babies & Tots Storytime

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies and Tots

Join Miss Allison for a story, songs and rhymes that will help your little one's mind grow.

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Age Group: Babies and Tots
Program Type: Early Literacy, Storytime
Event Details:

Join Miss Allison for a story, songs and rhymes that will help your little one's mind grow.

HPL Board of Trustees Meeting

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Internal Meeting
Age Group:
Everyone

Our monthly Board of Trustees meeting. Whether you prefer joining us in person, or virtually via Zoom, you're invited to participate. We value your input and support! 

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Internal Meeting
Event Details:

Our monthly Board of Trustees meeting. Whether you prefer joining us in person, or virtually via Zoom, you're invited to participate. We value your input and support! 

Line Dancing

Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva Line Daning

Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
Program Type:
Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Age Group:
Adults

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come on out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evening!

Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Internal Meeting, Co-Sponsored, Health & Wellness, Entertainment
Event Details:

An instructor from Dawn the Dancin ' Deeva will be teaching popular line dances! Come on out and feel the beat, move your feet! Free event open to the public Thursday evening!

Tops

Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 9:30am - 11:00am
Schlesinger Board Room at Hammond Public Library
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Hammond Public Library
Room: Schlesinger Board Room