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Unearthing Urban Legends
2026-07-16 17:00:00 2026-07-16 18:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Unearthing Urban Legends Investigate Bloomington's local urban legends! The first session takes place at the Monroe County History Center. The second session takes place at the Downtown Library. Ages 9-12. Downtown Library - Children's Program Room

Thursday, July 16
5:00pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-07-16 17:00:00 2026-07-16 18:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Unearthing Urban Legends Investigate Bloomington's local urban legends! The first session takes place at the Monroe County History Center. The second session takes place at the Downtown Library. Ages 9-12. Downtown Library - Children's Program Room

Downtown Library

Children's Program Room

Investigate Bloomington's local urban legends! The first session takes place at the Monroe County History Center. The second session takes place at the Downtown Library. Ages 9-12.

Note: Please register for session one on Tuesday, July 14, to attend both sessions.

Session one (Tuesday, July 14: Meet us at the Monroe County History Center (202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington) to discover some of Bloomington's urban legends and learn how to conduct your own investigation.

Session two (Thursday, July 16): Meet us at the Downtown Library to share our discoveries, retelling your favorite urban legend in our group zine that will be published and displayed at both the Downtown Library and the History Center.

Please contact Jon Stevens at jstevens@mcpl.info if you have any questions about this program.

This program is in partnership with the Monroe County History Center.

AGE GROUP: | Tween | Children's |

EVENT TYPE: | Local History and Genealogy |

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