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Purvis Public Library

122 Shelby Speights Drive Purvis, MS 39475

Lumberton Public Library

106 West Main Avenue Lumberton, MS 39455

Oak Grove Public Library

4958 Old Highway 11 Hattiesburg, MS 39402

L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

121 Poplar Street Sumrall, MS 39482

Lajaunie Memorial Bookmobile

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October Calendar for All Lamar County Library Events

Date: October 13, 2025 (Monday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 11:00am

Location: Meeting Room

Adults, join us for bingo! Small prizes are awarded at the end of each round!

Adults

Date: October 13, 2025 (Monday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Oak Grove Lawn

Students from USM's French Department will be reading "Little Red Riding-hood". While they read we will enjoy a French picnic with baguettes and cheese.

Children

Date: October 14, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Read-Meet-Discuss

AdultsTeens

Date: October 14, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Teen Area

All ages and all abilities get together for a fun afternoon of competition but nobody takes it too seriously. Come have fun!

All Ages

Date: October 14, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 9:30am-11:30am

Need help with setting up a FB account, email, or any other tech issues. We have set aside a few hours every Tuesday to help you with all your tech needs!

All Ages

Date: October 14, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Children's Room

Bring all the fossil lovers out to Fossil Story Time! We'll have real fossils to look at, fun fossil stories, and arts & crafts.

Children

Date: October 14, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:30 am

Location: Children's Room

Our ghost themed story-time will feature books and songs and a craft.

Children

Date: October 14, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 4:00PM

Location: Program Room

Using old, thrifted stuffed animals, come give your faux furry friends a new "life" by turning them into a DIY home decoration.

ChildrenTeens

Date: October 15, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

The Friends of the Oak Grove Library meet quarterly to discuss upcoming programs and budgets. It is a fun look behind the scenes of the library.

Adults

Date: October 15, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 3:30

Location: Children's Room

Our friend, Sunday will be here to listen to our young readers entertain her with stories. Sunday has been waiting to hear what you have to tell her.

Children

Date: October 15, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 10:30AM

Location: Children's Room

Join us for a story and a craft!

Children

Date: October 15, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 3:00pm

Ever wanted to learn to play the game? Do you love the game but need more players? Join us!

Teens

Date: October 16, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Meeting Room

Come join our Friends of the Library group and see how you can help out your library!

Adults

Date: October 16, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 6:00PM

Location: Program Room

Come grab a thrifted painting and paint some spooky ghosts.

AdultsTeens

Date: October 16, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:30 am

Location: Children's Room

Ghost themed story-time will be Thursday with fun stories and craft.

Children

Date: October 16, 2025 (Thursday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 10:00am

Stories, coloring, crafts, etc.

Children

Date: October 17, 2025 (Friday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:00am

Location: Main Library

Bring a craft and we will have fun crafting and laughing. It's a fun time with these patrons.

Adults

Date: October 17, 2025 (Friday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

You do not need to know how to sew to be able to help at this event. You are helping make pillowcases for local pediatric units.Ages 8 and up recommended. For more information https://caseforsmiles.org/

All Ages

Date: October 17, 2025 (Friday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Main Library

This is a preregistered event. Space is extremely limited. Call for more information 601-296-1620.

Children

Date: October 18, 2025 (Saturday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10am -6pm

Location: Main Library

Hattiesburg tattoo artists will be here! For a $75 donation to our Friends of the Oak Grove Library, you can choose a tattoo from the flash sheets. Please remember to tip your artists. For more information call 601-296-1620.

Adults

Date: October 18, 2025 (Saturday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 11:00AM

Location: Children's Room

Children

Date: October 20, 2025 (Monday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 5:30PM

Location: Program Room

Adults

Date: October 20, 2025 (Monday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

We will be using perler beards to make a Halloween cookie craft.

Children

Date: October 20, 2025 (Monday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 4:00PM

Location: Teen Room

Join us for a fun game of bingo and win some fun prizes!

Children

Date: October 21, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

Using wire we will twist it around a crystal making a hanger. Then we will attach it to a necklace.

Adults

Date: October 21, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 6:00PM

Location: Teen Room

Join us and Mississippi author, Rod Mooney, co-creator of the Mississippi Macabre comic book series, as we delve into local folklore, legends, and ghost stories.

Adults

Date: October 21, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 9:30am-11:30am

Need help with setting up a FB account, email, or any other tech issues. We have set aside a few hours every Tuesday to help you with all your tech needs!

All Ages

Date: October 21, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:30 am

Location: Children's Room

Diwali, also called Deepavali or Deepawali, is the Hindu festival of lights. We will be celebrating with our story-time theme with books, songs and a craft.

Children

Date: October 21, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Children's Room

Come see us for Wombat Story Time to listen to awesome wombat stories and create awesome arts & crafts!

Children

Date: October 22, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Main Library

The Oak Grove Library's Writers' Guild will meet Wednesdays at 4PM.

Adults

Date: October 22, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

Did you know that the library has Ancestry for its patrons to use? Rebeca will give us an introduction to this resource and have you searching for your ancestors.

All Ages

Date: October 22, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 10:30AM

Location: Children's Room

Join us for a story and a craft!

Children

Date: October 22, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 3:00pm

Ever wanted to learn to play the game? Do you love the game but need more players? Join us!

Teens

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Children's Room

Ages 18+ ONLY, join us for True Crime with Sam for a case out of Hawaii.

Adults

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

This month we will learn about the Hart Family tragedy. This is not for the faint of heart.

Adults

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 6:00PM

Location: Teen Room

Join us for the 20th anniversary to celebrate Twilight with a fun game of trivia!

AdultsTeens

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 5:00-6:00 PM

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

All Ages

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Children's Room

Come pick a recipe from this month's cookbook and meet us for lunch with your dish!

All Ages

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:30 am

Location: Children's Room

Diwali, also called Deepavali or Deepawali, is the Hindu festival of lights and it is this weeks story-time theme. Join us for songs, stories and a craft.

Children

Date: October 23, 2025 (Thursday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 10:00am - 10:45am

Stories, coloring, crafts, etc.

Children

Date: October 24, 2025 (Friday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 4:30-6:00 pm

Location: Lumberton Community Center

The library may be closed but join us at the Lumberton Community Center for the library system's annual trunk or treat!

All Ages

Date: October 24, 2025 (Friday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 4:30pm

Location: Ben Barrett Community Center, Lumberton, MS

Come out and join us for safe and fun Halloween festivities at the community center in Lumberton! This event is FREE and open to the public.

All Ages

Date: October 24, 2025 (Friday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Closed

Date: October 24, 2025 (Friday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Closed

Date: October 24, 2025 (Friday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

All Lamar County Libraries are closed the last Friday of every month for staff training and deep cleaning. This month we are closing on the 24th instead of the 31st due to Trunk-R-Treat & Halloween.

Closed

Date: October 25, 2025 (Saturday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:00am

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

This month we are reading and discussing "The Invisible Life of Addie Le Rue."

Adults

Date: October 25, 2025 (Saturday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 10:30am

Very easy game for all skill levels! We will play either the Mexican Train or Chickenfoot version

All Ages

Date: October 25, 2025 (Saturday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 11:00AM

Location: Children's Room

Children

Date: October 27, 2025 (Monday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 10:00am

About a 25 minute, easy to follow, presentation addressing romance, grandparent, Medicare, social security, and IRS scams in addition to AI and Veteran Scams

Adults

Date: October 27, 2025 (Monday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 6:00pm

A fun game for ALL! Ages 8 & up recommended

All Ages

Date: October 27, 2025 (Monday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 3:30

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

We will be making fairy gardens.

All Ages

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 5:00-6:00 PM

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

We are choosing recipes out of "The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook". On 10/28 we will sample all the delicious goodies.

Adults

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 5:30PM

Location: Program Room

Join us as we discuss "Twilight"

Adults

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 9:30am-11:30am

Need help with setting up a FB account, email, or any other tech issues. We have set aside a few hours every Tuesday to help you with all your tech needs!

All Ages

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:30 am

Location: Children's Room

Join us for songs, craft, stories and maybe a treat or two.

Children

Date: October 28, 2025 (Tuesday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Children's Room

Join us for Pumpkin Story Time for silly pumpkin stories and arts & crafts!

Children

Date: October 29, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Program Room at Oak Grove library

Using paper doilies we will cut out ghosts and adhere them to old record albums for a cool new Halloween decor idea.

All Ages

Date: October 29, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 4:00pm

Location: Children's Room

Join us for Hot Wheels Racing at the library! Tracks and cars are provided but you are welcome to bring your own.

ChildrenTeens

Date: October 29, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 10:30AM

Location: Children's Room

Join us for a story and a craft!

Children

Date: October 29, 2025 (Wednesday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 3:00pm

Ever wanted to learn to play the game? Do you love the game but need more players? Join us!

Teens

Date: October 30, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Children's Room

Adults, join us for bunco night at the library. Please call 601-796-2505 to reserve your seat.

Adults

Date: October 30, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Lumberton Public Library

Time: 11:00am

Location: Children's Room

Calling all homeschoolers (and anyone else that would like to attend)! Join us for a Halloween Party with games, refreshments, and a movie!

All Ages

Date: October 30, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Oak Grove Public Library

Time: 10:30 am

Location: Children's Room

Join us for songs, craft, stories and maybe a treat or two.

Children

Date: October 30, 2025 (Thursday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 10:00am

Stories, coloring, crafts, etc.

Children

Date: October 30, 2025 (Thursday)  |   Purvis Public Library

Time: 4:00PM

Location: Teen Room

Join us as we discuss "Twilight"

Teens

Date: October 31, 2025 (Friday)  |   L.R. Boyer Memorial Library

Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm

Make sure and stop by the library for some treats. We will have a photo prop as well

Children


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Purvis, MS 39475
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