Events – Gould Library – Carleton College

Thursday, Sep 04, 2025 - Thursday, Sep 03, 2026

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Ongoing

Library Exhibitions: Fall Term • Sep 1, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025 In-Person • Gould Library

September 2025

Wed 10

10:00am Library Academic Open House - 1h In-Person • East Wing (4th Floor Gould Library)

Tue 23

5:00pm Weighing American Influence in Latin America and the Consequences of USAID's Fall - 1h 30m In-Person • Athenaeum @ Gould Library • from Political Science and International Relations

October 2025

Thu 2

12:10pm Artist Talk with Conor McGrann - 50m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Wed 8

5:00pm Wild Ecopedagogy and Ecological Ethics - A Public Lecture by Dr. Cajetan Iheka, Yale University - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Africana Studies

Thu 16

5:15pm Tales, Talismans, and Time Travel: an artist talk and discussion with Islam Aly - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Tue 28

5:00pm An Evening with Sarah Thankam Mathews - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from English

November 2025

Fri 7

10:30am Head of Reference & Instruction Candidate Presentation - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Tue 11

10:30am Head of Reference & Instruction Candidate Presentation - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Fri 14

10:30am Head of Reference & Instruction Candidate Presentation - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Wed 19

10:00am Map-Themed Crafts - 6h In-Person • Gould Library Lobby

Thu 20

Drop In & Draw @ Gould Library (begins) In-Person • Gould Library Lobby

Fri 21

Library Exhibitions: Fall Term (ends) In-Person • Gould Library
3:00pm Cocoa & Cider @ Gould Library - 1h In-Person • Gould Library - Front Doors

Mon 24

Drop In & Draw @ Gould Library (ends) In-Person • Gould Library Lobby

January 2026

Tue 13

12:00pm Librarian Candidate 1 Open Presentation followed by Q&A - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Office of the Provost
6:45pm Forkosh Family Lecture: Once We Were Slaves - 1h In-Person • Athenaeum, Gould Library • from Religion

Thu 15

12:00pm Librarian Candidate 2 Open Presentation followed by Q&A - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Office of the Provost

Tue 20

12:00pm Librarian Candidate 3 Open Presentation followed by Q&A - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Office of the Provost

Wed 21

Gould Library Exhibitions (begins) In-Person • Gould Library
4:30pm Queer Television, Intermittent Interest, and Low Grade Archival Fevers - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from American Studies

Tue 27

12:00pm Man-made Language: Prestige, (Mis)understanding, and Power - 1h In-Person • Gould Library East Wing

Thu 29

5:00pm AHS Guest Speaker: Brian Klaas '08 - 1h 30m In-Person • The Athenaeum @ Gould Library • from Political Science and International Relations

February 2026

Thu 5

2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Library Athenaeum
4:30pm Ourika in Africa: Race and Revision in the Early Black Press - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from American Studies

Mon 9

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX 88.1 FM
2:00pm Make & Take Drop-in: Gilding with Abby! - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Lobby

Tue 10

Valentine Craft Table @ Gould Library (begins) In-Person • Gould Library lobby

Wed 11

Blind Date with a Book @ Gould Library (begins) In-Person • Gould Library rookery

Thu 12

2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Library Athenaeum

Sun 15

Blind Date with a Book @ Gould Library (ends) In-Person • Gould Library rookery
Valentine Craft Table @ Gould Library (ends) In-Person • Gould Library lobby

Mon 16

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX 88.1 FM

Tue 17

12:00pm New Acquisitions in MARS! A Special Collections Open House - 1h In-Person • Special Collections, Gould Library 170 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 19

12:00pm Special Collections Spotlight - 1h In-Person • Gould Library, Reference Room
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Library Athenaeum
4:30pm Let's Talk: Jewish Politics After Sovereignty with Miko Zeldes-Roth ‘18 - 1h 30m In-Person • The Athenaeum at Gould Library • from Political Science and International Relations

Mon 23

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX 88.1 FM

Tue 24

5:00pm Juneteenth: Origins and Misconceptions. A discussion with Steve Williams and Professor Jorge Banuelos - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Africana Studies

Thu 26

2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Library Athenaeum

March 2026

Mon 2

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX 88.1 FM

Tue 3

4:30pm Economics, Politics, and Declining College Enrollment - 1h In-Person • Library Athenaeum • from Economics

Thu 5

2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Library Athenaeum

Mon 9

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX 88.1 FM

Thu 12

Drop In and Draw @ Gould Library (begins) In-Person • Gould Library lobby
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Library Athenaeum

Mon 16

Drop In and Draw @ Gould Library (ends) In-Person • Gould Library lobby

Tue 17

Gould Library Exhibitions (ends) In-Person • Gould Library

April 2026

Wed 1

12:00pm Toff's Birthday Party! - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Lobby

Thu 2

5:00pm Linguistics Comps Symposium for the Class of 2026 - 2h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Linguistics

Fri 3

Closing Soon: Clay and Metal in Tandem (begins) In-Person • Gould Library entrance

Tue 7

12:00pm Queer Zinefest at the Library - 1h In-Person • First Floor Library | Room 170 • from Gender and Sexuality Center

Wed 8

Closing Soon: Clay and Metal in Tandem (ends) In-Person • Gould Library entrance

Thu 9

12:00pm TRIO's Create a Zine Event - 1h In-Person • Multicultural Center • from TRIO / Student Support Services
5:00pm Multi/Race/Less/Ness: Toward a Responsible Abolishing of Racial Categories - 1h In-Person • Library Athenaeum • from Philosophy

Wed 15

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org
4:00pm Breaking the 'cycle': Mandarin tone sandhi via c-command - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Linguistics

Thu 16

2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Thu 23

12:00pm Heads of Carleton: Busts by Jeremy Gautama '26 - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum
5:15pm "Reconciliation and the Making of a Free Society." Annual Mandela-Grimké Lecture with Dr. Uchenna Okeja - 1h 15m In-Person • Athenaeum • from Africana Studies

Fri 24

5:30pm Organized Autonomy: Resisting Settler Impositions in the Américas - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Latin American Studies

Tue 28

12:00pm “Ecological Mavericks: John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts“ presented by Susan Shillinglaw - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from English

Wed 29

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org
5:00pm Art History Comps Symposium - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Art & Art History

Thu 30

2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

May 2026

Tue 5

12:00pm Needlecraft drop-in activity with the makerspace! - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Lobby

Wed 6

11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org

Thu 7

12:00pm Launch of the Gould Library 'Pause & Play' Area in the Rookery - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Rookery, 4th Floor
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Fri 8

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sat 9

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sun 10

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Mon 11

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Tue 12

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Wed 13

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org

Thu 14

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum
5:00pm LTAM Comps Presentations - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Latin American Studies

Fri 15

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
12:00pm That's Entertainment! Exhibit opening and student presentations - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Sat 16

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sun 17

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Mon 18

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Tue 19

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Wed 20

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org

Thu 21

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
12:00pm Bite-sized Lunchtime Talk: A Stitch in Time with Special Collections Librarian Jackie Beckey - 1h In-Person • Gould Library East Wing
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Fri 22

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sat 23

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sun 24

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Mon 25

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Tue 26

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Wed 27

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org

Thu 28

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
2:10pm Public Speaking Practice Group - 45m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Fri 29

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sat 30

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sun 31

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

June 2026

Mon 1

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Tue 2

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
5:30pm Dialogos - Rethinking the Common Ground - 1h 30m In-Person • Library Athenaeum • from Humanities Center

Wed 3

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
11:00am Shelf Awareness: Your Guide to the Libe - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org

Thu 4

Drop In & Draw (begins) In-Person • Gould Library Lobby
Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library
2:00pm Root Beer Floats for You! - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Front Doors

Fri 5

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sat 6

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Sun 7

Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

Mon 8

Drop In & Draw (ends) In-Person • Gould Library Lobby
Library Exhibitions In-Person • Gould Library

August 2026

Tue 11

10:00am The Libe Where You Live: Services for Staff - 1h Hybrid • Athenaeum - Gould Library • from Carleton Staff Council

Thu 13

12:00pm Library Craft Hangout - 1h In-Person • Library Rookery

Thu 20

12:00pm Library Craft Hangout - 1h In-Person • Library Rookery

Thu 27

12:00pm Library Craft Hangout - 1h In-Person • Library Rookery

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