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Sounds in the Stacks is a series of community concerts at CALS branches that highlights local musicians with different musical backgrounds as they showcase their talent and skill in an intimate one-hour concert.
Sounds in the Stacks brings music to branch libraries to engage the community with local musicians and their talents. For ten months out of the year, there is one concert per month at a different library within CALS. Each of these concerts takes place in the midst of the books (stacks), in the open for all to enjoy. The intimate setting of the library affords the opportunity for the artist to have conversations with the patrons in attendance. They will share their feelings about pieces of music that they have chosen to play as well as their own original compositions. It’s this interaction that sets the series apart; think of it as a VH1 Storytellers but better.
Today's hours
We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Open since 2009, the Esther DeWitt Nixon Library is a 13,700 square-foot building located on historical Main Street in Jacksonville. Our resources include adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction materials in print and on DVD, as well as the vast digital collection common to all CALS libraries and available to download or stream 24/7. Innovative new collections have added birdwatching kits, engravers, fishing poles, telescopes, and toy library. Library users may enjoy free use of public computers, wireless internet access, and three study rooms equipped with dry erase boards. A larger meeting room features a catering kitchen, projector and screen, AV system, wireless access, laptop connection and a dry erase board. An outdoor pavilion with seating can accommodate talks, concerts, or other gatherings. The Nixon Library hosts educational and recreational programs for library users of all ages. In addition, the Nixon Library is home to Jacksonville’s Centennial Time Capsule and is a geocache location.
