Our premiere annual event, Booked for the Evening, on Saturday, April 25, is on the fourth floor of the beautiful downtown Eugene Public Library.

Funds raised at this year's Booked for the Evening will help the library to continue to provide quality programming that brings literature to life, including visits from well loved authors, for patrons of all ages.

Access to library programming, events, author talks, performances, and other community-building activities is incredibly important - especially now, when loneliness is epidemic and free opportunities to gather, learn, and grow together are harder to come by.

Another reason to support robust library programs: cuts to the library’s General Fund have been so severe that there is no longer funding for the purchase of books, programming, or materials - instead, those things have only been made possible through the library levy that is soon to expire and through donations to our Foundation from generous community members like you.

Sponsoring our event is a great way to link your business with our mission to support Eugene Public Library - our community’s invaluable resource.

⭐Help us reach for the stars by supporting this event!⭐

Thank you to our very generous sponsors for Booked for the Evening: Stories Among the Stars!

⭐ Constellation Sponsor: SELCO Community Credit Union

Booked for the Evening in Previous Years

Photos from Booked for the Evening 2025

Click here to view the full album of event photos.

Booked 2024

Thank you to those who attended Eugene Public Library Foundation's Booked for the Evening on Saturday, May 4, 2024! We were inspired by library supporters showing up in force to support the Children’s Courtyard expansion at Eugene Public Library. From lightsabers to Jedi robes to Chewbacca costumes, your joyful attendance meant a lot to us!

Event photos have been uploaded to our Booked for the Evening 2024 Facebook album that can be accessed even if you do not have a Facebook account. 

Booked 2023

View photos from Booked 2023 below or visit our Booked for the Evening 2023 Facebook album to view all photos from that event.

Thank you to everyone who attended Eugene Public Library Foundation's Booked for the Evening on Saturday, April 29, 2023! It was so inspiring to celebrate 20 years in the downtown Eugene Public Library with such a dedicated and generous community of library supporters. Your attendance meant a lot to us! Thank you to our event speakers: Honorary Chair, Kathie Tippens Wiper; Former Library Services Director, Will O’Hearn; Randy Nishimura, AIA, of Robertson Sherwood Architects; and Event Host, Storm Kennedy.

Booked 2022

Here are some scenes from 2022 when we were entertained and inspired to give by Honorary Chair, Mayor Lucy Vinis, author Kim Johnson, and our dynamic host, Eugene City Councilor Matt Keating. Will O’Hearn graciously highlighted how Eugene Public Library has met community needs again and again throughout the pandemic, demonstrating how the Library of Things is expanding access to knowledge even more. And we honored Renee Grube who retired as the executive director of Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services.