Day Calendar

Cast your ballot for the upcoming election. For more information on ID requirements and ballots details, please visit https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/

Free adult high school equivalency and career readiness preparation class with the Wilkinson Center.

Register here: http://cutt.ly/newclient

Start your Saturday morning out with stories, songs, and plenty of dancing! Fun for the whole family. 

Visit the Central Library Saturday, October 28th from 10:00am - 11:00am and learn more about the James Webb Space Telescope from a Longitude Fellow!

Join us every 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from 10:30am to 2:30pm for a come & go makers series presented by the Dallas Young Makers Club!

Learn how to:

Drop into the library between 10:00 a.m. and noon for a free balloon animal! A professional balloon twister will be on site to add some extra fun to your visit and Halloween weekend. 

Sponsored by Atmos Energy. 

Grab your dice and bag of tricks and stop by Forest Green's first Dungeons and Dragons event!

Sign up to receive FREE math tutoring for grades K-12 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch Library.

1 on 1 dedicated computer help with a staff member from the Dallas Public Library. We can help you with your computer skills, accessing social services, connectivity, job applications, creating a resume and more.

Sign up to receive FREE math tutoring for grades K-12 at the North Oak Cliff Branch Library.

Must register online to participate. Email contact for more information.

This program is hosted by IntelliChoice

In this beginners workshop, students will learn about leather tools, types of leather and hand stitching. Students should walk away with completed leather pieces at the end of each class to take home!

Visit the Prairie Creek branch every Saturday from 10:00am - noon for our weekly gathering to share patterns, projects, and socialize.

Are you having trouble in Math?   Get FREE tutoring Saturdays 10am - 12pm from Intellichoice Math Tutors.  Available for all students up to grade 12.  

Sign up to receive free math tutoring! Intellichoice offers math tutoring beginning Sept 10th. 

Saturdays, 10:00am - 12:00 pm

• Free English classes. All are welcome. No library card or I.D. required. Register in-person during class. 

Sign up to receive free math tutoring! Intellichoice offers math tutoring every Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. beginning September 16 led by Prof. Gil Lee from the University of Texas.

Addictive Books is DPL's monthly book club taking place at Union Coffee. We meet once a month on Saturday for coffee and discussion. This month's book club book is  The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley.

Come practice Spanish and help English learners at the language exchange.

Reading to therapy dogs can help improve kids' confidence in their reading abilities. Since dogs are not judgmental, kids can read to them without feeling the pressure and anxiety that may come from reading to peers. 

Practice the skills you need to be ready to read. Hear stories, sing songs, jump around and learn! Suggested ages: 18 months - 3 years old

Get ready for Halloween with a Spooky-Fun time for the whole family! 

10:30 AM: Mini-Halloween Storytime followed by a Pre-K craft in the theater

• Free English classes. All are welcome. No library card or I.D. required. Register in-person during class. 

Stop by for a fun and relaxing time that the whole family will enjoy. Families will get to participate in coloring, journaling and a Lego makerspace as tools to help with ins and outs of day-to-day living. 

Practice the skills you need to be ready to read. Hear stories, sing songs, jump around and learn! Suggested ages: 18 months - 3 years old

The Family Learning Program is a companion program to Saturday English language classes. Students' children ages 6-11 will do fun, educational, and creative activities while their parents are in class.

Free English classes. All are welcome! Clases gratis de inglés -  ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

The Side Hustle University Program will provide library patrons with an introduction to how to launch a Side Hustle while working a job. 

Call ahead to schedule one-on-one time to work on basic technology problems you are having.
Thursdays & Saturdays, by appointment only.

Like a combination of cross-stitch and paint-by-numbers, diamond painting is the new creative hobby that’s taking the crafting world by storm. You simply apply colorful resin rhinestones to richly-pigmented canvas paintings. The result?

Are you new to drawing and sketching? Want to learn the fundamentals every artist needs to start their journey?

 Free Citizenship preparation classes. All are welcome. No library card or I.D. required. Register in-person during class. 

Are you a gamer? If so, stop by Lancaster Kiest Branch Library and play popular games on the ipad such as: Super Mario Run, Mario Kart, Roblox and much more!

Celebrate spooky season with the fun horror films that we'll be showing in the 1st Floor Auditorium!

Note: Rated R movies are intended for audiences 18 and older; films, times, and room are subject to change.

Literary LEGO is a creative workshop for school aged children. Participants can create their own stories, or a story based on books in the library.

Calling all chess prodigies and aspiring grandmasters! Unlock the timeless allure of chess and embark on a captivating journey of strategic mastery and intellectual camaraderie every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 1:00 PM.

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Recipes hold history—histories of our family, the lands they come from, and of survival. 

When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

The Free Digital Skills Training Program is an 8-week program focused on hands-on computer training, basic digital skills, resume building, and job coaching. The program also teaches practicing online safety and protecting personal information.

Thomas Acebo will again lead our Dungeons & Dragons every second Saturday and fourth Saturday of the month. 

We are excited to offer this 9-week course in beginner piano for adults. If you have always wanted to learn piano but never did, now's your time to sign up! 

• Free English classes. All are welcome. No library card or I.D. required. Register in-person during class. 

Let's get spooky at the library! Wear your best Halloween Costume, walk through our haunted house, make spooky crafts, and trick or treat! 

Celebrate Fright Night this year at the Haunting of Hampton Scare Maze. Bring your whole group to experience the terrors within. 

This event is made possible by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. 

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Pase por Bachman Lake Branch Library los Sabados por la tarde si le gusta tejer o hacer ganchillo.

Crafternoons every Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Forest Green Branch Library!    

Looking for assistance setting up your resume? Unfamiliar with using a computer and want help creating an email? Then schedule for a 1 Hour One-on-One Career Launch Pad training session with one of our staff members.

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

Come and join us every Saturday @ 2pm to knit, crochet, cross-stitch, and macrame.

If you have a passion for gardening and would love to meet people that also do, come enjoy an hour of socializing, seed swapping, and even a craft provided by the North Texas Master Naturalists who will be bringing supplies for participants to mak

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

1 on 1 dedicated computer help with a staff member from the Dallas Public Library. We can help you with your computer skills, accessing social services, connectivity, job applications, creating a resume and more.

The book club with no assigned reading and no pressure!