Keyboard Class (with Music Theory Emphasis)

1:00pm–1:45pm
Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor)
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

Adults-Same Craft/Different Room!

1:45pm–3:30pm
Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Study Room 2
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

As part of our Saturday Family Event Series, we will have an adult craft room and a child craft room. Both will work on the same project, but the atmosphere in adult room will be a little calmer.

Children-Same Craft/Different Room!

1:45pm–3:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

As part of our Saturday Family Event Series, we will have an adult craft room and a child craft room. Both will work on the same project, but the atmosphere in adult room will be a little calmer.

Beginning Guitar Class

2:00pm–2:45pm
Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor)
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

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

Photos with Santa!

3:00pm–5:00pm
Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Lisa Kilolo Todd Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Visit with Santa, share your holiday wishes, and have your picture taken with the big man himself. These make great keepsakes to print or share with friends and family.

Afterschool Supersnack / Recarga tus Energías con Nutrición

3:15pm–3:45pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Classroom A & B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Education PV. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Afterschool Supersnack/Recarga tus Energías con Nutrición

3:15pm–3:45pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Arcadia Park Branch
Room: Arcadia Park - Meeting Room B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Equal Heart.  Open to ages 0-18.  Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Crafternoon: Sensational Snowflakes!

3:15pm–4:15pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Children's Area
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Crafternoons every Thursday at the Audelia Road Branch Library!    

Afterschool Supersnack/Recarga tus Energías con Nutrición

3:30pm–4:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Dallas West Branch
Room: Dallas West - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Equal Heart. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Afterschool Snacks

3:30pm–4:15pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Study Room A
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Afterschool Supersnack/Recarga tus Energías con Nutrición

After School STEM: Build your own snowman!

3:30pm–4:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Kleberg-Rylie Branch
Room: Kleberg-Rylie - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Build your own snowman!

Afterschool Snacks

3:30pm–4:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: White Rock Hills Branch
Room: White Rock Hills - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Education PV. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Afterschool Super Snack (Supermerienda extraescolar)

3:30pm–4:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Pleasant Grove Branch
Room: Pleasant Grove - Classroom A & B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free nutritious super snack for ages 1-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Education PV. 

Afterschool Supersnack/ Supermerienda extraescolar

3:30pm–4:30pm
Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Classroom 1
Age Group: Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Education PV. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Afterschool Supersnack/Recarga tus Energías con Nutrición

3:45pm–4:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch
Room: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest - Classroom A
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Equal Heart. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Afterschool SWITCH HOUR!

4:00pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Children's Area
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Celebrate the last week of School before Christmas break with us!
We will have the Nintendo Switch out!

Mr. Bill’s Music Mayhem - Keyboard

4:00pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for FREE weekly music classes at Vickery Park Branch with top-notch instructors at your local library!

Instruments will be provided for use during class and may be available to check out (just like a library book).

Snowflake Suncatchers

4:00pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Park Forest Branch
Room: Park Forest - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Winter is here! As the days get shorter, catch the sunlight in your windows. Make snowflake shaped sun catchers out of tissue paper in dazzling mosaic patterns. 

The Snowball Olympics

4:00pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Grauwyler Park Branch
Room: Grauwyler Park - Florence Jeanette Coe Meeting Room B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

We will have a winter games with snowballs (made of styrofoam)! 

Our Games:

  • Snowball Basketball
  • Snowball Math Race
  • Snowball Golf

May the best snowballer win!

 

Game Day!

4:00pm–6:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Forest Green Branch
Room: Forest Green - Classroom 2
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Calling all gamers!

Afterschool Crafts

4:30pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Lochwood Branch
Room: Lochwood - Classroom 1 & 2
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Explore Art, Science, Math and more through crafts!

 

Recommended for ages 6 to 13 years old.

 

Afterschool Supersnack/Recarga tus Energías con Nutrición

4:30pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch
Room: Highland Hills - Classroom B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Refuel with a free, nutritious meal provided by Education PV. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Afterschool Supersnack/Supermerienda extraescolar

4:30pm–5:00pm
Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Children's area
Age Group: Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Refuel afterschool with a free, nutritious meal provided by Education PV. Open to ages 0-18. Meals are made possible through the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Winter STEM : Snowflakes and Hot Chocolate

4:30pm–5:15pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Pleasant Grove Branch
Room: Pleasant Grove - Classroom A & B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Using mini and jumbo marshmallows, toothpicks, hot cocoa and a little chemistry we will be making a tasty Christmas treat!

Jingle Bell Maze

4:30pm–5:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Build a maze out of legos then test your creation to see who can complete the jingle bell maze first!

Kwanzaa Unity Cup

4:30pm–5:30pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
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Library Branch: Timberglen Branch
Room: Timberglen - Classroom
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Kwanzaa is a celebration of the African-American culture, held annually from December 26 to January 1.

Mr. Bill’s Music Mayhem - Violin

5:00pm–5:45pm
School Age (ages 6-12)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 1
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

5:00 p - 5:45 pm - Violin

Join us for FREE weekly music classes at Vickery Park Branch with top-notch instructors at your local library!

DIY Ornaments

5:00pm–6:00pm
Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch
Room: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest - Classroom B
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Spread some holiday cheer with personalized ornaments that will brighten up your day! Make one for someone special in your life and keep the holiday cheer going!

DIY Ornament

5:15pm–5:45pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
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Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch
Room: Highland Hills - Classroom B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Bring in the holiday cheer by making a decoration piece for your home!