Getting your child ready to read is as easy as reading, playing, singing, talking, and writing. Register for the Reading Ready program and receive a complimentary kit each month, for five months to help you and your child practice these early literac...

Celebrate Juneteenth with Newbery and Caldecott Award winning Author, Carole Boston Weatherford. Ms. Weatherford will read Juneteenth Jamboree and share from her newest title Unspeakable, released earlier this year in commemoration of the centen...

Enjoy your morning coffee even more as you relax while watching colorful birds eating, bathing, nesting and raising their young right outside your window.  Make your yard more fun for your family and also more beneficial to nature by planting th...

Making Your Own Journals  Learn how to make your own customized journals by re-purposing materials you have at home! Recommended Supplies:  loose sheets of paper  decorative paper (for the cover)  cardboard (like f...

Learn how to read music, understand chord and melodic theory, and to play the piano or keyboard. Participants are encouraged to attend a weekly session, but can join at any time.   This program is available online only. Registration is r...

Celebrate Juneteenth with a special guest lecture by Shomari Wills, author of Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires. Black Fortunes provides detailed biographies of African-A...

Interested in learning to play the violin? Join Bill Smith online Saturdays at 1pm. The program will teach students the basics of playing the violin and reading music. No previous experience is needed to join, but it is important to have a violin ava...

Expand your music listening skills with this, the latest offering of Bill's Music Classes. Taught by DPL's Music Librarian Andrew Anderson, this class aims to open up areas of knowing and listening to music that will help you enjoy (or appreciate, at...

You are invited to an exciting experience! Enjoy painting, friends, and a good time! Registrants receive a painting kit to be picked up at the Polk Wisdom Branch. If you don't receive a painting kit, you can purchase the following supplies a...

Interested in learning to play the guitar? Dust that guitar in the corner off and let's play some songs. You'll learn basic chords and strumming patterns, as well as a bit of music theory in the process. Whatever your goal, we think you'll have ...