DIY @ DPL: Sea Salt Texturizing Hair Spray for All Hair Types

9:00am - 10:00am
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Library Branch: Bachman Lake Branch
Room: Bachman Lake - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 14
Event Details:

Effortlessly tousled hair? Yes, please! Turns out, the secret ingredient (known to beach lovers everywhere) has always been sea salt. You can get that just-been-to-the-beach look anywhere, anytime with this homemade, DIY sea salt spray.

Reservation

Highland Hills Exhibit

9:15am - 3:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch
Room: Highland Hills - Study Room
Purpose of Meeting

Juneteenth Highland Hills Exhibit.

Family Fun Saturday: Sidewalk Chalk and Bubbles

9:30am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Lochwood Branch
Room: Lochwood - Lower Parking Lot
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Join us for one Saturday a month as we do something fun for the whole family!

This month we're celebrating summer weather as we hang out in our Parking Lot for Sidewalk Chalk and Bubbles!

English Language Learning

10:00am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Kleberg-Rylie Branch
Room: Kleberg-Rylie - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime. All are welcome!

Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento - ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

Dungeons and Dragons: Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel

10:00am - 12:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Forest Green Branch
Room: Forest Green - Classroom 2
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 4
Event Details:

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

Cancelled

Loom Knitting / Telar Circular

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Study Room 2
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

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

 

 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library.

Tortoise Craft

10:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch
Room: Preston Royal - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Celebrate Texas Bluebonnet Award Winning 2022-2023 book Memoirs of a Tortoise by Devin Scillian, illustrated by Tim Bowers. Create your own rock tortoise to take home to adorn your garden. 

English as a Second Language Course / Curso de Ingles como Segundo Idioma

10:00am - 1:00pm
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

English as a Second Language

Classes are every Saturday.

Curso de Ingles como Segundo Idioma

Las clases son todos los Sábados.

Trinity River Audubon Center: Bus Pick-up

10:00am - 1:00pm
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Outdoor Area
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Event Details:

Trinity River Audubon Center is providing free transportation and admission for you to spend time at their facility.  Walk one of their many trails, sit and watch the birds, or just enjoy the peace and quiet of nature.  Look for animal t

GED Classes with the Wilkinson Center

10:00am - 2:30pm
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Library Branch: Pleasant Grove Branch
Room: Pleasant Grove - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: GED
Event Details:

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

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

Pride Celebration at the Library

10:00am - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Public Floor Area (3rd Floor)
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Celebrate Pride Month at the Central Library with an event-packed day!

Cancelled

Computer Basics Advanced Session/Clases básicas de computadora sesión avanzada

10:30am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Arcadia Park Branch
Room: Arcadia Park - In Library
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

This class is a continuation of "Basic Computer Classes/Clases básicas de computadora."

In this class students will continue practicing their basic computer skills but will also begin to focus on working with specific computer programs

Tails and Tales: Read to Therapy Dogs - featuring Dallas

10:30am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Children's Area
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

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. 

Toddler Story Time

10:30am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Timberglen Branch
Room: Timberglen - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Early Literacy, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

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

Toddler Storytime

10:30am - 11:30am
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Library Branch: Fretz Park Branch
Room: Fretz Park - Black Box Theater
Age Group: Infant & Toddler
Program Type: Early Literacy
Event Details:

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

English Language Learning

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Timberglen Branch
Room: Timberglen - Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime. All are welcome!

Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento - ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

Cancelled

English Language Learning

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Bachman Lake Branch
Room: Bachman Lake - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime. All are welcome! Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento - ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

English Language Learning

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 1
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime. All are welcome! Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento - ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

English Language Learning

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime.

All are welcome!

Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento

¡Todos son bienvenidos!

English Language Learning

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: White Rock Hills Branch
Room: White Rock Hills - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime. All are welcome! Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento - ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

Cancelled

Family Learning Program

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Black Box Theater
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

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.

Family Learning Program

10:30am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: White Rock Hills Branch
Room: White Rock Hills - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

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.

Computer Tutor

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Park Forest Branch
Room: Park Forest - Computer Area
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

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

Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Bookmarks in NorthPark Center
Room: Bookmarks - NorthCourt
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra and DSO Cares will be presenting a special instrument education program for children. Learn about the instruments that make up the symphony and watch a short performance. 

DIY Rainbow Heart Craft

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Children's Center Craft Area (2nd Floor)
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Celebrate Pride by creating a rainbow hanging heart sign filled with love and bold colors! Families can hang their completed craft as a door hanger or wall décor, while supplies last.

Pride Tie-Dye

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Mountain Creek Branch
Room: Mountain Creek - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Teen
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Happy Pride Month! Celebrate your unique colors by making a tie-dye t-shirt that represents your true colors!

The Creature Teacher

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Hop on in to this amazing animal program with The Creature Teacher and learn about animals from all over the world!

What Business Should I Start?

11:00am - 12:00pm
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Classroom 1 & 2
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Economic/Workforce Development
Event Details:

Is it time for you to start your own business? Don't know what to do, or where to start? When you leave this workshop, you will have the tools you need to make a good decision. We'll cover:

Family Sand Art

11:00am - 12:30pm
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Library Branch: Arcadia Park Branch
Room: Arcadia Park - Meeting Room A&B
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Bring the whole family out to the library for some creative fun. Use your imagination to create a fun summer-themed sand art project. Work together or each create something individually.

Plant and Jar Swap

11:00am - 12:30pm
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Library Branch: Renner Frankford Branch
Room: Renner-Frankford - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Go Green with Renner Frankford!

Rainbow Sugar Scrub

11:00am - 12:30pm
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Celebrate pride month with this sweet pride-themed craft as you make your own Rainbow Sugar Scrub!

Each registered participant will get to make their own colorful exfoliant that is sure to smell divine.

 

Young Artists: Watercolor Painting

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Lillian Bradshaw Gallery Exhibits (4th Floor)
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Are you new to watercolor painting? Want to learn the fundamentals every artist needs to start their journey?

Citizenship Class

12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Library Branch: Kleberg-Rylie Branch
Room: Kleberg-Rylie - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Featured
Event Details:

Free classes. Start anytime! All are welcome. No library card or I.D. required. Register in-person during class.

Touch-A-Truck Festival

12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch
Room: Preston Royal - Lobby
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Join us for a fun afternoon learning about trucks, cars, and other essential vehicles around the city! We will have a local firetruck, garbage and recycling vehicles, a police car, and an ice cream truck!

Vintage Scroll Making Class

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Fiber Arts Workroom (4th Floor)
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Do you need a prop for a messenger in a Shakespeare play? Would you like to create an unusual invitation for your next party? Try making a scroll. Our class will provide all the materials needed to make you very own vintage scroll.

Guitar Class

1:00pm - 1:45pm
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 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
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.

Literary LEGO

1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Children's Center Craft Area (2nd Floor)
Age Group: Preschool, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Early Literacy
Event Details:

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

Central Chess Club

1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Study Room (3rd Floor)
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Learn to play or sharpen your skills. All ages and skill levels welcome! Happens every second and fourth Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Reservation

End of Life Matters

1:00pm - 3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Timberglen Branch
Room: Timberglen - Auditorium
Purpose of Meeting

Practical information and general overview of end-of-life matters.

Movie Saturdays

1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Hamon Training Room (5th Floor)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Watch a fun movie every Saturday afternoon* here at the library!

 

*Note: times, room, and films are subject to change.

Perot Museum TECH Truck

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Oak Lawn Branch
Room: Oak Lawn - Children's Area
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Join us for a fun STEM filled day!

Cancelled

Dungeons & Dragons

1:00pm - 3:30pm
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Study Room 1
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

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

Movies at Arcadia: Jurassic Park

1:00pm - 3:30pm
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Library Branch: Arcadia Park Branch
Room: Arcadia Park - Story Children's Area
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Genetically engineered dinosaurs run amok on a remote island. It's up to a paleontologist, a paleobotanist and a mathematician to outmaneuver the deadly beasts and find their way back to civilization. Based on Michael Crichton's best seller.

Keyboard Class

2:00pm - 2:45pm
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 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
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.

Bricks4Kidz: Lego Workshop

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Grauwyler Park Branch
Room: Grauwyler Park - Florence Jeanette Coe Meeting Room A & B
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Join us having fun while learning! Bricks4Kidz brings a 60minute STEM based learning session for anyone to join!

DIY Marble Mugs

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

DIY: Make your own marbled mug using a water dip method!

Supplies are limited to the first 15 attendees.

All supplies provided.

Get Started with Your Genealogy

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - History & Genealogy (8th Floor)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

If you've never taken the plunge to look into your family's history, this program will help you know how to get started!

Juneteenth: Seniors Drum Circle

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Pleasant Grove Branch
Room: Pleasant Grove - Black Box Theater
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Adults and seniors, celebrate Juneteenth with a special drum circle presented by Len Barnett.

Provided by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.

SMART Summer: Egg-celent Coding Craft

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Skyline Branch
Room: Skyline - Classroom
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Visit the Skyline branch every Saturday from 2:00-3:00pm for an afternoon of free Science, Math, Art, Reading, or Technology based entertainment!

Summer Crafternoon Craft

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Forest Green Branch
Room: Forest Green - Children's Area
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Crafternoons are rewed for the summer with a sunny summertime theme! Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the Forest Green Branch Library for a summer twist to our crafts! 

While supplies last. 

Upcycled Jar Terrariums

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Timberglen Branch
Room: Timberglen - Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Make your own terrarium at this fun workshop!

Yarn Craft Saturdays

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 1
Age Group: Family, Teen, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

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

English Language Learning

2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Library Branch: Renner Frankford Branch
Room: Renner-Frankford - Study Room A
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: English Language Learning
Event Details:

Free English classes. Start anytime. All are welcome!

Clases gratis de inglés - Comience en cualquier momento - ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

Senior Knitting Club

2:00pm - 3:45pm
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Library Branch: Bachman Lake Branch
Room: Bachman Lake - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

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

Getting SMART with Sherlock: Mock Case

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch
Room: Preston Royal - Auditorium
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 8
Event Details:

We have spent the last few month's delving into the world of Sherlock Holmes.

Perot TECH Truck

2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Fretz Park Branch
Room: Fretz Park - Black Box Theater
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

The Perot TECH Truck visit will engage youth, elementary age and up, in hands-on, maker-based science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) experiences that foster creativity and confidence.

 

Strings Class

3:00pm - 3:45pm
Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor)
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 1
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.

Computer Help

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Computer Area
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Economic/Workforce Development, Technology
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

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.