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Chess Club

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Renner-Frankford - In Library at Renner Frankford Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Play chess and meet people in a casual-friendly environment! This club meets every Thursday. All skill levels are welcome. 

Library Branch: Renner Frankford Branch
Room: Renner-Frankford - In Library
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Play chess and meet people in a casual-friendly environment! This club meets every Thursday. All skill levels are welcome. 

The Very Impatient Caterpillar

Story & Craft: The Very Impatient Caterpillar

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Audelia Road - Children's Area at Audelia Road Branch
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Event Details:

Join us on each month as we read a book and do a craft based on the book we read. This is geared towards Kindergarten through 2nd graders.    May's Book: The V...

Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Children's Area
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Early Literacy, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Join us on each month as we read a book and do a craft based on the book we read. This is geared towards Kindergarten through 2nd graders. 

 

May's Book: The Very Impatient Caterpillar By: Ross Burach

Toddler Storytime

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Children's area at Martin Luther King, Jr.
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Outreach
Age Group:
Family, Infant & Toddler
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

Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Children's area
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler
Program Type: Early Literacy, Outreach
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

Firefly Lullaby

Stories and Songs with Special Guest Karen Weiss

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:30am
Lakewood - Children's Area at Lakewood Branch
Program Type:
Early Literacy
Age Group:
Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Event Details:

Start your Saturday morning out with stories, songs, and plenty of dancing! Fun for the whole family.  This week, we are welcoming local artist and author Karen Weiss, who ...

Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Children's Area
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Early Literacy
Event Details:

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

storytime

Toddler Storytime

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Fretz Park - Children's Area at Fretz Park Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature, Early Literacy
Age Group:
Family, Infant & Toddler
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

Library Branch: Fretz Park Branch
Room: Fretz Park - Children's Area
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, 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

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Guitar Class

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm - 1:45pm
Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor) at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
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. Classes are 45 minutes packed with fun ga...

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
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.

Story & Craft at Vector Brewing

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Community Events
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Outreach
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

The Audelia Road Branch Library is in your community! See us at Vector Brewing for a story and craft! This months' book: "The Very Impatient Caterpillar" By: Ross Burach. T...

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Community Events
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Early Literacy, Outreach
Event Details:

The Audelia Road Branch Library is in your community! See us at Vector Brewing for a story and craft!

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Family Fun Saturday: Glass Gem Magnets

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lochwood - Classroom 1 & 2 at Lochwood Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

One Saturday a month we do something fun for the whole family! Transform scrapbook paper and clear glass gems into unique refrigerator magnets you can use to hang all your best ...

Library Branch: Lochwood Branch
Room: Lochwood - Classroom 1 & 2
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

One Saturday a month we do something fun for the whole family!

Transform scrapbook paper and clear glass gems into unique refrigerator magnets you can use to hang all your best art!

 

Safety Saturday

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Prairie Creek - Auditorium at Prairie Creek Branch
Program Type:
Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

As part of our Saturday Family Event Series, we will bring in experts to provide information on different ways of addressing safety issues.

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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Auditorium
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

As part of our Saturday Family Event Series, we will bring in experts to provide information on different ways of addressing safety issues.

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Keyboard Class

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor) at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
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. Classes are 45 minutes packed with fun ga...

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
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.

Magic

Doc Grimes Magic Show (Doc Grimes show de magia-Bilingue)

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Dallas West - Courtyard at Dallas West Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Delightful, zany magical entertainment for children, Doc’s hour-long children’s show celebrates each child, leaving them laughing in their discovery of the wonder, laughter and sur...

Library Branch: Dallas West Branch
Room: Dallas West - Courtyard
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Delightful, zany magical entertainment for children, Doc’s hour-long children’s show celebrates each child, leaving them laughing in their discovery of the wonder, laughter and surprise, often at the expense of the comical old “magic man” who, whe

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

Movie Time: Spider Man-Into the Spiderverse

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Hampton-Illinois - Classroom A & B at Hampton-Illinois Branch
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Movie time for families to come together and enjoy the start of summer! 

Required
Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 50
Event Details:

Movie time for families to come together and enjoy the start of summer! 

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Strings Class

Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor) at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
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. Classes are 45 minutes packed with fun ga...

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
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.

2 children playing with blocks. Play & Grow Fair written below image.

Play and Grow Fair

Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Renner-Frankford - In Library at Renner Frankford Branch
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Early Literacy, Featured
Age Group:
Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Event Details:

Don’t miss this event for children ages 0-5 and their families!  Play & Grow is a brain building event full of fun activities that will help your children b...

Library Branch: Renner Frankford Branch
Room: Renner-Frankford - In Library
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Civic Engagement, Early Literacy, Featured
Event Details:

Don’t miss this event for children ages 0-5 and their families!  Play & Grow is a brain building event full of fun activities that will help your children build early literacy as they play while caregivers get information f

Burr Oak and Sun

Texas, Still and In Motion: Abstractions in Oil by Jan Hart Black

All Day 5/28 - 6/12
Central Library - Fine Arts Area (4th Floor) at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

A Texas native, Jan Hart Black was inspired by the majestic, powerful, mystifying aspects of its elements. Her current work expresses in oil her senses’ memories of their touch. Th...

Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Fine Arts Area (4th Floor)
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

A Texas native, Jan Hart Black was inspired by the majestic, powerful, mystifying aspects of its elements. Her current work expresses in oil her senses’ memories of their touch. The feel of wind on skin. A still hot day. Dust storms.

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Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Assistance

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 9:00am - 11:00am
Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Library at Martin Luther King, Jr.
Program Type:
Civic Engagement
Age Group:
Family, Adult
Event Details:

Parkland Community Health Plan visits to provide resource information and assistance with enrollment in SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and more.

Required
Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Library
Age Group: Family, Adult
Program Type: Civic Engagement
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Parkland Community Health Plan visits to provide resource information and assistance with enrollment in SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and more.

One on One Computer Assistance. Every Tuesday from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.

One on One Computer Help at BSS

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Skillman Southwestern - Computer Area at Skillman Southwestern Branch
Program Type:
Technology
Age Group:
Family, Adult, Seniors
Event Details:

Do you need help on the computer? If so, stop by the Skillman Southwestern Branch Library every Tuesday from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm! 

Library Branch: Skillman Southwestern Branch
Room: Skillman Southwestern - Computer Area
Age Group: Family, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Do you need help on the computer? If so, stop by the Skillman Southwestern Branch Library every Tuesday from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm! 

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Beginning Guitar Class

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor) at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
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. Classes are 45 minutes packed with fun ga...

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
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.

Little Bookworms: Songs and Stories

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Vickery Park - Auditorium at Vickery Park Branch
Program Type:
Early Literacy
Age Group:
Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Event Details:

Enjoy an inviting space where you and your child can learn, play, and socialize with others in the community every Wednesday. Listen to stories, move to the music, and have fun! St...

Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Early Literacy
Event Details:

Enjoy an inviting space where you and your child can learn, play, and socialize with others in the community every Wednesday. Listen to stories, move to the music, and have fun!

Chamber Orchestra (Advanced)

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor) at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & Literature
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
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. Classes are packed with fun games, exerci...

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
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.

Bethany Burke with a dinosaur skull

Dinosaur or NOT?

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Audelia Road - Children's Area at Audelia Road Branch
Program Type:
Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Event Details:

You can probably name some fascinating prehistoric creatures. But is each one of them actually a dinosaur, or NOT? You might be surprised! What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur? You’ll ...

Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Children's Area
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

You can probably name some fascinating prehistoric creatures. But is each one of them actually a dinosaur, or NOT? You might be surprised! What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur?

After School Cinema

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Kleberg-Rylie - Auditorium at Kleberg-Rylie Branch
Program Type:
Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Bring the family for a kids friendly movie screening. Repeats weekly. 

Library Branch: Kleberg-Rylie Branch
Room: Kleberg-Rylie - Auditorium
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:
Bring the family for a kids friendly movie screening. Repeats weekly. 
Work it Out Wombat

KERA Kids Presents: PBS STEM Hour- Work it Out Wombats

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Dallas West - Auditorium at Dallas West Branch
Program Type:
Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Event Details:

Join the KERA KIDS team for PBS STEM Hour as we engage in fun, creative problem-solving to design and engineer several projects like a castle made of Play-Doh!&...

Library Branch: Dallas West Branch
Room: Dallas West - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Join the KERA KIDS team for PBS STEM Hour as we engage in fun, creative problem-solving to design and engineer several projects like a castle made of Play-Doh! Kids will create, test, and improve their designs while a

Toddler Storytime

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Lakewood - Auditorium at Lakewood Branch
Program Type:
Early Literacy, Outreach
Age Group:
Family, Infant & Toddler
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

Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, Infant & Toddler
Program Type: Early Literacy, Outreach
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