FanCentral: Creative Corner

All Day
Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Fiber Arts Workroom (4th Floor)
Age Group: Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Want a space to work on your cosplay and get ready for FanCentral on July 29 and 30?

Come on into the Fiber Arts Workroom where we will have the space and equipment to channel and get those creative juices and get ideas flowing. 

Addictive Books at Union Coffee

10:00am–11:00am
Adult (18+)
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Community Events
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Addictive Books is DPL's monthly book club taking place at Union Coffee. We meet the last Saturday of every month for coffee and discussion. This month's book club book is Get a Life, Chole Brown by Talia Hibbert. 

Loom Knitting / Telar Circular

10:00am–12:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Classroom 1
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Weekly gathering to share patterns, projects, and socialize.

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

10:00am–1:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Classroom 2
Age Group: Adult (18+)
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.

Basic Computer Classes/Clases básicas de computadora

10:30am–11:30am
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Arcadia Park Branch
Room: Arcadia Park - In Library
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Do you need help with using the computer?  Are the basics of technology mind-boggling to you? 
Visit the Arcadia Park Library Saturday mornings to help find the answers to all your technology problems.

Computer Class

10:30am–11:30am
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch
Room: Highland Hills - Computer Area
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement, , Technology

Computer Tutor

11:00am–12:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Park Forest Branch
Room: Park Forest - Computer Area
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Need help with computers? The library has you covered.

Call ahead to schedule one-on-one time to work on basic technology problems you are having.

Thursdays & Saturdays, by appointment only.

Master Naturalists Present...For the Love of Moths (Live from the Nature Expo!)

11:00am–12:00pm
Adult (18+)
Registration Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement
Registration Required
Event Details:

Presenter Sam Kiechnick will talk all about moths. Although not as famed as their day-flying cousins, moths are crucial for the ecosystem, have some magnificent patterns, and are tremendously diverse.

Free Digital Skills Training

11:00am–1:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Lisa Kilolo Todd Auditorium
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Community & City Engagement, Economic/Workforce Development, Technology
Event Details:

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.

The P.O.N.D. Community Nature Expo

11:00am–2:00pm
Family, Adult (18+)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Community Showcase (1st Floor)
Age Group: Family, Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature,
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for our sixth annual Community Nature Expo on the 1st floor of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. We will be set up from 11:00am - 2:00pm on Saturday, July 23rd.

Noname Book Club @DPL

12:00pm–1:00pm
Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch
Room: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest - Classroom B
Age Group: Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

From the Noname Books website:

Plant Swap

12:00pm–2:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Bachman Lake Branch
Room: Bachman Lake - Lobby
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

We're having a Plant Swap at Bachman Lake Library! Adopt a free house plant, share cuttings, or drop off any healthy plants you no longer want. We will have a table set up inside the lobby.

Cottagecore Crocheting

1:00pm–2:30pm
Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Mountain Creek Branch
Room: Mountain Creek - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Do you spend your time daydreaming of being out on a warm summer day, laying on a thrifted hand-made quilt from the 1970s, looking up at the sky and cloud gazing?

Adult Craft: Build your Own Terrarium

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Dallas West Branch
Room: Dallas West - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

No Green thumb? That's fine, you can't kill a succulent. Probably. Come see us at Dallas West Branch Library to build your very own terrarium that will support a live succulent.

Keyboard 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.

Cancelled

A Closer Look: Existentialism Book Club

2:00pm–3:30pm
Adult (18+)
Registration Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

**Event canceled. Updates on future book club discussions forthcoming**

Drawing Class

2:00pm–3:30pm
Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Registration Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Lillian Bradshaw Gallery Exhibits (4th Floor)
Age Group: Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come join us as we go through art exercises meant to develop our observational skills. Draw from life as we use still life models to help understand the elements of drawing: line, shape, texture, form, space, and value.

Dungeons & Dragons

2:00pm–4:00pm
Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Classroom 2
Age Group: Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

Thomas Acebo will again lead our Dungeons & Dragons every other Saturday.  

Summer Screen Saturdays

2:00pm–4:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Auditorium (1st Floor)
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Come watch cool movies in the first floor Auditorium as part of our Summer Saturdays at Central programming!

Movie Schedule (films and times subject to change*):

Cancelled

Fantastic Film & Fun

2:00pm–5:00pm
Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: White Rock Hills Branch
Room: White Rock Hills - Auditorium
Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

An afternoon of Friendship, Fantasy, and Fantastical Beasts awaits you at the White Rock Hills Branch Library!

Strings Class

3:00pm–3:45pm
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: 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.

Basic Knitting

3:00pm–4:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 1
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Join us Saturdays to learn basic knitting! 

Anime Discussion

3:00pm–5:00pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Amine fans, the Audelia Road Branch, and Dallas Anime Meetup have partnered to provide a book-club style meeting where attendees discuss an anime series with questions and trivia. Each month will feature a new topic or Anime.

Central Chess Club

3:00pm–5:00pm
School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Public Floor Area (3rd Floor)
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Come and join our chess club to practice, learn, and sharpen your chess skill in a friendly environment. All skill levels welcome! Learn to play - no experience necessary! Happens every second and fourth Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.

Painting with the Library

3:00pm–5:00pm
Adult (18+)
Registration Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Registration Required
Event Details:

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.

Guitar Class

4:00pm–5:00pm
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: 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.

Secret Voldemort: A Harry Potter game of DECEPTION

4:00pm–5:30pm
Adult (18+)
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Library Branch: Hampton-Illinois Branch
Room: Hampton-Illinois - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Adult (18+)
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and his band of Death Eaters have infiltrated the Ministry of Magic!