Back to School at Owenwood

8:30am - 1:00pm
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Community Events
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Outreach

MLK Back to School Festival

9:00am - 11:00am
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Courtyard
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading, Outreach
Event Details:

A drive through event hosted by the MLK Community Center. Register to receive a free backpack, school supplies and more! For all students in grades Pre-K to 12

 

Loom Knitting / Telar Circular

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

Weekly gathering to share patterns, projects, and socialize.

Back-to-School at the Bachman Lake Rec Center

10:00am - 1:00pm
Offsite Event
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Library Branch: Community Events
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Outreach
Event Details:

A community outreach opportunity where staff members will be helping inform the local citizens about upcoming library programs. 

Back to School Bash- Backpack and Books Giveaway

10:00am - 2:00pm
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Library Branch: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch
Room: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Outreach

Money Moves: Credit Building (In-person)

10:30am - 12:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Hamon Training Room (5th Floor)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Economic/Workforce Development
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Join us for the next installment of "Money Moves" talks: focusing on financial literacy, small business tips, tricks, and other entrepreneurial topics.

Money Moves: Credit Building (Virtual)

10:30am - 12:00pm
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Economic/Workforce Development
Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

Join us for the next installment of "Money Moves" talks: focusing on financial literacy, small business tips, tricks, and other entrepreneurial topics.

Dallas Young Makers

10:30am - 2:30pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Seed Library (6th Floor)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

The Dallas Young Makers Club (DYM) is a nonprofit community educational organization based in Dallas, Texas committed to helping students age 8-18 expand their minds and skills by creating things instead of just buying things.

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.

If You Don’t Have a Will, the State of Texas Has One For You!

11:00am - 12:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch
Room: Lakewood - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Economic/Workforce Development
Required
Seats Remaining: 56
Event Details:

Don't know where to start with setting up a will? Don't worry! This workshop, led by Lorie Burch from Burch Law, will help you learn how to start the process of getting your affairs in order. 

Cancelled

Adulting 101: Budgeting & Debt Management

11:00am - 12:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: Skillman Southwestern Branch
Room: Skillman Southwestern - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Economic/Workforce Development
Event Details:

Adulting 101 is for Teens, tweens, and anyone wanting to get a better handle and knowledge on some basic life skills. This series will run every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month and highlight a different skill each week.

Free Digital Skills Training

11:00am - 1:00pm
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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Lisa Kilolo Todd Auditorium
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Civic 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.

Rock Painting @ The Library

12:00pm - 1:30pm
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: 3
Event Details:

Come to the library and learn how to turn your backyard garden into a colorful art display. One painted rock at a time!

Senior Knitting Club

12:00pm - 5:30pm
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Library Branch: Bachman Lake Branch
Room: Bachman Lake - Classroom A & B
Age Group: Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Español
Event Details: 

 

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

Dallas Lace Society

1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Forest Green Branch
Room: Forest Green - Classroom 2
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Dallas Lace Society Lacemaker's Society weekly meeting open to newcomers. 

Reservation

kristi

1:30pm - 3:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Forest Green Branch
Room: Forest Green - Study Room C
Purpose of Meeting

personal

Dallas Folk Music Society Meet-up and Jam Session

1:30pm - 5:30pm
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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch
Room: Audelia Road - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Join the Dallas Folk Music Society this afternoon as they play together for fun, camaraderie, and learning. They will be playing tunes from long ago through today's contemporary favorites.

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: 5
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.

History of Hula and Tahitian Dance with Grace Hula

2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Library Branch: Bookmarks in NorthPark Center
Room: Bookmarks - NorthCourt
Age Group: Preschool, School Age (ages 6-11)
Program Type: Early Literacy
Event Details:

Dance and learn the history of hula and Tahitian dance with professional dancers that will give a colorful, musical, exciting, and informative performance. 

Sponsored by Atmos Energy

Drawing Class

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Required
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Lillian Bradshaw Gallery Exhibits (4th Floor)
Age Group: Teen, Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
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.

Cancelled

Resume Building Basics/Conceptos básicos de creación de currículums

2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Library Branch: Arcadia Park Branch
Room: Arcadia Park - In Library
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Economic/Workforce Development
Event Details:

Do you have a resume or has it been awhile since you've updated your resume?

Dallas Library's Work Skills Experts will help customers build a resume so that they may acquire their dream job. 

 

Dungeons & Dragons

2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch
Room: Prairie Creek - Classroom 2
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading
Event Details:

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

My Artistic Self

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch
Room: Preston Royal - Auditorium
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Relax and find your inner artist as you learn the basics to acrylic painting. Limited to 15 adults. Registration required.

 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library.  

 

Reservation

robert

2:00pm - 4:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Forest Green Branch
Room: Forest Green - Study Room A
Purpose of Meeting

personal

Summer Screen Saturdays

2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Auditorium (1st Floor)
Age Group: Adult
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*):

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: 8
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
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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch
Room: Vickery Park - Classroom 1
Age Group: Adult, Seniors
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Join us Saturdays to learn basic knitting! 

Reading Divas Book Club

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Required
Virtual Event
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Library Branch: Online Programs
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Are you an Urban Fiction reader?

This month we will be reading-

Playing with Fire by Deborah Fletcher Mello

Description:

80's Nostalgia Cinema

3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: Grauwyler Park Branch
Room: Grauwyler Park - Florence Jeanette Coe Meeting Room A & B
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Event Details:

Are you looking for a fun, free way to get away for a few hours? Wanting to relive the totally tubular days of the 80's?

Central Chess Club

3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Room: Central Library - Public Floor Area (3rd Floor)
Age Group: School Age (ages 6-11), Teen, Adult
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.

Dungeons and Dragons

3:00pm - 5:00pm
Required
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Library Branch: Oak Lawn Branch
Room: Oak Lawn - Auditorium
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Are you a fierce warrior on a quest for glory? A cunning archer on a path of adventure?

Guitar Class

4:00pm - 5:00pm
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: 10
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.