Week Calendar

Calling all knit, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, sewing and fiber arts enthusiasts!   Bring your projects and materials for a morning "in stitches" with other fiber craft artists.  All skill levels are welcome! 

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.

Playtime at Union has relocated just down the road to Playtime at Oak Lawn! Come join us for stories, songs, crafts, and other activities in our new and improved play-learning space!

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.

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.

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. 

Join Group Leader Bernard N. Meisner as he presents "Hiring A Researcher To Search For Records in German Archive."

The first Dallas Poet Laureate, Joaquín Zihuatanejo, will hold office hours for aspiring poets in the city of Dallas! These sessions are designed to help Dallas poets work on individual poems and to eventually create a poetry manuscript.

Find your artistic voice by joining educators and artists from the Dallas Museum of Art to explore techniques, be inspired by amazing works of art and artists, and to level up your skills to expand your creativity toolkit!

Join us for a presentation by a member of the Dallas County Master Gardeners and learn about orchids! Whether you're a season plant enthusiast or picking up this new hobby, come and learn more from local experts. 

Join us as we learn about the different phases of the moon using everyone's favorite treat, Oreos! We will learn about why the moon seems to get smaller and larger, and make our own moons of different sizes. 

Be the master of your own world!

Build your very own snow globe and watch winter (or a surprise glitter storm) wash over your world in a globe. Craft supplies will be provided.

Are you new to drawing? Has it been some time since your last sketch? Want to learn the fundamentals every artist needs to start their journey?

The Dallas Zoo has selected the Dallas West Branch Library to receive an exclusive Animal Adventures Outreach program as part of their Community Impact programming.

Spend an afternoon relaxing and brushing up on your art skills with our art instructor Irving. Join in with a work in progress or just an idea you're ready to put to paper.

Visit the Prairie Creek branch on Saturday, January 14th from noon -2:00pm for a MLK celebration!

Adults, start the New Year on a clean slate.

Visit the Skyline branch Saturday, January 14th from 12:30 -1:30pm for our soap making classes! Learn how to melt and pour your own soap designs with added natural scents and softness.

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Weekly yarn craft meetup for adults

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Looking for a crafty Saturday afternoon?
Bring the family and work with local artist Sal Barron who will lead a workshop for aspiring artists!

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

Join us as we explore a new topic in art every month.  This month's adventure will be Journals!

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs.  Visiting a club is the exciting first step to building a better you.  There

Cold weather and movie days go hand in hand, so come watch some of the flicks we'll be showing this winter season every Saturday here at the library! 

Movies/times/location subject to change:
 

It's time for another Superhero Movie at the North Oak Cliff Library!

This month: Iron Man 2

Curious about the intricacies of lacemaking? Stop by the Forest Green branch library for the Dallas Lace Society Lacemaker's Society weekly meeting. Newcomers are absolutely welcome!  

Find your artistic voice by joining educators and artists from the Dallas Museum of Art to explore techniques, be inspired by amazing works of art and artists, and to level up your skills to expand your creativity toolkit!

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

New year, new family history goals! Have you gone through some of your family memories during the holiday season? Do you have photos, scrapbooks or slides that you want to digitize?

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Movie Thursday! Every 2nd Thursday of the month we will have a movie screening for all teens, tweens, and school age kids starting at 3 p.m. The movie changes every month!
All films will be rated G or PG. 

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

Please come to the Vickery Park Branch every Saturday @ 2pm to knit, crochet, cross-stitch, and macrame.

Crafternoons every Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Forest Green Branch Library!    

Kindness makes the world go around!  This cute Kindness Rainbow can be hung up and displayed as a reminder to appreciate kindness.

All materials provided while supplies last. 

Every other Saturday gather at the library with your family for a movie showtime presented in Spanish! Everyone is welcome!

In this warm DIY program, we will be making two candles each. There will be an assortment of scents to mix and match to make the perfect wintery candles just for you, or as a gift! 

Join us for a cozy, fun time! 

Learn about fiber arts and hand construction of fabric narratives. Make a small art quilt made with fabric, thread, yarn, beads, glue and other embellishments. Be inspired by the imagery of individual memoirs and freestyle designs. 

Teens Only! 

During this time the classroom will be a teen-only zone. We have games and snacks as well as other activities. 

Visit the Kleberg Rylie branch Tuesdays after school from 3:30 - 4:30pm for Beyond Words with the DMA

Every Tuesday afterschool there will be a new craft available to make and take with you.

Todos los martes hay una nueva artesanía disponible para hacer y llevar contigo.

Crafternoons every 2nd and 4th Thursday at Audelia Road Branch Library!    

Make a buttons snowflake ornament to decorate any space and add a little winter magic to the room. 

Fridays at 3pm will be the guitar/ukulele class!

Classes run from the weeks of January 4 - March 31, 2023.

Spring music classes for school-aged students 6-12 yrs on Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Join us for FREE weekly music classes with top-notch instructors at your local library! Instruments will be provided for use during class.

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.

4 p - 4:45 p Guitar or Keyboard

Sign up at the front desk or email vickerypark@dallas.gov.

Join us for FREE weekly music classes at Vickery Park Branch with top-notch instructors at your local library!

Join us as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and the work he did to further civil rights with this fun and easy Liberty Bell Craft!

Wednesdays at 4pm will be the keyboard class with an emphasis on music theory!

Classes run from the weeks of January 4 - March 31, 2023.

Stop by the Vickery Park Branch Library every Wednesday @ 4 pm to learn the rules and strategies of chess! This program is suitable for kids ages 7 and up and welcome to all!

Take an afternoon break and enjoy learning how to build simple crafts. This month's craft: a small winged dragon made of popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and other common materials. All materials will be provided.

Practice self-care with an open hour to work on crochet projects or play board games in the afternoon!

Find your artistic voice by joining educators and artists from the Dallas Museum of Art to explore techniques, be inspired by amazing works of art and artists, and to level up your skills to expand your creativity toolkit!

Let's build a birdhouse!

Put together and paint your very own birdhouse with the help of library staff!

All supplies provided and available while materials last. 

Be the master of your own world!

Build your very own snow globe and watch winter (or a surprise glitter storm) wash over your world in a globe. Craft supplies will be provided.

5:00 p - 5:45 pm - Keyboards

Sign up at the front desk or email vickerypark@dallas.gov

Join us for FREE weekly music classes at Vickery Park Branch with top-notch instructors at your local library!

Whether you are a grandmaster or a beginner, players of all skill levels and ages are welcome to the Preston Royal Chess Club!

Join us as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and the work he did to further civil rights with this fun and easy Liberty Bell Craft!

Fridays at 4pm will be a violin class!

Classes run from the weeks of January 4 - March 31, 2023.

Spring music classes for school-aged students 6-12 yrs on Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Learn a foundational crochet technique in this hour long session! We will be learning how to create a chain, a double crochet and leave the class with a cute tiny pouch!

Calling all gamers!

What is an 'Em All? And how do you catch one?
Let's play something new!
Tune in on Twitch to watch Wendi sumble through the new Paldea region as she builds her team of Pokémon based almost entirely on how cute they are. 

5:00 p - 5:45 p -Violin & Theory

Join us for FREE weekly music classes at Vickery Park Branch with top-notch instructors at your local library!

Wednesdays at 5pm will be the violin class!

Classes run from the weeks of January 4 - March 31, 2023.

Spring music classes for school-aged students 6-12 yrs on Wednesdays and Fridays. 

This month's DIY with DPL will utilize our NEW Cricut machine for you to design your very own mug. All supplies provided by the library.

Practice your Spanish conversational skills at this casual weekly meetup. This program is open to Spanish language learners of all levels. 

5:00 p - 5:45 pm - Violin

Join us for FREE weekly music classes at Vickery Park Branch with top-notch instructors at your local library!

Sign up at the front desk or email vickerypark@dallas.gov

Learn the skills of clay sculpting in this one-hour craft event. This craft will have you sculpting a tray out of clay to take home and let dry. Already dried trays will be provided for you to paint, decorate, and take home as well!

Come to Prairie Creek library where we will provide you with all the necessary materials to create your own personalized coasters!

We are watching the latest films on our big projector screen. We are taking suggestions for films so please feel free to let us know what you want to see next. 

Interactive vision discussion and art activity promoting dreaming, attaining personal and career aspirations, goal setting, vision boarding, visual art, reading and utilization of public libraries.

This month's selection: Talking to Strangers: What we should know about the people we don’t know by Malcolm Gladwell

Need a copy of the book club book? Ask at the front desk of the library!

The White Rock Hills Book Club meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month and is open for anyone to join in (even if you haven't read the selection)!