Week Calendar

Happy Mardi Gras!!  Y'all come on down to the Park Forest Branch and pick up some beads!  We will have music and coloring pages galore for the younger partiers.

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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! 

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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.

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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!

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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. 

Make your own mask for Mardi Gras!
Bring out your inner mask maker and artist to create your perfect Mardi Gras mask to celebrate with. Add glitter, gems, ribbons, or paint it to look like a classic Venetian mask. 

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

These specially trained miniature therapy horses teach about the unique healing bond between humans and horses.

Program sponsored by the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce

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

This month's book club pick is all about the way we think: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant. 

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.

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

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?

An opportunity for movers to explore, play, acknowledge, and share their daily lived experiences through creative movement and mindfulness techniques. All levels are welcome and encouraged to participate. 

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.

Looking for a new hobby? We are hosting a diamond painting program! Every participant will be provided with a small kit. Our class will include tips and advice on how to start.

Come and show us your Pokémon trainer skills by catching them all in our indoor scavenger hunt! We will also be crafting Pokémon balls with perler beads, screening the Pokemon movie, and giving away awesome freebies!

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.

Everyone’s favorite musical group is missing! Two friends go looking for them but the show is about to begin. Can they find them before time runs out?!

Texas Superstar plants can help our gardens stay alive as the blast furnace from July and August turns down to become the deep freeze of January and February.

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.

Bring the family for a free showing of Lyle, Lyle Crocodile!

A reptile shares “The House on East 88th St.” with a boy named Josh and his family. Tony Randall narrates this music tale, based on a story by Bernard Waber.

In partnership with the Juanita Craft House and South Dallas Cultural Center, the MLK Book Club is a space to share, connect and learn through a selected book.

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:
 

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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

Are you unsure how to start researching your African American ancestry? Genealogy Specialist Ari Wilkins will help you get started! Learn about the basic steps in starting African American research, genealogical resources and strategies.

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

In observance of Black History Month, we will screen notable films from a wide range of history featuring Black filmmakers, actors and stories. Light refreshments will be provided. Please see the full schedule below:

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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

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!

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!    

Our Creative Learning Room will be open six days a week for children ages 0-5 with their adults. Experience our sensory wall, life size building blocks, and a play kitchen space. Parent or caretaker supervision is required at all times.

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

Need somewhere to pin photos, artwork, notes or more? We've got you covered! This month we're making personalized mini-corkboards!

Craft a felt animal book mark for all the books you check out!

All materials available while supplies last. 

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

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

Are you an adult that loves to read and talk about different manga series?

This new book club might be for you. A new manga series will be discussed each month. 

Teens Only! 

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

Adults, visit the Pleasant Grove branch Saturday, February 25th from 2:30 - 3:30pm for an afternoon of jewelry making from Community Artist, VET!

Free, all supplies provided. Take home what you make! Adults only, no children please.

Decorate your way! This craft will have you carving an image into a linocut block to use as a stamp! Create prints to hang on your wall or stamp a plain tee for a unique outfit! Supplies will be provided.

Expand your music listening skills with this online offering from the Dallas Library's Music Program.

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 1st and 3rd Tuesday, at the Skillman Southwestern Branch Library!    

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

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. 

It's time for a fun Family Afternoon Movie at the the Library!
Snacks and drinks will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

This month we will be watching: Rumble (PG)

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

From Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" to Kendrick Lamar's "Alright," mixing music and poetry has been an artistic approach to resistance in times of political unrest.

CodeStream Studios will present an interactive coding workshop! During this event, you will get to play computer science games designed by our very own programmers. Each game will teach you the foundation you’ll need to become a pro! 

Celebrate Black History Month with us by learning about African American artist Kara Walker and her famous silhouettes, and creating your own silhouette drawing.

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!

Engage your creativity afterschool! Library Out Loud teaches STEM in a whole new way. Every Wednesday through March 22.

Presented by The Artist Outreach  and sponsored by Big Thought.

Engage your creativity afterschool! Library Out Loud teaches STEM in a whole new way. Every Wednesday through March 22.

Presented by The Artist Outreach and sponsored by Big Thought.

Join us for a fun family movie night and keep celebrating black history month by watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever!

Craft a felt animal book mark for all the books you check out!

All materials available while supplies last. 

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!

Read books and sing songs related to Black History month; peanut craft about George Washington Carver.

Calling all gamers!

Celebrate Black History Month with us by learning about African American artist Kara Walker and her famous silhouettes, and creating your own silhouette drawing.

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. 

Decorate your way! This craft will have you carving an image into a linocut block to use as a stamp! Create prints to hang on your wall or stamp a plain tee for a unique outfit! Adults only, supplies provided.

Howdy Adventurers and welcome to Fretz Park's Third Tuesday Tabletop: a monthly rotating showcase of the tabletop hobby.

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. 

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

Thursdays are for the teens!

Join us every third Thursday of the Month for teen programming! This Thursday teens will create unique nail art using nail tools, stickers and more!

All materials provided while supplies last. 

Ever wonder what it was like for Rembrandt or Picasso as they were working with a brush? Do you ever have the urge to get a paintbrush and a canvas and start painting? Well, this program is just for you!

Visit the Skyline branch Thursday, February 23rd from 5:30-6:30pm for free board games at the library.

Bring out your inner detective with a night of board games that will have you asking "Whodunit?"

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. 

Presenter: Patrick M.

Let's get cozy for the winter season with this snuggly craft!

Learn how to hand crochet with this DIY chunky blanket. We will have supplies to get you started in this cozy craft.

Try Meditative Coloring to Help Ease Stress and Anxiety

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!

Fretz Park Community... lets meet over a good book. 

Fretz Park Book Club meets once a month on Thursday at 6:00pm. Lets discuss opinions, themes and favorite chapters about the book posted below. 

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