Week Calendar

Tenerisse Demonstration

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!  

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!

Join us every month for a preschool craft just for littles! Preschool crafting helps toddlers and infants to promote fine motor skills, creativity, early math and literacy skills. 

This month we're creating mosaic art. 

Addictive Books is DPL's monthly book club taking place at Union Coffee. We meet once a month on Saturday for coffee and discussion.

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.

For two hours every last Saturday of the month, stop by with your well-loved stuffed animal, maybe in need of a bit of repair, and our volunteer ESTs (Emergency Stuffing Technicians) will take a look at them.

Join us at Prairie Creek for a fun time with chalk outside the library!

¡Únase a nosotros en Prairie Creek para divertirse con tiza afuera de la biblioteca! 

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 us every 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from 10:30am to 2:30pm for a come & go makers series presented by the Dallas Young Makers Club!

Learn how to:

Forest Green Library Presents Movie Matinee! Every month, we will have a movie screening. The movie changes every month!

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!

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!

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.

Love nature? Love reading about nature? Join our nature book club!

April's book of the month will be

Join us for a workshop to create your very own handwoven basket!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Join us to make a traditional Mexican craft called a "Milagros"! Supplies will be provided.

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.

Everyone's favorite '80s and '90s hair accessory has made a major comeback!

Join us during this chic project to start your own scrunchie collection or make a sweet gift for your friend.

Are you new to watercolor painting? Want to learn the fundamentals every artist needs to start their journey?

 Are you excited for warmer weather?

Add your splash of springtime color to your home with these D.I.Y. Suncatchers.

This program is intended for kids between the ages of 6 - 12 years old.

Slow down your Sunday with deep breaths and mindful movement. Yogi Bhuvana Venkatraman of Tejas Dance DFW will lead you through gentle movement suitable for adults of all ages. This is a holistic approach to exercise.

Network with library staff and other homeschool families

Learn about library resources available. Sign up for library cards.

Find out about upcoming programs and let library staff know your ideas for future programs.

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.

Literary LEOG is a creative workshop for school aged children. Participants can create their own stories, or a story based on books in the library.

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.

Join us for movie Saturdays in the library's 1st floor auditorium!

*Movies, times, and location subject to change

This March we are playing:

3/4-- Mean Girls

Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog, aka The Blue Blur, embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until he accidentally knocks out the power grid and sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik.

We are starting Summer Glowing! 

For two hours every last Saturday of the month, stop by with your well-loved stuffed animal, maybe in need of a bit of repair, and our volunteer ESTs (Emergency Stuffing Technicians) will take a look at them.

Adults and seniors, register today for an afternoon of crafting where we will be learning how to make our own bath bombs!

All supplies provided. Adults only, no children please. Registration Required.

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.

Discover the tools you need for genealogy research and how to use what you learn to share your family story. James Mardis will be our guide on this four part journey from past to present.

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.

Discover the tools you need for genealogy research and how to use what you learn to share your family story. James Mardis will be our guide on this four part journey from past to present.

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

Take a peek under the sea with this aquarium porthole craft and get a view of ocean critters!

This Program Made Possible by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. 

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!

We're getting ready for the start of summer by creating fun decorates for our garden as we decorate some cool rocks!

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

Come and join us every Saturday @ 2pm to knit, crochet, cross-stitch, and macrame.

This Saturday gather at the library with your family for a movie showtime. Everyone is welcome! Snacks provided while supplies last.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library 

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. 

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.

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. 

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

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by learning about Chinese dragons and making your own paper dragon puppet! 

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

Classes run from the weeks of April 1- June 30, 2023.

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

Join us for this kids craft where we will learn about what a constellation is, and make displays of 3 constellations, as we learn about the stories behind the constellation names.

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

4 p - 4:45 p Guitar or Keyboard

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

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

Classes run from the weeks of April 5 -  June 30, 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!

Spend time outdoors and play with our large game sets.

As part of our mental health awareness programs, we bring a mindfulness activity for the whole family to enjoy for overall better mental health.  This week we are making visual sensory bottles while also practicing being present through touch

Join us for this kids craft where we will learn about what a constellation is, and make displays of 3 constellations, as we learn about the stories behind the constellation names.

5:00 p - 5:45 pm - Keyboards

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

Join us for this kids craft where we will learn about what a constellation is, and make displays of 3 constellations, as we learn about the stories behind the constellation names.

Calling all gamers!

Fridays at 4pm will be a violin class!

Classes run from the weeks of April 1- June 30, 2023.

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

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!

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

Wednesdays at 5pm will be the violin class!

Classes run from the weeks of April 1 - June 30, 2023.

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

Learn to crochet a square washcloth using basic crochet techniques! No experience required but some prior fiber arts knowledge is welcome. All supplies provided!

*Being held in the children's area.

Visit the Pleasant Grove branch every Wednesday for free music classes from 5:30-6:30pm presented by Swan Strings!

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!

Join us for a fun, relaxing time with the puzzle of your choice! We will have a jigsaw puzzle, along with other puzzles to choose from including 

Visit the Skyline branch Thursday, May 25th from 5:30-7:00pm for a classic horror movie night at the library.

Do you love all things Japanese and know every subtype of manga and Anime? Are you on the other side questioning the difference between Manga and Anime?

It's a KPOP game show!

Play variety show games and compete for prizes at this KPOP event! Don't know KPOP? Don't worry! There will be fun games for everyone to enjoy!

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. 

If your drawing skills aren't anything to brag about, then Doodle Karaoke is the game for you!