Week Calendar

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.

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 KERA KIDS for a free Donkey Hodie fun, hands-on workshop and then explore the Donkey Hodie Interactive Exhibit.

Únase a KERA KIDS para un taller divertido y luego explore la exhibición interactiva Donkey Hodie.

The Central Library is hosting a new writing club every first and third Saturday of the month!

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.

Decorate a tote bag to carry your summer reading books!

We are celebrating the start of SMART Summer 2023!

Stop by between 10 am and 2 pm to register for this year's summer reading program, play some games, get free books from DISD and Pizza Hut, and more!

We are celebrating the start of SMART Summer 2023!

Stop by between 10 am and 2 pm to register for this year's summer reading program, play some games, get free books from DISD, and more!

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. 

It's Sunday Funday! Bring the entire family to the Vickery Park Branch Library for a family dance party! Wear your dancing shoes and coolest outfit and dance the hour away!

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.

This month's book club pick a sharp one. Our pick is Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

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.

Groove Line Dance is fun way to dance and engage with others. This class begins with a simple guided warm-up to old school R&B music.

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

Are you interested in learning about and creating your own punch needle embroidery craft?  Create your own free-form or abstract design or bring in your own design to use as a stencil.  Embroidery hoops in both 4.5” and 9.5” diameter wil

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

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

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.

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.

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.

Watch a fun movie every Saturday afternoon* here at the library!

*Note: times, room, and films are subject to change.

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.

Greetings and salutations, patrons of the arts.

The Dallas Public Library is proud to announce a Dungeons and Dragons actual play show inspired by the works of William Shakespeare!

Skip the Sunday Scaries and brighten your day with some paper puzzles and games (think sudoku and crosswords, "exquisite corpse" and MadLibs).

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.

Do you have a big family gathering coming up this summer, such as a family reunion, a graduation, or another celebration? Do you have photos, scrapbooks, or slides that you want to digitize to share with family?

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.

Celebrate PRIDE with DIY button and zine-making! You can create your own swag to wear all month long, then learn about the significance of zines in LGBTQIA+ history while you create your own work of art. 

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

Crafternoons are rewed for the summer with a sunny summertime theme! Saturdays at 2 p.m. at the Forest Green Branch Library for a summer twist to our crafts! 

While supplies last. 

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

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

DIY: Make your own marbled mug using a water dip method!

Supplies are limited to the first 15 attendees.

All supplies 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.

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.

It's adventure time!

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. 

Feel free to stop on in and enjoy a movie! Bring your own refreshments and kick back for a relaxing time. For more information on titles being shown, please contact the branch.

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!

Get out of the heat and hang out with fellow Mah Jongg players to learn the fun and mentally stimulating game of Mah Jongg!

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 Kinetic Sand to allow us to talk about how we can use items like kinetic

From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who is inspired to leave the safety and security of her island on a daring journey to save her people.

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!

Calling all gamers!

Create your own Pride-themed Keychain in celebration of Pride Month! Participants can pick from a selection of templates or draw their own!

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. 

Join us in making a Zulu inspired bracelet! We will be using a weaving technique and large pony beads to make this craft friendly to all ages! Supplies provided.

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

Visit the Skyline branch every Tuesday this summer from 5:30-7:30pm for a free family friendly movie! Popcorn available while supplies last.

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. 

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.

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 to listen and learn about your favorite LGBTQIA artists, and find some new music and artists you may not have already known!

Learn to play Dungeons and Dragons-

Come join us for a Spanish Class for beginners.  We will learn grammar and vocabulary and will also learn about music, art, culture and current events in the Spanish speaking world.  

Create your very own work of art in a painting workshop. There is just one catch: no brush!

This week, we're playing Jackbox Games!

Here we go reading again!

This is an adult book club with the aim of being open and accessible to everyone, and to read as many sci-fi & fantasy works from diverse authors as we can.