Week Calendar

Do you want to learn how to play chess?  Are you a chess enthusiast or looking for someone to play against? Then come check out Mountain Creek our Chess Club! Chess boards are provided.

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.

Come join us for stories, songs, crafts, and other activities in our play-learning space!

After which, you and your child can enjoy the toys, puzzles, and soft play zone in our children's area! 

For ages 0-4.

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. 

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:

Be a character from folk tales, picture books, or poetry!

All the world's a stage and now you can be one of the players on it! Learn Shakespearian acting techniques from the experts at Bare Bones Shakespeare.

Visit the Pleasant Grove branch, Saturday, July 8th from 10:00am to Noon for a jewelry class lead by local artist, Motcy Designs!

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. 

Learn practical hand sewing skills including blind stitching holes, blanket stitch and sewing on buttons and zippers. Test those skills as you complete the monthly project.

Want to learn to use a sewing machine? 

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.

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.

This Summer, we have partnered with The Artist Outreach to bring you a flow art workshop for kids!

In this workshop, a presenter will demonstrate their flow art tools and props including hula-hoops, sun wheels, batons and staffs!

Mix custom bath salts in a charming glass jar with a cork top. Scented salts, dried botanicals, and gift tags will be provided. Perfect for a gift or to display.

No registration necessary!

Join Talewsie for science and storytelling for the whole family!

In this action-packed story, two unlikely heroes work together to save their town (and the planet) from a super-polluting mastermind!

Get a taste of the renaissance fair without leaving Dallas! Celebrate all thing Elizabethan with a healthy dose of the Bard.

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

Join in the fun this Summer with creative arts and craft making that you can take home.

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

Visit the Pleasant Grove Branch Thursday July 6th from 1:30pm to 2:30pm for a free beginners trombone class!

Come sit and knit with us at this weekly craft meet-up for adults.

Don't know how? Knot a problem! Needles, yarn and help are all provided for beginners who want to learn.

Amate Paper Art is an ancient form of folk art in Mexico with a rich past and an unclear future. You can learn more about the process of Amate Paper Art and create a beautiful design of your own.

Visit the Pleasant Grove branch for a free public performance of the play, "Juana Ines: The Child Who Loved to Read " by the Cara Mia Theatre on Saturday, July 8th from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.

This is an informational session hosted by the current City of Dallas Poet Laureate, Joaquin Zihuatanejo.

Create your own decorative vase! Glue on embellishment, print out a fun design using our Cricut, or just paint on your decorations and designs! Make it your own and make it a wonderfully original vase!

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.

Make DIY pillows with your family at this Saturday craft! All materials available while supplies last. 

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

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

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

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!

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!  

Calling all aspiring engineers! Bring the family and put your building skills to the test. Using special tools for constructing with cardboard, your family will work together to build a cool creation out of recycled materials.

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

Sandy Shrout, talented puppeteer and storyteller, presents an entertaining and delightful puppet show suitable for all ages. 

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

To make a mask or not make a mask- that is the question! Celebrate Shakespeare by creating your very own masquerade mask, while supplies last. 

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. 

Kids and teens! Visit the Kleberg Rylie branch Saturday, July 8th from 2:00-3:00pm and enjoy a free play hour with lego!

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

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

Get creative with us this summer and create your very own faux stained glass window ornament. 
Use it to brighten up your kitchen or give it as a gift.

We'll see you there!

Supplies are limited to the first 15 people.

Go Green with Timberglen!

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

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. 

Visit the Pleasant Grove branch Thursday, July 6th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm for kids music classes by Swan Strings!

It's adventure time!

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

Classes run from the weeks of July 7 - September 29, 2023.

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

Join us for free access to Wii games, board games, and card games!

Wii games we'll have:

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

Adults and Seniors, visit the Prairie Creek branch Saturday, July 8th from 3:00-4:00pm for a free craft making circus cookie pillows!

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

Classes run from the weeks of July 5- September 27.

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!

Visit the Pleasant Grove branch Wednesday, July 5th from 4:00pm to 6:30pm for kids music classes by Swan Strings!

Learn the basics of capturing the best photos and videos for your BookTok and Bookstagram. Afterwards, we'll choose books, create a backdrop, and snap some pics for your socials. Use our tech or BYOD - Bring Your Own Device.

4 p - 4:45 p Guitar 

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

Calling all gamers!

Fridays at 4pm will be a violin class!

Classes run from the weeks of July 7 - September 29, 2023.

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

Wednesdays at 5pm will be the violin class!

Classes run from the weeks of July 5 - September 27, 2023.

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

This is an informational session hosted by the current City of Dallas Poet Laureate, Joaquin Zihuatanejo.

Mix custom bath salts in a charming glass jar with a cork top. Scented salts, dried botanicals, and gift tags will be provided. Perfect for a gift or to display.

Students will expand acting and life skills such as ensemble building, self-confidence, and problem solving while developing their talents in an atmosphere that encourages fun, commitment, and taking creative risks in a safe environment.

We will be making wooden hanging signs showcasing our zodiac signs. You can bring your own one-color design to print with our Cricut machine, or choose from the preselected horoscope sign designs we have available.

Come join us as we read the greatest books of all time.  Today's reading is Felix Holt, The Radical by Eliot

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!

Looking for a fun and creative way to spend your evening? Join us for a Doodle & Drink: Tim Burton theme.  

Your friendly, community book club is back! We meet every first Wednesday of the month (and the 2nd in November) to share our thoughts, talk favorite characters, and rave about that ending. All adult readers welcome.

Join us for a terracotta clay class hosted by Corrie Pocta of TRADE Oak Cliff! 

A group of teens meet up monthly to discuss different books within the same genre. Bring your own snacks!

Two Rules:

-You DO NOT have to finish the book

-NO Spoilers (unless asked otherwise)

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.