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.

Artstillery offers a fun, interactive experience for those who are interested in sharing space and moving their bodies to invoke joy, healing and shared experiences. Join us to loosen your mind, spirit and body.

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! 

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

Recommended for ages 3 and up with a caregiver.

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.

Grab your dice and bag of tricks and stop by Forest Green's first Dungeons and Dragons event!

Visit the Prairie Creek branch every Saturday from 10:00am - noon for our weekly gathering to share patterns, projects, and socialize.

Do you have a well-loved stuffed animal that needs a bit of repair?

Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us!

Join us on Saturday September 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for our Mini Mercado Pop Up!

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:

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

Celebrate with Moon Festival with stories and a dragon dance. There will be a storytime presented by Park Cities Chinese Class starting at 10:30 a.m. followed by a colorful and lively dragon dance from JL Sports Association at 11:00 a.m.

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.

We will have CAP Artist Cynthia Anzaldua leading us in a Tissue Paper Stained Glass art workshop. RSVP to save your spot! 

“Aging Artfully is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs.”

Celebrate your heritage and learn more about the resources DPL offers to research your history and make your own custom scrapbook page to take home.  

Each class features beginner level instructions in guitar by an experienced instructor. Instruments provided. Great for ages 8 - 18. For the best learning experience, students should try to attend as many sessions as possible.

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

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.

Want to be a Zoom expert but don't know where to start? Then this class is for you! Learn all the tricks and tips to be a Zoom Superstar!

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.

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

We are excited to offer this 9-week course in beginner piano for adults. If you have always wanted to learn piano but never did, now's your time to sign up! 

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.

Looking for a fun and creative way to express your plans and goals for the future?

Vision boards are designed to serve as a source of inspiration and motivation for any and everyone!

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

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

A couple lure paleontologist Alan Grant (Sam Neill) to a dino-infested island and ask him to find their missing son.

This movie is rated PG-13

A Mexican boy embarks on an illegal border-crossing adventure in hopes of reuniting with his mother, an undocumented immigrant working as a domestic in L.A.

Reception for Southwest Watercolor Society's 60th anniversary exhibit welcoming over 80 artists. 

Homecoming in Texas is always a spectacle; things are always bigger in Texas, from the mums and bonfires to the homecoming dance. Except for this mini-homecoming bash for all your littles!

Our Creative Learning Room will be open seven days a week all August for children ages 0-5 with their guardian present.

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

Dallas Public Library Genealogy & History Division, in partnership with Vivid-Pix, is proud to launch a new mobile memory station - a place to scan, restore and record your family memories. 

Come and hang with some cool ladies and knit your own projects or work on a group project.

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.

Create your own personal vision board! Celebrate the Autumn Equinox and ring in the coming season with personal affirmations and manifestation of your goals! 

Do you want to learn or increase your skills? 

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

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

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

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

This month we're turning flame-less tea candles into cute little pumpkin Jack-O-Lanterns

Discover the multiple indigenous cultures that came from Colombia before it was colonized by Spain. Using a pre-Columbian art approach, Alex Cely will lead you in creating a painting that is imbued with Columbian identity and heritage.

Pick the palette that perfectly portrays your pet, and paint a portrait to preserve their presence in perpetuity.

Paws, claws, or jaws, daub away with our provided paint supplies and take home your finished artwork! 

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 until October 15.

Every week Arcadia Park will have a different themed craft for kids to work on  The craft will be every day after school, each week.

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

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by having fun making colorful Alebrijes! Children will get to participate in designing, coloring, and learning about this popular Mexican folk art. 

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 until October 15.

Every week Arcadia Park will have a different themed craft for kids to work on  The craft will be every day after school, each week.

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. 

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 until October 15.

Every week Arcadia Park will have a different themed craft for kids to work on  The craft will be every day after school, each week.

Bring the family for a kids friendly movie screening. Repeats weekly.

It's adventure time!

"Rhythm of Our Roots" is a creative and engaging program that celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by introducing participants to the rich cultural tradition of castanets.

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 until October 15.

Every week Arcadia Park will have a different themed craft for kids to work on  The craft will be every day after school, each week.

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. 

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and make your own fierce lucha masks. 

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by having fun making colorful Alebrijes! Children will get to participate in designing, coloring, and learning about this popular Mexican folk art. 

In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Vickery Park branch is pleased to announce that on September 22nd, we have the pleasure of hosting a visual art workshop from Ofelia Faz-Garza.

Workshop Name: “Semillitas”

Each class features beginner level instructions in guitar by an experienced instructor. Instruments provided. Great for ages 8 - 18. For the best learning experience, students should try to attend as many sessions as possible.

Celebrate National Astronomy Day with a fun straw rocket craft. Challenge your friends to see who blow theirs the highest!

All supplies provided.

Supplies courtesy of the Friends of the Dallas Public Library

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

An upcycling activity for the whole family! We will use recycled supplies to make a fun Fall themed wreath/garland for your home. 

Down, set, hut! 

The 2023 NFL season is scheduled to begin with the Kickoff Game on September 7 featuring the Detroit Lions vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.

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!

Swinging your way is a fiesta of a good time! Hit it off with your creative side by making a pinata to your liking. Stick not included.

Get out of the heat and hang out with fellow Mah Jongg players.

These sessions will be open play with no instructors.

You must bring your own set.

Down, set, hut! 

The 2023 NFL season is scheduled to begin with the Kickoff Game on September 7 featuring the Detroit Lions vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.

Each class features beginner level instructions in guitar by an experienced instructor. Instruments provided. Great for ages 8 - 18. For the best learning experience, students should try to attend as many sessions as possible.

Participants will play with some mexican wooden and paper mache mexican masks and design their own mask inspired by masks from around the world in the first class, and create their own masks in the second class.

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!

Learn how to make Huichol-inspired yarn paintings in this afternoon craft to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

Down, set, hut! 

The 2023 NFL season is scheduled to begin with the Kickoff Game on September 7 featuring the Detroit Lions vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.

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. 

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

Hello there folks! Come on down to Tuesday Night Tabletop, an exploration of various aspects of the tabletop gaming hobby.

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. 

EnchantaBracelets is a captivating program that empowers teens and adults to create their very own Evil Eye Bracelets, also known as "mal de ojo" bracelets.

Come join us as we read the greatest books of all time.  Today's reading is Hamlet by Shakespeare

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

The Renner Frankford Book Club is back in person at the library!   We meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month (except during major holidays).

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!

The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

This movie is rated PG-13

Teens are invited to the library once a month for a fun life skills class to learn about subjects and best practices of being an adult.  This month, we'll learn the basics of sewing!

Join us each month for a new puzzle challenge!
Can we work together to finish the puzzle in one hour?

We will also have coloring activities and children's puzzles for kids to enjoy!

We have invited the Beckles Dancing Company to perform "Arga Nova Dance" -- a combination of ballet, modern jazz, and African dance.

Do you love a good mystery?

Would you like to share your love of mysteries with others?

Join the Audelia Road Branch's Mystery Book Club which meets every 3rd Thursday of the month to discuss a predetermined book.

Why is my friend so scared of a little rain? Why does Grandma over-prepare every hurricane season?

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?

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.  

It's not about the destination; it's about the journey!

Join Dallas Public Library Genealogy Specialist Mic Barnette for Dallas Genealogical Society's bimonthly DNA Special Interest Group meeting.

Chasten Buttigieg - teacher, advocate and husband of former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg - presents his memoir