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.

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

Join us for an art workshop where we will learn about and make beautiful tissue paper pieces of art. The workshop is led by local artist and art teacher Cynthia Anzaldua.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month with us at Prairie Creek branch as we learn how to make decorative macrame wall hangings with an artist from the City of Dallas. This program is brought to you by the Office of Arts and Culture.

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. 

Take a nice stroll down our interactive path and read a good book while you walk!
Today we will be unveiling our new interactive installation, StoryWalk® featuring the book Señorita Mariposa by Ben Gundersheimer. 

This month's book club pick a sharp one. Our pick is The Rat Catchers' Olympics by Colin Cotterill

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.

The Flame Foundation presents a seniors-focused workshop on Flamenco dance, offering a lower-intensity rhythms and movements used while standing or seated. 

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

Spruce up our library branch with your art!

We will provide the canvases and paints for kids to create artwork that will be displayed in the library!

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.

Stop by our Pop-Up Stuffed Animal Hospital! Bring 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.

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Come to the library and learns how to turn your backyard garden into a colorful art display. One painted rock at a time!

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library. 

* Registration Required

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.

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.

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

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! 

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we have invited local artist Jose Nelson to lead a dance workshop!

Recipes hold history—histories of our family, the lands they come from, and of survival. 

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

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

This event is all about Jigsaw Puzzles! 

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.

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 a low-key hour of coloring and sticker sheets. Meet and socialize with other adults at the library. All supplies are provided, although you are also welcome to bring your own.

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!    

Let Ollimpaxqui Ballet Company introduce you to the rhythm and coordination of Latin dance!

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

Calling all artists, students, or adults in the workforce. This is your chance to have a professional grade headshot taken to be used for your resume, online presence, or school! 

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 out everyday afterschool, all week.

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 out everyday afterschool, all week.

Crafternoons every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at the Vickery Park Branch 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. 

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 out everyday afterschool, all week.

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

Crafternoons every Thursday at the Audelia Road Branch Library!    

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 out everyday afterschool, all 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. 

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.

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

The book club with no assigned reading and no pressure!

Have you ever had a pet?

How about a pet rock?

This is your chance to create your very own pet rock that needs no looking after! Just take it home and give it your love!

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!

This traditional cut paper folk art is found throughout Mexico. Folding and cutting squares of tissue paper will reveal beautiful and unique patterns — and the possibilities are endless!

The Dallas Museum of Art is coming to the library! Teens ages 12-18 are welcome to participate in this 3 part art series where we will collectively make a mural to display at our branch.

Meet new friends and discover the addiction of the game of Mah Jongg.

These sessions will be open play with no instructors.

You must bring your own set.

Have you ever had a pet?

How about a pet rock?

This is your chance to create your very own pet rock that needs no looking after! Just take it home and give it your love!

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!

The Dallas Museum of Art is coming to the library! Teens ages 12-18 are welcome to participate in this 3 part art series where we will collectively make a mural to display at our branch.

Calling all gamers!

Have you ever had a pet?

How about a pet rock?

This is your chance to create your very own pet rock that needs no looking after! Just take it home and give it your love!

Let's create paper molas to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

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. 

The Dallas Museum of Art is coming to the library! Teens ages 12-18 are welcome to participate in this 3 part art series where we will collectively make a mural to display at our branch.

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

Come play games on iPads! Challenge your friends to a game and see who is the final victor!

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. 

Join us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this art workshop where we will learn about mola art pieces and get the chance to make your own unique mola artwork.

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

Teens and adults gather at the library for a classic movie night with a more mature rating.  

Join us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this art workshop where we will learn about mola art pieces and get the chance to make your own unique mola artwork.

In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Skillman Southwestern branch is pleased to announce that on September 28th, we have the pleasure of hosting a performance from one of Dallas' esteemed dance organizations, 

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.

We have invited W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy's  Mariachi band, "Los Unicos" to perform in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library.

All ages invited

Please be sure to download the word document attachment on this page.

This month, we are playing any and all games related to trains! We will have Ticket to Ride and Mexican Train dominoes, but feel free to bring your own train themed game to share!

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.  

Start Making Sense Book Club

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

Fretz Park Book Club meets once a month on Thursday at 6:30pm. Lets discuss opinions, themes and favorite chapters about the book posted below. 

Join for an hour long program for a free guided meditation workshop and enjoy the peace within.