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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

All Day 9/5–10/19

Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)

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Library Branch: Community Events

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these fun programs to celebrate, honor, and highlight the Hispanic and Latinx community's history and achievements.

EVENTS FOR KIDS & FAMILIES

Experience the Partial Solar Eclipse with Us!

All Day 10/3–10/28

Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)

Offsite Event

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Library Branch: Community Events

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12), Teen (ages 13-17), Adult (18+)

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Technology

Event Details:

Coming to a sky near you on October 14: a partial solar eclipse! Get ready to experience this astronomical wonder with programs that will inform and entertain both young and old!

9 am

Pumpkin Day

9:00am–7:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Community Events

Age Group: Family

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Event Details:

Celebrate the fall harvest season and local agriculture at the Dallas’ Original Texas Pumpkin Day!

10 am

Toddler Storytime

10:30am–11:00am

Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch

Room: Lakewood - Auditorium

Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

Program Type: Early Literacy,

Event Details:

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

Preschool Activity Time

10:30am–12:00pm

Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch

Room: Lakewood - Eloise Sherman Conference Room

Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

Program Type: Early Literacy

Event Details:

Were you not able to get into storytime or do you want even more early learning development? While storytime is going on join us for a preschool activity just for littles!

Toddler Storytime

10:30am–11:00am

Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Lisa Kilolo Todd Auditorium

Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

Program Type: Early Literacy,

Event Details:

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

Hispanic Heritage Festival

10:00am–2:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Courtyard

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Español

Event Details:

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!

Each year we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15)&

11 am

Toddler Storytime

11:00am–11:30am

Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch

Room: Lakewood - Auditorium

Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

Program Type: Early Literacy,

Event Details:

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

Animal Adventures with Dallas Zoo

11:00am–11:45am

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Lochwood Branch

Room: Lochwood - Black Box Theater

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading

Event Details:

Bring the whole family over to learn all about animals as Dallas Zoo brings some of their Animal Ambassadors out to visit.

Banned Book Trivia

11:00am–12:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Skyline Branch

Room: Skyline - Auditorium

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Learn about the history of Banned Books in this game show-style presentation.

Cancelled

Women's Chorus of Dallas Performance

11:30am–12:30pm

Family

Cancelled

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Room: Central Library - Shirley Philipson Pollock Performance Space (4th Floor)

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Details of performance forthcoming

12 pm

1 pm

Hispanic Heritage Month Movie - Coco (En español)

1:30pm–3:30pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Pleasant Grove Branch

Room: Pleasant Grove - Black Box Theater

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading

Event Details:

Un niño llamado Miguel sueña con convertirse en un guitarrista famoso, a pesar de las reticencias de su familia.

2 pm

Creative Learning Room

2:00pm–3:00pm

Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch

Room: Vickery Park - Creative Learning Room

Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5)

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

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

3 pm

After School Cinema!

3:30pm–5:30pm

Family

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Library Branch: Kleberg-Rylie Branch

Room: Kleberg-Rylie - Auditorium

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

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

4 pm

Touch-a-Truck with Texas Storm Chasers

4:00pm–5:00pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Park Forest Branch

Room: Park Forest - In Library

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading

Event Details:

Come see -- and touch! -- the chase vehicles used by Texas Storm Chasers! You'll get to climb inside the vehicle, see all the equipment and technology storm chasers use to track severe weather, and ask questions of a real life storm chaser.

5 pm

Constellation Projection Cards

5:00pm–6:00pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

Registration Required

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Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch

Room: Highland Hills - Auditorium

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

Program Type: Community & City Engagement

Registration Required

Event Details:

The Solar Eclipse is just around the corner, and so is our love for everything Space! Let’s create constellation projection cards by picking out your favorite constellation and projecting it onto any surface using light!

National Night Out at Vickery Park

5:00pm–7:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch

Room: Vickery Park - Outdoor Area

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Community & City Engagement

Event Details:

Presented by Midtown Improvement District and the Vickery Park Branch Library, an evening for the whole family celebrating safe communities and our men and women in blue.

Audelia Road at District 10 National Night Out

5:00pm–7:30pm

Family

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Library Branch: Community Events

Age Group: Family

Program Type:

Event Details:

Provide library cards and promote library services including Strategic Plan survey and upcoming meetings.

Skyline Cinema: Hocus Pocus!

5:30pm–7:30pm

Family

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Library Branch: Skyline Branch

Room: Skyline - Classroom

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading

Event Details:

Bring the kids once a month to the library for a family-friendly movie screening.

Building Blocks of Life: A Family Lego Workshop

5:00pm–6:00pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Bachman Lake Branch

Room: Bachman Lake - Black Box Theater

Age Group: Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading

Event Details:

Stop by for a fun and relaxing night that the whole family will enjoy. Families will get to participate in coloring, journaling and a Lego makerspace as tools to help with ins and outs of day-to-day living.

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EVENTS FOR KIDS & FAMILIES

Coming to a sky near you on October 14: a partial solar eclipse! Get ready to experience this astronomical wonder with programs that will inform and entertain both young and old!

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!