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🎃👻 Spooktacular Halloween Fun at the Library! 👻🎃

All Day 10/11–10/31

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

Event Details:

Get your costumes ready and prepare for a hauntingly fantastic Halloween season at Dallas Public Library! We have a ghoulishly delightful lineup of events planned that will satisfy all ages.

Community Poet-Tree

11/01/2023 @ 10:00am–11/04/2023 @ 4:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Dallas West Branch

Room: Dallas West - In Library

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Help us grow the Poet-Tree at Dallas West! All month long, we're adding YOUR poems to our community tree. All kinds of poems are welcome, and anyone can participate.

Voting

All Day 10/11–11/9

Family

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Library Branch: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch

Room: Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest - Bishop Larry Mcgriff Auditorium

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Community & City Engagement

Make and Take: Pumpkin Craft

All Day

Family

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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch

Room: Audelia Road - Reading Lounge

Age Group: Family

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

Event Details:

Make and take your own pumpkin craft!

Best for ages 3 and up.

Sponsored by the Audelia Road Library Friends!

Trick or Treat at the Library

All Day

Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch

Room: Vickery Park - In Library

Age Group: Family, Infant, toddler & preschool (ages 0-5), School Age (ages 6-12)

Program Type: Community & City Engagement,

Event Details:

Scary, Spooky, or Kooky! Come in your best, family-friendly Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating at BVP! Visit the front desk to snag some tasty treats all day long!

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

Toddler Storytime

10:30am–11:30am

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

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Library Branch: Fretz Park Branch

Room: Fretz Park - Children's Area

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, 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

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

Grauwyler Gaming

11:00am–2:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Grauwyler Park Branch

Room: Grauwyler Park - Florence Jeanette Coe Meeting Room A & B

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Board games for all ages. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own games from home as well!

Anita Martinez Ballet Folklorico Performance

11:00am–1:00pm

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

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Library Branch: North Oak Cliff Branch

Room: North Oak Cliff - Parking Lot

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Community & City Engagement

Event Details:

In celebration of Dia de Los Muertos we will host the Anita Martinez Ballet Folkorico dance group.

3rd Annual Diwali Celebration

11:00am–2:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch

Room: Vickery Park - Outdoor Area

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature, Community & City Engagement,

Event Details:

Celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights!

Dia de los Muertos Community Festival

11:00am–2:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch

Room: Prairie Creek - Outdoor Area

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

RAIN OR SHINE

Visit the Prairie Creek Branch Saturday, November 4th, from 11 to 2:00pm for our 3rd annual Dia de los Muertos community festival!

12 pm

1 pm

Keyboard Class (with Music Theory Emphasis)

1:00pm–1:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

Chamber Orchestra (Advanced)

1:00pm–2:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

Keyboard Class (with Music Theory Emphasis)

1:00pm–1:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

Guitar Class

1:00pm–1:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

Diwali Celebration

1:00pm–3:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Park Forest Branch

Room: Park Forest - Teen Center

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

You are invited to an Indian celebration of the festival of light over darkness, Diwali, at the Park Forest Branch Library! Enjoy music, crafts, games and snacks! The Indian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be here to perform som

Movie Mania: Coco

1:00pm–3:30pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: North Oak Cliff Branch

Room: North Oak Cliff - Auditorium

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

In celebration of Dia de Los Muertos we will be showing Coco in which, "Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer."

Cine en familia: Toy Story 4 (2019-En español)

1:30pm–3:30pm

Family

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Library Branch: Pleasant Grove Branch

Room: Pleasant Grove - Black Box Theater

Age Group: Family

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

Event Details:

Un nuevo juguete llamado "Forky" se une a la pandilla cuando Bonnie convierte un tenedor en un juguete. Pero cuando desaparece, Woody, Buzz y compañía se lanzan al mundo para encontrarlo, resolver su crisis existencial y reunirse con Bonnie.

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.

Beginning Guitar Class

2:00pm–2:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

Cancelled

EcoSpooky: Jack-o-Lanterns

2:00pm–3:00pm

Family

Cancelled

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Library Branch: Forest Green Branch

Room: Forest Green - In Library

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Community & City Engagement

Event Details:

Join us for a frightfully engaging program where you can create your own jack-o-lanterns using plastic cups! Paint eerie and creative designs on this everyday item turning them into spooktacular Halloween decorations.

Beginning Guitar Class

2:00pm–2:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

Keyboard Class

2:00pm–2:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

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.

Dia de Los Muertos

3:00pm–6:30pm

Family

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Library Branch: Park Forest Branch

Room: Park Forest - Auditorium

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Celebrate Dia De Los Muertos (All Souls Day) at the Park Forest Branch library! We will have snacks and drinks as well as an ofrenda for our community.

Strings Class

3:00pm–3:45pm

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

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

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

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

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

4 pm

Test

4:00pm–5:00pm

Family

Registration Required

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Room: Central Library - Penthouse (1st Floor)

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Lake Highland Public Improvement District Trunk or Treat

4:00pm–8:00pm

Family

Offsite Event

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Library Branch: Community Events

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Community & City Engagement

Dia De Los Muertos Celebration

4:30pm–5:30pm

Family

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Library Branch: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Room: Martin Luther King, Jr. - In Library

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Dia De Los Muertos is a two day holiday that reunites the living and dead. While the holiday originated in Mexico, it is celebrated all over Latin America with colorful calaveras (skulls) and calacas (skeletons).

5 pm

Movie Night (Halloween)

5:15pm–7:00pm

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

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Library Branch: Highland Hills Branch

Room: Highland Hills - Classroom B

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

Program Type: Community & City Engagement

Event Details:

Celebrate Halloween by streaming a family-friendly Halloween movie that will bring thrills to everyone!

Día de los Muertos Celebration

5:00pm–7:00pm

Family

Registration Required

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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch

Room: Lakewood - Auditorium

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Registration Required

Event Details:

Dia De Los Muertos is a two day holiday that reunites the living and dead. While the holiday originated in Mexico, it is celebrated all over Latin America with colorful calaveras (skulls) and calacas (skeletons).

6 pm

Dia De Los Muertos Community Ofrenda

6:00pm–9:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch

Room: Vickery Park - Outdoor Area

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Community & City Engagement, Español

Event Details:

Take part in this beautiful tradition to honor lost loved ones with this Community Ofrenda.

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