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.

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.

In this beginners workshop, students will learn about leather tools, types of leather and hand stitching. Students should walk away with completed leather pieces at the end of each class to take home!

NaNoWriMo-- it stands for National Novel Writing Month, and is a challenge where novelists attempt to write 50,000 words of a story draft during the 30 days of November.

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. 

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.

Flex your memory muscles with this interactive musical trivia experience featuring a wide variety of decades and genres!

This program is presented by Dallas Office of Arts and Culture CAP Artist Kamica King.

 Each week will consist of new and fun music related activities along with playtime/social time. For ages 0 - 4

All supplies included. 

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

Experience relaxation and stress relief like never before with our "DIY Aromatherapy Stress Balls Workshop for Adults." This unique and engaging program will guide you through the creation of your very own aromatherapy stress balls, providing a so

In honor of the upcoming Veterans' Day, Catherine (Kay) Bauer, U.S. Navy will share her Vietnam War experiences and talk about her work with the Minnesota Remembers Vietnam Story Wall.  

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

Celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights!

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!

Are you interested in learning about and creating your own punch needle embroidery craft?  Create your own free-form or abstract design or bring in your own design to use as a stencil.  Embroidery hoops in both 4.5” and 9.5” diameter wil

This is an Adult Music Education Workshop by Mitotiliztli Yaoyollohtli,

Participants will be exposed to the introduction of the Mesoamerican Musical Instruments such as:

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Play a game of American Mahjong with others!

Spend an afternoon relaxing and brushing up on your art skills with our art instructor Irving. Learn the basics of different aquamedia and how to use/maintain our many art tools until you're ready to pursue your own ideas and art pieces. 

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

Celebrate spooky season with the fun horror films that we'll be showing in the 1st Floor Auditorium!

Note: Rated R movies are intended for audiences 18 and older; films, times, and room are subject to change.

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.

Are you an avid hobby hopper? Are you feeling a little crochet curious? Seen the TikTok trends but don't know where to start? Look no further than here!

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! 

So many writers dream of publishing their work but don't know how to start. This National Novel Writing Month, we've invited a panel of professionals from the Dallas literary community to take the mystery out of publishing.

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

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

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

In celebration of, "National Novel Writing Month" we will be hosting weekly meetings to discuss, share, and brainstorm ideas, drafts, etc. Let us help guide you in your novel writing process. 

You are invited to an exciting experience!

Enjoy painting, friends, and a good time!

Registrants receive a painting kit to be picked up at the Polk Wisdom Branch.

It's adventure time!

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."

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.

Prepare to be immersed in an atmosphere of mystery and suspense where attendees take turns sharing their own spooky stories or legends of the unknown.

Knitting, companionship, gossip, oh my!!!

Bring your yarn and your needles to our weekly meet-up at the Lakewood Branch Library for some knitting fun.

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.

This is an event for people over the age of 21 and registration is encouraged!

Enjoy a local brew as we discuss Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic. Here is a NPR Summary: 

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.

Learn more about the art of metal embossing and create a traditional repujado heart.

Shelf-Care is a book club for people who want to read about building good habits, overcoming obstacles, and reaching self-actualization. Fiction and non-fiction books will be chosen monthly.

Every Tuesday afterschool there will be a new craft available to make and take with you.

Todos los martes hay una nueva artesanía disponible para hacer y llevar contigo.

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

It's adventure time!

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. 

Crafternoons every Thursday at the Audelia Road Branch Library!    

Learn about the tradition of corn husk dolls and their feature in several cultures by making your own basic doll.

Experience relaxation and stress relief like never before with our "DIY Aromatherapy Stress Balls Workshop for Adults." This unique and engaging program will guide you through the creation of your very own aromatherapy stress balls, providing a so

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

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!

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by having fun making popping popsicle stick calaveras! Children will participate in building, designing, and learn about this Mexican holiday.  

There is just something so comforting about squeezing a stress ball. But it’s even better when that squishy stress ball smells like calming essential oils!

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.

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).

We will be showing our appreciation to veterans worldwide by writing letters of gratitude and uplifting positive messages.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by having fun making popping popsicle stick calaveras! Children will participate in building, designing, and learn about this Mexican holiday.  

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

Instruments will be provided for use during class and may be available to check out (just like a library book).

Improve your chess skills and challenge your peers! Visit Prairie Creek every 1st Thursday of the month at 4:00 PM for an evening of Chess!

Calling all gamers!

Fridays at 4pm will be a violin class!

Classes run from October 13th to December 22nd, 2023.

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

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by having fun making popping popsicle stick calaveras! Children will participate in building, designing, and learn about this Mexican holiday.  

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

Celebrate Halloween at the Martin Luther King Branch Library! This free event will include an activity for children, community partner tables and a haunted house!

Wednesdays at 5pm will be the violin class!

Classes run from the October 11th through December 20th.

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

Challenge one another or our staff and see who comes out on top! From 4:30 to 6:30, we will have our X-Box and Playstation 5 Available for teens to come and meet, chat, play, and challenge fellow gamers!

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

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!

Test out your knowledge about movie and music.  Let's see how much you know about your favorite actors, actresses and musicians.

We will make beautiful, unique wreaths using old sheet music, lace doilies, evergreen sprigs, and beads - lots of beads. Join us for this festive holiday craft.

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).

Bring your art skills and help the Library and the DMA paint a mural that will go up in the children's area. Ages 12-18.

Do you like reading books from a variety of genres? Want to start digging a little deeper into the books you read?

Discover the joy of sewing in our Beginner's Sewing Class! In this introductory workshop for adults, you'll learn the basics of sewing while creating a delightful frosted animal cracker-shaped throw pillow.

Calling all sewers, knitters, quilters, and embroiders! Come to our Sew and Tell with your latest project as we share tips and ideas. Beginners welcome!

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.