Week Calendar

All Day

He Was a Lovely Red- Exhibition by Henk Lammers

All Day 1/3–1/13

Family

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Room: Central Library - Fine Arts Area (4th Floor)

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

HE WAS A LOVELY RED – Art Exhibition Henk Lammers in Dallas and Almelo

What do seven lines of text, each with the same 15 letters, but in varying order, say about seven iconic images?

Signs of Our Times: A Photographic Retrospective

All Day 1/6–2/28

Family

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Room: Central Library - Lillian Bradshaw Gallery Exhibits (4th Floor)

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

SIGNS OF OUR TIMES is a Photography Exhibition by artist, journalist and freelance photographer Danny Hurley.

10 am

Little Bookworms: Songs and Stories

10:30am–11:00am

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

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Library Branch: Vickery Park Branch

Room: Vickery Park - Auditorium

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

Program Type: Early Literacy

Event Details:

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

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

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. - Children's area

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

Touch-A-Truck: Police

10:00am–11:00am

Family

Registration Required

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Library Branch: Lakewood Branch

Room: Lakewood - Lawn

Age Group: Family

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

Registration Required

Event Details:

🚚👋 Get Ready to Touch a Truck: A Hands-On Adventure Series! 🚒🔌

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

Skyline Cinema

11:00am–12:00pm

Family

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Library Branch: Skyline Branch

Room: Skyline - Classroom

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Monthly family movie night.

Story & Craft at Vector Brewing

11:00am–12:00pm

Family

Offsite Event

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Library Branch: Community Events

Age Group: Family

Program Type: Early Literacy,

Event Details:

The Audelia Road Branch Library is in your community! See us at Vector Brewing for a story and craft to celebrate this wonderful, winter season!

12 pm

What is freedom? MLK Jr. Collage

12:30pm–1:30pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Preston Royal Branch

Room: Preston Royal - Auditorium

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day with us! We will learn about the history of civil rights and create a collage that shows what freedom means to each of us.

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–3:00pm

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.

City Hall on the Go!

1:30pm–4:00pm

Family, Adult (18+)

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Library Branch: Dallas West Branch

Room: Dallas West - Lobby

Age Group: Family, Adult (18+)

Program Type:

Event Details:

City Hall on the Go! provides select City services at special events and locations throughout Dallas in a convenient mobile unit.

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.

Adults-Same Craft/Different Room!

1:45pm–3:30pm

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

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Library Branch: Prairie Creek Branch

Room: Prairie Creek - Study Room 2

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

As part of our Saturday Family Event Series, we will have an adult craft room and a child craft room. Both will work on the same project, but the atmosphere in adult room will be a little calmer.

2 pm

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.

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.

Winnie The Pooh Day

2:00pm–3:00pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Room: Central Library - Children's Center Craft Area (2nd Floor)

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Celebrate your favorite bear and all of his friends! Enjoy a Winnie the Pooh stortytime and create your own Terra Cotta Hunny Pot! While supplies last.

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: Out-of-School Time/Summer Reading

Event Details:

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

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

Afterschool Craft: Beaded Snowflakes

4:00pm–5:00pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Dallas West Branch

Room: Dallas West - Children's Area

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

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

Event Details:

Join us after school to make beautiful snowflakes using beads and pipecleaners.

Supplies available for the first 15 participants.

Supplies purchased by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library.

Hobbit Day!

4:00pm–5:00pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Room: Central Library - Children's Center Craft Area (2nd Floor)

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

Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Celebrate Hobbit Day! Come learn about J.R. Tolkien and Middle Earth, and make your own ring from The Hobbit.

Let's Celebrate Kwanzaa

4:00pm–5:00pm

Family

Registration Required

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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

Registration Required

Event Details:

Interactive Storytelling • Drums Folktales, Poems, Songs, & Spoken Word. Sharing positive energy and the 7 Principles. A hands on cultural-arts workshop.

5 pm

Story & Craft: A Loud Winter's Nap

5:30pm–6:30pm

Family, School Age (ages 6-12)

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Library Branch: Audelia Road Branch

Room: Audelia Road - Auditorium

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

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

Event Details:

Join us each month as we read a book and do a craft based on the book we read. This program is best for Kindergarten through 2nd graders.

January's Book: A Loud Winter's Nap By: Kate Hudson

6 pm

The Rubik's Cube Challenge

6:00pm–7:00pm

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: Arts, Culture, & Literature

Event Details:

Challenge the mind by completing the Rubric Cube in a timed challenge.

Twist and turn the cube to match the colors.

Winners will advance to the next level to compete

in the final round.

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