Event List

Miss Ranell will visit Skip a Long preschool for storytime. 

Join us on Thursday, April 2nd, as local artist April Greetings leads a spring-themed cardmaking class! This is a guided program and all supplies will be provided. Attendees will leave with several spring-themed greeting cards.

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

This month's Alpha Book Club selection is The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer! This thought-provoking work on nonfiction will be sure to spark a great conversation! All are welcome to join and registration is not required.

Looking for assistance with computer skills and searching for jobs?

Join us for a FREE ragtime concert with Cherry & Jerry! This concert is suitable for music lovers of all ages. Light refreshments will be provided.

This year's lecture series explores the events surrounding American Independence, from the colonial era to the writing of the Constitution.

Looking to add to your spring decor? Join us on Wednesday, April 8th, to make a diamond art hummingbird! All supplies will be provided. 

Registration is required.  

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Meet neighbors and create community at Coffee & Conversations every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at the Southwest Library! Coffee, light refreshments, and optional activities will be provided.

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

More details will be posted soon.

Learn the basics of "quilting" by creating quilted coasters. Participants will choose fabrics, measure, cut, iron, pin, and use a sewing machine in this basic tutorial. The outcome?

Looking for assistance with computer skills and searching for jobs?

For 200 years, since the first Draisienne running machine, the bicycle has offered us free climate-friendly travel, in the early days saving us from being over-run in dung, up to today, reducing air pollution. 

Looking for a book club with no assigned reading or focused discussions? Then joining our Silent Book Club® may be for you!

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Miss Ranell will visit Skip a Long preschool for storytime. 

Youth Services staff will be reading and sharing literacy activities with the RIMSD Head Start and Preschool for All classes.

Do you love the smell of popcorn and the thrill of watching movies with others? Join in on the fun and come to our Downtown Movie Club! This month's selection is Brad Pitt's latest racing film. Light refreshments will be provided. 

More details and registration opportunity to come!

Looking for volunteer hours? Join us for Teen Advisory Group, and learn about volunteering at the library. At TAG, you will:

Join us for a night of fun at the Watts-Midtown Branch! We're taking advantage of our extended hours (thanks Bucktown!) to offer a free evening of snacks and entertainment for teens. Join us for retro gaming and pizza in the Teen Space.