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zAmya Theater Project invites you to a Creative Expression Session! The Sessions are a fun space for people looking to learn performance skills, create skits and songs, use creative play, and tell their story. Open to all ages and abilities, including people with disabilities. People bringing the...
Babies experience brain stimulation through language and socialization. Engage your little one with new sights and sounds through books, songs, and rhymes. This program is recommended for babies 0-18 months. This program will take place indoors at South County Regional library. No pre-registration..
Join us for a fun-filled musical experience and discover instruments! Led by early childhood music specialists, your family will listen to and respond to classical music together. Collaborator: Breaching Concerts LLC. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage...
Grades 1-3. Cuddle up with a certified therapy animal and practice reading aloud. Most libraries host dogs but you can call ahead to see if other animals will be visiting. Sign up when you arrive for a 15-minute slot. Collaborator: Reading Education Assistance Dogs.
Grades 8-12. Get a jump start on your surface design career! Design your own repeating pattern using traditional illustration techniques and then print your pattern on a cotton tote bag. Take your pattern block home to use again and again. Materials provided. Collaborator: Textile Center. This...
Join us for conversation, read the newspaper, or do a crossword puzzle! This is a drop-in program, so come to stay or just say "Hi!" Each week will feature an activity from 1:30-3 p.m.* All individuals age 55+ are welcome. Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Collaborator: Westminster...
Drop in for fun and creative STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) experiments and projects! Materials provided. Led by Hosmer Library’s STEAM Squad. Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin County Library.
Teachers and parents of children of all ages are invited to join Richard Lewis and Lilly Crawford in a conversation based on Lewis' poem and book, " A Tree Lives ," on exploring and encouraging the profound and instinctive sense that children can, and so often, express towards the beauty and life...
Join us for a fun-filled musical experience and discover instruments! Led by early childhood music specialists, your family will listen to and respond to classical music together. Collaborator: Breaching Concerts LLC. This program is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage...
Babies experience brain stimulation through language and socialization. Engage your little one with new sights and sounds through books, songs, and rhymes. This program is recommended for babies 0-18 months. This program will take place indoors at South County Regional library. No pre-registration..
Geared toward children. Might a curled leaf look like a rat? Or maybe a feathery seed looks like a bird? Drop in to the second floor Cargill Gallery and discover your own plant-animal using shadow play with plants. Shadow “animals” will be cut out and collected in tiny handmade books or envelopes...
For children of all ages and their caregivers. Connect with your child and other caregivers during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities. No registration required.
This presentation given by Children’s Minnesota practitioners will include research-based information about typical childhood development, using strategies to promote appropriate behaviors, and how to cope when things get frustrating. Walks-in are welcome. Collaborator: Children’s Minnesota.
For children from birth to 24 months and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement in a format especially designed for babies.
Seniors, get one-on-one technology support for your personal device (smartphone, tablet or laptop). This program is staffed by tech support volunteers with expertise in working with adults age 60 and older to navigate the digital landscape. Bring your own device, or a library computer will be...
Drop in for fun and creative STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) experiments and projects! Materials provided. Led by Franklin Library’s STEAM Squad.
Play Nintendo Switch, try out our HTC VIVE virtual reality headset or just chill and meet new friends. Drop in.
For children from birth to 24 months and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement in a format especially designed for babies.
Open to adult and teen chess players of all abilities from complete beginners to the more advanced. Play for learning or for friendly competitive play. Teaching new players is available upon request. Just come for fun. And note: you do not need to bring any game equipment since all chess material,..
Preschool-grade 2 and their caregivers. Turn your “Arghs!” into “Oms” and sail to your Island of Calm with the Monkey Mind Pirates! Get the whole family moving with this mix of puppets, music, and yoga fun. Find the treasure of calm through Z Puppets' original songs, lovable characters, and playful.
All ages and skill levels are welcome. Have fun learning the basics of chess, improving your game, mastering strategies, and meeting other chess fans. Free and open to all!
Preschool-grade 2 and their caregivers. Turn your “Arghs!” into “Oms” and sail to your Island of Calm with the Monkey Mind Pirates! Get the whole family moving with this mix of puppets, music, and yoga fun. Find the treasure of calm through Z Puppets' original songs, lovable characters, and playful.
Create a beautiful ceramic coaster using the acrylic paint pouring method. Participants will learn how to mix paints to the right consistency and use "dirty pour" or "flip cup" techniques to create mesmerizing abstract patterns that evoke gardens in bloom and flowing spring rivers. We'll use a...
Based on a project undertaken by The Touchstone Center for Children, the I am the Tree, the Tree is Me: Playing and Knowing, Imagining and Becoming, the Nature we are exhibit celebrates the art and poetry by children in a New York City public school, as they discover and express their wondrous...
Babies experience brain stimulation through language and socialization. Engage your little one with new sights and sounds through books, songs, and rhymes. This program is for babies ages 0-17 months. Space is limited and registration begins 15 minutes before each program at the Train Desk. Want to.
Based on his poem and book " A Tree Lives ," Richard Lewis and his wife, Carol Grocki Lewis, invite children and their families to explore and create, through art and writing, the marvel and possibility of their own Tree of Imagining. No experience necessary, just the delight and joy, of simply...
Your whole family can enjoy stories, songs, and movement activities that support early literacy skill development and help foster a love of books and reading in your child. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate. Want to be notified about future events? Subscribe to our newsletter...
Chess encourages cooperation, problem solving and strategic thinking skills. Children will learn chess basics, strategies, and tactics, and test their skills. Knowledge of the game is expected because there will be no formal instruction. Drop in for a game or two! [Add relevant details.] Want to be.
For children from birth to 24 months and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement in a format especially designed for babies. Siblings welcome.
Are you building a new chapter after incarceration? Are you justice-impacted and ready for real opportunity? Join us at Coming Home, a family-friendly resource fair designed to help you thrive in 2026 and beyond! Hosted by Twin Cities R!SE and Minneapolis Central Library, this event is all about...
For children from birth to 24 months and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement in a format especially designed for babies. Siblings welcome.
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