Event List

Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.

Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer! In inclement weather the storytime will move inside to the storytheater on Level 2.

Meet sailors from the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Try your hand at some sailors knots and learn about the history of the United States Navy.

Come meet and pet goats from The Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, and learn about what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska. 

Want to help out at the library? Join us during volunteer time to lend a hand with light tasks and special projects. It’s a great way to support your library, gain experience, and make a difference in your community!

Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.

Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute!

A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers.

Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In inclement weather, the storytime will move inside to the storytheater on Level 2.

Meet with sailors from the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Try your hand at some sailors knots and learn more about the history of the United States Navy.

To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?

The People Mover Travel Trainer will teach you how to:

Meet and pet goats from The Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, and learn about what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska. 

Drop in to make your own button! We will have supplies for you to make your own design or you can use one of our pre-printed templates. Events start promptly.

The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations.

We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn. 

We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more

Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socia

Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.

Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.

All are welcome for an inclusive library tour and storytime designed for children with visual impairments and their families, sponsored by ASD.

Meet with sailors from the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Try your hand at some sailors knots and learn more about the history of the United States Navy.

Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more. 

Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.