Event List

Can't make it to a library branch for storytime? Join a librarian at the Spenard Recreation Center instead! 

Test out your putting skills on different mini golf holes at the library.

Learn to draw your own comics! Sketch with cartoonist Lee Post in a fast-paced, no-stress, and fun cartooning session for all skill levels and ages. Events start promptly.

Get ready to fold, fly, and race! Join us for an afternoon of hands-on fun as we design and build our own paper airplanes.

Learn to draw your own comics! Sketch with cartoonist Lee Post in a fast-paced, no-stress, and fun cartooning session for all skill levels and ages.

Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly.

Family Storytime moves outside to William B. Lyons Park! Meet at the park near the picnic shelter for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-6 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play.

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. 

Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight!

Create your own mini puzzle! Kids will decorate jumbo popsicle sticks with markers or stickers, then mix them up and try to solve their own (or a friend’s) puzzle. A fun and creative craft that’s perfect for all ages!

Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight!

Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight!

Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight!

Local favorite magician Robbie Cannon returns with a magic show guaranteed to surprise and delight audiences of all ages! 

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. 

A half hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills.

The first Family Storytime of the month will have an American Sign Language interpreter available.

Shrink your drawing into a tiny charm with the magic of thermoplastics. Keep what you make! 

Can't make it to a library branch for storytime? Join a librarian at the Spenard Recreation Center instead! 

Learn to draw your own comics! Sketch with cartoonist Lee Post in a fast-paced, no-stress, and fun cartooning session for all skill levels and ages.

Come to the library for a Nintendo Switch gaming session full of Mario madness!

Join our Special guests from the Campbell Creek Science Center for some hands-on Science activities to explore and learn about the world around you! Events start promptly.

Meet at Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park by the orange climbing structure for a special storytimewith APD Officer Melissa Lampert. She'll read stories and talk about what police do and how to stay safe.

Learn fun facts about writing and making books with children’s author Brooke Hartman and hear her read one of her newest books.

Join local poet and creative facilitator Brian Hutton for a hands-on Etch A Sketch workshop! Explore this classic toy in a whole new way as Brian guides you through fun creative expression.