Event List

Join APL as we Grow Together! This program will teach amateur gardening skills through activities and community interaction. For June, we will be covering DIY plant markers. Mak...

Enjoy the summer weather with storytime on the lawn! Preschool storytime provides a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your pr...

Family Storytime moves outside to Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park! Meet at the park near the orange climbing structure for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-...

We're looking for three teens to assist at our Summer Discovery Mission2Mars program for kids. Volunteers will help with set up and clean up and assist the kids and families with t...

Enjoy astronomy and space exploration activities for youth and families, with material created by The Franklin Institute and Anchorage Museum. 

This session will introduce the research databases available through the Anchorage Public Library, and how to use them to find articles and citations. We’ll also cover searching Wo...

To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that? To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of hu...

Join APL as we Grow Together! This program will teach amateur gardening skills through activities and community interaction. For June, we will be covering DIY plant markers. Mak...

Watch anime! Talk manga! Meet others who like anime, manga and Japanese culture. Programming will vary from month-to month, so come on in and be part of the planning.

We have computer guided basis computer competency course to help you understand and use computers and other technology. Also come in and get help with software issues like email, O...

We're looking for one teen to assist at Storytime in the Park. The volunteer will help with set up (moving items from the library to the park) and clean up (moving items back to li...

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...

Enjoy the summer weather with storytime on the lawn! Twenty minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and th...

Join APL as we Grow Together! This program will teach amateur gardening skills through activities and community interaction. For June, we will be covering DIY plant markers. Mak...

Krambambuli Puppet Theater offers wisdom and quality entertainment for the young and young at heart. All families welcome at this silly and heartwarming marionette puppet show!&nbs...

We're looking for three teens to help dust, clean, shelve, or whatever else we need done.  Questions? E-mail Librarian Sue Sommers:  susan.sommers@anchorageak.gov

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

No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.

The Krambambuli Puppet Theatre presents: Tale of an Unusual Dragon! Theodor, the young Dragon, wonders if he will ever be able to find his inner fire and live up to his father's...

Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference. 

Finish your own project in a sociable environment. All crafts and all ages are welcome. 

Returning to Alaska this year is Alex Zerbe's Zaniac Comedy Show, which will delight and entertain children of all ages. The “Professional Zaniac,” whoʼs been cracking jokes onstag...

Join us for a special storytime and craft celebrating birds! Ideal for ages 3-5 with caregiver, but all families are welcome. 

Join us at the Anchorage Museum's Lunch on the Lawn. Enjoy food trucks, live music, all-ages activities, community conversations and family-friendly games. The Anchorage Public ...