Events
Entering grades 4-12. Learn new skills, share your expertise with like-minded creatives, and spend time honing your craft. Equipment and materials provided.
Entering grades 1-5. Join library staff for a read-aloud book club! Read fun early chapter books and graphic novels aloud and relax with mindfulness activities.
Drop in for fun and creative STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) experiments and projects! Materials provided. Led by Hosmer Library’s Teen Tech Squad.
Have fun learning the basics of chess, improving your game, mastering strategies, and meeting other chess fans. Chess equipment will be provided. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Walk-ins are welcome. Come and have fun!
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Ages 11-16. This FREE in-person Red Cross Babysitter Certification course will get you the training you need to care for the kids in your neighborhood when their parents can't be with them. Learn basic childcare such as bottle feeding,…
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Create your own 2"x2" fused glass magnet. Layer and arrange colorful glass pieces to create fun and unique magnets. Projects are fired at Potekglass and delivered back to the library for pick-up. Materials provided. Drop in or stay for the…
Entering grades 4-12. Younger siblings are always welcome to join. Join us every Tuesday during summer to read together "Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan. No need to read the book outside of the library…
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!
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Entering grades 2-5. Experiment with a variety of simple activities introducing science concepts. Materials provided. Drop in or stay the entire time.
Partner: The Bakken Museum.
Sponsor: MELSA (Metropolitan Library…
Entering K-grade 1. Discover the joy of books and explore art as we read, talk, and play together. No pre-reading required.
Tuesday, June 24: Abuela's Special Letters by Jacqueline JulesWednesday, July 16: See the Cat/See the Dog by David…
Let’s talk graphic novels! Roosevelt Library invites youth to participate in our first ever Graphic Novel Book Club this summer. There will be three sessions, each revolving around a different theme! See themes below.
Instead…
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Entering K-grade 3. Youth create fun, gooey, sticky slime using safe materials. This is a simple introduction to colloids. Partner: America's Fun Science. Sponsor: MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency).
This is a drop-in…
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Entering grades 1-5. Design and create a moving 3D work of art using a recycled box. What theme will you transform your box into? A car, a toy, an animal? The decision is yours! Draw, glue, and add objects onto your contraption! Learn…
Entering grades 5-12. Come watch anime, talk manga, make crafts, and connect with people who share your interests! Materials provided. Programming may include TV-14 rated material. Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin County Library.
For youth of all ages. Join us for this drop-in program and play cards and board games with library staff!
Entering grades 1-7. Join Sumner Library staff for drop-in activities and games that will get you moving! We will meet at the parking lot entrance and be outside as weather permits.
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Come to a science celebration with hands-on activity stations from the Science Museum of Minnesota. These experiments allow kids and adults to work together to explore, experiment, and have fun! Drop in or stay the entire time.…
Play Nintendo Switch, try out our HTC VIVE virtual reality headset or just chill and meet new friends. Drop in.
Toddlers-Entering grade 6. Calling all young artists! Join us for some unstructured arts and crafts time! We’ll supply the craft materials; you bring your imagination. Every child will leave with an original piece of art. Drop in.
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Entering K-grade 5. Become a garden scientist to learn that everything we eat is connected to plants. Learn about the different ways flowers welcome special visitors (pollinators) to come and visit, and why bees are such…