Event List

Preschool Storytime features more challenging stories, songs, movement, and activities to help preschool-age children continue to develop their early literacy skills! Par...

Join us at the Teen Library on Thursday and Friday afternoons to play video games on the Teen Library’s PS4. The PS4 is available on Thursdays from 2 PM to 6 PM and on Fridays from...

Calling all LEGO lovers! Join us for a drop-in LEGO building session. No registration required. Parents and caregivers are welcome to join their children in play!

Have you ever wanted to make your own buttons? Here’s your chance! A PPL staff member will teach participants to use a pin-back button making machine and create buttons from discar...

Join us every third Thursday throughout the darkest stretch of the year for some cozy, convivial competition around a different word game each month. Light refreshments provided, a...

Baby Storytime is our series for babies 0-24 months and their caregivers. Reading, playing, talking, singing, and writing are the five practices that stimulate the growth of a chil...

Preschool Storytime features more challenging stories, songs, movement, and activities to help preschool-age children continue to develop their early literacy skills! Par...

Hear about a book! Talk about the book you’re reading! Let’s get together and talk about a book!The Blurb Club @ Burbank is an informal book discussion for participants to talk abo...

One-on-one technology tutoring sessions are for all levels of computer users and provide a chance to sit down with a staff member for 30 minutes of free computer assistance. Advanc...

Join us at the Teen Library on Thursday and Friday afternoons to play video games on the Teen Library’s PS4. The PS4 is available on Thursdays from 2 PM to 6 PM and on Fridays from...

Join Creative Writing for Kids in Grades 3, 4, & 5We will meet for 45 minutes each Friday afternoon.Bring your imagination – journals and pencils will be provided.

Paws & Pages is a program where children can practice reading to a certified therapy dog. Smith the golden retriever and his person, Jane, will be here every other Friday for o...

Looking for creative inspiration? Join fellow writers to explore ideas and stories. No registration required. All experience levels welcome. 

Early Birds: join us for these generative writing sessions facilitated by Riverton branch manager and fiction writer Meghan Gilliss, who thinks that writing in the morning—before t...

Looking for creative inspiration? Join fellow writers to explore ideas and stories. No registration required. All experience levels welcome. 

Come put your engineering prowess to work and construct a car from provided materials to race down Riverton’s book ramp. Staff will be on hand with a stopwatch to record your car’s...

Family Storytime is a general drop-in program for children of any age and their caregivers. Together we will read a variety of stories, sing songs, move our bodies and have fun! Fa...

Join us for a Book Club-style Script Club with the Portland Stage. Check out your copy of the script and join us two weeks before previews of each Mainstage Production. Scripts are...

Portland Comics Club aims to support emerging graphic artists and cartoonists by providing support, reflections of ideas, and awareness to publishing and self-publishing. Open to t...

Baby Storytime is our series for babies 0-24 months and their caregivers. Reading, playing, talking, singing, and writing are the five practices that stimulate the growth of a chil...

Preschool Storytime features more challenging stories, songs, movement, and activities to help preschool-age children continue to develop their early literacy skills! Par...

The Bookmobile visits locations throughout the city including schools, residential areas, and special events. It holds 1,700 items for all ages – fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks, D...

The Bookmobile visits locations throughout the city including schools, residential areas, and special events. It holds 1,700 items for all ages – fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks, D...

The Bookmobile visits locations throughout the city including schools, residential areas, and special events. It holds 1,700 items for all ages – fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks, D...