Event List

Filters
Program Type
Library Branch
Image of stacks of books with a festive wintery background with snowflakes and pine boughs

Winter Book Sale

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 9:00am - 3:00pm
Bookmobile
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
All Ages

Don’t miss our Winter Book Sale!

Offsite Event
Stacks of books with festive winter background

Winter Book Sale

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 9:00am - 3:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
Adults (Ages 19+)

Looking for the perfect gift or a great addition to your home library? Join us for our Winter Book Sale at the library’s warehouse!

Offsite Event
illustration of books with a red festive winter themed background

Winter Book Sale

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 9:00am - 3:00pm
Bookmobile
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
All Ages

Don’t miss our Winter Book Sale!

Offsite Event
Illustration of books with a festive winter background

Winter Book Sale

Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 9:00am - 3:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
Adults (Ages 19+)

Looking for the perfect gift or a great addition to your home library? Join us for our Winter Book Sale at the library’s warehouse!

Offsite Event
illustration of a winter scene with tree sihouettes through the snow at twilight

Day of Solstice Cheer

Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Riverton Branch
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
All Ages

Help us embrace the season of darkness by stopping in to enjoy warm drinks and intentional light as you browse for the perfect book to keep you company through the dark afternoons and evenings.

CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries

NOTE: All PPL Locations will be closed for Christmas. Visit us online »

Closing

CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries

NOTE: All PPL Locations will be closed for New Year's Day. Visit us online »

Closing
illustration of a stack of book with a cute owl sitting on top of the book stack

Used Book Gift Swap

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Riverton Branch
Program Type:
Special Events
Age Group:
Adults (Ages 19+)

Wrap up a gently used book you'd love to pass along and join us for this lighthearted community book swap! Come for the refreshments, conversation, and good cheer; leave with a brand new (to you) book to enjoy in the season ahead.

Registration Required

CLOSED FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing
Image of Author Afarin Bellasario next to an image of the cover of her new book 'Silenced Whispoers"

Camden Conference: "Silenced Whispers"

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Rines Auditorium at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Author Talk, Special Events
Age Group:
Adults (Ages 19+)

As part of our Camden Conference series, Portland Public Library is proud to host Afarin Bellisario, a global leader in the field of tech and innovation who has taken a turn from her usual STEM world to pen her debut novel, “Silenced Whispers

Drag Queen Chartreuse Money wears an orange wig and black dress whlie standing on a book over a green background

February Drag Storytime with Portland Ovations

Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Rines Auditorium at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Special Events, Family Storytime
Age Group:
Kids (Ages 6-11)

PPL and Portland Ovations welcome families to embrace the power of Drag Storytime in nurturing creativity, acceptance, and celebration of diversity in our children’s lives.

CLOSED FOR PRESIDENTS' DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing

CLOSED FOR PATRIOT'S DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing

CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing

CLOSED FOR JUNETEENTH

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing

CLOSED FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing

CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing

CLOSED FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing