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Teen Community Pop-up: Poetry with Signature MiMi

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Teen Library at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Pop-up Library, Other
Age Group:
Teenagers (12-14), Teenagers (14-19)
Teen Library Community Pop-up:

PPL's Teen Library Community Pop-ups strive to bring topical and relevant conversations directly to the young people who use our library spaces. We invite teens into conversation w...

Event Details:

In honor of National Poetry Month, join Portland's 8th Poet Laureate Signature MiMi for drop-in poetry, writing, and creative expression in the Teen Library!

the logo for PPL's Death Cafe series

Portland Death Café

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room 4 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

At Portland Death Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death.Death Café is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives,...

Paws & Pages: a young girl reads a story to a calm dog

Paws & Pages

Friday, April 18, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children's Library at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (5-12)
Event Details:

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...

balls of yarn with knitting needles

Fiber Arts Meetup @ Burbank

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Burbank Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Fiber Arts Meetup:

Love to do hand crafts? Bring your latest project and join other crafters for inspiration and conversation. Knitting, crochet, embroidery, and other fiber arts welcome, as are all ...

a hand draws a cartoon for a comic or graphic novel

Portland Comix Club

Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Writing Group, Other
Age Group:
Adults, Teenagers (14-19)
Event Details:

Come and join the Portland Comix Club to work on your own comics, find inspiration from other creators and artists, workshop ideas, and collaborate. Portland Comix Club meets every...

CLOSED FOR PATRIOT'S DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing
balls of yarn with knitting needles

Fiber Arts Meetup @ Burbank

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Burbank Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Fiber Arts Meetup:

Love to do hand crafts? Bring your latest project and join other crafters for inspiration and conversation. Knitting, crochet, embroidery, and other fiber arts welcome, as are all ...

a hand draws a cartoon for a comic or graphic novel

Portland Comix Club

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Writing Group, Other
Age Group:
Adults, Teenagers (14-19)
Event Details:

Come and join the Portland Comix Club to work on your own comics, find inspiration from other creators and artists, workshop ideas, and collaborate. Portland Comix Club meets every...

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Adult Zentangle @ Riverton

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Riverton Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join your neighbors at the Riverton Branch to explore the practice of Zentangle! Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing way to create beautiful, unplanned patterns that is known t...

Paws & Pages: a young girl reads a story to a calm dog

May Paws & Pages

Friday, May 9, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children's Library at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (5-12)
Event Details:

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...

balls of yarn with knitting needles

Fiber Arts Meetup @ Burbank

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Burbank Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Fiber Arts Meetup:

Love to do hand crafts? Bring your latest project and join other crafters for inspiration and conversation. Knitting, crochet, embroidery, and other fiber arts welcome, as are all ...

a hand draws a cartoon for a comic or graphic novel

Portland Comix Club

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Writing Group, Other
Age Group:
Adults, Teenagers (14-19)
Event Details:

Come and join the Portland Comix Club to work on your own comics, find inspiration from other creators and artists, workshop ideas, and collaborate. Portland Comix Club meets every...

the logo for PPL's Death Cafe series

Portland Death Café

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room 4 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

At Portland Death Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death.Death Café is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives,...

Paws & Pages: a young girl reads a story to a calm dog

May Paws & Pages

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children's Library at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (5-12)
Event Details:

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...

CLOSED FOR MEMORIAL DAY

All Day
Downtown Branch, Burbank Branch, Peaks Island Branch, Riverton Branch, Bookmobile, Offsite, Virtual/Hybrid, Pop-up Libraries
Closing
Paws & Pages: a young girl reads a story to a calm dog

Paws & Pages

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children's Library at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (5-12)
Event Details:

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...

a hand draws a cartoon for a comic or graphic novel

Portland Comix Club

Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Writing Group, Other
Age Group:
Adults, Teenagers (14-19)
Event Details:

Come and join the Portland Comix Club to work on your own comics, find inspiration from other creators and artists, workshop ideas, and collaborate. Portland Comix Club meets every...

balls of yarn with knitting needles

Fiber Arts Meetup @ Burbank

Saturday, June 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Burbank Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Fiber Arts Meetup:

Love to do hand crafts? Bring your latest project and join other crafters for inspiration and conversation. Knitting, crochet, embroidery, and other fiber arts welcome, as are all ...

a hand finishes a Zentangle version of the PPL logo

Adult Zentangle @ Riverton

Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Riverton Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join your neighbors at the Riverton Branch to explore the practice of Zentangle! Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing way to create beautiful, unplanned patterns that is known t...

Paws & Pages: a young girl reads a story to a calm dog

Paws & Pages

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Children's Library at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Children (5-12)
Event Details:

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...

a hand draws a cartoon for a comic or graphic novel

Portland Comix Club

Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 5 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Writing Group, Other
Age Group:
Adults, Teenagers (14-19)
Event Details:

Come and join the Portland Comix Club to work on your own comics, find inspiration from other creators and artists, workshop ideas, and collaborate. Portland Comix Club meets every...

the logo for PPL's Death Cafe series

Portland Death Café

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Meeting Room 4 at Downtown Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

At Portland Death Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea, and discuss death.Death Café is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives,...

CLOSED FOR JUNETEENTH

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