Event List

Stop by the library and add your creative touch to our life-sized gingerbread house! Color, draw, and decorate the cardboard playhouse with markers and imagination. This is a come-and-go program — participate whenever you like!

Book a slot in our Makerspace to learn about wood burning and make a holiday ornament or drink coaster.

Make your own Christmas tree ornament with this fun take-home kit at Ralph Ellison Library.

The Southern Oaks Library welcomes the community to join in spreading kindness throughout the year. A kindness calendar will be available each month for library guests to pick up in person or available curbside.

Have you always wanted to explore creative writing but never had the chance? Pick up one of our creative writing chapbooks filled with creative writing exercises meant to strengthen your creative muscles!

Start a new family tradition!  This kit includes pre-measured supplies and easy to follow instructions for creating a treasured keepsake Christmas ornament.  Hang it on your tree for years to come.

✨ Celebrate Kwanzaa with this Take-Home Kit! ✨

Get dazzled for the holidays with this simple wooden bead bracelet kit. One per customer. This kit is for ages 6 and up. Register now. Limited supplies. 

Visit Southern Oaks library to try our Winter Craft with Tissue paper. This is a come and go project set up by the computer tables by the Reference desk. While supplies last. 

Happy Holidays!

How does our world shape us, and how do we shape the landscape? Artist Irmgard Geul combines paint and fiber to reveal depth, texture, and perspective, showing that the whole can be greater than its parts.

Build your own snowman from air-dry clay! Each kit will make a different style of snowman.

While supplies last.

Get into the holiday spirit with our Gingerbread Ornament Take-Home Kit! Each kit includes everything you need to decorate your own festive gingerbread ornament from the comfort of home.

Paint and cotton swabs are included in this kit. You can use the swab as a brush or dab in each circle to make a pretty holiday picture.

Winter break is approaching and we are here to keep your kids entertained with screen-free activities at the library! While you're here getting your books, pick up an I'm Bored! Box from the circulation desk.