Event List

Join us every week for Tots Thursdays! Each week is filled with exciting activities designed to stimulate your child’s development while having a blast! Every month, we rotate through four themes:

Join us at the Choctaw Library for an 8-week healthy living course focused on nutrition, physical activity, and long-term healthy habits!

Calling all Preschoolers, ages 3.5-5! What will be going on at the library today? Something exciting just for you! Will it be playtime, storytime, parachute play, or music play? No matter what, it will be fun, so come and see!

Staying Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) is a fitness program for older adults, which can be done sitting or standing.

Join us at the library for a fun and active yoga program designed for children ages 4–12!

Come for the lemonade, stay for the games, crafts, and activities! We'll bring out our Nintendo Switch and compete in Mario Kart tournaments, play Exploding Kittens, do puzzles together, and more!

For teens in grades 6 - 12.

Kids, Teens, and Adults, come join us in making geometric sculptures out of heavy cardstock/chipboard. Shapes are pre-cut with slots for building and connecting, or you can cut your own. There will be paint markers for decorating your pieces.

Take a break! Join us to meet new friends or spend time as a family playing together. Playing tabletop games helps to build skills such as: problem solving, teamwork, spatial reasoning, and communication.

Children ages 4-18 are invited to enjoy an afterschool snack/meal from 3:30-5:00 pm at Ralph Ellison Library. 

Calling all future magicians ages 8-16! Join us once a month to learn all the skills and magic tricks you need to wow your family and friends!

Teens, join us and see what you can create with Perler beads! Participants will leave with a finished Perler bead creation.

Improve your English in this class made possible by Community Literacy Centers. This intermediate level class meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:00-7:00pm. 

Join us on Thursdays in the Makerspace for a quick crafternoon! Each Thursday, guests will have the opportunity to complete a quick craft using the equipment in the MLS Studio.

Are you a wizard, fighter, or a rogue looking for a group? Do you have a dungeon or a dragon looking for adventures? Then come to the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons!

Make sure you register today for Dungeons and Dragons and join the fun!

Have you always wanted to learn how to cook, but getting out those big pots and pans just isn't it? No one wants to have to do all those dishes all the time!

Learn how real screen printing works, start to finish. In this hands on workshop, printmaker Bart Davis will guide you through preparing a screen, registering your image, inking, and pulling clean prints by hand.

Calling all adventurers! Have you always wondered what Dungeons & Dragons was all about? Join us to get started in the exciting world of D&D!

Aprenda los conceptos básicos del inglés en esta clase posible gracias a Community Literacy Centers. Esta clase de nivel introductorio se reúne todos los martes y jueves de 6:00 a 8:00pm.

Interested in entering the world of podcasts and content creation?

Do you have a story to tell or expertise to share with the world?

Don't know how to start?

Winter Reading is settling down but that doesn't stop us from making cute Felt Cozy's for our coffee or tea mugs! Register now to attend our No Sew Felt Cozy program. We will create a cute cozy for your coffee or tea mugs. 

February is cold and dreary but your personal space can be warm and cheerful. Join us for a creative evening of cozy crafts designed to celebrate the month of love for all the special people in your life, including you!

Learn the basics of becoming a U.S. Citizen! The Southern Oaks Public Library is partnering with Community Literary Centers to provide free weekly classes that explore the steps of the naturalization process.