Upcoming Events

Take your favorite library mascot, Spoticus, with you on adventures during the summer. In this take-home kit, you can choose from any one of five Spoticus cutouts 

Come on down to the Southern Oaks Library to pick up your very own DIY Junimo plush kit! In honor of the newest updates, these kits allow you to make your own adorable forest spirit! 

Help Mothman find his friends at the library! Visit the children's department to complete a fun scavenger hunt and win a prize if you can unscramble the secret word. One prize per person.

Come by the Luther Library every week of Summer Reading for a unique adventure themed craft or demonstration! This week you can build and design your very own Adventure Journal.

Traveling? Hosting? Planning tons of summer fun? Make sure to grab a kit of archival supplies from your neighborhood library to save your summer memories.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is almost here! This American holiday, observed annually on June 19th, commemorates the emancipation of the last remaining enslaved African Americans in Texas.

Visit Almonte for an interactive display on Juneteenth, plus explore the new Podcast Room to record your oral culture - history, poetry, stories, music, and more!

We're celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ artists in the month of June! Enjoy our exhibition from local artists and creators on display in Philomathea Hall. 

Libraries are for Everyone! Join us at Belle Isle for passive programs and displays showing YOU can be PROUD at your Library.

Celebrate Pride with a DIY colorful Pride Flag garland! This kit will contain all the supplies needed to create a colorful flag garland that celebrates the many different kinds of people in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

A Missing Man Table is a memorial that’s set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members.

Here at the Downtown Library, we’re always looking for fun ways to connect readers with our collection of books. Thus the idea of a library book “subscription”, a connection between YOU the reader and US, your friendly neighborhood librarians.

Do you love books?  Are you interested in creating a book display in the library?  If you've ever wanted to get a taste of being a librarian for a day, then this activity is for you.  Kids can apply to be our Kid Librarian!

It can be difficult to take a moment to stop, slow down, and focus on something that’s good for our well-being. Pick up one of our monthly mindfulness journals filled with prompts to help you focus on your mental health! 

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

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

It's summer time!! Bring back all those summer camp vibes with this super awesome craft. Directions and supplies will be included. 

Kick off an adventurous summer reading with a safari themed search and find! Animals are running rampant throughout the Almonte library. Can you help us find them all?