Upcoming Events

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

The Bartered Banana 

Children ages 1-18 are invited to enjoy a meal from 12-2 p.m. at Ralph Ellison Library.

Meals are provided by Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Summer Feeding Program.

The OKC Mobile Market offers fresh produce to residents of Oklahoma County at no cost. We know that access to fresh fruit and vegetables is a barrier for many folks in the community, not only due to food deserts, but also the rising cost of food.

Join us every Friday for bingo! This family friendly event will feature trivia, jokes, and facts on the theme of the week!

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

Participants will learn a variety of basic embroidery stitches, taught by Darci Lenker from Oklahoma Co

Let's make something! Using small colorful beads, we will make shapes, characters and anything of your imagination! 

**Hot irons will be in use by library employee**

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

The Bartered Banana 

Chess sets may also be checked out for in-library use at any time by visiting the information desk. This is a recurring event and takes place every Friday.

Target Age: Preschool and school-age children 

Relax and enjoy a cup of coffee at the historic Wright Library in OKC's Stockyard City. Peruse and checkout available materials, get a library card, or use our computers or free Wi-Fi.

Join us for Tai Chi in the Park in the gazebo at the Cecil Mendenhall Library Park next to the Bethany Library.

Come play at the Warr Acres Library!

Explore with all five of your senses in this fully hands-on program where you will navigate through different stations to complete the sensory scavenger hunt and be named Adventurer of the Summer! 

Ages: 1-5

Discover the most anticipated and buzzy books on the shelf with your fellow shelf watchers! 

It's time to get messy with all of your favorite toddler and pre-k art activities!  Little ones will have the ability to use liquid paint, paint sticks, watercolor, stamps, and anything else we can find to make their own creations.  Open

Whatever your art, this is your time to carve out some time to be creative and make -- plus you can meet other creatives and build community while you're here.

Adults only!

Join us every Saturday at Scissortail Park for storytime!

We will meet at the Play Pavilion located next to the Children's Playground at Scissortail. 

Come join in the fun as we paint a scenic nightscape that's interrupted by a ufo whisking away a victim! Registration required.

Gather your team of up to 4 people to compete against other groups in a timed jigsaw puzzle competition. Teams will have 90 minutes to put together their puzzle - each team will be working on a 500 piece puzzle provided by the library.

What if you have an acute need for homemade cookies while you’re on an adventure, but there’s no oven nearby? Create a solar oven out of a pizza box! After construction, participants can take them home and test out some recipes.

Adventure begins at the Downtown Library! Join us once a week between June 18th to July 13th. We have transformed our Children's Programming room into "Camp Downtown". Each week we will feature a new camp craft.