Event List

Join us for our monthly Lego Club. Try completing one of our Lego challenges, try your hand at one of the Lego sets in our collection, or create your own masterpiece! 

Please join us for a special Grizzlies Sensory Storytime. Sensory Storytime is a welcoming interactive environment designed for sensory seeking children with autism or other sensory integration challenges.

Calling all little chefs!👩🏿‍🍳 Come slice and dice up new recipes with the Kids Can Cooking Club! We will also learn about balanced eating habits and the impact food has on our bodies.

Calling all gamers! Flex your skills and go head-to-head with other gamers at Raleigh's Nintendo Switch Game Night. We'll have the classics if you're feeling nostalgic, as well as some newer fan favorites.

Get creative and add some color to your wardrobe! Join us for a fun tie-dye session at the library. We'll provide all the dye supplies— you just bring a plain 100% cotton T-shirt (white or light-colored works best).

Join us for MPL's Japanese Culture Club! This monthly meeting will be dedicated to the appreciation of Japanese culture.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to see The Dinosaur Crew.  Learn about how and when Dinosaurs lived.  Then see and pet giant dinosaur puppets - up to 20 feet long!  Take a Dinosaur craft home.

Come join us for comic books and good company! We’ll have a wide selection of comics, generously donated by 901Comics, for you to enjoy.

We provide the lego bricks and you come with the creations!

To finish of Thinking Money week the tweens have an opportunity to play a life sized Game of Life! Presented like a game show, each team of two tweens will choose career or college, experience payday, have unexpected expenses and more.

Kids: Join us at your Randolph Branch Library on the second Saturday of each month for Lego Club!

Join us for Books & Boba, a chill book club just for teens! We’ll make boba, talk about whatever book you're interested in, and hang out with fellow readers.

Code Like a Pro! 💻🎮

Mondays | 5:00–6:00 PM | Tween Zone

Children will have the opportunity to read with others to increase literacy.  The children will be using the concept of DiscoverRead and work with some of the components of reading, writing, talking, singing and playing.

Let's make a balloon lantern! On the first day of this workshop, you'll make a lantern using a balloon, tissue paper, and lots of glue! The next day, come back and apply decorations and a final layer of tissue paper and glue.

What's your favorite Diary of a Wimpy Kid book? 

Join us for discussion, trivia, and crafts all about Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Children will be introduced to art, providing them with the opportunity explore their creative talents.

Come to the Cordova Branch Library to meet Children's Author Sarai Vaughn.  Hear her read her new book and talk about the writing experience.  Then stay to make your own book.

For ages 5-12 and no registration is needed.

Code Like a Pro! 💻🎮

Literature with Lovie! 

Free chess tutorials for all ages. Beginners are invited to learn to play, and veterans are welcome to challenge each other to a friendly match of strategy and tactics. For this event we will meet in our main lobby behind the escalators.

Enjoy a fun and interactive story time where books come to life through music! This special session combines singing, movement, and storytelling to engage young children and their caregivers in a joyful, musical experience.