Week Calendar

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.

Join us for a fun-filled story time and craft with Overton Park for ages 0-12years. Learn more about what Overton Park has to offer!

Join us as we share information and resources about Autism Spectrum Disorder. Helping those with autism make friends and develop their social skills in a safe and fun environment.

Bring the family to storytime to explore stories and facts, shake your sillies out, sing and rhyme together, and more! 

This storytime occurs on Mondays at 11:00 a.m.

Customers are invited to bring their children to the Levi Library for an hour-long storytelling session designed to stimulate and engage their little ones' minds and imaginations!

Teens and tweens are invited to attend a cooking class to learn how to prepare quick and unique meals. This class will be a fun and rewarding experience. Lauren C.

Try your hand at blackout, collage, shape poetry and more! 

Sensory Storytime is a welcoming interactive environment designed for sensory seeking children with autism or other sensory integration challenges.

Join us for a fun-filled Bingo session with awesome prizes, snacks, and lots of laughter! 

 All kids are welcome!

 Win exciting prizes!

Adu! Come to International Storytime to hear Nyale Pieh, Children's Librarian at the Orange Mound branch, perform a storytime that honors her ancestral country, Sierra Leone.

Stop by the Hollywood Library if you enjoy playing Video Games! Play time is every other Saturday from 4-5pm

Learn about and try out different print/stamp-making techniques! 

Children will get to make no mess art. 

Unleash your child's creativity in a fun-filled Sip & Paint session designed especially for kids!

Get ready to unleash your inner architect and creativity! Join us for "Collaborative Village: A tiny town built entirely by kids!"

Join teaching artist B.J. Foster for this 5-week course and have fun transforming old books into pieces of art. Children and teens will learn how to follow a folding pattern creating a visually interesting three-dimensional image.

Tweens, it's always a good day to read an exciting book together!

An hour full of crafts and games at the Cherokee Library! A different activity will be presented each week. Registration encouraged but not required.

Inspired by the Netflix show, Nailed It!, come re-create classic works of art in your own way! 

Read a picture book and think you can tell it better? Remix the story! Let's read aloud a book together and retell it in our own way. What if The Three Little Pigs were The Three Fat Alien Hogs?

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.

Literature with Lovie! 

Bring the whole family for a cozy movie afternoon at the library! Enjoy a family-friendly film on the big screen with popcorn, comfy seating, and good company. Perfect for winding down, laughing together, and making memories — all for free!

Take advantage of the heat!

Join us at Officer Geoffrey Redd Library for a special engineering challenge. Build your own solar oven as we try to use the weather to our advantage. All supplies provided.

Join us for an engaging story time filled with captivating books and interactive activities! This program will focus on important themes like recycling, litter prevention, beautification, and more.

Do you like Dungeons and Dragons but don't know how to play? Great, neither do we! Come play a chaotic game where no one knows the rules but still have to win battles against unknown foes. 

Dance your heart out at our first ever kiddie rave! Join us in the storytime room as we transform into a dance club! Wear your best neon clothes or just come as you are!

Families are invited to join us at Your Randolph Branch Library for an International Storytime featuring The Philippines! We will celebrate the country and culture with stories, snacks, and a craft!

Join us every Wednesday this summer from 4:00 to 4:30 PM for our Weekly Reader Club! We will be reading Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Mondays | 5:00–6:00 PM | Tween Zone

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.