Events & Classes

Learn how to create brick stitch & fringe style beaded earrings using seed beads, thread and a beading needle. Natalie Mitchell will briefly discuss the history of seed beads in the Native American community and there uses in regalia, jewelry and art.

This is a two-part class, January 5 and January 12.  Attendance at both sessions is required. Registration opens on December 9. 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families, elders, aunties and uncles are welcome for songs and stories celebrating Native cultures and building language and literacy skills. Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Learn how to create brick stitch & fringe style beaded earrings using seed beads, thread and a beading needle. Natalie Mitchell will briefly discuss the history of seed beads in the Native American community and there uses in regalia, jewelry and art.

This is a two-part class, January 5 and January 12.  Attendance at both sessions is required. Registration opens on December 9. 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Come sing, listen, learn and celebrate. Join Karen Kitchen (Osage Nation) for this story hour featuring songs and books from Native cultures. Children, families, elders, aunties and uncles — everyone is welcome.

Register/join via Zoom.

Uke time with Gigs includes a 15 minute ukulele performance featuring various ukuleles followed by hands on ukulele workshop. 

Participants will learn how to hold, read, and strum along to popular songs from "I Lava You" to "Master of Puppets," while getting the chance to play with other types of ukuleles. Participants will be sent home with material to continue their uke journey! This event is encouraged for all ages! 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Come sing, listen, learn and celebrate. Join Karen Kitchen (Osage Nation) for this story hour featuring songs and books from Native cultures. Children, families, elders, aunties and uncles — everyone is welcome.

Register/join via Zoom.

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Join us for this compelling workshop with leader, educator, and speaker Amber Starks on Realizing Black and Native Futurity Through Solidarity and Kinship.

Join us for 3 different amazing artisans and crafts, celebrating some of the rich cultures in our communities!

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families, elders, aunties and uncles are welcome for songs and stories celebrating Native cultures and building language and literacy skills. Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation. 

Come sing, listen, learn and celebrate. Join Karen Kitchen (Osage Nation) for this story hour featuring songs and books from Native cultures. Children, families, elders, aunties and uncles — everyone is welcome.

Register/join via Zoom.

Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting On Two Fronts recounts the laudatory and complicated legacy of African American soldiers who sought a better life in the United States Army after the Civil War. Join us for this riveting documentary screening with the award winning film maker, Dru Holley.

Join us for this compelling workshop with leader, educator, and speaker Amber Starks on Realizing Black and Native Futurity Through Solidarity and Kinship.

Children ages birth to 6 along with their families and friends are welcome to enjoy Native culture through singing, movement, crafts, and stories. Everyone is welcome! Presented by Native library staff.

Attendance is limited and free tickets are available 15 minutes before storytime.

Multnomah County Library Storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.