Events & Classes

Join Trash for Peace for this interactive, all-ages craft program! Participants will create their own nature-inspired butterfly masks and fairy or wizard wands using sustainable and recycled materials. Families and children can explore textures, colors, and patterns found in nature as they design unique take-home art pieces that connect with the environment around them.

The Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers delivers a high energy, heart pounding and visually awe-inspiring performance. When you see the drums flashing in front of you, the excitement is inescapable. Our music engages audiences of all ages, and inspires enthusiasm in even the most stoic bystander!

Come learn about the process that resulted in this beautiful new space! Hennebery Eddy team members will share the unique challenges of designing this old and new library to meet the needs of the community.

Aprenda cómo hacer flores de papel con las instructora Daisy. La clase es dirigida para mayores de 8 años, menores de edad son bienvenidos en compañía de un adulto. Todos los materiales serán proporcionados. ¡Los esperamos!

Learn how to make simple but pretty paper origami flowers! Daisy Vasquez will show you how to customize your flowers to make them personal with a few extra materials.

Journey through one of Portland’s most resilient neighborhoods! Tanya Lyn March, PhD, guides us through the transformation of Slabtown. Discover its strength in personal stories and community action through the years.

Join Portland Parks and Recreation (PP&R) for an interactive experience! Touch and observe skulls, pelts, and other nature items to learn about the different animals that call Portland home. Take home pocket guides to help you continue exploring nature in the city.

Join us in celebrating the voices of Street Roots vendors at the library! Hear from vendors as they share a collection of their poetry, prose, and art. Additionally, stay for some Q&A to get to know these vendors and the stories behind their creative work.

Maeve Stier is a singer-accordionist based in Portland, OR. Since returning from their Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning revival of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, they have been bringing their eclectic arrangements of jazz, folk, klezmer, and opera to street corners and stages all over the Pacific Northwest. @maeve_stier

Photo credit: Tom Lupton 

Come see what's new and exciting in audio and music technology! Play some instruments and try out some video gear, maybe even record your own song--at the library? Yes!

Made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to enhancing our library's leadership, innovation and reach through private support.

Come learn about the process that resulted in this beautiful new space! Hennebery Eddy team members will share the unique challenges of designing this old and new library to meet the needs of the community.

This Sunday, we're celebrating the season of curling up with a good book and making some extraordinarily cute bookmarks! Join SCRAP Creative Reuse to celebrate your new library with a handmade keepsake. We've got all sorts of creative ideas to offer—collage your custom creation using old book pages, magazine clippings, vintage postage stamps, sheet music, tissue paper, and so much more.

Bossa PDX presents an afternoon of Brazilian samba-jazz and classic bossa nova.