Lego Club
Join us for a fun and imaginative LEGO building session. We'll provide the building blocks, you bring the creativity! Ideal for grades K-5, but younger and older siblings are welcome.
Black Family Playtime
Play and learning go hand in hand. Join other Black families in a fun playtime at the library with books, toys, music, and all the room you need to learn through play in a positive, affirming environment. As Mr. Rogers said, "... for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."
Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog. The dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog. The dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to a therapy dog. The dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Cuentos en Pijama / Pajama Storytime
Acompáñenos en una hora de cuentos bilingüe con cuentos, canciones, baile y manualidades en inglés y español. Para familias con pequeños de 0 a 6 años. ¡Los invitamos a que traigan su pijama puesta y un peluche!
Apoyado por donaciones a La Fundación de la Biblioteca.
Families with children 0-6, join us for a cozy half-hour of stories, singing, dancing and crafts in Spanish and English. Everyone is invited to wear pajamas and bring a stuffie!
Attendance is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.
Cuentos en Pijama / Pajama Storytime
Acompáñenos en una hora de cuentos bilingüe con cuentos, canciones, baile y manualidades en inglés y español. Para familias con pequeños de 0 a 6 años. ¡Los invitamos a que traigan su pijama puesta y un peluche!
Apoyado por donaciones a La Fundación de la Biblioteca.
Families with children 0-6, join us for a cozy half-hour of stories, singing, dancing and crafts in Spanish and English. Everyone is invited to wear pajamas and bring a stuffie!
Attendance is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.
Everybody Reads 2024: Janky Arcade
Leave your quarters at home, bring your friends and come play! The Janky Arcade is a free-to-play four-screen interactive arcade. Each screen offers different controls and games from the 1980s-90s. The arcades are constructed from repurposed materials and dressed in blacklights, LEDs and found objects from Pacific Northwest festivals. Everyone is welcome.
Everybody Reads 2024: Janky Arcade
Leave your quarters at home, bring your friends and come play! The Janky Arcade is a free-to-play four-screen interactive arcade. Each screen offers different controls and games from the 1980s-90s. The arcades are constructed from repurposed materials and dressed in blacklights, LEDs and found objects from Pacific Northwest festivals. Everyone is welcome.
Everybody Reads 2024: Janky Arcade
Leave your quarters at home, bring your friends and come play! The Janky Arcade is a free-to-play four-screen interactive arcade. Each screen offers different controls and games from the 1980s-90s. The arcades are constructed from repurposed materials and dressed in blacklights, LEDs and found objects from Pacific Northwest festivals. Everyone is welcome.
Everybody Reads 2024: Janky Arcade
Leave your quarters at home, bring your friends and come play! The Janky Arcade is a free-to-play four-screen interactive arcade. Each screen offers different controls and games from the 1980s-90s. The arcades are constructed from repurposed materials and dressed in blacklights, LEDs and found objects from Pacific Northwest festivals. Everyone is welcome.
Культура и традиции Средней Азии
Средняя Азия — одно из самых удивительных и колоритных мест на земле! Эта яркая образовательно-развлекательная презентация - своеобразное путешествие в древний и богатый традициями регион. «Путешествовать» по Средней Азии нам поможет уникальная коллекция — яркие ткани и сюзане, традиционные костюмы и украшения, куклы и предметы быта, а также, конечно, музыка и народный танец.
Program will be conducted in Russian.
Game Truck
GameTruck Portland is coming to the library! Drop in and enjoy their state-of-the-art Mobile Game Theater, with big screens, over 100 video games and the latest consoles, staffed by experienced GameCoaches.
Cuentos en Pijama / Pajama Storytime
Acompáñenos en una hora de cuentos bilingüe con cuentos, canciones, baile y manualidades en inglés y español. Para familias con pequeños de 0 a 6 años. ¡Los invitamos a que traigan su pijama puesta y un peluche!
Apoyado por donaciones a La Fundación de la Biblioteca.
Families with children 0-6, join us for a cozy half-hour of stories, singing, dancing and crafts in Spanish and English. Everyone is invited to wear pajamas and bring a stuffie!
Attendance is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Multnomah County Library storytimes are supported by gifts made to The Library Foundation.
Get into the Game Industry when you feel like an Outsider
There are plenty of BIPOC and women/female-identifying creators doing innovative work in video games, yet this multi-billion dollar industry is notorious for being dominated by white male perspectives. Panelists Anthony Sims, Daniel H. Wilson, and Laura Hudson will discuss their experiences in the industry, how they relate in a field where they rarely see themselves represented, and which trends in the gaming world give them hope.
Game Truck
GameTruck Portland is coming to the library! Drop in and enjoy their state-of-the-art Mobile Game Theater, with big screens, over 100 video games and the latest consoles, staffed by experienced GameCoaches.
Black History Month: Hip-Hop Soulsation
Join Hip-Hop Soulsation Academy as they bring an upbeat edgy interactive performance and brief dance class that all ages can enjoy! Participation is encouraged!
Made possible by The National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of The Library Foundation.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dog Anta! Reading spots are 15 minutes long. Read alone, or pair up with a sibling or friend. All dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dog Anta! Reading spots are 15 minutes long. Read alone, or pair up with a sibling or friend. All dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dog Anta! Reading spots are 15 minutes long. Read alone, or pair up with a sibling or friend. All dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Read to the Dogs
Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dog Anta! Reading spots are 15 minutes long. Read alone, or pair up with a sibling or friend. All dogs and handlers are from Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Dove Lewis Portland Area Canine Therapy Teams and Pet Partners®. Call 503.988.5123 to register.
Black History Month: Hip-Hop, Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Join us for a Kanopy film screening! HIP HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former star college quarterback, long-time hip-hop fan, and gender violence prevention educator, conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for glamorising destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood.
First come, first served.
Black History Month: Gumbo
Join us for a Kanopy film screening of "Gumbo", directed by Ken Burns. Jazz is born in the unique musical and social cauldron of New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century, emerging from such genres as ragtime, marching bands, work songs, spirituals, European classical music, funeral parade music and the blues.
First come, first served.
Earn-a-Bike Repair Workshop
Gain hands-on experience by repairing a bike provided by Bike Works by p:ear. Bike mechanics will guide you through some basic bike repairs on a BMX bike. By the end of the two-day workshop, students will take home their newly repaired BMX bike. Please plan to attend both dates. Grades 6-12.
Earn-a-Bike Repair Workshop
Gain hands-on experience by repairing a bike provided by Bike Works by p:ear. Bike mechanics will guide you through some basic bike repairs on a BMX bike. By the end of the two-day workshop, students will take home their newly repaired BMX bike. Please plan to attend both dates. Grades 6-12.