Week Calendar

Are you searching for a new job, having trouble navigating a website, or looking to learn a new digital skill? Goodwill is at the library to help!

Play, Grow, Learn is an opportunity to meet families with other young children and engage in the five simple steps to success - Read, Write, Sing, Play, and Talk.  We will have a variety of toys available that promote learning for

The YSS team will be providing street outreach services, meal kits that include snacks and water, hygiene kits, survival kits for the weather with gloves and blankets, and central intake assessments.

Staff from the Evelyn K Davis Center for Working Families are ready to provide one-on-one job search and resume assistance to job seekers.

Are you searching for a new job, having trouble navigating a website, or looking to learn a new digital skill? Goodwill is at the library to help!

Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can join us Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. for a 30-minute storytime with stories, music, and fun activities!

Enjoy a fun storytime featuring movement, music, and rhyming! 

Are you searching for a new job, having trouble navigating a website, or looking to learn a new digital skill? Goodwill is at the library to help!

Connect with area organizations for resources. Community advocates will provide information about community resources like meal sites and shelters.

Connect with area organizations for resources. Community advocates will provide information about community resources like meal sites and shelters.

This conversation club is both for native speakers and those wanting to learn Russian. Topics of conversation are meant to be light. Get to know other members of your community, or assist those wanting to learn Russian.

This month we will be discussing The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes.

Need help with a phone, laptop, or tablet, or another electronic device? Come by the Central Library at 2PM on Thursdays and our staff will work with you to figure things out. This is a drop-in, first-come first-served service.

Join us for South Side's Monthly Book Discussion! This month we're reading The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones!

Book Discussion books are first come first served during the monthly book discussion meeting.

Join us for South Side's Monthly Book Discussion! This month we're reading The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong!

Book Discussion books are first come first served during the monthly book discussion meeting.

Aprons on, culinary kids! Join ASAP and learn to make a different delicious recipe each week. 

May 6, 13, 21, 27.

Join us for an anime watch party! This month we are watching The Castle of Cagliostro.

Join ASAP to make fantastic fiber arts projects using thread, yarn, and wool fibers, and exploring art forms such as wet felting, stuffie making, fabric collages, and more. All supplies and snacks are provided.

When you're learning to read, practicing out loud can be daunting! Visit Central Library to practice reading with an ARL TheraPet. Engaging with animals is a great way to boost confidence and reduce anxiety around learning to read.

Join the Friends of the Forest Avenue Library for the monthly meeting at Forest Avenue Library!

Learn how to use the Bambu X-1 Carbon filament 3D printer and the Formlabs Form 3 resin 3D printer.  Participants will learn how to use the free software to prepare their 3D files for printing at the library.

The countdown is on – DART will change all bus routes in June to provide service that runs more often all week long! Join us for an open house style event and chat with DART staff about the new routes or receive support in trip planning

Relax, read, and spend time with friendly therapy animals from the ARL! Drop in to meet our cuddly visitors and enjoy a calm, cozy evening at the library.

Dungeons & Dragons is a role-playing game set in worlds of swords and sorcery where players use their imaginations to tell a story and create an adventure together.  We usually get together on the third Thursday of each month to play, but

Stop by the Forest Avenue Library to pick up a copy of this month's title, Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson.

Join us for our evening Family Storytime at 6:30 p.m.! Kids and caregivers can join us for fun songs, stories, and acivities. You can even wear your jammies!  

Best for ages 6 and under, but all are welcome!

May's film selection is crime thriller Lucky Number Slevin (2006), starring Josh Hartnett.