Upcoming Events

Paperpalooza!! Let your creativity go wild as we pull out all the paper and supplies for a Saturday paper crafting extravaganza! Try out supplies and new techniques. We will have guided demos available and all supplies provided for this FREE event fo...

Relive your childhood with this fun and simple craft as we turn perler beads into fun dinosaurs. No registration is required but limited to the first 15 attendees. ...

Chocolate - Chocolate - Chocolate! The Friends of the Fort Smith Library will turn the Dallas Branch Library into a Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory of sorts as an abundance of chocolate drips throughout the building. Local organizations, businesses, an...

The Miller Branch is starting a book club!  We are reading “Writers & Lovers” by Lily King during the month of September.  Join us for a discussion about the book on Tuesday, September 26th at 2:00 PM.  The ebook and audi...

Bring your lucky bingo daubers or lucky troll for this fun hour of bingo! We will have book prizes for winners of this free program! ...

Join us each month or pop in when you can! We'll talk tools and supplies, and practice techniques of hand lettering.  FREE and all supplies provided! ...

Adults can be crafty, too!  Rediscover your creative spark by joining the Miller Branch Library for an easy craft that you’ll be able to take home. This month we will be making designer pumpkins with fabric. ...

Local authors Judy Harrington and Bill Wilwers will appear at the Fort Smith Public library to promote and sign copies of their books Frozen Secrets (Harrington) and Murder in Weldon Woods (Wilwers).  Judy Harrington is an author from the Fort S...

Expand your taste buds with our Season Ticket kit. This month’s featured spice blend is Tandoori Masala. The kit, which will be available at the beginning of the month at the library, will feature a sample of the featured spice along with a recipe.&n...

Local author Darneisha Airhart will appear at the Main Library to promote and sign copies of her book, Louder & Funnier: Alphonso Trent and His Orchestra.  This book for young people is a musical, poetic, and whimsical picture book, telling ...

Join us for this month’s matinee showing of The Whisperers (1936). This drama is directed by Bryan Forbes and start Edith Evans. The film features an elderly Mrs. Ross who lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as s...

Join us for this fun program where we take paperbacks and turn them into pumpkins—no registration required but limited to the first 15 attendees. ...

Join the Miller Branch for a special evening program on October 10th at 5:00 p.m. and learn how to make a simple fall floral arrangement.  We will be focusing on how to make a beautiful display with items you can find around your house. ...

Come and participate in a monthly friendly philosophical discussion with other adults who are interested in learning through questioning and reflecting with others in open-minded dialogue, using the Socratic method. During our Socrates Cafe gather...

Doodle weaving is a fun, low-stress way to make beautiful, unique art using yarn and fiber scraps. Join us as we learn how to make one-of-a-kind pieces, perfect for home decor or or gifting. FREE and open to all adults, with all supplies provided. Li...

Why should kids have all the fun?  Adults -- enjoy a creative and relaxing hour making LEGO creations. We provide the Legos and you bring the imagination.   ...

Fort Smith author Sue Frizzell will appear at the Windsor Drive Branch Library to promote and sign copies her book, On the Necessity of Love and Beauty: Selected Poetry, Like Resetting Diamonds: Selected Translations of Hermann Hesse's Brilliant Poet...

Join us for this program where we use plastic canvas & yarn and turn them into miniature pieces of art. No registration is required but limited to the first 12 attendees. ...

Bring your lucky bingo daubers or lucky troll for this fun hour of bingo! We will have book prizes for winners of this free program! ...

Join us (in person!) for a few rounds of trivia about the hit TV show Walking Dead! Play solo or up to 4 on a team. Prizes will be given to the winners! ...

Read a good book lately?  Come tell us about it at The Book Lover’s Club! The only requirement for this club is that you must love to read.  Read whatever you like, fiction or non-fiction, and come give us a short report (on up to three tit...

Poets, musicians, and other talented folks - come join us for this casual, fun event. Just show up, no need to register. Showcase your talent, or just come out to listen and enjoy. ...

The Fianna Hills Garden Club and the Miller Branch Library will host a presentation with Randy Forst, Extension Education and Consumer Horticulturist for the U.A. Division of Agriculture in Little Rock.  The discussion will focus on planting wea...

Teens and adults are invited to create a cemeterrarium- a spook-tacular craft that’s perfect for October! Supplies will be available while they last. ...