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Paperpalooza!

11:00am - 1:00pm
Windsor
Location: Windsor
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Crafts: Perler Bead Dinos

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
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Location: Dallas
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Celebrations, Special Events
Registration Required
Payment Required
Seats Remaining: 176
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Miller
Room: Anita Paddock Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

BINGO for Books (for Adults!)

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games & Activities
Program Description:
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! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Anyone Can Learn to Letter

10:30am - 12:00pm
Windsor
Location: Windsor
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
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! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Crafty Corner

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Miller
Location: Miller
Room: Anita Paddock Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Main
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Sales, Books & Writing
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Main
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: How-To
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "School Age" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Main
Age Group: School Age, Adults
Program Type: Book Sales, Books & Writing
Program Description:
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 ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movies
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Crafts: Book Page Pumpkins

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Beginning Floral Design

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Miller
Location: Miller
Room: Anita Paddock Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Socrates Cafe (for adults)

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Adult Recess: Doodle Weaving

10:30am - 12:00pm
Windsor
Location: Windsor
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Legos for Adults!

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
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.   ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Windsor
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Sales, Books & Writing
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Main
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

BINGO for Books (for Adults!)

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games & Activities
Program Description:
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! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Walking Dead Trivia

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games & Activities
Program Description:
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! ...
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Book Lover's Club

10:00am - 12:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Campbell Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Open Mic Night

5:30pm - 7:30pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Dewey's Café
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing, Performances
Program Description:
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. ...
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Perennials That Pack a Punch

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Miller
Location: Miller
Room: Anita Paddock Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: How-To
Program Description:
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...
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Location: Main
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
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. ...