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Dewey’s Café June Artist – Scott Smith

All Day 6/1 - 6/30
Main
Location: Main
Room: Dewey's Café
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
The photography of Scott Smith will be on display at Dewey’s Café though the month of June.  The exhibit will feature concert shots, and will be available for viewing all hours the café is open.  ...

Harry Potter Day (Dallas)

1:00pm - 3:00pm
Dallas
Location: Dallas
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Celebrations, Games & Activities, Special Events
Program Description:
Welcome Witches, Wizards and Muggles of all ages to our magical Harry Potter Day! Come and be sorted to find out which house you belong to, compete against your friends to earn treats, cool off with a Hedwig craft, take a picture in Hogwarts, enter p...

Make a Father's Day Card (Dallas: June 6-17)

All Day 6/6 - 6/17
Dallas
Location: Dallas
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Holiday
Program Description:
Let your father know how much he means to you with a handmade Father's Day Card.  Stop by the Dallas Street Branch Library and use your creativity to make your own personalized card for Dad!  This do-it-yourself activity is open to all ages...

Wonderful Wednesday with CB to YOU Mobile Art Lab

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To, Special Events
Program Description:
The CB to YOU Mobile Art Lab is visiting Fort Smith Public Library for Wonderful Wednesday! Partner artist Marie de Lourdes Valverde will be at the Main Library from 2 to 5 PM and will be introducing participants to a paper doll portrait activity &am...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

If All Arkansas Read the Same Book — Ayana Gray discusses the Beasts of Prey series

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Books & Writing, Celebrations, Special Events
Program Description:
The Fort Smith Public Library is excited to welcome New York Times bestselling author, Ayana Gray, as she kicks off her If All Arkansas Read the Same Book tour.  Ms. Gray is the author of the Beasts of Prey series. Beasts of Prey, her debut...

Family Film Friday - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Dallas)

2:00pm - 3:45pm
Dallas
Location: Dallas
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movies
Program Description:
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives. Produced by Dreamworks Animation.&nb...

Adult Recess: Watercolor on the Weekend!

11:00am - 1:00pm
Windsor
Location: Windsor
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
Join us at the Windsor Drive Branch Library for Adult Recess: Watercolor on the Weekend! Learn the basic fundamentals to get started on our creative journey with watercolors. Free and all supplies provided! ...

Authors in the Afternoon with David Steen

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Sales, Books & Writing
Program Description:
Local author David Steen will appear at the Fort Smith Public Library to promote and sign copies his latest book Almost Home: Setting Our Sights Toward Heaven. Join one family’s journey to find hope for the future as they pursue their heavenly home. ...

Socrates Cafe

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...

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...

Recipe Swap: Fire Up the Grill!

10:30am - 12:00pm
Windsor
Location: Windsor
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: How-To
Program Description:
Are you looking for new recipes? Join us at the Windsor Drive Branch as we chat about food, kitchen tips, and more!  This month’s theme is BBQ and picnic fare. ...

Sit & Stitch

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Miller
Location: Miller
Room: Back Right Corner
Age Group: School Age, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, How-To
Program Description:
Do you like to cross stitch, embroider, knit, or crochet?  Bring your current project to the Miller Branch on the second Thursday of each month and meet with other crafters like you.  Show off what you are working on and maybe even pick up ...

Movie Matinee Featuring Minions: Rise of Gru (PG)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movies
Program Description:
Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement. When the infamous supervillain group, the Vicious 6, ousts their leader, Gru attempts to join their ranks b...

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:
Open Mic is BACK! 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. ...

Take & Make Crafts: Yarn Butterfly

All Day
Main
Location: Main
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
Pick up a craft kit and make your own yarn butterflies! Kits will be available at the Main Library, while supplies last. ...

Game On!

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Windsor
Location: Windsor
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Preschool, School Age, Everyone
Program Type: Games & Activities
Program Description:
Let's play some games! Add some FUN to your summer with Game On! Team games, board games, video games, which will YOU choose? ...

Adult Crafts: Decoupage Seashells

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Carnegie Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Program Description:
Join us for an hour of making decoupage seashells. Supplies provided. No registration is required for this free crafting program for adults but is limited to the first 12 participants. ...

Tommy Terrific’s Wacky Magic Show

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Celebrations, Performances, Special Events
Program Description:
Let’s all come together and celebrate World Peace in the summer of 2023.  In Tommy Terrific’s new Peace Magic Show, magic tricks are presented representing symbols of peace throughout the world.  Kids will help Tommy with magic tricks invol...

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Family FUN ideas for the 4th of July

All Day
Main
Location: Main
Room: Genealogy
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Program Description:
Drop by the Genealogy Department for a packet of Family FUN ideas for the 4th of July. Be sure to have a look around if you haven’t visited the Barbara Walker Genealogy and Arkansas History Collection before. ...

Vampire Diaries 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 Vampire Diaries. Play solo or up to 4 on a team. Prizes will be given to the winners! ...

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! ...

Movie Matinee Featuring DC League of Super-Pets (PG)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main
Location: Main
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description:
Krypto the Super‐Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag‐tag shelter pack—Ac...

Family Film Friday - Encanto (Dallas)

2:00pm - 3:45pm
Dallas
Location: Dallas
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movies
Program Description:
A Colombian teenage girl must face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers. Produced by Disney Pictures, the film is Rated PG and runs 1 hr 42 min. The film will be shown in our darkened meeting room with a proje...