Event List

Do you think you can protect an egg from cracking from various heights? Test out your ideas and use materials provided to create a protective barrier for your egg and see if it holds up

Join us for an afternoon craft project. We'll complete a different project each week with options for more structured and unstructured crafts. Follow our gallery of kid-created library art on Pinterest. All supplies provided.

Relax after class and come play an assortment of tabletop and video games provided by the Library. 

Enjoy teen space with the art cart and board games. Middle and high school students.

Help us beautify the steps and sidewalk of Shawnee Library with outdoor chalk painting! Ages 4 - 14

Enjoy light hors’d'oeuvres as you peruse community-made tiny pieces of art for exhibit and for purchase.

Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and peruse community-made tiny pieces of art for exhibit and purchase.

Join us for Family Art Night

Learn the basics of using the equipment available in the Pod Maker Area. Limit 10, email portlandpod@lfpl.org or call 502-574-1642 to register.

Learn how to hand craft different card types throughout the year, making a card you can take (and give!). Materials provided. Space limited—email 20makerspace@lfpl.org to register.

Decorate your own jockey silk decoration to take home.

The German filmmaker Lotte Reininger created her first feature-length animated film “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” in 1926, a decade before Walt Disney’s “Snow White.” It was not her only trailblazing achievement.

Class has reached capacity.  Registration is closed.

Join us as we make a paper garland in time for Spring! Register: 20makerspace@lfpl.org.  Ages 16+

Drop by the Shively Library to learn anew creative skill and meet other craft enthusiasts. Every month focuses on a new project. Find your next favorite hobby!

Homeschooling elementary aged kids and their families are invited to join us on Monday afternoons to explore stories, demonstrations, and activity stations centered on the week’s stupendous STEAM theme. Ages 5-11 and their families.

Join us in learning a new craft such as crochet, embroidery, using a loom, or relax in a welcoming setting, bringing a craft to share.

Join us in the Teen Space for video games, board games, and simple craft projects. For middle and high school students.

*This Class is Full*

Join us to try your hand at a new craft that can be completed in about an hour. Seasoned and non-crafters are welcome. Registration is required as space and supplies are limited. 

Adults register: 502-375-2051