Events
Wonder Lab: Tinker Time
In ProgressExpress your creativity at your own pace with our independent activity time in the Maker Lab. Each day we’ll have a new activity set out for you to explore. Whether you’re coding a robot, creating a simple circuit, painting a landscape or…
Play to Learn is a FREE program for children and adults to play TOGETHER! Play to Learn is for parents, grandparents, neighbors, family, and friends who nurture children ages six and under. Thematic curriculum invites individual play, fun…
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Join us for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out different STEAM and craft activities. Use soap films to model how cell membranes regulate what goes in and out of cells. Explore the properties of membranes in this hands-on biology…
Join us for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out different STEAM and craft activities. This week celebrate artist Yayoi Kusama by making your own dot art.
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Join us for a relaxing and creative paint night as we follow step-by-step instructions from Creativebug’s "Painting a Radish from Life" video tutorial!
All materials will be provided - just bring your creativity! Plus, discover…
Express your creativity at your own pace with our independent activity time in the Maker Lab. Each day we’ll have a new activity set out for you to explore. Whether you’re coding a robot, creating a simple circuit, painting a landscape or…
Play to Learn is a FREE program for children and adults to play TOGETHER! Play to Learn is for parents, grandparents, neighbors, family, and friends who nurture children ages six and under. Thematic curriculum invites individual play, fun…
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Donors needed! Tacoma public library and Bloodworks northwest are hosting a 2025 blood drive. Donating blood helps patients with treatments, procedures and surgeries. Visit bloodworksnw.org/giveblood or scan the QR code to book your one…
Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to…
Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to…
Swasey Branch staff will assist with learning basic computer skills like email, web searching and MS Office programs, navigating apps and using your iOS or Android devices, getting started on resumes and cover letters, and more.
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Fun for you and your baby with songs, rhymes, stories and movement. For babies and their caregivers. Recommended for ages birth – 18 months.
Want to continue the fun at home? View these fun Storytime song and book recommendations here.
Baby…
Drop-in to connect with Tacoma Public Library's Social Worker. Samie is happy to listen and assist patrons with resource navigation for a variety of needs related to housing, shelter, domestic violence, VA, employment, behavioral health,…
Would you like to learn about the updates on your favorite programs? Become a faster typist? Learn how to use the library catalog? Stop by the South Tacoma Library every fourth Friday to learn something new or brush-up on an old favorite!
Middle School and High School students are invited to join us at the Fern Hill branch on Fridays from 3-4:30 for Teen Time. Meet new friends, relax, play games, work on homework, or make a craft. We'll do something different each time!
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Let’s explore the Maker Lab! Learn about some of the circuitry tools available in the Maker Labs. In this rotation, you’ll have the chance to interact with Snap Circuits, Squishy Circuits, and Makey Makeys.
Ages 17 and younger are…
Join us for Up and Atom STEAM Days where we try out different STEAM and craft activities.
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All Tacoma Public Library branches will be closed on Saturday, May 24 in observance of Memorial Day.
Join us for stories, songs, and other fun learning activities designed to develop language, literacy and social skills in an environment the whole family can enjoy. Storytime is followed by play time and an opportunity for grownups to…
¡Están invitados a una muy especial hora de cuentos bilingüe! Vengan con toda la familia para bailar, cantar, leer y hacer amigos en la Biblioteca de Tacoma!
En los segundo y cuarto sabado del mes | 11 AM
You are invited to our special…
