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August
September
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Join us for a family-friendly movie!
This month's movie: Tangled (2010).
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
October
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Join APL for an evening of Dungeons and Dragons! Both new and experienced players are welcome. This event is for teens and adults 14 and over. Bring your own campaign or join our beginner's table. We will have some supplies, but please bring your own if you have them.
Need to create a character? Come at 5:30 PM! Gameplay starts at 6 PM.
Interested in being DM for a table? Send Librarian Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Join us for Manipulation Stations! Explore different stations with activities like sorting, stacking and more. This program is designed for children 3-5 and their caregivers to help build fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through play!
Come join us to try new board games and make new friends!
Tier 1 Cards & Games will be bringing some new and exciting games for all ages to try.
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Help your child master school readiness skills in the year before starting kindergarten while earning books and other prizes! Play to Learn (formerly known as Countdown to Kindergarten) is for children 3 to 5 years old with their adult caregivers. Families and siblings are welcome.
Play to Learn is sponsored by the Anchorage School District. To learn more information about kindergarten readiness and ASD enrollment information, visit their website at: Ready, Set...Kindergarten!
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Mix, stretch, and squish your very own slime creations.
Dress up and join us for a special game night! We will hand out candy and play musical chairs, pin the bone on the skeleton and many more fun games!
Haunted Mini Golf returns to the Loussac Library!
Mini golf your way around the second floor library stacks in this fun but spooky, Halloween themed, all-ages drop in event.
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Enjoy the movie Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005, rated G) while creating your own clay or Play-Doh figure.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Join us for a family-friendly movie and delicious popcorn!
This month's movie: Hocus Pocus (1993).
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and ghouls, come celebrate Halloween with the Anchorage Public Library! Enjoy some not-so- spooky stories and songs, plus create a Halloween craft. Costumes encouraged!
November
Enjoy 45 minutes of music and movement for families with children birth to 5 years. Sing, dance, wiggle, and jam together with Megon from Music Together Mountain Song!
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Come join the fun at Anchorage Public Library and exchange your gently-used board games and puzzles! Participants may drop off items at the 3rd floor reference desk and receive their item voucher prior to the event. Please be sure items include all pieces. All ages are invited to attend.
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Enjoy 30 minutes of music and movement for families with infants birth to 9 months. Sing, dance, and jam with Megon from Music Together Mountain Song and discover how to leverage the power of music to support your baby's development!
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Join APL for an evening of Dungeons and Dragons! Both new and experienced players are welcome. This event is for teens and adults 14 and over. Bring your own campaign or join our beginner's table. We will have some supplies, but please bring your own if you have them.
Need to create a character? Come at 5:30 PM! Gameplay starts at 6 PM.
Interested in being DM for a table? Send Librarian Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Celebrate Friday the 13th with a Crow Party!
Dress in black and bring trinkets to trade! Buttons, charms, potions, bookmarks, flowers, curiosities, and more....
Celebrate the launch of a new Alaska Native children’s magazine! Yaaruin Kids is full of games, puzzles, and cultural learning adventures rooted in language, story, and belonging, just right for children and families who want to learn more about Alaska Native languages, cultures, and people.
Join us in the children’s room to try out some activities from the magazine, explore the first issue, and meet some of the special contributors to the magazine. There will also be a storytelling at 3pm in the storytheater.
This event is aimed at children aged 7 and older, but all are welcome.
Dazzle us with your knowledge of the boy wizard and his friends from the second book/movie in their magical world! Join us for a fun night where House Teams will compete for sweet prizes!
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Come join us to try new board games and make new friends!
Tier 1 Cards & Games will be bringing some new and exciting games for all ages to try.
Come use our wide variety of board, card, and dice games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Join us to build your own marble run using everyday recycled materials!
Best suited for ages 4 and up; scissor skills strongly encouraged.
NOTE: This program contains small parts. Adult caregivers must actively supervise their children under age 8.
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books!
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
December
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Join APL for an evening of Dungeons and Dragons! Both new and experienced players are welcome. This event is for teens and adults 14 and over. Bring your own campaign or join our beginner's table. We will have some supplies, but please bring your own if you have them.
Need to create a character? Come at 5:30 PM! Gameplay starts at 6 PM.
Interested in being DM for a table? Send Librarian Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Help your child master school readiness skills in the year before starting kindergarten while earning books and other prizes! Play to Learn is for children 3 to 5 years old with their adult caregivers. Families and siblings are welcome.
Play to Learn is sponsored by the Anchorage School District. To learn more information about kindergarten readiness and ASD enrollment information, visit their website at: https://www.asdk12.org/departments/academic-services/instructional-division/early-learning-department/readysetkindergarten
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Spend time socializing and playing with your Storytime friends.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come enjoy some time in the teen space playing various video games on our Nintendo Switch!
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
January
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
February
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
March
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
April
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
Try out different early literacy, language, and math toys to help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten while having fun at the same time. Stay and play, meet some new families, and check out some books.
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