Bloomington
Branch Programs
Session 4
August 17, 2025 – September 27, 2025
- Library Beginners
0-5 yearsLibrary Beginners
0-5 years - Kids Zone
6-11 yearsKids Zone
6-11 years - Special EventsSpecial Events
Little Builders
Mondays at 11:30 AM
Learn and laugh with awesome hands-on fun in our interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program for preschoolers. Experiment and create amazing projects!
Storytime
Wednesdays at 2:00 PM
The whole family can be part of the reading adventure at this wonderfully fun and engaging storytime with great stories, songs, rhymes, a craft, and more.
Learnology Lab
Saturdays at 1:00 PM
Explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) topics with fun hands-on projects. What will you discover about our awesome world?
Family Game Time
Saturdays at 2:30 PM
Enjoy the fun and challenge of playing a variety of board games while making some new friends.
Pirates Event
Wednesday, September 17 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Ahoy, mateys! Join us for swashbucklin’ good time with face painting, crafts, games and treasure-filled opportunity drawings! Check out 10 items and earn a special pirate prize. Don’t be a landlubber-hoist yer sails and join the fun!
Off Session
September 28, 2025 – October 11, 2025
Storytime
Mondays at 4:00 PM
The whole family can be part of the reading adventure at this wonderfully fun and engaging storytime with great stories, songs, rhymes, a craft, and more.
Family Paint-a-Thon
Saturday, October 4 during branch open hours
Encourage your inner artist and leave with a masterpiece of your own.
Session 5
October 12, 2025 – November 22, 2025
- Library Beginners
0-5 yearsLibrary Beginners
0-5 years - Kids Zone
6-11 yearsKids Zone
6-11 years - Special EventsSpecial Events
Little Builders
Mondays at 11:30 AM
Learn and laugh with awesome hands-on fun in our interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program for preschoolers. Experiment and create amazing projects!
Storytime
Wednesdays at 2:00 PM
The whole family can be part of the reading adventure at this wonderfully fun and engaging storytime with great stories, songs, rhymes, a craft, and more.
Learnology Lab
Saturdays at 1:00 PM
Explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) topics with fun hands-on projects. What will you discover about our awesome world?
Family Game Time
Saturdays at 2:30 PM
Enjoy the fun and challenge of playing a variety of board games while making some new friends.
Monster Mayhem Event
Wednesday, October 29 from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Creep, crawl and shamble over to the library for a frightfully fun time! Enjoy spook-tacular crafts, ghoulish games, eerie-sistible balloon twisting and so much more. Check out 10 items during the event and snag a fa-boo-lous prize. Join the fun before it vanishes into the night!
Off Session
November 23, 2025 – November 30, 2025
Storytime
Monday, November 24 at 2:00 PM
The whole family can be part of the reading adventure at this wonderfully fun and engaging storytime with great stories, songs, rhymes, a craft, and more.
Family Paint-a-Thon
Wednesday, November 26 during branch open hours
Activity: Grateful Turkey Portrait
December Session
December 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
- Library Beginners
0-5 yearsLibrary Beginners
0-5 years - Kids Zone
6-11 yearsKids Zone
6-11 years - Special EventsSpecial Events
December Book and Craft
Mondays at 2:00 PM
Hear a seasonal story and make a fun craft project with your little one, and let their creative side shine!
Storytime
Wednesdays at 2:00 PM
The whole family can be part of the reading adventure at this wonderfully fun and engaging storytime with great stories, songs, rhymes, a craft, and more.
December Craft Corner
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
Create wonderful wintery crafts while building art skills.
Holiday Humbugs Event
Wednesday, December 17 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Feeling a little Grinchy this season? Shake off the scrooge and join us at the library for a festive bash full of crafts, merry games, jolly giveaways and photos with Santa himself! Check out 10 items and earn a holiday treat. Come celebrate the season with cheer (or a little grumble)!