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Play & Learn Ages 0-3

10:00am–10:30am
0-5
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: 0-5
Program Description: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing, move, dance, and rhyme with us during this interactive storytime!

Babies and their grown-up are encouraged to engage and participate in a storytime structured around the Every Child Ready to Read™ curriculum! Classes incorporate books, technology, movement, and hands-on practice to engage children and adults in a fun, friendly environment.

This week is all about the color blue!

Make Your Own Cyanotype Prints

1:00pm–2:30pm
Teen, Adult
Coolspring Branch
Library Branch: Coolspring Branch
Room: CS-Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Description: Art
Event Details:

Cyanotype is a historic photographic printing process that produces striking blue images with white highlights. Learn about its discovery and use, and create your own cyanotype print using a chemical solution and UV light. 

ML - Koomler Park

2:00pm–3:00pm
Everyone
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:
 
The Mobile Library is hitting the parks this summer!

Virtual Author Talk with Marie Lu

3:00pm–4:00pm
Teen
Online
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Online
Age Group: Teen
Program Description: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Explore the intricate world of Legend with Marie Lu as she e

ML - Butterfly Garden Estates

3:30pm–4:00pm
Everyone
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:

 

ML-Carriage House Apartments

4:00pm–4:30pm
Everyone
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:

 

La Porte County Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting

5:30pm–6:30pm
Everyone
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Meeting Room B
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Board Meeting

Public Meeting of the La Porte County Public Library Board of Trustees.

Stories & More Ages 3-5

10:00am–10:30am
0-5
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: 0-5
Program Description: Storytime
Event Details:

Get ready for kindergarten with stories, songs, movement and more!

Preparing for kindergarten begins long before preschool and kindergarten sign ups! Storytimes build the skills needed for kindergarten and provide helpful tips for adults to use at home. Structured around the Every Child Ready to Read™ Curriculum, storytime is a great way to have fun while working on reading skills, social skills, and motor skills.

This week is all about the color blue! This week's craft is an excellent activity for enhancing hand-eye coordination and interactive reading.

Miller's Health & Rehab Lobby Stop

10:00am–11:00am
Adult
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Adult
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:

 

The La Porte County Public Library is excited to bring its services right to your lobby monthly! We offer a wide variety of books, movies, and other resources for your enjoyment.

You can:

ML-Oak Woods Manor Lobby Stop

11:30am–12:30pm
Adult
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Adult
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:

The La Porte County Public Library is excited to bring its services right to your lobby! We offer a wide variety of books, movies, and other resources for your enjoyment.

You can:

Brentwood Lobby Stop

1:00pm–2:00pm
Adult
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Adult
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:

 

The La Porte County Public Library is excited to bring its services right to your lobby monthly! We offer a wide variety of books, movies, and other resources for your enjoyment.

You can:

Carts in the Park: Frantic Foam Party

5:00pm–6:00pm
Everyone
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Special Event
Event Details:

LPCPL is bringing FOAM to Carts in the Park! Join your friends and family for an evening of fun at the Hanna Park for a bubble-tastic Foam Party. Fair weather event only.

Farm Stand Festival

9:00am–1:00pm
Everyone
Union Mills Branch
Library Branch: Union Mills Branch
Room: UM-Anna's Orchard
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Gardening and Nature, Health and Wellness, Local Interests
Event Details:

South La Porte County features a wealth of farm stands! Visit all of them in one day in Anna's Orchard at the Union Mills Branch!

Colorful Tea Towel

10:00am–11:30am
Adult
LPCPL Exchange
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: LPCPL Exchange
Room: EX-Classroom
Age Group: Adult
Program Description: Maker
Registration Required
Event Details:

Creating a vibrant, colorful tea towel using heat transfer vinyl with the Cricut Maker and heat press.

Disclaimer(s)

Exchange Safety

During this class, you will work with machinery and a variety of tools. Closed toe shoes are required. Avoid wearing baggy clothing or dangling jewelry, and tie back long hair.
 

Summer Reading Celebration-Foam Fest

11:00am–12:00pm
Family
Fish Lake Branch
Library Branch: Fish Lake Branch
Room: FL-Outdoor Space
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Games and Play
Event Details:

Celebrate your summer reading success with a FOAM PARTY! Take a break from PaddleFest by having a bubble-tastic time at the Library. Play in the foam and explore the outdoor educational space. Fair weather event only. 

Homeschool Hub at Creek Ridge County Park

11:00am–12:00pm
6-11
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: 6-11
Program Description: STEAM
Event Details:

Looking for a more advanced STEM lesson? Come to Homeschool Hub, where we will be teaching science lessons on robots, computers, and other small machines! 

Create a Colorful Canvas

4:00pm–6:30pm
Teen, Adult
Hanna Branch
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Hanna Branch
Room: HA-Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Description: Art
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tap into your creativity and paint a vibrant hydrangea bouquet using a fun, unique technique with cotton swabs.

Family Storytime

5:00pm–5:30pm
Family
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Multipurpose Room
Age Group: Family
Program Description: Storytime
Event Details:

This family-friendly storytime focuses on stories, songs and more for all ages!

Storytimes build the skills needed for kindergarten and provide helpful tips for adults to use at home. Structured around the Every Child Ready to Read™ Curriculum, storytime is a great way to have fun while working on reading skills, social skills, and motor skills.

This week is all about the letter B/Bees! This week's craft is an excellent activity for enhancing letter recognition. 

Laser/CNC Meetup

5:30pm–7:30pm
Teen, Adult
LPCPL Exchange
Cancelled
Library Branch: LPCPL Exchange
Room: EX-Classroom
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Description: Maker
Event Details:

Make time for making by joining us on the third Monday of each month to focus on using the laser cutter/engraver and CNC machines.

Disclaimer(s)

Exchange Safety

During this class, you will work with machinery and a variety of tools. Closed toe shoes are required. Avoid wearing baggy clothing or dangling jewelry, and tie back long hair.
 

ML - Lindenwald Park

9:00am–10:00am
Everyone
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:
 
The Mobile Library is hitting the parks this summer!

ML - Foodie Tuesdays

10:30am–2:30pm
Everyone
Library in the Community
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Library in the Community
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Community Stop
Event Details:

 

Join the City of La Porte Park and Recreation Department and the Mobile Library at Unity Park every Tuesday for a relaxing lunch hour.

That's a Stretch: Chair Yoga for Seniors and Beginners

2:00pm–2:45pm
Adult
Fish Lake Branch
Cancelled
Library Branch: Fish Lake Branch
Room: FL-Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Description: Health and Wellness
Event Details:

This beginner-friendly yoga class focuses on improving balance, flexibility, and strength through breathing, stretching, and yoga poses.

Getting to Know Your Android Device

4:30pm–6:00pm
Everyone
Main Library
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: MN-Meeting Room A
Age Group: Everyone
Program Description: Technology

Learn how to get the most out of your Android Device. 

We'll share the basics of downloading apps, using your Android to call or text, searching your Android, taking pictures and videos, and more!

Please bring your own device - devices will not be provided. Not sure if you have an Android or Apple device? Ask our staff to help you identify which class to join!

Quilt Along

5:30pm–7:30pm
Adult
LPCPL Exchange
Library Branch: LPCPL Exchange
Age Group: Adult
Program Description: Maker
Event Details:

Join us on the fourth Tuesday of each month for Quilt Along! Here, you'll be introduced to new block patterns until November. Can’t make it each month? No problem! You’ll still receive all the block patterns, and can pick them up later.