Upcoming Events

Mother Goose Time provides caregiver/infant multi-sensory circle-time activities -- including simple sign language, folksongs and lullabies, and finger plays -- that are especially designed to stimulate babies’ social, emotional, and physical deve

Join us at University Branch Library for fun featuring food!  Culinary Club is a monthly potluck and recipe exchange.  Join us as we sample each other’s creations, discuss our recipes, and share our experiences in the kitchen!  Cook

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

This program explores scientific concepts through fun, interactive, and sometimes messy experiments. Students will mix, build, splash, and create while learning about chemistry, physics, and problem-solving in an exciting environment!

The Literary Explorers Book Club is a nontraditional book club that brings readers together to discuss books that follow a prompt rather than having an assigned book.

Compete to see who is the best Mario Kart racer. Bring a friend and enjoy snacks as you cheer on (or not) your fellow competitors. A prize will be given to the top racer.

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Materials for this youth craft program are made possible by The Friends of the University Branch Library.

It's like a book club, but for podcasts!  Each month, you'll listen to a playlist of episodes (2-5 hours of listening, curated by Podcast Brunch Club) on a central theme on your own time, at your leisure, then meet up at the library for a dis

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with children of all ages. This youth program will conclude with an age-appropriate take-home craft activity. Pajamas and blankets are welcome! 

Stories, songs, action rhymes, and a movie for families with preschool children aged 3-6 years. This 45-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate take-home craft activity.

Join us for a cozy hour of yarn crafting every Thursday afternoon!

Craft Squad is a weekly meetup for crafters and artists of all skill-levels.  Bring whatever project you’re working on (and your supplies), and enjoy the company of other crafty people.  Share your work, your tips and tricks, and get ins

Bring your laptop or notebook and join us for some quiet writing time. Participants will spend the majority of the hour writing. Then they will have the opportunity to share what they have been working on, if they wish to.

Join us for our Spring Puzzle Fest 2026 – part speed puzzling competition, part puzzle & game swap, all fun!  Casual puzzling and refreshments will also be available.

Tired of the jigsaw puzzles and board games you’ve got at home?  Donate your gently used puzzles and games to the library, then “shop the swap” to find new-to-you items to take home. Bring board games and puzzles of 250

Gather a team of up to 4 people for our Speed-Puzzling Competition. Teams will have 2 hours to complete a 500-piece puzzle.  The team that completes their puzzle the fastest wins!

Mother Goose Time provides caregiver/infant multi-sensory circle-time activities -- including simple sign language, folksongs and lullabies, and finger plays -- that are especially designed to stimulate babies’ social, emotional, and physical deve

Tabletop Society is a board-gaming club for adults, college students, and teens.  We meet twice a month on the 4th Monday (6 - 7:30 pm) and on the 4th Thursday (3:30 - 5 pm) and focus on a different game each time we meet.  It’s a great

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Homeschoolers in grade K-3 join us at the University Branch Library for Homeschool STEAM Hour! We will have a bit of science, a bit of engineering, a bit of art, a bit of math, a bit of books, and a whole lot of FUN!

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Need help with email, Internet, e-readers, or other technology? Bring your questions to our Tech-Help Hour for one-on-one assistance from our tech-savvy library staff. Bring your personal device or use one of the library’s computers.