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Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Followed by a play time featuring special literacy toys and games.
Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Preschool storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Do you knit, crochet or sew or are you a beginner looking for a start? Join us for a weekly meetup and bring your ideas or current projects. We will have lessons for beginning knitters with long-time beloved resident Cleary Donovan. Materials and tools provided. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Seniors, join local poet and facilitator Brian Hutton for a poetry workshop, including exercises and discussions on creativity and mental well being.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Bring your wiggliest toddlers for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
Join us for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers.
Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Toddler storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
A monthly social event for seniors at the Loussac Library, this program is an opportunity to enjoy community connection, get library service support, and learn about a library resource.
Alaska WWII History Presentation in the Ann Stevens Room by the Alaska Veterans Museum.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Reading sessions are 10-15 minutes long and are scheduled on a first come basis with the last session starting at 4:15 pm. Sign-up will open at 2:45 pm with the first session starting at 3 pm.
PAWSitive Reading is a special program designed to provide young children (Kindergarten-4th grade) with a stress-free environment to practice their reading. Therapy dogs are patient listeners for new and struggling readers. Children who participate learn to associate reading with a positive experience and build confidence while practicing reading.
We set out the materials— you bring the creativity. Keep what you make! Please note: scissors, cutting tools, small parts, and staining media may be available.
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
Come experience music and motion with the WIC Eagle River Mommy and Me Exercise Class. Bring your preschooler for a good time of moving around and gaining ideas for indoor activities at home.
Twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers.
Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Toddler storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes followed by free play or an activity. Ideal for ages 3-5 with caregiver, but all families are welcome.
SCHEDULE NOTE: All library locations are closed on Thursday, April 17, 2025, for a staff training. We'll be back with our next Family Storytime as usual on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Thanks for your patience.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Explore your inner Sherlock Holmes or Mrs. Marple. Join us to share your favorite Mystery books. Choose your own book for each discussion based on a monthly theme and share it with others. Check our Mystery Book Club Webpage for this month's theme.
Email Tamzan Barnes at Tamzan.barnes@anchorageak.gov for the meeting link if you plan to attend virtually.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Test your creativity - build a city or a spaceship or whatever you like at our free-build LEGO session.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game!
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Join us for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come on by and watch a movie at the library for free! Concessions provided.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete. Come work as many or as little volunteer shifts as you can happily fit into your schedule.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 3rd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Help your child master school readiness skills in the year before starting kindergarten while earning books and other prizes! Countdown to Kindergarten is for children 3 to 5 years old with their adult caregivers. Families and siblings are welcome.
Countdown to Kindergarten 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/countdowntokindy
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Meet other local teen magicians and practice your skills together. Card tricks, illusions, sleight of hand, and more!
Meets in the Teen Underground on the 2nd floor.
Join the Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff as they discuss what to consider and how to prepare to live and recreate safely around bears and moose, as well as how to react in different encounters.
Curious about light and shadows? Join us for a hands-on exploration where we’ll use flashlights, blocks, and everyday objects to investigate how light moves and changes. This program is all about discovery—there won’t be right or wrong answers, just fun experiments to spark your curiosity! Young scientists will make observations, form ideas, and test their predictions like real researchers. While this is a simple, self-guided exploration, staff will be there to encourage questions and discoveries. Perfect for kids ages 6-10 who love to explore and experiment!
Join us for the Gerrish Book Club discussion. April's title is The Art Thief by Michael Finkel. Cookies and Coffee provided! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Join us for a very special storytime with guest reader Mayor Suzanne LaFrance. After the storytime we'll have some fun hands-on activities and crafts.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Followed by a play time featuring special literacy toys and games.
Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Preschool storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Do you knit, crochet or sew or are you a beginner looking for a start? Join us for a weekly meetup and bring your ideas or current projects. We will have lessons for beginning knitters with long-time beloved resident Cleary Donovan. Materials and tools provided. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
April is National Poetry Month. Join us in the Teen Underground on the 2nd floor for an afternoon of creating Haiku, Tanaga, and other poems.
We will be looking at poetry styles from around the world, like the Haiku from Japan and the Tanaga from the Philippines. Bring your favorite poem from around the world to share.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Bring your wiggliest toddlers for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
Join us for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers.
Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Toddler storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
May
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Celebrate International Harry Potter Day with us by participating in our Wizard Drawing contest! Entries must be turned in at the Gerrish Library desk by end of day, May 2 and staff will decide the winner of cool magical swag!
Celebrate the fandom with us and create some of your favorite characters and your very own lightsaber! All materials provided. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Come by the library and pick up a free comic book while supplies last! Sponsored by Bosco's Comics.
Come by the library and pick up a free comic book! Available on the second floor in youth services, while supplies last. Sponsored by Bosco's Comics.
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
Come and enjoy a movie marathon with us! Popcorn will be provided. Please call 907-343-4024 for titles. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Join us for popcorn and the original trilogy on the fourth floor! First movie starts at 10:30 am!
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Watch your favorite DC super heroes LEGO style as you build with the library’s LEGO. Attack of the Legion of Doom (not rated, 2015)
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Get creative with Bluey and friends! We'll provide fun Bluey cutouts, magazines, and all the supplies you need to make your own Bluey-themed masterpiece. Whether you want to create a backyard adventure, a Heeler family portrait, or a collage of your favorite episode moments—it's all up to you! Perfect for little artists who love to cut, glue, and imagine.
Finish your project in a sociable environment. All ages, all projects welcome. We'd love to see what you are working on.
Join us for a special storytime with a guest reader nurse from Anchorage Health Department in honor of National Nurses Week. After the storytime families can try some hands-on activities and crafts.
NOTE: No healthcare services or advice will be provided during the event.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Learn how to make a zine, a mini self-published magazine, from Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award winner MK & make a zine to take home with you.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Come enjoy some time in the Teen Underground playing various video games, board games, and more!
Whether you're a seasoned home chef or a beginner in the kitchen, this program offers a wonderful opportunity to expand your culinary horizons and connect with fellow food lovers. Each participant must register in advance before the monthly potluck. On the first Wednesday of each month, the club will explore a specific culinary theme, cookbook, or cuisine that will serve as the focus for the next meeting. Members have the option to participate in a potluck.
While the Club strives to provide a diverse range of recipes, it may not be able to accommodate all allergies or dietary restrictions. Participants with specific dietary needs should exercise caution and consult with a healthcare professional or qualified nutritionist before preparing or consuming any Club recipes.
Please contact Amanda Andros for more information. amanda.andros@anchorageak.gov
Join us for a special storytime with a guest reader nurse from Anchorage Health Department in honor of National Nurses Week. After the storytime families can try some hands-on activities and crafts.
NOTE: No healthcare services or advice will be provided during the event.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Join us for a special storytime with a guest reader nurse from Anchorage Health Department in honor of National Nurses Week. After the storytime families can try some hands-on activities and crafts.
NOTE: No healthcare services or advice will be provided during the event.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Drop in and enjoy our space to meet and socialize with other caregivers and preschoolers. Play with the library’s toys, look at books, and have fun!
Help your child master school readiness skills in the year before starting kindergarten while earning books and other prizes! Countdown to Kindergarten is for children 3 to 5 years old with their adult caregivers. Families and siblings are welcome.
Countdown to Kindergarten 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/countdowntokindy
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection. Suggested for ages 10+, but everyone's welcome.
This month's theme is: flowers!
Note: scissors, staining media, small parts, and hot tea are available at this program.
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Get help with your family tree, scanning photos and documents, and doing research online. Learn more about genealogy resources that you can access free through the Anchorage Public Library. This program is presented in partnership with the Anchorage Genealogical Society.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
Bring your wiggliest toddlers for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Reading sessions are 10-15 minutes long and are scheduled on a first come basis with the last session starting at 3:45 pm. Sign-up will open at 2:45 pm with the first session starting at 3 pm.
PAWSitive Reading is a special program designed to provide young children (Kindergarten-4th grade) with a stress-free environment to practice their reading. Therapy dogs are patient listeners for new and struggling readers. Children who participate learn to associate reading with a positive experience and build confidence while practicing reading.
Channel your inner author and celebrate National Write Your Story Day and illustrate your own book! All supplies provided! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Come enjoy some time in the Teen Underground playing various video games, board games, and more!
Come experience music and motion with the WIC Eagle River Mommy and Me Exercise Class. Bring your preschooler for a good time of moving around and gaining ideas for indoor activities at home.
30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes followed by free play or an activity. Ideal for ages 3-5 with caregiver, but all families are welcome.
SCHEDULE NOTE: Family Storytime becomes Storytime In The Park as we move to summer programming in June! Join us next month, June 5, 2025, at 11:30 AM in Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park for outdoor storytime, rain or shine!
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Join us for an afternoon of arts and crafts. Supplies provided, just bring your creativity! A different craft each month.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Part dog, part man, all hero!
Try some simple Dog Man activities while we watch the movie (PG, 2025).
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Reading Rendezvous. This annual community tradition celebrates reading and kicks off the library's Summer Discovery reading program. There will be community booths full of activities, live entertainment on the stage, and so much more.
SAFETY NOTICE: Due to safety concerns and event size, dogs or other non-service animals are not permitted to participate. Please leave your pet at home. Participants who bring their non-service animals to Reading Rendezvous, will be asked to leave them in their vehicles.
Finish your project in a sociable environment. All ages, all projects welcome. We'd love to see what you are working on.
Learn the basics of binary code and create your own colorful bracelet that spells out your initials or a secret word—computer style! Participants will be introduced to how computers use 0s and 1s to represent information. Using a simple key, kids will convert letters into binary, then use two bead colors to represent 0s and 1s as they craft a wearable piece of code. A fun, hands-on way to combine STEM learning with creativity!
Join us for drop in hours to get help with your family tree, scanning photos and documents, and doing research online. Learn more about genealogy resources that you can access free through the Anchorage Public Library. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or flash drive to save information found during the workshop. This program is a partnership with the Anchorage Genealogical Society.
Come to the library for a cozy crafting afternoon where creativity meets community! Whether you're a beginner ready to learn or a seasoned knitter, this club welcomes all skill levels. Bring your projects, share your tips and tricks, and enjoy the company of fellow crafters in a supportive environment. Let's create and connect!
Play with library toys, make new friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
Bring your wiggliest toddlers for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Meet PFD Otter and representatives from the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary to learn about staying safe on the water and using life jackets as part of National Safe Boating Week, May 17-23.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Come enjoy some time in the Teen Underground playing various video games, board games, and more!
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes followed by free play or an activity. Ideal for ages 3-5 with caregiver, but all families are welcome.
SCHEDULE NOTE: Family Storytime becomes Storytime In The Park as we move to summer programming in June! Join us next month, June 5, 2025, at 11:30 AM in Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park for outdoor storytime, rain or shine!
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Explore your inner Sherlock Holmes or Mrs. Marple. Join us to share your favorite Mystery books. Choose your own book for each discussion based on a monthly theme and share it with others. Check our Mystery Book Club Webpage for this month's theme.
Email Tamzan Barnes at Tamzan.barnes@anchorageak.gov for the meeting link if you plan to attend virtually.
Sign-up to read to a dog! Therapy dogs are patient listeners for new and struggling readers. Reading sessions are 15 minutes and can be reserved in-person starting at 1:45PM on the day of the event. The final session begins at 3:15PM.
PAWSitive Reading is a special program designed to provide young children (Kindergarten-4th grade) with a stress-free environment to practice their reading. Therapy dogs are patient listeners for new and struggling readers. Children who participate learn to associate reading with a positive experience and build confidence while practicing reading
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Join Anchorage Police Department Traffic Sergeant and Community Service Officers for a family-friendly and community-focused event to learn safe techniques for avoiding traffic collisions, how traffic laws are enforced, and get answers to your traffic questions.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Mountain View Library will be closed today (5/24/25) for Memorial Day.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Loussac Library will be closed today (5/26/25) for Memorial Day.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Join Mr. Red from the Muldoon Library for approximately 30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes, live on Facebook! Ideal for ages 3-5 with caregiver, but all picture book enthusiasts are welcome.
Seniors, join local poet and facilitator Brian Hutton for a poetry workshop, including exercises and discussions on creativity and mental well being.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Bring your wiggliest toddlers for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A monthly social event for seniors, this program is an opportunity to enjoy community connection, get library service support, and learn about a library resource.
Container Gardening with Anchor Gardens in the Mountain View Community Meeting Room.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Celebrate the start of summer vacation! Make a button, play Mario Kart on the library’s switch, play board games and more.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Come enjoy some time in the Teen Underground playing various video games, board games, and more!
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
30 minutes of stories, songs, and rhymes followed by free play or an activity. Ideal for ages 3-5 with caregiver, but all families are welcome.
SCHEDULE NOTE: Family Storytime becomes Storytime In The Park as we move to summer programming in June! Join us next month, June 5, 2025, at 11:30 AM in Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park for outdoor storytime, rain or shine!
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more.
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Come on by and watch a movie at the library for free! Concessions provided.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Spring is calling, and the garden is ready to rise and shine! Join us as we wake up the garden with planting, sign-making, and setting up support beams for the growing season. This hands-on program is part of our summer-long Children's Garden Club and is offered in partnership with Anchor Gardens—perfect for little gardeners eager to dig in and help the garden come alive.
Meet other local teen magicians and practice your skills together. Card tricks, illusions, sleight of hand, and more!
Meets in the Teen Underground on the 2nd floor.
Join us for the Gerrish Book Club discussion. May’s title is The golden spruce : a true story of myth, madness, and greed by John Vaillant. Cookies and coffee provided! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
June
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Bring a friend and come play some games— or design your own! Best for ages 6-12.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Krambambuli Puppet Theatre presents Stone Soup. Based on the European folk tale, watch as a simple recipe for stone soup ends up uniting a town. Krambambuli Puppet Theatre offers entertainment, wisdom and quality entertainment for the young and the young at heart. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Krambambuli Puppet Show. Tasks include counting patrons, crowd control, setting up/taking down chairs, and more!
Family Storytime moves outside to Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park! Meet at the park near the orange climbing structure for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-5 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Schedule note: Storytime at Muldoon takes a break from June 19, 2025 to July 4, 2025. This means there is no Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday storytime until we resume as normal with Storytime in the Park on July 10, 2025.
Where is it? Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park is directly south of the Muldoon Library, across the parking lot. If you walk straight out of our front door and head south (keep the library building on your left), you will walk across the parking lot and see the climbing structure and picnic shelter.
If you're driving north on Muldoon Road, the parking lot is on the right, after Baltazar's Tires but before Fresh Cup Coffee. You may also park at the library and walk over.
If you take the bus, the 31, 51, 25, and 30 stop about a five-minute walk away at Debarr and Muldoon. People Mover has all the route details. There are paved sidewalks with curb cuts no matter where you are coming from, and plentiful bike racks at the picnic shelter and library.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-4032 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
We will meet under the picnic shelter, where there is limited picnic table and blanket seating. The park is usually equipped with Port-A-Potties; find out more about this park here: https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/MuldoonCommunityParkMasterPlan.aspx
If you haven't been by lately, note that the Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park area has undergone many recent changes; there is now a community garden, Food Forest, bicycle pump track, dog park, and boulder-climbing playground to explore up the hill and across the footbridge.
Krambambuli Puppet Theater returns to Chugiak-Eagle River with a new and improved show, Stone Soup!
Stone soup is an ancient Wisdom Tale in which two hungry soldiers come to town. The villagers are poor and at first unwilling to share their food. See the clever soldiers boiling water and a huge stone in a pot awakening the curiosity and generosity of the villagers. Will the Soldiers be able to get all the ingredients they need to prepare soup to be shared by all? Stone Soup is an inspirational story about giving and sharing, ideal for ages 3+ but all families are welcome.
Program Note: seating is limited and first-come, first serve. We anticipate this show will fill up quickly! The show will begin promptly. Double check your destination to arrive on time or early and enjoy the show!
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, for more opportunities to see this show!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Calling all science explorers! Join us for some hands-on science activities to explore and learn about the world around you with special guests from Campbell Creek Science Center.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills.
The first Family Storytime of the month will have an American Sign Language interpreter available.
Family storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Krambambuli Puppet Theater returns to Muldoon with a new and improved show, Stone Soup!
Stone soup is an ancient Wisdom Tale in which two hungry soldiers come to town. The villagers are poor and at first unwilling to share their food. See the clever soldiers boiling water and a huge stone in a pot awakening the curiosity and generosity of the villagers. Will the Soldiers be able to get all the ingredients they need to prepare soup to be shared by all? Stone Soup is an inspirational story about giving and sharing, ideal for ages 3+ but all families are welcome.
Program Note: seating is limited and first-come, first serve. We anticipate this show will fill up quickly! The show will begin promptly. Double check your destination to arrive on time or early and enjoy the show!
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, for more opportunities to see this show!
Finish your project in a sociable environment. All ages, all projects welcome. We'd love to see what you are working on.
Enjoy the outdoors and some communal silent reading in one of Anchorage’s local parks. If you like, stick around after to socialize with others or learn more about what Anchorage Parks and Recreation has going on this summer.
Some seating will be available. Bringing your own chairs or blankets is recommended.
The Goose Lake Pavilion is located just off the east end of the parking lot.
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
The Krambambuli Puppet Theatre presents: Stone Soup!
Stone Soup is an ancient wisdom tale about giving and sharing in which two hungry soldiers come to town but the villagers are poor and at first unwilling to share their food. Watch the story come to life as the clever soldiers boil water and a huge stone in a pot, awakening the curiosity and generosity of the villagers.
Krambambuli Puppet Theatre offers wisdom and quality entertainment for the young and the young at heart.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at Books with Chinooks. Tasks include set up and clean-up of room, counting participants, giving directions and more.
Come join Chugiak-Eagle River's own Chinooks baseball team as they read stories, talk about baseball, and hang out. Get an autograph and photo with your favorite player!
Create your own personalized deck of cards based on the game Balatro! Cut, paint, decorate, and design your own cards and take home your very own unique deck of cards. Supplies provided. Event may get messy so dress accordingly.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Plant a seed, then stick around for free play, bubbles, and sidewalk chalk! Best for ages 6+ with caregiver; all families welcome. Event will be on outside lawn weather permitting. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Tiny Homestead Goat event. Tasks include counting patrons, giving directions, and more! This event will take place outside at the park across the street. In the event of rain, we will have an alternative event indoors.
Family Storytime moves outside to Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park! Meet at the park near the orange climbing structure for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-5 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Schedule note: Storytime at Muldoon takes a break from June 19, 2025 to July 4, 2025. This means there is no Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday storytime until we resume as normal with Storytime in the Park on July 10, 2025.
Where is it? Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park is directly south of the Muldoon Library, across the parking lot. If you walk straight out of our front door and head south (keep the library building on your left), you will walk across the parking lot and see the climbing structure and picnic shelter.
If you're driving north on Muldoon Road, the parking lot is on the right, after Baltazar's Tires but before Fresh Cup Coffee. You may also park at the library and walk over.
If you take the bus, the 31, 51, 25, and 30 stop about a five-minute walk away at Debarr and Muldoon. People Mover has all the route details. There are paved sidewalks with curb cuts no matter where you are coming from, and plentiful bike racks at the picnic shelter and library.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-4032 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
We will meet under the picnic shelter, where there is limited picnic table and blanket seating. The park is usually equipped with Port-A-Potties; find out more about this park here: https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/MuldoonCommunityParkMasterPlan.aspx
If you haven't been by lately, note that the Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park area has undergone many recent changes; there is now a community garden, Food Forest, bicycle pump track, dog park, and boulder-climbing playground to explore up the hill and across the footbridge.
Come meet and pet goats from The Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, and learn about what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska.
If the weather outside is unsafe for the goats, we'll meet in Eagle River Town Center Community Room to try out some fun farming and animal husbandry activities, courtesy of Alaska 4-H.
Representatives from the Department of Labor assist with job searching, resumes, and more. Free, no appointment needed.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The Krambambuli Puppet Theatre presents: Stone Soup!
Stone Soup is an ancient wisdom tale about giving and sharing in which two hungry soldiers come to town but the villagers are poor and at first unwilling to share their food. Watch the story come to life as the clever soldiers boil water and a huge stone in a pot, awakening the curiosity and generosity of the villagers.
Krambambuli Puppet Theatre offers wisdom and quality entertainment for the young and the young at heart.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Family Storytime moves outside to William B. Lyons Park! Meet at the park near the picnic shelter for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-6 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Location: William B. Lyons Park
Next to the Mountain View Community Recreation Center
Address: 329 Irwin Street
Directions from Mountain View Library:
- Walking: It is a 7-minute walk.
- Driving: It is a 2-minute drive.
Route:
- From the library, turn left onto Bragaw Street.
- Turn left onto Peterkin Avenue.
- Turn right onto Irwin Street.
- William B. Lyons Park will be on your left.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-2818 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection. Suggested for ages 10+, but everyone's welcome.
This month's theme is: reading!
Note: scissors, staining media, and small parts are in use at this program. Hot tea served-- bring your own mug!
PLANTER VOLUNTEER PROJECT
Sat., June 14, 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM or we’re done, whichever comes first
We need volunteers who can help clean up and fill our outdoor concrete planters with new, healthy plants! Work may include lifting, digging, cleaning, sweeping, and hauling planting supplies. Bring work gloves and dress to get dirty.
Participants ages 13 or under must be supervised by an adult.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Meet sailors from the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Try your hand at some sailors knots and learn about the history of the United States Navy.
Program Note: Seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Please double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the show.
Come meet and pet goats from The Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, and learn about what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska.
If the weather outside is unsafe for the goats, we'll meet in the 4th floor Learning Commons to try out some fun farming and animal husbandry activities, courtesy of Alaska 4-H.
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The People Mover Travel Trainer will teach you how to:
- Read Transit maps and schedules
- Access & customize transit-related apps
- Set up mTicket for Half Fare discounts
- Bike rack training and more
After classroom training, the group will ride Route 25 to the Downtown Transit Center and return on Route 85 to the library with the Travel Trainer.
Meet and pet goats from The Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, and learn about what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska.
Join us outside at Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park, a short walk to the south of the library. If the weather is unsafe for the goats, we'll meet in the Program Room at the Library for related farming activities!
Program Note: Seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Please double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the show.
Drop in to make your own button! We will have supplies for you to make your own design or you can use one of our pre-printed templates. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
All APL locations will be closed today (6/19/25) in observance of Juneteenth.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Meet with sailors from the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat. Try your hand at some sailors knots and learn more about the history of the United States Navy.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Complete a quest from our quest board in the Teen Underground to earn a small prize!
Don't forget to pick up a packet of free TTRPG games to play with your friends too!
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
Enjoy an all-ages storytime plus time to browse the library before we're officially open. Arrive as early as 10:00 AM; call 907-343-4032 for entry. Stories start at 10:30 AM.
Storytime is ideal for ages 5 and under with caregiver, but all families with children in attendance are welcome.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills.
The first Family Storytime of the month will have an American Sign Language interpreter available.
Family storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Help us color pictures to donate to Color-A-Smile, a nonprofit that redistributes cheerful pictures to people in need of a smile, including seniors, troops overseas, people in the hospital, and more. Let's beat last year's record and send lots of smiles out in the world!
All ages welcome!
Finish your project in a sociable environment. All ages, all projects welcome. We'd love to see what you are working on.
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Seniors, join local poet and facilitator Brian Hutton for a poetry workshop, including exercises and discussions on creativity and mental well being.
Calling all science explorers! Join us for some hands-on science activities to explore and learn about the world around you with special guests from Campbell Creek Science Center.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Interested in learning to write your own D&D or other TTRPG campaign? Join us to learn how to build your own campaign! We will design characters, maps, quests and more while building up a great world together.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Meet and pet real goats from Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, AK and learn what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Science Discovery Program with the Campbell Creek Science Center. Tasks include counting patrons, crowd control, setting up/taking down chairs, and more!
Calling all science explorers! Join us for some hands-on science activities to explore and learn about the world around you with special guests from Campbell Creek Science Center.
Program note: seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Events begin promptly. Double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the program!
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, to find more opportunities to enjoy this program at other locations.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Come meet and pet goats from The Tiny Home(stead), a family farm in Chugiak, and learn about what it takes to raise animals and run a farm in Alaska.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Family Storytime moves outside to William B. Lyons Park! Meet at the park near the picnic shelter for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-6 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Location: William B. Lyons Park
Next to the Mountain View Community Recreation Center
Address: 329 Irwin Street
Directions from Mountain View Library:
- Walking: It is a 7-minute walk.
- Driving: It is a 2-minute drive.
Route:
- From the library, turn left onto Bragaw Street.
- Turn left onto Peterkin Avenue.
- Turn right onto Irwin Street.
- William B. Lyons Park will be on your left.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-2818 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Time especially for seniors to get one-on-one help with technology, community resource navigation, and traditional library reference.
Join local artist and teacher Lee Post to learn how to draw your own comics! Appropriate for all ages-- no experience required.
Program note: seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Events begin promptly. Double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the program!
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, to find more opportunities to enjoy this program at other locations.
Join us as for June Cookbook Club! Make and share and recipes from your favorite cookbooks! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
July
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Enjoy lawn games, hula hoops, and other outdoor activities outdoors. In case of inclement weather, we will move indoors to the 4th floor Learning Commons.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection. Suggested for ages 10+, but everyone's welcome. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Artist Trading Card program. Tasks include counting patrons, crowd control, setting up/taking down chairs, and more!
Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection. Suggested for ages 10+, but everyone's welcome.
This month's theme is: reading!
Note: scissors, staining media, small parts, and hot tea are available at this program.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
All APL locations will closed today (7/4/25) for Independence Day.
Girdwood Branch Library will be closed today (7/5/25) for Girdwood Forest Fair
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
A half hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills.
The first Family Storytime of the month will have an American Sign Language interpreter available.
Family storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding
Make a button badge with our button press! Choose one of our designs or draw your own. All ages welcome; keep what you make.
Note: small parts, including metal pins, and staining art media are used in this program. Suggested for ages 6+ with caregiver.
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, to find more opportunities to enjoy this program.
Program Note: Seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Please double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the show.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Test out your putting skills on different mini golf holes at the library.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Make your own buttons from all kids of materials like old book pages, fancy paper, trading cards, or make your own design!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Learn to draw your own comics! Sketch with cartoonist Lee Post in a fast-paced, no-stress, and fun cartooning session for all skill levels and ages. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Family Storytime moves outside to Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park! Meet at the park near the orange climbing structure for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-5 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Schedule note: Storytime at Muldoon takes a break from June 19, 2025 to July 4, 2025. This means there is no Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday storytime until we resume as normal with Storytime in the Park on July 10, 2025.
Where is it? Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park is directly south of the Muldoon Library, across the parking lot. If you walk straight out of our front door and head south (keep the library building on your left), you will walk across the parking lot and see the climbing structure and picnic shelter.
If you're driving north on Muldoon Road, the parking lot is on the right, after Baltazar's Tires but before Fresh Cup Coffee. You may also park at the library and walk over.
If you take the bus, the 31, 51, 25, and 30 stop about a five-minute walk away at Debarr and Muldoon. People Mover has all the route details. There are paved sidewalks with curb cuts no matter where you are coming from, and plentiful bike racks at the picnic shelter and library.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-4032 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
We will meet under the picnic shelter, where there is limited picnic table and blanket seating. The park is usually equipped with Port-A-Potties; find out more about this park here: https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/MuldoonCommunityParkMasterPlan.aspx
If you haven't been by lately, note that the Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park area has undergone many recent changes; there is now a community garden, Food Forest, bicycle pump track, dog park, and boulder-climbing playground to explore up the hill and across the footbridge.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Family Storytime moves outside to William B. Lyons Park! Meet at the park near the picnic shelter for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-6 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Location: William B. Lyons Park
Next to the Mountain View Community Recreation Center
Address: 329 Irwin Street
Directions from Mountain View Library:
- Walking: It is a 7-minute walk.
- Driving: It is a 2-minute drive.
Route:
- From the library, turn left onto Bragaw Street.
- Turn left onto Peterkin Avenue.
- Turn right onto Irwin Street.
- William B. Lyons Park will be on your left.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-2818 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Learn about making and trading Artist Trading Cards-- an easy way to express yourself and build up an original art collection. Suggested for ages 10+, but everyone's welcome.
This month's theme is: stars!
Note: scissors, staining media, small parts, and hot tea (bring your own mug) are available at this program.
Program Note: Seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Please double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the show.
Enjoy the outdoors and some communal silent reading in one of Anchorage’s local parks. If you like, stick around after to socialize with others or learn more about what Anchorage Parks and Recreation has going on this summer.
Some seating will be available. Bringing your own chairs or blankets is recommended.
Pavilion is visible from parking lot.
(Date changed from July 5th to July 12th)
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight!
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The People Mover Travel Trainer will teach you how to:
- Read Transit maps and schedules
- Access & customize transit-related apps
- Set up mTicket for Half Fare discounts
- Bike rack training and more
After classroom training, the group will ride Route 25 to the Downtown Transit Center and return on Route 85 to the library with the Travel Trainer.
Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Magic by Robbie Event. Tasks include counting patrons, crowd control, setting up/taking down chairs, and more!
Family Storytime moves outside to Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park! Meet at the park near the orange climbing structure for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-5 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Schedule note: Storytime at Muldoon takes a break from June 19, 2025 to July 4, 2025. This means there is no Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday storytime until we resume as normal with Storytime in the Park on July 10, 2025.
Where is it? Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park is directly south of the Muldoon Library, across the parking lot. If you walk straight out of our front door and head south (keep the library building on your left), you will walk across the parking lot and see the climbing structure and picnic shelter.
If you're driving north on Muldoon Road, the parking lot is on the right, after Baltazar's Tires but before Fresh Cup Coffee. You may also park at the library and walk over.
If you take the bus, the 31, 51, 25, and 30 stop about a five-minute walk away at Debarr and Muldoon. People Mover has all the route details. There are paved sidewalks with curb cuts no matter where you are coming from, and plentiful bike racks at the picnic shelter and library.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-4032 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
We will meet under the picnic shelter, where there is limited picnic table and blanket seating. The park is usually equipped with Port-A-Potties; find out more about this park here: https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/MuldoonCommunityParkMasterPlan.aspx
If you haven't been by lately, note that the Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park area has undergone many recent changes; there is now a community garden, Food Forest, bicycle pump track, dog park, and boulder-climbing playground to explore up the hill and across the footbridge.
Magician Robbie Cannon has been entertaining audiences for over 25 years and is thrilled to bring his magic back to APL! Perfect for magic fans of all ages, this show promises to mystify and delight!
Program note: seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Events begin promptly. Double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the program!
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, to find more opportunities to enjoy this program at other locations.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
A half hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills.
The first Family Storytime of the month will have an American Sign Language interpreter available.
Family storytimes are limited to the first 70 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding
Shrink your drawing into a tiny charm with the magic of thermoplastics. Keep what you make!
Note: small parts, permanent markers, scissors, and heat tools are required for this program. Suggested for ages 6+ with caregiver.
Program Note: Seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Please double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the show. Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, to find more opportunities to enjoy this program.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Learn to draw your own comics! Sketch with cartoonist Lee Post in a fast-paced, no-stress, and fun cartooning session for all skill levels and ages.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
Grab your friends and come join the Summer Discovery Teen Photo Scavenger Hunt! Teens will take pictures of various things throughout the library and compete to see who can get the most pictures before time runs out.
Event is BYOC(amera) - digital or cellphone cameras.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Join our Special guests from the Campbell Creek Science Center for some hands-on Science activities to explore and learn about the world around you! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Brooke Hartman event. Tasks include counting patrons, crowd control, setting up/taking down chairs, and more!
Learn fun facts about writing and making books with children’s author Brooke Hartman and hear her read one of her newest books.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Family Storytime moves outside to William B. Lyons Park! Meet at the park near the picnic shelter for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-6 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Location: William B. Lyons Park
Next to the Mountain View Community Recreation Center
Address: 329 Irwin Street
Directions from Mountain View Library:
- Walking: It is a 7-minute walk.
- Driving: It is a 2-minute drive.
Route:
- From the library, turn left onto Bragaw Street.
- Turn left onto Peterkin Avenue.
- Turn right onto Irwin Street.
- William B. Lyons Park will be on your left.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-2818 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
Twenty minutes of nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays and action for infants, birth to 18 months, and their caregivers. Followed by a special baby playtime.
Baby storytimes are limited to the first 50 attendees. Storytimes at Loussac require free entry tickets. Entry tickets are provided first-come, first-served starting 15 minutes before storytime. Thank you for your understanding.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Schedule note: all library locations are closed on July 4, 2025, in honor of Independence Day!
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Are you an Anchorage teen in 9th-12th grade in need of volunteer hours? Come to the Loussac Library every Friday from 4-5:30pm! We have plenty of tasks that need your help to complete.
Meet in the Teen Underground on the 2nd Floor. Pre-registration not needed.
Questions? Email the Teen Librarian at TeenUnderground@anchorageak.gov
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Join us as for July Cookbook Club! Make and share recipes from your favorite cookbooks! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Preschool storytime is a half hour of stories, songs and movement that build early literacy skills and prepare your preschooler ages three to five for Kindergarten. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Bring your wiggliest toddlers to the library for an active storytime! We'll get up and go but we'll also sneak in some books. Stories alternate with songs and rhymes that incorporate a huge parachute! Best for ages 18 months to 3 years; all families welcome.
Schedule note: storytime at Muldoon will take a break from JUne 19, 2025 through July 4, 2025. This means there will be NO Parachute Storytime on June 26 or July 2. Parachute Storytime will resume on July 9, 2025 as usual.
Programming Note: Seating is limited to first come first serve and events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program
A half hour of stories, songs, and movement that build early literacy skills. It's a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten and their caregivers. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
All are welcome to join in coloring pictures to donate to people in need of some cheer. Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, our troops overseas, and anyone in need of a smile. Every month they mail thousands of new drawings to the recipients on their mailing list. Since 1990, Color A Smile has given out millions of cheerful drawings. That’s a lot of smiles! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Bring a blanket or chair and join us for storytime on the lawn this summer. In case of inclement weather, the storytime will move inside.
Please note that Thursday's Toddler Storytime is a repeat of Wednesday.
Toddler storytime is twenty-five minutes of short stories, songs and lots of repetition to build early literacy skills for children 3 and under and their caregivers. Storytimes introduce early literacy concepts for children 5 and under to help them get ready to read.
We're looking for two teens to help at the Lee Post Comic Event. Tasks include counting patrons, crowd control, setting up/taking down chairs, and more!
Family Storytime moves outside to Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park! Meet at the park near the orange climbing structure for approximately 30 minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs for ages 3-5 with caregiver, followed by an activity or free play. All families welcome!
Schedule note: Storytime at Muldoon takes a break from June 19, 2025 to July 4, 2025. This means there is no Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday storytime until we resume as normal with Storytime in the Park on July 10, 2025.
Where is it? Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park is directly south of the Muldoon Library, across the parking lot. If you walk straight out of our front door and head south (keep the library building on your left), you will walk across the parking lot and see the climbing structure and picnic shelter.
If you're driving north on Muldoon Road, the parking lot is on the right, after Baltazar's Tires but before Fresh Cup Coffee. You may also park at the library and walk over.
If you take the bus, the 31, 51, 25, and 30 stop about a five-minute walk away at Debarr and Muldoon. People Mover has all the route details. There are paved sidewalks with curb cuts no matter where you are coming from, and plentiful bike racks at the picnic shelter and library.
More things to know: note that we hold this event rain or shine. Unless the weather is truly a hazard, we'll be there! Call the branch at 907-343-4032 to confirm or to ask any questions you might have.
We will meet under the picnic shelter, where there is limited picnic table and blanket seating. The park is usually equipped with Port-A-Potties; find out more about this park here: https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/MuldoonCommunityParkMasterPlan.aspx
If you haven't been by lately, note that the Chanshtnu-Muldoon Park area has undergone many recent changes; there is now a community garden, Food Forest, bicycle pump track, dog park, and boulder-climbing playground to explore up the hill and across the footbridge.
Join local artist and teacher Lee Post to learn how to draw your own comics! Appropriate for all ages-- no experience required.
Program note: seating is limited and first-come, first-serve. Events begin promptly. Double check your destination to arrive on time and enjoy the program!
Visit our website, anchoragelibrary.org, to find more opportunities to enjoy this program at other locations.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
No registration needed, just show up. We may ask you to dust, clean, shelve, or assist with program preparation. For teens ages 13-18 only.
Use our wide variety of board, dice, or card games or play with our Wii, Nintendo Switch or X-box or bring your own game! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
August
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
We're looking for one teen to help with Storytime in the Park. Tasks include helping move materials to the park, set up and break down of event, counting participants and more
Join Miss Sue for a half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers/families followed by a half hour of open play and socializing.
Meet at the park across the street at the top of the sledding hill. We'll be set up near the pavilion.
Look like bad weather? Check Facebook or call the library (907.343.1530) to see if we've moved indoors.
Come break stuff at the library without getting in trouble! Join us as we disassemble all kinds of electronics to see how they work! Children welcome with adult supervision. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Kids of all ages, celebrate the last days of summer break and 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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
Get creative and make a work of art! We'll have a variety of art supplies to make whatever you want.
Join us as we use watercolors to paint flowers. All art supplies will be provided. Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The People Mover Travel Trainer will teach you how to:
- Read Transit maps and schedules
- Access & customize transit-related apps
- Set up mTicket for Half Fare discounts
- Bike rack training and more
After classroom training, the group will ride Route 25 to the Downtown Transit Center and return on Route 85 to the library with the Travel Trainer.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Kids of all ages, celebrate the last days of summer break and 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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Join us for August Cookbook Club! Make and share recipes from your favorite cookbooks! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Play with library toys, make friends and check out books! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Kids of all ages, celebrate the last days of summer break and 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! Events start promptly. Please double check your destination to arrive on time to enjoy the program.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
All Branch Libraries will be closed today (8/30/25) for Labor Day (9/1/25).
September
Loussac Library will be closed today (9/1/25) for Labor Day.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
October
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
All Branch Libraries will be closed today (10/11/2025) for Indigenous Peoples Day 10/13/2025).
Loussac Library will be closed today (10/14/2025) for Indigenous Peoples Day.
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
November
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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.
All APL locations will be closed today (11/11/2025) for Veterans Day.
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
Discover the art of spinning! Join the Eagle River Spinners for a free demonstration as they work on their own amazing yarns!
Want to try it out? Let us know in advance and extra supplies and equipment will be provided free of charge. No previous spinning experience necessary. Call or stop into the Chugiak-Eagle River Library 907.343.1530 to sign up!
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
Monthly meeting of the Mountain View Community Council. All community members are welcome.
All APL locations will be closed Thursday (11/27/25) and Friday (11/28/25) for Thanksgiving.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
December
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
I Read What I Want Book Club is for those who love reading but don’t want to be tied down. Anyone who wants to talk books can come in and give reviews for whatever they are reading to the group. Meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month in Loussac Library's Raven room (3rd floor).
No assigned books, any genres, no judgment – just read what you want!
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
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. There will be two tables for beginners as well as space for you to bring your own campaign. 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 Keelin an email at keelin.baughman@anchorageak.gov.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
Pick up hobbies and crafts you have been procrastinating working on. Get help, get inspired, finish the project.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
The Library Advisory Board (LAB) acts as the planning body for library activities and special projects and makes recommendations to the administration and assembly. The board also reviews annual budgets and operations. It consists of nine members and is established under Chapter 4.60.40 of the Municipal Code. The Library Director serves as the Executive Secretary.
To provide feedback to the Library Advisory Board, email apl@anchorageak.gov with "Attention Library Advisory Board" in the subject line.
The Library Advisory Board meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 5:30 PM at Loussac Library. Occasionally the board will meet at one of the four branch libraries within the system.
More LAB information and virtual sign in options can be found here.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
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.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
All APL locations will be closed today (12/25/25) for Christmas.
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
We can help you understand and use computers and other technology. You will get help with software issues like email, Microsoft Office, etc. or get troubleshooting help with your laptop or phone. Come in and let us help you learn.
A half-hour of stories, songs, and more to build early literacy skills; a blend of fun and education for children birth through kindergarten & their caregivers.
Location: Mountain View Library, 120 Bragaw St
Bus Route: Located along Bus Routes 20 and 21
To be listened to is a moment of being received without having to prove anything. And who doesn’t need that?
To listen, as well as to be listened to, brings forth a moment of humanity – a natural hospitality in an often inhospitable world.
If you need to share your story, please know you are welcome to do so at the Listening Post.
January
All APL locations will be closed today (1/1/26) for New Years.
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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