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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.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Join us for a fun and interactive play-based event designed to help caregivers understand developmental progression in young children! Hosted in partnership with Help Me Grow Alaska, this event offers engaging hands-on activities that support early learning through play.
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.
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!
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Help your child master school readiness skills in the year before starting kindergarten while earning books and other prizes! 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
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.
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!
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
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)
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.
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.
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!
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.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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!
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.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
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.
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!
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.
Help us put the Nintendo Switch to good use! Bring the whole family to enjoy video games, board games, blocks, and more.
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.
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 friend and come play some games— or design your own! Best for ages 6-12.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
Bring your toddlers and preschoolers to the library for a morning of unstructured play and discovery! This program encourages creativity, social interaction, and exploration through a variety of toys, activities, and sensory materials.
Perfect for ages 1-4, Free Play Saturday provides a welcoming space for little ones to learn and grow while caregivers connect and relax.
Drop in and join the fun!
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.
Stop by for some free build time - just bring your imagination!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Test out your putting skills on different mini golf holes at the library.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
Use our Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, board games, and card games to build strategic thinking and good sporting conduct. Meet new gaming friends, too!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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