Calendar of Library Programs

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

Sensory Art and Activities for ages 5+!

The Saturday Afternoon Book Club will discuss Table for Two by Amor Towles.
 
For more information, please e-mail Debbie Ladd at dladd@wgpl.org.

Book discussions are free and open to the public.  Ages 18 and up.  For more information, call Debbie at the Library at 314.961.3784.

Please visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: WGPL to schedule an appointment.

Local musician, Gary Schoenberger, will teach a class on songwriting. This is the last class of four. For ages 18 and up.

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

Read to a therapy dogs in training from Dogs for our Brave organization.  This program is recommended for ages 5 and up. 
 
 Dogs for our Brave’s mission is to provide professionally trained service dogs at no cost to veterans who have suffered debilitating injury or illness while in service to our country.

Crafting with yarn, felt, fabric etc.  This program is for ages 10-18.

Come play games @ the library! Snacks provided. Feel free to bring your own games. Age: 15 and up.

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

Learn basic crochet by making a yarn bookmark. Participants will receive a kit consisting of a crochet hook, a tapestry needle, yarn, the bookmark pattern and basic crochet instructions. Class limited to 15 participants. For ages 15 and up.

For ages 15 and up. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 15 and up. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

This spellbinding special event introduces children to the principles of air and pressure. Children see an incredible exothermic reaction take place and even get the chance to watch a hovercraft in action!

Read to a therapy dogs in training from Dogs for our Brave organization.  This program is recommended for ages 5 and up. 
 
 Dogs for our Brave’s mission is to provide professionally trained service dogs at no cost to veterans who have suffered debilitating injury or illness while in service to our country.

Read to a therapy dogs in training from Dogs for our Brave organization.  This program is recommended for ages 5 and up. 
 
 Dogs for our Brave’s mission is to provide professionally trained service dogs at no cost to veterans who have suffered debilitating injury or illness while in service to our country.

Sensory Art and Activities for ages 5+!

Story & Activity Time, recommended ages: infant to age 2. This event is held in our children’s department story time area.

Celebrate summer reading with a FOAM PARTY! Join us for an all-ages summer-reading extravaganza. Foam Gone Bananas will provide a mountain of foam to play in, so wear clothes that can get wet/dirty and bring a towel, change of clothes, sunscreen and goggles!

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

Grades K–5
Learn the exciting and valuable jobs insects have while interacting with living animals. This program uses both mounted and living insects to give your students insights into the roles insects play in our world. This program features our largest variety of living animals, and each animal reveals the stories of how insects find food, escape danger, benefit other living things, and more!

Read to a therapy dogs in training from Dogs for our Brave organization.  This program is recommended for ages 5 and up. 
 
 Dogs for our Brave’s mission is to provide professionally trained service dogs at no cost to veterans who have suffered debilitating injury or illness while in service to our country.

Crafting with yarn, felt, fabric etc.  This program is for ages 10-18.

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

Story & Activity Time, recommended for ages 2 and up. This event will be held in the story time area of our children’s department.

Read to a therapy dogs in training from Dogs for our Brave organization.  This program is recommended for ages 5 and up. 
 
 Dogs for our Brave’s mission is to provide professionally trained service dogs at no cost to veterans who have suffered debilitating injury or illness while in service to our country.

Sensory Art and Activities for ages 5+!

Come play games @ the library! Snacks provided. Feel free to bring your own games. Age: 15 and up.

Learn how to quill, an art form using rolled strips of paper to create decorative designs. Participants will receive a quilling tool, paper strips, a blank greeting card and a small wooden box to decorative. Limited to 15 participants. For ages 15 and up.

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

This program is for ages 8 to 17. At the Do Art Productions Comic Book Workshop, we will explore the different languages of comics, from the eyes, to body posture, to the actual language within speech bubbles.  The workshop is interactive and very creative with little tricks and turns to keep engagement.  With a dynamic pose drawing exercise you may see juggling axolotls, flying giraffes, or dabbing pandas.  After seeing how easy cartooning and creative expression can be, we will generate a comic together out of the characters and creativity of the first half!

For ages 15 and up. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 1pm, program starts at 1:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

Come play games @ the library! Snacks provided. Feel free to bring your own games. Age: 15 and up.

For ages 15 and up. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

Come play games @ the library! Snacks provided. Feel free to bring your own games. Age: 15 and up.

This program will explain the natural history of owls and introduce everyone to specialized owl adaptations.This program is for school age children but all ages are welcome!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

Come play games @ the library! Snacks provided. Feel free to bring your own games. Age: 15 and up.

For ages 15 and up. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

Come play games @ the library! Snacks provided. Feel free to bring your own games. Age: 15 and up.

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 15 and up. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 1pm, program starts at 1:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!

For ages 8-14. All supplies are provided. Doors open at 2pm, program starts at 2:30. Light refreshments and beverages will be served!