Welcome to Next Month at North! This is a newsletter for those who use the North Side Library to make sure you know all the latest library events and updates happening at your neighborhood library
Here you will find updates about new additions, staff introductions, and featured programs for kids, teens, and adults happening at your library!
Announcements
Storytime Break
Summer is busy at the library To give our staff time to rest and prepare for fall, we are pausing storytimes and offering reduced youth programming August 10-16
Labor Day Closure
All DMPLlocations will be closed onAugust 31 and September 1 for the Labor Day holiday.
Summer at the library
Finish summer strong! Complete and turn in your entry forms to be entered in the final prize drawings for your age group.
Featured Events at North Kids & Teens
ASAP
Wednesdays: Pastel Painting
Wednesdays
3:30-4:30 PM
Explore the colorful world of pastels with ASAPTeachingArtist Amanda Rhoads! This month, we'll experiment with soft pastels, hard pastels, oil pastels, and pastel pencils. View upcoming events.
*Snack provided for all participants
Paddingtonin Peru: Interactive Movie
Monday, August 18 3-5 PM
Have some bear-y good fun at North Side! Venture into the jungle with Paddington and the Browns as they search for missing Aunt Lucy. Enjoy snacks and interactive fun as summer nears an end. Add this event to your calendar.
Saturday,August 2
1:30-3:30 PM
Spend a couple hours with other crafters and work on your knit, crochet, or needle craft projects
The Pigeon Visits the Library
Wednesday, August 20 5:30-6:30 PM
The Pigeon is coming to the North Side Library! GiveThe Pigeon a hug or high five, and get your picture taken—but don't let him drive the bus! Add this event to your calendar.
The Pigeon will be visiting all six DMPL locations. Check out the schedule
Adults
Community Craft Night: Clothespin Magnets
Tuesday,August 12 6-7:30 PM
Meet other crafters, paint clothespins and attach magnets to Death Café
Tuesday,August 19 6:30-7:30 PM
Join us a tthe North Side Library for a death café, lead by certified death doula Erika Hall.
Sit N' Stitch
on the first Saturday of every month. Bring your own supplies and projects with you. Add the event to your calendar.
make a one-of-a-kind set of refrigerator clips.All materials are provided for this fun, relaxed adult crafting session! Add the event to your calendar.
ADeath Café is a relaxed, welcoming space where people gather to talk openly about death and dying over tea and conversation.There’s no agenda, therapy, or judgment—just a safe environment to explore what mortality means to us and how it shapes the way we live.
Add the event to your calendar
MoreAugust Events
How the library helped Melanie Jacobs grow her art business with some purr-fect buttons
"Using the library has helped increase my business's bottom line."—Melanie Jacobs, Owner, Cat Loaf Studio
Thwap.Thwap.Thwap.The button maker sounds through the library’s Tech Central space as Melanie Jacobs presses down on the machine again and again. She aligns her quirky cat illustrations on top of pieces of metal, creating colorful, collectible buttons.
For Melanie, that satisfying sound gives her an opportunity every artist wants – more exposure for and more recognition of her art... (continued on our website)
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