Event List

Step back in time to learn how Missouri’s Native American tribes used local natural resources. Discover fire-starting skills, sign language, and twining. Create a take-home bone and glass bead jewelry piece. Share stories and drumming traditions.

Join us each weekday in June from 12-4, when the bookmobile visits Ellis-Porter Riverside Park in cooperation with Jefferson City Parks & Receation.

Rejuvenate your mind and body. All shapes, sizes and abilities are welcome. Bring a mat (or towel) to class if you have one, but these are not required. Drop-ins welcome. No charge – library program.

All ages. Stories and music for families.

Rejuvenate your mind and body. All shapes, sizes and abilities are welcome. Bring a mat (or towel) to class if you have one, but these are not required. Drop-ins welcome. No charge – library program.

Join us each weekday in June from 12-4, when the bookmobile visits Ellis-Porter Riverside Park in cooperation with Jefferson City Parks & Receation.

Join us for some fun and friendly Bridge gameplay every Thursday! All skill levels and new players welcome. 

Genealogist Laura Loyborg hosts genealogy help sessions each Thursday. There will be a lesson, Q&A time, handouts, and individually-assisted research help.

Are you an adventurer at heart? Play Dungeons & Dragons with us! The excitement is real and the escapades are never-ending! You might stomp your way through an army of orcs, or go on a noble quest to rescue a whole town. You decide!

Drop in and enjoy an open learning and play time featuring a variety of sensory and activity stations.

Join us in the Woodland Art Gallery of the Osage Branch for stories, songs and a whole lot of fun! Recommended for preschool ages.  No reservations needed. 

Join us each weekday in June from 12-4, when the bookmobile visits Ellis-Porter Riverside Park in cooperation with Jefferson City Parks & Receation.

Weekly tech class with partner T'keyea. Subject TBA.

Join us for a family movie in our Art Gallery. We will be serving popcorn to enjoy during the show. Blankets and pillows welcome!

We are showing Mufasa: The Lion King.

Journaling for Joy, is a program designed by the founder of the We Speak Foundation ACCO - a non profit 501(c)(3) organization designed to address mental health challenges and suicide prevention by providing children, from 1st grade

Join us each weekday in June from 12-4, when the bookmobile visits Ellis-Porter Riverside Park in cooperation with Jefferson City Parks & Receation.

Reading Heroes is a program providing one-on-one reading enrichment sessions for kids who've completed grades K-2.  These sessions are led by a retired reading teacher and are available in half hour increments from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Join us to play Minecraft with your friends!

There are limited laptops available from the library and require reservations. You may bring your own devices.

Looking for your next great read? Instead of reading the same book each month, members read a book of their own choice related to the theme of the month. The theme for June is Where in the World? We can't wait to hear what you read!