Room: Sagebrush Room
Contact Phone: 972-8300
Library Branch: Library! at Cole & Ustick
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children

Storytime and fun for children ages 3 – 5.

Registration Required: Yes
Contact Name: Sam
Contact Email: scounsil@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 972-8320
Library Branch: Library! at Collister
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops/Speakers
Age: Adults

From email to E-readers, we offer one-on-one help with basic technologies.

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Contact Name: Danielle Boyd
Contact Email: dboyd@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities,School-age Programs
Age: Children

Calling all Pokémon trainers between the ages of 8-11. Bring your Pokémon cards to battle other Pokémon trainers and hone your skills. If you don’t have your own cards the library will have a few decks for people to borrow each week.

Come and join other Pokémon trainers who love collecting and playing just as much as you do.

Room: Camas Room,Lemhi Room
Contact Phone: 972-8340
Library Branch: Library! at Hillcrest
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities
Age: Children,Teens,Adults

Drop in and play a game or two every Tuesday. Challenge your friends to one of our games or introduce yourself and a favorite game to us! We have games for all ages and skill levels and a quarterly prize drawing! Featured games provided by All About Games.

Contact Phone: 972-8201
Library Branch: Egyptian Theatre
Type of Event: Books & Reading,Special Programs & Events
Age: Children,Teens,Adults

“Hang onto your underpants!”

Here’s your chance to meet Dav Pilkey, children’s author and illustrator and creator of the popular Captain Underpants series. Because he’s so popular, we’re hosting him at the Egyptian Theatre.

• Live drawing and prizes
• Photo-ops with Captain Underpants and Dog Man.
• Book signing (Books will be available for purchase from Rediscovered Books at the event.)

Tickets are free, but you must have a ticket to attend.  Starting September 6, you may pick up a ticket from one of the four Boise Public Library locations or Rediscovered Books, or reserve yours online, starting September 6.

Pilkey began writing and creating comics when he was still in elementary school. His Captain Underpants series has more than 70 million copies in print worldwide and has been translated into more than 25 languages. DreamWorks is planning to release a feature film adaptation of Captain Underpants in 2017.

Pilkey’s twelfth Captain Underpants book, Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot, was released in 2015. A spinoff graphic novel, Dog Man, will be released in September. Pilkey is also the creator of the Caldecott Honor Book The Paperboy, the California Young Reader Medal-winning Dog Breath, and the Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot series, which is illustrated by Dan Santat.

Room: Gates Room
Contact Name: Craig
Contact Email: hackerhoursboise@gmail.com
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops/Speakers,Coding, Robots, Other Technology
Age: Adults

Office hours for programmers – all skill levels; from beginner to professional, any language. The format is super simple: you come with your laptop (or check one out from the library), a goal, sit, hang out and code. Feel free to flag down one of the organizers if you have a question. That’s it! If we can’t answer your question, we’ll find you someone who can, or at least point you in the right direction. Note that this is a meetup for people learning to code. Experienced developers are needed too, – we appreciate the help!

Brought to you by Boise Public Library and Hacker Hours Boise.

For more information, visit http://www.meetup.com/hackerhoursboise/

Room: Sycamore Room
Registration Required: No
Contact Phone: 972-8320
Library Branch: Library! at Collister
Type of Event: Books & Reading
Age: Adults

Join us for a lively discussion of this month’s title

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Contact Email: askalibrarian@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8255
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Books & Reading
Age: Adults

Join Rediscovered Books in welcoming international bestselling author Karin Slaughter. She’ll talk about and read from her new book The Kept Woman, a continuation of her Will Trent series.

Books will be available for purchase from Rediscovered Books on site the night of the event. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Friends of the Boise Public Library. This event is free and open to the public.

Slaughter is the #1 internationally bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the Will Trent and Grant County series and the instant New York Times bestseller Pretty Girls.

Room: Marion Bingham Room
Contact Email: askalibrarian@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 972-8255
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities
Age: Adults

7 p.m. Morrison Center. The Honors College Distinguished Lecture Series at Boise State presents David Brooks, “Character and the Common Good.” This event is free, no tickets are required. David Brooks has a gift for bringing audiences face to face with the spirit of our times with humor, insight and quiet passion. He is a keen observer of the American way of life and a savvy analyst of present-day politics and foreign affairs. He holds several prestigious positions as a commentator including bi-weekly op-ed columnist for The New York Times and regular analyst on PBS NewsHour and NPR’s All Things Considered. For more information, please visit morrisoncenter.com/events.