Room: Sagebrush Room
Registration Required: No
Contact Phone: 972-8300
Library Branch: Library! at Cole & Ustick
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities
Age: Children,Teens,Adults

 For experienced players or beginners looking to learn. Open to all ages. Chess sets are supplied.

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Contact Name: Kate Radford and Eliza Krumpe
Contact Email: askalibrarian@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities,Special Programs & Events
Age: Adults

Are you a Whovian, Potterhead, Trekkie, Tolkeinite, Tribute, Whedonite, or Sherlockian? Do you geek out over new superhero movies? Do you nerd out over comic books? Join others like you for game nights, activities, movie viewings, and more.

Room: YS Storywell
Contact Name: Azam Houle
Contact Email: ahoule@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 2089728200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children

Children and families are invited to join us Saturday mornings for an all ages story time with books, puppets, and songs.

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Contact Name: Eliza Krumpe and RE Zickau
Contact Email: askalibrarian@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Special Programs & Events
Age: Adults

Looking for the Lucy to your Ethel, or the Kirk to your Spock?

Then join us for an afternoon of fun and finding new friends! Speed friending gives you 2 minutes to get to know each potential friend. If you hit it off, then you can exchange contact info. Then maybe meet for coffee? Who knows! The world is your friendship oyster.

Registration is required and will open September 1st. Attendance limited to adults ages 60 and up.

1 p.m. Dona Larsen Park. For more information, please visit broncosports.com.

Contact Phone: 208-972-8340
Library Branch: Library! at Hillcrest
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities,Movies,Special Programs & Events
Age: Children,Teens,Adults

Trekkie Celebration: The Final Frontier Party
Get your away team together and discover 50 years of Star Trek. Your four-week mission: to explore strange old films, to seek out new crafts and new foods, and to boldly go where many fans have gone before.

This week’s mission: The Final Frontier Party. Join us for crafts, 3-D chess and other games, food and lots of fun.

Room: YS Storywell
Contact Name: Cherie Bussert
Contact Email: cbusset@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Books & Reading,School-age Programs
Age: Children

Children are invited to read to a registered therapy dog at Boise Public Library’s Main Library in downtown Boise!

Therapy dogs are scheduled the third and fourth Saturday of the month at 2:00 p.m. in the YS Storywell.

Room: Camas Room
Contact Phone: 972-8340
Library Branch: Library! at Hillcrest
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops/Speakers
Age: Adults

New Americans and English language learners are invited to join a moderated conversation hour every Saturday called English Corner.

English Corner is a fun, non-judgmental place for conversation and shared learning. Participants can practice speaking English with both volunteer native speakers and others who are learning. So if you, or someone you know, is looking for free, welcoming environment to learn, please join the conversation!

Room: Sagebrush Room
Registration Required: No
Contact Phone: 972-8300
Library Branch: Library! at Cole & Ustick
Type of Event: Special Programs & Events
Age: Children

“No job is too big and no pup is too small!” The Library! at Cole & Ustick invites 2-8 year-olds and their parents to join Marshall, Chase, Skye and the rest of the crew for a fun afternoon of Paw Patrol stories, games, activities, pup trivia and a prize drawing. The party will run from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 24 in the library’s Sagebrush Room. 

Watch for a special appearance by the Boise Police Department’s goodhearted pup and mascot, Scout.  Paw-perroni pizza, pup-corn, and other treats will be served, while supplies last. Dress in your favorite Paw Patrol gear and bring a friend.

1 p.m. Boas Soccer Complex. 1507 S. Oakland, Boise. For more information, visit broncosports.com.