Room: Lemhi Room
Contact Phone: 972-8340
Library Branch: Library! at Hillcrest
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children

Babies storytime for ages 0-23 months.

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Registration Required: No
Contact Name: Azam Houle
Contact Email: ahoule@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 2089728200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children

For children ages 2-5.

This program will be replaced with a puppet show one Friday each month, generally the first Friday.

Room: Sycamore Room
Contact Phone: 208-972-8320
Library Branch: Library! at Collister
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children

Play is an important part of early literacy, which is why we have designed a drop in play time just for you and your children. It is designed to provide a safe, educational, and fun environment for children ages 0-4. Children must be with an adult caregiver or parent at all times.

Room: Sagebrush Room
Registration Required: No
Contact Phone: 972-8300
Library Branch: Library! at Cole & Ustick
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children

Stories and music for children ages 0-3.

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Contact Name: Jody Vestal
Contact Email: jvestal@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8226
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Books & Reading
Age: Adults

The fall theme is “King Lear and His Daughters”. 

Friday, September 23. William Shakespeare, King Lear. Join us for a discussion and group reading of the play with Shakespearean experts as well as groundlings from Boise State University’s Hemingway Literary Center faculty.

Book discussions are help at the Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., from 12:10 to 1:00 PM, and are free and open to the public.  Books are available at Rediscovered Books on 8th Street between Main and Idaho which gives a 10% discount and at the BSU Bookstore in the Student Union Building (426-1362), which gives a 25% discount.  For more information, contact BSU English Professor Cheryl Hindrichs, cherylhindrichs@boisestate.edu .

book discussion

Room: Lemhi Room
Contact Phone: 208-972-8340
Library Branch: Library! at Hillcrest
Type of Event: Games/Crafts/Activities,School-age Programs
Age: Children

Kids! Join us every Friday after school for LEGO® and DUPLO®, board games, science, or arts and crafts!

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.