Contact Phone: 208-972-8340
Library Branch: Library! at Hillcrest
Type of Event: Books & Reading,Games/Crafts/Activities,Meetings, Tours, Other
Age: Adults
Join the Hillcrest Ramblin’ Readers for a neighborhood walk every Tuesday. The walking club meets at the Hillcrest branch at 10:30AM for a 30 – 45 minute roundtrip walk. Participants should bring suitable footwear and water.
Room: Hayes Auditorium
Registration Required: No
Contact Name: Danielle Boyd
Contact Email: dboyd@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 2089728200
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Storytimes/Puppets/Etc.
Age: Children
Join us at Tinker Tots for a program all about play and learning. Play is an important part of early child development and an invaluable early literacy skill.
Drop in for a weekly story, skill, and educational open playtime for children ages 2-5. Children must be with an adult caregiver or parent at all times.
Room: Sycamore Room
Registration Required: Yes
Contact Name: Natalie Nation
Contact Email: nnation@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 972-8313
Library Branch: Library! at Collister
Type of Event: Coding, Robots, Other Technology,Games/Crafts/Activities,School-age Programs
Age: Children
Join us on Tuesdays for science experiments, art projects, robots, and a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) activities for awesome homeschooled kids of all ages. The target audience is grades 1-5 but younger and older children are welcome to attend and participate in alternate activities in the program. Registration is not required but helps ensure that we have enough supplies for participants. Schedule varies weekly: see weekly program subtitle for details or email nnation@cityofboise.org.
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
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