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.

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.

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

Stories, puppets, and songs for children ages 2-3.

Room: Simplot Room
Registration Required: No
Contact Name: Jody Vestal
Contact Email: jvestal@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 972-8226
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops/Speakers,Meetings, Tours, Other
Age: Adults

Every Monday morning from 10:30 to 12:00 PM in the Simplot Room on the first floor of the Main Library Bryan Bumgarner, Healthcare for Homeless Veterans from Boise VA Medical Center, will meet with Veterans to help connect them with essential VA services like housing and medical care.  Please stop by and visit with Bryan.

Room: Marion Bingham Room
Contact Name: RE Zickau
Contact Email: askalibrarian@cityofboise.org
Contact Phone: 208-972-8255
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops/Speakers,Special Programs & Events
Age: Adults

Make the most of your lunch break with a refreshing, 30 minute meditation session— the perfect break for a busy Monday!

An instructor from Shine Yoga Collective will lead a guided meditation. All participants are welcome, including first-time meditators.

Room: Hayes Auditorium
Contact Phone: 972-8255
Library Branch: Main Library
Type of Event: Classes/Workshops/Speakers
Age: Adults

Volunteer law students and on-site supervising attorneys offer free, short-term legal advice and one-on-one assistance to those who cannot afford legal representation. Note:  you must be checked in by 5:30 p.m.

The Clinics are open to any low-income resident on a first-come first-serve basis. Any information provided to a volunteer is kept confidential. Note that legal volunteers cannot file for you or appear in court on your behalf.

The law clinics are provided on the second and fourth Monday each month by the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association in partnership with Concordia University School of Law, the University of Idaho, the City of Boise and Boise Public Library.