Upcoming Events

Join us and the Clear Head Adult Day Care for a craft or art project each week! Caretaker must be present. 

This event includes stories and activities for children 3 to 7 years

Stories, songs, and activities for toddlers ages 0-3! Please call the Children’s Desk at (504) 364-3664 ahead for the latest information. 

Join us for books, songs, and play! Our program starts with stories and songs before our weekly activity. This event is for toddlers and preschool children.

Come join a professional artist at River Ridge Library to learn how to draw still lifes in color. Topics will include: color theory, use of charcoal and pastel, duotone drawing, layering color, texture and blending.

Adults interested in poetry, music, and writing are invited to share and discuss poems and songs by either their favorite artists or their own original creative work in a group setting.

This event includes stories and art activities for children ages 3 to 9 years old. Supplies are limited. 

Book: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey by Lucille Colandro

Art: Turkey Plate

Come help us kickoff Fall this year with a great book and autumn craft. 

This event includes stories and activities for children up to 11 years old. 

This event includes stories for children ages 3 to 9 years old. This event is held in the Children's area.

Join us after school for an hour of crafts, games, and activities designed to help support reading, math, and other skills for kids of all ages. Programs will rotate weekly.

Project: Finish projects and work on skills. Bring your own project to work on or work on one of ours. Teenagers and Adults, yarn and hooks provided or bring your own.

Stop by after school and make something cool! Either learn to crochet and make your own blankets or clothes or learn to create collage art. All supplies will be provided. 

Hey teens, join us for an exciting Bingo afternoon at the library! Get ready to shout 'Bingo!' as you compete for awesome prizes. It's a fun way to hang out with friends, enjoy snacks, and win cool rewards.

This event is for players, experienced and new, to join adventures across different continents, fighting different villains, saving town’s people and slaying some dragons!

Paper crafting is the art of making 3D objects out of paper. Supplies will be provided. Adults and teens are welcome. This event is held on the first Wednesday of each month.

The New Neighbor Project will offer a series of in-person English as a Second Language classes. English as a second or foreign language is a language education program for people learning English.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Howl's Moving Castle, join us at Westwego as we watch three of Studio Ghibli's most popular anime films: Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service, and My Neighbor Totoro

Watch & Learn Wednesdays is an evening to watch video tutorials on Creativebug, YouTube, and other sources, and explore the concepts with the group using materials in our collection. Bring a notebook to take notes.

Monthly meeting of the East Jefferson Italian American Society.

Come and join us Thursday mornings at 10:00am for Pre-School Storytime in the Meeting Room. Have fun in an interactive learning environment practicing early literacy skills. Designed for children 18 months to 7 years old.

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