Kids get to hang out with their friends in the library. Parents and couples get some time together to watch a movie and hang out with their peers. Everybody wins – and it’s free. Limited to 30 families. Registration required.
Move over, Cherry Garcia. Ben & Jerry’s eat your heart out. This summer, make your very own ice cream flavors during Brain Freeze – an ice cream flavor competition that embraces the unique and delicious.
Build something fantastic in a room full of thousands of LEGOs, Cobis and SuperStructs. Create your own fantasy worlds and characters in this interactive program for kids. Space is limited; registration required.
Join us at the library for an afternoon of great movies and snacks.
Enjoy children’s literature with books. Appropriate for ages 6-12.
Enjoy a new theme every week with activities, stories, and a craft. Appropriate for ages 3-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Find some fantastic websites that will take you away without ever leaving home.
Meet with fellow writers (active or aspiring) to talk about your work, get ideas, or just find out what they are writing about. Be inspired!
Join this fun adult group as we discuss Charles J. Shield’s Mockingbird. Refreshments will be served.
This summer at Anythink, we’ll explore destinations – real and imaginary. Kick off your summer explorations with a Bon Voyage party at your local Anythink for fun photos, "mocktails" and plan your summer itinerary with your mySummer scrapbook.
What mysteries does the library hold? Follow clues throughout the library and win great prizes during the Anythink scavenger hunt.
Learn about the tools and techniques archaeologists use on their explorations. Dig and discover this summer during this fun family program.
Play a variety of video games on our Wii and Xbox, or challenge your friends at a board game.
Make friends while practicing your English skills with fellow learners. Share your culture and learn about others.
Teens, come read and discuss your favorite teen titles.
This summer at Anythink, we’ll explore destinations – real and imaginary. Kick off your summer explorations with a Bon Voyage party at your local Anythink for fun photos, "mocktails" and plan your summer itinerary with your mySummer scrapbook.
Sing, dance, play games and learn how to play some basic instruments. Parents and siblings are welcome. There are no books or crafts at this program. Appropriate for ages 2-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
A lapsit story time for children under 3 years of age who can walk. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
This summer at Anythink, we’ll explore destinations – real and imaginary. Kick off your summer explorations with a Bon Voyage party at your local Anythink for fun photos, “mocktails” and plan your summer itinerary with your mySummer scrapbook.
This summer at Anythink, we’ll explore destinations – real and imaginary. Kick off your summer explorations with a Bon Voyage party at your local Anythink for fun photos, “mocktails” and plan your summer itinerary with your mySummer scrapbook.
Join us as we read a variety of poetry.
Sing, dance, play games and learn how to play some basic instruments. Parents and siblings are welcome. There are no books or crafts at this program. Appropriate for ages 2-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Sing, dance, play games and learn how to play some basic instruments. Parents and siblings are welcome. There are no books or crafts at this program. Appropriate for ages 2-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Enjoy a new theme every week with activities, stories, and a craft. Appropriate for ages 3-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Learn how to use a mouse, a keyboard, scroll bars, and the internet; all the skills that will get you ready to use the library’s computers on your own. Registration strongly recommended. Please call or visit the library.
Family Place Libraries™ is a network of children’s librarians nationwide who believe that literacy begins at birth, and that libraries can help build healthy communities by nourishing healthy families. Parents and caregivers with children ages 0-3 are welcome to sign up for this five-week series beginning May 5, 2010. Participation will be limited to 12 families. Different childhood experts will be on hand to talk to parents and play with children. Each week, new learning and exploration activities will be offered.
Every week there is something different: paints, crafting clay, beading, duct tape. Stop in and join us in making something fun.
Sing, dance, play games and learn how to play some basic instruments. Parents and siblings are welcome. There are no books or crafts at this program. Appropriate for ages 2-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Enjoy a new theme each week with stories. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
This is a lapsit story time for non-walkers. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Learn how to use a mouse, a keyboard, scroll bars, and the internet; all the skills that will get you ready to use the library’s computers on your own. Registration strongly recommended. Please call or visit the library.
Step back from the computer and put down that Xbox controller. Experience games of adventure with just your imagination and a handful of dice.
Enjoy a new theme every week with activities, stories, and a craft. Appropriate for ages 3-6. Space is limited; registration is required. Please call or visit the service desk.
Meet with fellow writers (active or aspiring) to talk about your work, get ideas, or just find out what they are writing about. Be inspired!
Come out every Saturday morning at 8 am to work in the Anythink Brighton Community Garden at N. 11th Ave and Denver St. in Brighton. All ages welcome. Portions of the crop will go to charity.
Celebrate the last day of school with food, games, and fun. For grades 6-12.
The Midnight Knifty Knitters, Anythink Bennett’s adult knitting club, meets every Thursday in front of the fireplace to knit. Please bring your own supplies.
Help us decide on upcoming programming for the library and pick out a good read for the coming month.
Use this time to share critiques and fine-tune your writing skills. Short stories, essays, school work, poetry, ‘zines or the Great American Novel, it’s up to your imagination.
Walkers through the age of 3 will have fun hearing stories, learning nursery rhymes, singing songs, and playing games – lots of fun for little ones and their caretakers. Programs are limited to 20 toddlers to give them the best experience. Please visit the service desk to register.
This half hour program is for children ages 3-6 and their caregivers, although any one is invited to attend. Enjoy books and activities together and hear special tips to help your young one learn the steps to basic literacy.
Walkers through the age of 3 will have fun hearing stories, learning nursery rhymes, singing songs, and playing games – lots of fun for little ones and their caretakers. Programs are limited to 20 toddlers to give them the best experience. Please visit the service desk to register.
Start using Microsoft Publisher to create flyers, handouts, advertisements, calendars, menus, newsletters and so much more.
Being a parent is wonderful, but sometimes you long to talk to another adult. This unstructured time is for parents and caretakers to visit with each other before formal story time begins.
Family Place Libraries™ is a network of children’s librarians nationwide who believe that literacy begins at birth, and that libraries can help build healthy communities by nourishing healthy families. Parents and caregivers with children ages 0-3 are welcome to sign up for this five-week series beginning May 5, 2010. Participation will be limited to 12 families. Different childhood experts will be on hand to talk to parents and play with children. Each week, new learning and exploration activities will be offered.
Bring your creativity and join us for fun crafts.
Every week there is something different: paints, crafting clay, beading, duct tape. Stop in and join us in making something fun.
Sing, dance and learn to play some basic musical instruments. Ages 3-5.
Come dance, sing, play games, and strut your stuff! Designed for children ages 3 to 6 and their caretakers, this program encourages kids to be active. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes and prepare to have fun! Program is limited to 25 children so everyone has plenty of room to dance. Please visit the service desk to register.
Enjoy a new theme each week with stories and activities. Ages 3-5.
