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Library Branch: Off Site
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Can you read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten? We bet you can! Reading aloud to your young child is one of the best ways to help build your child's early literacy skills. Stop by the Library today to get started!

This event is in the "Teens" group.

Now Hiring: High School Summer Interns

04/19/2024 @ 3:15pm - 06/15/2024 @ 10:15pm
Other
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

The San Juan Island Library is now hiring for our 2024 High School Summer Interns. Help with Summer Reading Program events for children and teens, earn extra money, and gain work experience for your employment and college applications!

This event is in the "Kids" group.

2024 Bookmark Contest for Grades K-5th

All Day 5/1 - 6/2
Literary, Other, Summer Reading Program
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Literary, Other, Summer Reading Program
Event Details:

Our 2024 Bookmark Contest is underway. We dropped off 400 bookmark templates to our local schools so that all students in grades K-5th can participate.

This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Main Salon
Age Group: Kids, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Literary
Event Details:

Join us for an all-day celebration of comic books! We'll be having an all-day graphic novel read-in event complete with free comic books, snacks, and other giveaways.

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Presentation
Event Details:

Join local comic book author and artist Thor Jensen as he shares his tips and tricks to succeed in comics (and everything else!).

 

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Comics for Weirdos with Alchemy Art Center

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day by making your own comics! Join Alchemy staff and make a weird comic by looking at cool examples, trying out different materials, and sharing your ideas with others.

 

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Teen Library Council

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Other
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Teen Library Council is a space for tweens and teens to come together to socialize and create the Library that they want.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech Café

10:00am - 12:00pm
Technology
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Stop into Tech Café to get tech help with smartphones, computers, tablets, hardware, apps, and more.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: English Learners
Event Details:

Un grupo conversacional informal en apoyo del aprendizaje de Inglés. Sin cargo y abierto al publico, de 7:00 a 8:00 pm, presentado por la Biblioteca San Juan Island. Favor de entrar por la puerta lateral.

 

This event is in the "Pre-K" group.
This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Reading with Rover - Read to a Dog

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Literary, Other
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Age Group: Pre-K, Kids, Tweens, Teens, Everyone
Program Type: Literary, Other
Event Details:

Stop by the Children's Area of the Library to meet the Reading with Rover dogs. Say hello, read or show them a story, and get paw stickers!

This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

Visual Writing Workshop: Engaging With Art in Your Writing

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Literary, Workshop
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Literary, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Love the visual arts? Love creative writing? This generative ekphrastic writing class will delight anyone who’s interested in discovering how engaging with the visual arts can ignite their stories, essays, and poems.

This event is in the "Babies" group.
This event is in the "Pre-K" group.

Baby Toddler Time

10:00am - 12:00pm
Storytime
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies, Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Baby Toddler Time is a storytime and play group designed for caregivers with infants and toddlers. We will explore Playing, Reading, Rhyming, and Singing combined with plenty of social and play time to support your littl

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Knitting Underground

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Arts & Crafts
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Main Salon
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us every Thursday for knitting and conversation in front of the library fireplace!

This event is in the "Kids" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, Tweens
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Enjoy popcorn and a movie with your friends! Free, no registration required. The Goonies is rated PG with a running time of 1 hr and 53 mins. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Clases de Inglés - Family Resource Center

7:00pm - 8:00pm
English Learners
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: English Learners
Event Details:

Private reservation for English Language Learning class hosted by missionary volunteer English teachers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

This event is in the "Pre-K" group.

Preschool Story Play

10:00am - 12:00pm
Storytime
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Pre-K
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join us for Preschool Story Play, an interactive literacy and play-based storytime designed for children ages 3-5. Older and younger siblings welcome!

This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.

Dungeons & Dragons for Teens

3:30pm - 5:30pm
Games & Fun, Performance
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Program Type: Games & Fun, Performance
Event Details:

Youth in grades 6-12, join us for an afternoon of D&D.

Players of all (or no!) experience levels: Join us for a friendly open D&D campaign. Content is subject to change to include other table top RPGs.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Room: In the Community
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

The Friends of the San Juan Island Library present a Jane Austin Mother's Day Tea as a library fundraiser!

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Open Mic Night for Writers

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Literary, Workshop
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Main Salon
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Literary, Workshop
Event Details:

Calling all writers! Read your work in this monthly Open Mic event. 

These are hybrid events; join us in person at the library or email Pam at sjiopenmic@gmail.com for the Zoom link.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Mullis Center Book Club

1:15pm - 2:15pm
Book Club
Registration Open
Registration
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Virtual Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the Mullis Center Book Club for a Zoom meeting, when we will discuss our selected title of the month.

 

The book list for 2024 so far:

January: A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tech Café

10:00am - 12:00pm
Technology
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Event Details:

Stop into Tech Café to get tech help with smartphones, computers, tablets, hardware, apps, and more.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: San Juan Island Library
Room: Main Salon
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: English Learners
Event Details:

Un grupo conversacional informal en apoyo del aprendizaje de Inglés. Sin cargo y abierto al publico, de 7:00 a 8:00 pm, presentado por la Biblioteca San Juan Island. Favor de entrar por la puerta lateral.