Welcome back to the Early Literacy Center at the library! On Wednesday mornings, we are inviting you to come play with us! Each week we will feature a different playscape in the Early Literacy center, along with suggestions of how to engage your child in guided play. (Ages 0–5 Years; Early Literacy Center) Week 1: Blocks and Building Week 2: ...
September 1–30 Library Hours Help us create a colorful collaboration, one sticker at a time! Our “Let’s Stick Together” project is a color-coded poster grid with a colored sticker for each square. Everyone is invited to work on it when they come by the Pine Bluffs Branch Library. Using the color key, place a few stickers or complete a whole ...
September 1–21 Library Hours The International Day of Peace is observed around the world each year on September 21st. We will be celebrating this global day by participating in the Peace Crane Project. Families and individuals of all ages will be able to write special notes to our sister group and make a crane of peace to send a message ...
September 1–30 Library Hours This educational poster exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City recounts the events of September 11, 2001 through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. Told across 14 posters, this exhibition includes archival photographs and images of artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection. The posters will be on ...
Let’s kick off Library Card Sign-Up Month with Bingo! Join us at via Zoom for a Bingo session on September 1st. Grab another Bingo card to continue the fun all month long; mark a space when you get a new library card or use your library card to check out items. When you make a Bingo, you win a prize. ...
September 2–30 Library Hours Are you in it to win it? Each week in September try the weekly minute-to-win-it challenge and you could win prizes! You will have 60 seconds to successfully complete each week’s challenge such as the stack attack and marshmallow transfer. (Grades K–12; Burns Branch Library)
September 2–30 Library Hours This educational poster exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City recounts the events of September 11, 2001 through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. Join the Burns Branch Library all month long in commemorating 9/11 by viewing the poster exhibit, checking out books from the 9/11 book ...
September 2–30 Library Hours September is Library Card Sign-Up Month and the Burns Branch Library will be handing out punch cards to anyone who signs up for a new card! You will also receive one free punch to get you started on your reading journey. Missing your card or haven’t used yours in a while? No worries! Have your card ...
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, this event is cancelled. Please visit our events calendar for some virtual and outdoor options! Gaming alone is sooo 2020! Join up with friends for our Friday Gamers Unite. We will have snacks, drinks, and, of course, games! We will kick off the fun with Mario Madness on September 3rd and then ...
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, this event is canceled. Please visit our events calendar for some virtual and outdoor options! We’re taking storytime to the museum! Head on over to the Wyoming State Museum for their Family Day event to participate in one of our early literacy storytimes and other fun activities. This month’s Family Day theme ...
Role-playing adventure is just a click away. Join our Teen D&D online community and get started on creating a character today. Don’t have a Discord account yet? No problem! Laramie County Library is now offering Discord Communities for teens to interact, chat, and play online. To participate, you will need a phone, tablet, or computer with internet connection and a ...
September 7–11 Library Hours In honor of all first responders, we invite you to pick up a craft kit and create a first responder badge. Leave your unique badge with us and we will deliver all collected badges to local fire departments, police and sheriff departments, and EMTs. (Children & Families; Burns Branch Library)
Join us outside the library’s west entrance at Performance Park for an interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement, and more! In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Performance Park-Laramie County Library)
Welcome as the Burns Branch Library brings back storytimes! Join us at the Main Street Park gazebo for an interactive storytime session to promote early literacy through books, songs, puppets, crafts, and much more! (Pre-K; Burns Branch Library)
Join us outside the library’s west entrance at Performance Park to experience stories, stretching, and fun with a special early literacy class. In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Performance Park-Laramie County Library)
This class will give you a start in researching your Jewish ancestors in records found in the United States, Europe, and Israel. We will cover resources such as Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, and JewishGen.org, in addition to information that is located in libraries, archives, and vital record offices. (Adults; Sunflower Room)
We will offer Tales Together virtually once a week! This early literacy class is great for children aged 18 months to 5 years and will be held Thursdays at 9:30am. Join each week’s class, by clicking the link below and entering the unique passcode. If you have not yet received the passcode, please request it by emailing yosevents@lclsonline.org. September Virtual Tales ...
Brown Bag Book Club will meet twice during the month of September. We will review the first half of the book on the 9th and the second half on the 23rd. Participants can bring a “brown bag” meal and desserts and drinks will be provided. This month we will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie. RSVP for this event above to ...
Join us for an introduction to sculpting using Premo Sculpey. Attendees will learn the basics in working with Sculpey: manipulating the material, color mixing, shape building, and applying various surface treatments and textures. RSVP for the event above. (Adults; Willow Room)
Join us outside the library’s west entrance at Performance Park to sing, sway, laugh, and play with skilled educator Laura Sutton. In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Ages 2 – 5; Early Literacy Center)
Visit the Pine Bluffs Branch Library throughout the month for a 9/11 pictorial exhibit. On September 11, join us via Zoom a commemorative program featuring a first responder to the World Trade center on 9/11, a survivor who was rescued from the debris of the Twin Towers, and Brielle Saracini and Cait Leavey who both lost their fathers on 9/11 ...
Join the Laramie County Conservation District as they teach you the benefits of correctly pruning trees in this informative class! Learn proper pruning cuts, tricks for identifying which limbs need to be removed, what you can do to alleviate future tree problems, how to create safe trees for family and property, and how to save on expensive pruning and removal ...
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, this event is cancelled. Please visit our events calendar for some virtual and outdoor options! New to the world of anime and want to explore more? Not new but ready to revisit some beloved oldies? Join us in the Sage Room for Shogun Saturday with snacks and squishy seats. (Grades 7–12; Sage ...
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, this event is canceled. Please visit our events calendar for some virtual and outdoor options! You’re invited to a party! A book party! Join us for a celebration of reading with young readers that’s a little bit early literacy class, and a little bit more! We will read and talk about books, ...
Get crafty at the Burns Branch library! In honor of 9/11, this month’s craft kit to go will be Survivor Tree leaves. The Survivor Tree located in the 9/11 Memorial Park is a symbol of hope and resiliency. Create your own leaf and write an inspiring thought or well wish to be hung on Burns Main Street Park trees for ...
This event has been canceled due to weather. Join us outside the library’s west entrance at Performance Park for an interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement, and more! In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Performance Park-Laramie County ...
In Graphic Novel Club, we will meet twice during the month of September. We will review the first half of the graphic novel on September 14th and the second half on September 28th. Participants can pick up their graphic novel to check out on the 2nd floor of the library or via the library’s curbside pick-up service. Our graphic novel ...
This month, we will create kindness rocks to pass on, leave for someone to find, or keep as an inspiration for yourself. Pick up a take-n-make craft kit from the Pine Bluffs Branch Library and use your creativity and inspirational quotes to transform the rock into a kindness rock! (Ages 8 and Older; Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
On October 31st, NASA is planning the launch of the James Webb space telescope. Come learn more about the telescope and what makes it so amazing. We will do some fun interactive space projects and you’ll even have the chance to view Neptune while it’s the closest to our planet that it will be all year! You can drop in ...
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a trivia champ? Join us for Jeopardy!® Battle for prizes and bragging rights! RSVP for the event above to receive an email with the Zoom link. (Adults; Live via Zoom)
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, this event is canceled. Please visit our events calendar for some virtual and outdoor options! September 18–24 Library Hours Trapped! In J.K.’s office . . . wait, is that so bad? It is if you’re missing the private book signing you and your friends won exclusive tickets for! You only have 25 ...
This event has been canceled due to weather. Join us outside the library’s west entrance at Performance Park for an interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement, and more! In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Performance Park-Laramie County ...
Join the Burns Branch Library in an evening discussion of The Pumpkin Eater. Author Steven W. Horn will join us to respond to questions and give insights on his book. Refreshments will be provided. Please visit with staff or call 307-547-2249 for more information. (Adults; Burns Branch Library)
This month, we will be joining the Burns Branch Library’s Dinner and a Book Club! Join in an evening discussion of The Pumpkin Eater. Author Steven W. Horn will join us to respond to questions and give insights on his book. Refreshments will be provided. Please visit with staff for more information. (Adults; Burns Branch Library)
Beginning Thursday, September 23 Library Hours Head back to Hogwarts with our magical craft bags! We have take-home craft bags for Kindergarten to 2nd graders, 3rd graders to 6th graders, and for teens in grades 7 to 12. We will be handing out fun craft bags at the 2nd floor Ask Here desk and via curbside pick-up starting Thursday, September ...
We’re starting off fall with an outdoor storytime session all about the new season featuring stories, songs, rhymes, crafts, and more! In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Pre-K; Pine Bluffs Branch Library-Mural Courtyard)
Brown Bag Book Club will meet twice during the month of September. We will review the first half of the book on the 9th and the second half on the 23rd. Participants can bring a “brown bag” meal and desserts and drinks will be provided. This month we will be reading Because of Winn-Dixie. RSVP for this event above to ...
Learn the basics of starting a business in Wyoming! We’ll cover business models and plans, legal structure and regulations for business, the reality of start-up financing, and more. Presented in partnership with the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). (Adults; Sunflower Room)
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, this event is cancelled. Please visit our events calendar for some virtual and outdoor options! Thursday, September 23: 6:30–8pm Friday, September 24: 6:30–8pm Saturday, September 25: 10:30am–3pm Time to go back to school! What’s more fun than the classes at Hogwarts? The clubs of course! But how do you know which club ...
You’re invited to come by the Pine Bluffs Branch Library and pick up a take-n-make kite kit. You can show off your creation at this year's kite festival! (Children & Families; Pine Bluffs Branch Library)
Friday, September 24 6:30–8pm Time to team up and go toe-to-toe with those who know all about You-Know-Who and the Boy Who Lived! Think you’re smarter than Hermione? Faster than a Nimbus 2000? More conniving than a Gaunt? Think you know it all? Then join our Know It All Club and assemble your team or go it alone for this ...
September 27–October 3 Library Hours Banned Books week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. During this week, we will be highlighting historically banned and challenged books. Try out our Blind Date with a Book activity, or see if you can figure out the banned or challenged characters just by looking at their silhouette! (Children, Teens, & Families; ...
September 27–October 2 Library Hours Do you know what the most challenged books of 2020 were? Find out at the Burns Branch Library with our week-long celebration of the books that unite us with reading freedom. Join in a reading challenge, banned books trivia and scavenger hunt, bookmark craft kit, and more. (All Ages; Burns Branch Library)
In Graphic Novel Club, we will meet twice during the month of September. We will review the first half of the graphic novel on September 14th and the second half on September 28th. Participants can pick up their graphic novel to check out on the 2nd floor of the library or via the library’s curbside pick-up service. Our graphic novel ...
Join Laramie County Library’s Book Discussion Group for Moloka’i by Alan Brennert. RSVP for the event above, then come to the 3rd floor Ask Here desk to check out a copy of the book. (Adults; Sunflower Room)
This event has been canceled due to weather. Join us outside the library’s west entrance at Performance Park for an interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement, and more! In the case of inclement weather, this event will be canceled. (Ages 18 Months – 5 Years; Performance Park-Laramie County ...
The cracks in the foundation lead to a body; is it the man who has been missing for five years? And is it an accident . . . or murder? Join your fellow detectives at the Burns Branch Library in solving the mystery, “The Cracks in the Wall.” You must investigate the crime scenes and carefully examine the evidence in ...
