Event List

Join Dino Crew at the library for the ultimate dinosaur experience filled with action packed entertainment, roaring excitement and jaw dropping fun.

Take a blast into the past and learn how humans used pictures and drawings (known as Petroglyphs) to communicate and tell stories for future generations. Then, design your own petroglyph using clay and paint. 

Are you a fan of the Pokémon© Trading Card Game? Then the Red Mountain Trading Card Game Club is the place for you! Bring your most powerful Pokémon© deck to the library and play against other kids in your community.

Learn to sew as a beginner or bring a project and socialize as a more advanced sewer. Come learn together and meet other sewers.

Try your hand at a low-stakes craft night. This month we'll be making pinhole art.

Learn about 3D printing and paint a 3D printed mini dinosaur. 

If you have questions about the equipment in THINKspot, our THINKspot Librarian is available to help you turn your project idea into a concrete action plan.

This is a drop-in program; no appointment is necessary.

It's time to get messy! Leave the cleanup to us and join us monthly for fun, messy activities. This month we will be painting with a twist. You are not allowed to use a paintbrush. Ages 6-12.

Join As You Wish for a step-by-step instructional painting of a 12-ounce mug! Mugs will be brought back to As You Wish to be kiln-fired, and library staff will contact participants when the mugs are ready to be picked up!

Mesa Public Library is excited to partner with the Arizona State Library and welcome Oscar Mancinas as our Writer in Residence from May 18 to July 18.

Don’t be bored, play a board game! Join us for an open-play board game afternoon where kids and families can relax, play, and connect. We’ll provide the games—you bring the fun.

Get started with creating your own junk journal. Junk journals are like scrap books but created using found materials and ephemera, such as stickers, ticket stubs, receipts, flyers, and more.

This workshop will examine different approaches for brainstorming, outlining, and beginning to draft a story.

Mesa Public Library is excited to partner with the Arizona State Library and welcome Oscar Mancinas as our Writer in Residence from May 18 to July 18.

Mesa Celebrates 250! Learn about Juneteenth and make a craft to celebrate this important holiday.

Fuel up with healthy food and enjoy an activity provided by the library. Meals must be eaten on-site. Ages birth-18.

Join us as we celebrate America 250 with a variety of classic films. Each week, we will show a family-friendly film that is considered an American Classic. This week's title: The Princess Bride (1987)

Tyler Spencer's Didgeridoo Down Under Show combines funky didgeridoo rhythms, worldly percussive beats, and audience participation. You'll learn about Indigenous Australian music, how didgeridoos are made and more ...