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Happily Ever Crafter

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Activity Room (MN)
Age Group: Early Childhood, School Age
Program Type: Storytime, Sustainability
Event Details:
Stop by the Youth Activity Room to hear a story and make a craft. The story may end but the craft lives on! All crafts will include recycled materials that you can find around your own home. Ages 4-9.  ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Disclaimer(s)

No non-family groups of 5 or more

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to accommodate non-family groups of 5 or more children at youth programs.

Summer Gardening in Arizona

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Saguaro Room (MN)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
The challenge with vegetable gardening in the low desert of Arizona comes when temperatures soar in the hot, dry summer months.  It is possible to have a productive vegetable garden in hot climates during the summer heat. With Master Gardener An...

Craft-ish: Upcycled Wind Chimes

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: THINKspot at Main
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
We will be transforming wire hangers into outdoor mobiles, a wonderful addition to any backyard.  Supplies are limited.  ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Heat-Proof Desert Gardening

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Saguaro Room (MN)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Special Program, Sustainability
Event Details:
Rising summer temperatures add additional stress to plants in your garden - and to you! However, there are strategies to help your garden become more resilient to hot temperatures.  In this class, Noelle Johnson, AZ Plant Lady, will share her fa...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Teen Time: Blackout Poetry

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Dobson Ranch Library
Room: Dobson Meeting Room (DR)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
Celebrate National Poetry Month by creating your own poetic masterpiece from old book pages. Teen Time is a chance for teens to hang out, create, play and learn with a different topic each time. ...

Preschool Lab

10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Dobson Ranch Library
Room: Dobson Meeting Room (DR)
Age Group: Early Childhood
Program Type: Storytime, Sustainability
Event Details:
A STEAM based Storytime that has hands on explorations that introduces computational skills to help kids get ready for kindergarten. For ages 3-5.  Supplies are limited. ...

Ask A Master Gardener

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Red Mountain Library
Room: Program Room (RM)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are certified volunteers who answer questions about gardening, landscaping, plant identification, and plant problems. If you have been wondering when, what, where, and how to plant your ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Creative Container Gardening

10:30am - 11:30am
Library Branch: Dobson Ranch Library
Room: Dobson Meeting Room (DR)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational, Special Program, Sustainability
Event Details:
Get container gardening tips from the AZ Plant Lady®. Noelle Johnson, Phoenix-based landscape consultant and author of Dry Climate Gardening, will discuss how to create, grow and maintain beautiful container plants in our hot, dry climate. ...

Bird Watching Bingo & Crafts

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Activity Room (MN)
Age Group: Children, School Age
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
Celebrate Earth Day with sustainable crafts and a bingo bird-watching challenge. A take-home bird feeder craft will also be provided. Ages 6-12.   ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Build with Giant Blocks

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Dobson Ranch Library
Room: Dobson Meeting Room (DR)
Age Group: School Age, Family
Program Type: STEAM, Sustainability
Event Details:
Everyone loves building with blocks. We are recycling our cardboard boxes and turning them into giant building blocks. Building with blocks helps children work through the process of balance, weight distribution, and engineering skills in a playful e...

Butterfly Gardening in the Desert

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Red Mountain Library
Room: Program Room (RM)
Age Group: Adult, Family
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
Butterflies are one of a garden’s most beautiful insects, but they also play an important role as pollinators. Discover more about our local butterfly species and gain tips on how to create a butterfly garden. Any garden, big or small, can become a b...

Craft-ish: Stained Glass Suncatchers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: THINKspot at Main
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
Create a stunning suncatcher to brighten up your window. We provide the materials and you provide the imagination.   Supplies are limited.  ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

STEAM for Tweens: Spaghetti Towers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Dobson Ranch Library
Room: Dobson Meeting Room (DR)
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Educational, STEAM, Sustainability
Event Details:
Stretch your imagination using science! Each month we'll do hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, art, or math. Grades 2-6. This month you'll be building Spaghetti Towers.   ...

Disclaimer(s)

IBCCES Autism Certified

The Dobson Ranch Library is IBCCES Autism Certified. IBCCES trains/certifies organizations to better serve individuals with cognitive disorders. These ideals are incorporated at all Dobson Ranch Library programs. If you have any concerns or need to request specific accommodations for you or your child, please contact us.

Craf-TEEN

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Teen Zone (MN)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
This isn't your ordinary craft program. Learn how to transform everyday items into works of art.  This month we will be taking old book pages and turning them into a wreath.  Supplies are limited. Ages 12-18  ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

How to be a Citizen Scientist with Sci-Starter

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Activity Room (MN)
Age Group: Children, School Age
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
Find out how to help real scientists do their research with Citizen Science. Our Sci-Starter presenter will teach us how to use the tools in the Observing Pollinators Kit to collect data on bees! Ages 8-12 ...

Teen Advisory Board

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Red Mountain Library
Room: Program Room (RM)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Entertainment, Sustainability
Event Details:
This month we'll be upcycling found items and recycled materials to make mobiles and windchimes. Teen Advisory Board (TAB) members meet monthly to focus on what the library can do for teens and what teens can do for the library by brainstorming pr...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Happily Ever Crafter

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Youth Activity Room (MN)
Age Group: Children, School Age
Program Type: Storytime, Sustainability
Event Details:
Stop by the Youth Activity Room to hear a story and make a craft. The story may end but the craft lives on! All crafts will include recycled materials that you can find around your own home. Ages 4-9.  ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Disclaimer(s)

No non-family groups of 5 or more

PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to accommodate non-family groups of 5 or more children at youth programs.

Craft-ish: Cereal Box Organizers

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: THINKspot at Main
Age Group: Tween
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
Learn how to transform a cereal box into a file organizer.  We will be using decorative washi tape to make the organizer.   Supplies are limited. ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Craft Night: Cardboard Roll Art

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: THINKspot at Main
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
Begin your crafting journey with this evening adult program each month. All skills are welcome to explore their artistic side in making a variety of crafts. This month's program we will use cut cardboard rolls to make art. ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Book Swap for Kids

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Red Mountain Library
Room: Program Room (RM)
Age Group: Family, All Ages
Program Type: Entertainment, Sustainability
Event Details:
Bring a book, take a book. Swap your good condition books for something new to read. Kids Need to Read will be here with new copies of books to choose from. Best for kids prereader through elementary school.  ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

For the Thrill of Quill - Adults

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: THINKspot at Main
Room: THINKspot @MN
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational, Entertainment, Instructional, Sustainability
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
Learn this amazing paper spinning technique that blends strips of recycled paper and creativity. Turn your design into a card or a piece of recycled art for your wall. We'll provide instructions and supplies, you bring the imagination. This progra...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Craf-TEEN

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Main Library
Room: Teen Zone (MN)
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
This isn't your ordinary craft program. Learn how to transform everyday items into works of art.  In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will be taking old book pages and turning them into a lei.  Supplies...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Ask A Master Gardener

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Red Mountain Library
Room: Program Room (RM)
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Educational, Sustainability
Event Details:
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are certified volunteers who answer questions about gardening, landscaping, plant identification, and plant problems. If you have been wondering when, what, where, and how to plant your ...

This program supports the City of Mesa’s Climate Action Plan (MCAP), a Mayor and Council priority initiative to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, build resilience in our community, and address the negative outcomes of a changing climate.

Learn about the Library’s sustainability efforts
Get tips on living green

Craft Night: Book Page Flowers

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Dobson Ranch Library
Room: Dobson Meeting Room (DR)
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Craft, Sustainability
Event Details:
Try your hand at a low-stakes craft night. This month we'll be making book page flowers. Ages 14+ ...