Day Calendar

Did you know there is so much more to understanding math concepts that learning to count? In this series of take home kits, we will include different manipulatives to use in developing a variety of skills for future math whizzes.

All ages are welcome to grab a Halloween take home kit to celebrate the holiday! Each kit will include a few activities to do at home to get you ready for the spooky weekend! Feel free to dress for the occasion when you pick your kit up.

This program is designed for parents and children ages 2-5 to do together. Each kit contains crinkle paper, plastic spiders, and tweezers for sensory play as well as to practice fine motor skills.

There has been a murder at the zoo! Challenge your inner detective and solve the mystery. Follow the clues provided in the kit, work alone or with friends and family, and connect the dots to find the killer.

Join us for a StoryWalk® around Bethany Library. Enjoy nature and Bethany's walking trails as you read a story. The story changes every month so drop by to catch a different story.

Get ready for El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) by decorating sugar skulls. El Dia de los Muertos is a Latino holiday celebrated Oct. 31-Nov.

This is a take home kit for teens and adults. Kit contains the supplies to make a yarn spider web.

Please register ahead of time.

Are you a horror fan? How well do you know your horror films? Take a stab at our Classic Horror Film Challenge! On our horror book display are 25 numbered movie stills (screenshots) that correspond to a classic horror film.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Thanks to this kit, I ain’t afraid of no ghosts! Using the supplies provided, create your own ghost, ectoplasmic slime, and little Ghostbuster just in time for the spookiest, ghost-iest month of all!

Exercise your creativity by joining the 2021 Kids Create Art Contest! We're now accepting submissions from artists ages 5-12 in the following categories:

November is National Novel Writing Month! Kick off your novel writing journey with this take home kit full of handy resources and yummy treats. Join our Discord to connect with other teen writers in our area.

Register for your own Paranormal Salt Dough Ornament! Kit will include ornament, paint and paintbrush for decorating your ornament.

Glitter, glitter everywhere! Who doesn't love shiny, sparkly glitter?! Stop by the Downtown Library to pick up a Glitter Cobweb Take Home Kit. Participants will use glue and glitter to create beautiful cobwebs. All supplies included.

November is National Novel Writing Month, and your library has the tools to prepare you for the challenge!

Interested in the paranormal? Do you like to create stories? Please participate in the Downtown Library's Paranormal Writing Contest!

Sign up for your own personalized book box, filled with some great new YA reads selected just for YOU. You'll receive 2 new YA books (published in the last 1 to 1.5 years) checked out to your library card along with some fabulous fun treats.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer's and other dementias.

The Midwest City Library wants to do its part in keeping love ones engaged, keep treasured memories, and keepsakes for generations to come.

Using the straw blown watercolor technique, create your own creepy forest landscape.

Rejoice in the colors and textures of Fall! Your little one will get a get full of Fall surprises to explore and enjoy.

Calling all geocachers (and scavenger hunt enthusiasts)! The Community Libraries have hidden caches all over eastern Oklahoma County. Explore the communities of Choctaw, Harrah, Jones, Luther, and Nicoma Park while hunting for the caches.

Born of a desire to show the similarities and differences among Oklahoma City residents, the Shared Language Poetry Project invites people of all ages to create poetry that is unified by shared words.

Every October on Twitter and other Social Media platforms, creators give out a daily art prompt. This year, Ralph Ellison, will hold it's own draw-lloween.

Have you ever watched the show Nailed It? Well, this is your time to shine. Throughout the month of October teens have the chance to nail it or fail it!

Celebrate this spooky time of year by diving into an ooey, gooey science project with Ralph Ellison (we're making SLIME). Not sure how slime and STEM relate? Come pick up a kit and find out!

Have you ever heard of the art of Bargello? Bargello is a type of needlepoint embroidery consisting of upright flat stitches laid in a mathematical pattern to create motifs. Sounds a little science-y, but looks amazing!

Have you always wanted to try making realistic looking wounds like the movies?
This is the perfect creepy Take Home Kit for you!

Create your own paper chain wall hanging! Each kit will include directions and most things you need to make one decorative piece of wall art.
You will need to find a stick to hang your masterpiece from before you begin.

Calling all teens! We need your help designing our teen volunteer t-shirts for Summer Reading 2022. The theme of next summer's program is Oceans of Possibility. The chosen artwork will appear on all teen volunteer t-shirts for next summer.