Saturday Story Time: Vegetables

Children and their caregivers are invited to a vegetable themed story time to celebrate "Plant a Vegetable Garden" day !

Make and Take: Ocean Coral Blow Painting

Kids will make an under the ocean scene using straws to blow paint onto blue paper to look like coral and decorate with sea animals that have been precut.

Intro to Acting: Improv

Students ages 8-14 are invited to participate in improv acting games. Bring your creativity, focus, and energy

Magnetic Slime: Come Slime With Us!

Create and take home your own magnetic slime! This program is for grades 4-12. Slime is everywhere these days, but have you ever made slime with a twist? See how much fun it is to create and play with magnetic slime! Squish and stretch it like regular slime, and see how it reacts to magnets to form shapes and patterns. All supplies provided for you to take home and play with your own magnetic slime.

Bricks 'n Flicks: Freemaker Adventures, Episodes 5&6

All ages are invited to make and build with Legos while watching episodes 5 and 6 of the Lego Star Wars: Freemaker Adventures series.

Creative Minds: Game Night

Children of all ages are invited to come play a variety of board, card, and interactive games.

Storytime: Ice Cream!

Babies through preschoolers will sing, play, and listen to stories in an interactive storytime all about ice cream!

Story Time

Join us for our Storytime and Craft.

Magnetic Slime: Come Slime With Us!

Create and take home your own magnetic slime! This program is for grades 4-12. Slime is everywhere these days, but have you ever made slime with a twist? See how much fun it is to create and play with magnetic slime! Squish and stretch it like regular slime, and see how it reacts to magnets to form shapes and patterns. All supplies provided for you to take home and play with your own magnetic slime.

Saturday Movie Matinee "King Richard"

Children will enjoy watching the movie "King Richard," It follows the uplifting journey of a family whose unwavering resolve and unconditional belief ultimately delivers two of the world's greatest sports legends! Share this experience at the library with friends! Ages (12-18)

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

Did you know there is a trigger for many of the mental health issues men and women suffer? Would you like to know the underlying causes of depression and stress that many working persons endure? Join us for a Q&A with helpful insights and a discussion of many benefits from one of our regions program providers.

Scavenger Hunt for Teens

Celebrate National Scavenger Hunt Day with a scavenger hunt in the Oil City Branch Library. Bring your skills to find all the treasures we have in store for you.

Teen Time: Maker Mania Monday

Teens are welcome to join us for Maker Mania Monday and stretch their creative muscles with craft making, painting, etc.

Scavenger Hunt for Teens

Celebrate National Scavenger Hunt Day with a scavenger hunt inside the Oil City Branch Library. Bring your skills to find all the treasures we have in store for you.

Teen Time: Tinseltown Tuesday

Teens are invited to watch a movie every Tuesday afternoon. Ages 12-18. 5/3 : Drumline (2002) 5/10: Stomp The Yard (2007) 5/17: Space Jam : A new legacy (2021) 5/24: You Got Served (2004)

Teen Tuesday: #adulting

Teens are invited to learn more about "adulting." In this program we will focus on making and managing a budget, but other valuable information about credit/credit scores, filing taxes, buying and insuring a vehicle, health insurance, and first-time renting will be provided.

Teens in 3D: Hour of STEAM

Teens in 3D is an hour of FUN with hands-on activities!!!!!

Teen Tuesday: Game On!

Teens join us for teen-gaming & fun- playing boards games, video, online game and old fashion active games! Ages: (12 -18)

Beginner Computer Class

We are introducing basic computer training for beginners and seniors. Learn all about getting started with computers.

Dollar Tree Wall Decor

Patrons will create a Dollar Tree DIY wall décor craft. Registration is required.

Guided Mediatation

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

Did you know there is a trigger for many of the mental health issues men and women suffer? Would you like to know the underlying causes of depression and stress that many working persons endure? Join us for a Q&A with helpful insights and a discussion of many benefits from one of our regions program providers.

MLA Showcase Lectures

HOMOEROTIC POETRY & THE MUNDANE
Presented by Christopher Floyd
The first portion of this lecture will explore the ways contemporary LGBT poets, notably Danez Smith and Stephen S. Mills, incorporate and synthesize overt and/or covert [homo]eroticism and mundaneness in their poetry. The second portion will be a reading of poems from Christopher Floyd’s thesis collection, Stomach to Spine.

Email Basics

Do you have an email account but are not sure how to use it? Come learn the basics of how to use an email account, including what kind of information is needed to create an account, what the symbols at the top and bottoms of your emails mean, how to attach and print documents, and general email safety. Please note that we will not be setting up individual email accounts during this class.

Adult Computer Classes for Beginners: Learn Computer Basic

If you would like to learn the basics on how to use a computer, but don’t know where to start, then the David Raines Library has the class for you! Computer Basics is a hands-on 6-week class giving a very basic introduction to the parts of the computer and how to use them, focusing on its primary navigational tool, the mouse. This class is designed for people with little to no computer experience, so don’t hesitate to sign up if you fall into one of these categories. Call or visit the branch to register; space is limited.

Genealogy: FamilySearch.org

This class will teach you how to utilize the free database Familysearch.org to research family genealogy.

Cricut and Sewing Workshop

Come and enjoy a new hobby. You can learn new Cricut designs and sewing tips while having a great time at your local Library.

African American Genealogy Workshop, Part 3

Part 3's topic is Tracing your family back into slavery. Slave research is very challenging, but not impossible. Henry Bibb was a famous abolitionist, but outside of his own memoir, hardly left a trace of his life as a slave in north Louisiana in the 1840s. Henry and Mariah Means’ lives have been traced to their times as slaves on Roseneath Plantation in De Soto Parish. Contact the Genealogy Department for more information.

Adventures in Crochet

Join us for Adventures in Crochet! Bring your own project or start one with us! No experience necessary. Basic supplies provided.

Senior Chair Exercise

Nothing strenuous, but a chair exercise designed to get the body moving and the blood flowing. Ages 18+

RPG: Pathfinder

The Broadmoor Pathfinder group is looking for a few good adventurers! Pathfinder is a pen, paper, and dice roleplaying game where players take on the roles of heroes they create in a fantasy setting. Beginner and experienced players welcome! We have premade characters ready to play and dice-sets available to borrow. Please contact Broadmoor Information Services to sign-up (space is limited) and for more information.