Week Calendar

Little ones will explore board books, fingerplays, and lap-bounce activities to encourage language development, brain
stimulation, and socialization. Connect with other parents too!

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills, discover new words, while exploring letters and sounds. Learn with music, picture books, rhymes and even explore other languages.

Clemmons Cookbook Club members choose a recipe from a preselected book, make the recipe, and bring it in for tasting. Everyone is welcome, but you must bring a dish to share.

Join us as we explore board books, finger plays and lap-bounce activities that help encourage language development, brain stimulation, and socialization.

Join Miss Priscilla at the Reynolda Manor Branch Library weekly on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. for a fun-filled 30 minutes of stories, songs, and more.

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills and discover new words while exploring letters and sounds. They'll learn with music, picture books, rhymes, and even explore other languages.

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories and songs to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for 3-5-year-olds and their caregivers. 

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills, discover new words, while exploring letters and sounds. Learn with music, picture books, rhymes and even explore other languages.

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories and songs to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Today's theme is Halloween. Wear your costume if you want to!

Children will discover new words and build early literacy skills in English and Spanish through stories, songs, and activities. 

Recommended for children ages 2-4.

Tai Chi is a form of gentle exercise, a method of moving meditation and a means of cultivating health and well-being. Tai Chi is suitable for all ages and abilities so it's never too late to start. 

Our monthly Witchy Washy and Whatnot Crafting group is a great way to meet other crafters and learn to make all sorts of fun projects, many of which include the use of washi tape! 

Our monthly Witchy Washy and Whatnot Crafting group is a great way to meet other crafters and to learn to make all sorts of fun projects, many of which include the use of washi tape!

Tatting is an art technique that involves tying knots to make lace.

Through stories and interactive play, toddlers will build language skills and discover new words while exploring letters and sounds. They'll learn with music, picture books, rhymes, and even explore other languages.

Engage your preschoolers with stories, songs and activities that promote language and pre-reading skill development to help facilitate their growth into successful readers. 

Want to preserve your personal histories by digitizing photographs, documents, and other heirlooms? Want to help the North Carolina Collection grow its local history collections? Come to the Forsyth County Central Library’s Community Scan Day!

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories, songs, and activities to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for children ages 3-5.

Learn to build presentations right in your web browser—-no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved.

While building gross and fine motor skills, coordination and phonological awareness through rhyming, participants will engage in songs, movement activities and stories that promote the skills needed for reading and writing.

This program introduces age-appropriate books and stories, in addition to, rhymes, songs, and movement in fun ways to help support toddlers' developing literacy and cognitive growth.

Music is a powerful medium. It is so powerful that its presence remains active and meaningful, even in the midst of memory loss. 

Preschoolers will develop language and pre-reading skills through stories and songs to help facilitate their growth into successful readers.

Recommended for children ages 2-6.

Learn to build presentations right in your web browser—-no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved.

Create a simple craft with us based on the Storytime theme of the week.  Recommended for ages 3-5 and their caregivers.

This intergenerational program is filled with stories, songs, and movement that encourage early literacy skill development.

Recommended for children of all ages.

Join us at Rural Hall to make an adorable ghost tealight holder from air-dry clay. 

Most suitable for ages 12-18. Registration is not required.    

In this workshop, participants will learn about the history of photography from Forsyth County Public Library Artist in Residence Jasmine Huff and create a photographic art print, called a cyanotype.

Learn to create and edit text documents right in your web browser—no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically.

On the Same Page author Brendan Slocumb will read from his debut novel, The Violin Conspiracy, discuss his book, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of his book in Central Library's lobby.

Help uplift your mind and body with yoga classes facilitated by Registered Yoga Teacher Tracy O’Neill. 

Unleash your inner architect and build STEM skills with our STEM Lego Challenge! Ages five and up. 

Join us at the Rural Hall/Stanleyville Branch for a Sensory Storytime tailored for children with autism, ADHD, or other sensory processing challenges.

Central Library Storytime Room or Auditorium (depending on the weather) 

Need assistance finding organizations that help with health, shelter, food and more? Attend our monthly open hours referral service to talk to Jose Perez, peer support specialist.

Central Library Teen Central (second floor)
This program recommended for teens ages 12-18.

Show off your skills in this friendly competition. Winners will get small prizes. Waiver (see attachments) required for snacks.

Would you like to learn how to paint with acrylics?  Local artist Donna Calloway is offering free monthly acrylic painting classes for beginners. Seats are limited, so registration is required. 

Take time for monthly self-care and relax through low-stakes art projects. We will spend time creating beautiful art and enjoying a low-stress environment. Materials will be provided.

In October, we'll be painting a spooky ghost.

Kids are invited to join our monthly craft group. Meet other crafters and learn to make all sorts of fun projects! In October, we'll be painting pumpkins. Supplies will be provided. 

Patrons can enjoy playing board games. Games provided or patrons can bring their own.

 Children will complete a different art project each month. The craft for October is Yayoi Kusama-inspired pumpkins.

Recommended for children ages 6-12. 

On the Same Page author Brendan Slocumb will read from his debut novel, The Violin Conspiracy, discuss his book, answer questions from the audience, and sign copies of his book at Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University.

This program is recommended for children and tweens ages 5-11.

Show, Help, Employ (SHE) is a Crosby Scholars Program designed to introduce STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) to female minority students. SHE will:

Unwind from the school week with a screening of a G or PG movie. On Oct. 18, we will be watching The Addams Family 2. 

There will not be a movie on Oct. 25.

Join us for monthly STEAM programs. This month celebrate On the Same Page by making upcycled musical instruments from recycled materials. Registration is required. Email Stefanie to register. 

Join the Forsyth County Public Library on a new adventure filled with literacy and technology with the STREAMLab Mobile Makerspace Bookmobile.

Recommended for teens 14-18. 

Central Library Makerspace (second floor)

Build a LEGO project on a given theme and meet fellow LEGO enthusiasts. 

Recommended for children ages 6-11. 

Join the Forsyth County Public Library on a new adventure filled with literacy and technology with the STREAMLab Mobile Makerspace Bookmobile.

Do you love to build? Join the Builders Club at Lewisville Library! Builders will hear a great story and then build a project related to the story with LEGOs, K'NEX, or the many other building supplies that we have!

Learn to build presentations right in your web browser—-no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved.

Do you play the Pokémon battle game, or would you like to learn how? Do you want to meet with other Pokémon lovers? Love trading your Pokémon cards? Join our Pokémon club!

Join us as we welcome a representative from the Greensboro Science Center who will be presenting a program on Ichthyology – the study of fish.

Learn to build presentations right in your web browser—-no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is automatically saved.

The Lewisville Branch Library is celebrating teens the whole month of October!  Come in weekly to see what’s up! Today, discover the mesmerizing effects of a complex chain reaction!

Join us on the Third Friday of each month at 4 p.m. where we will show a family friendly film rated either G or PG at the Reynolda Manor Branch Library.  

Tweens and Teens: are you interested in improving your cooking skills? Are you HUNGRY???

Level Up: Adult Gamer Society is an 18+ program where you can bring your games, your friends, or just yourself, and play an array of games including a Nintendo Switch, tabletop games, card games, board games, and more.

This program is recommended for children and teens ages 9-18.

This is an eclectic book club, hosted by the Southside Branch Library. Expect dynamic conversations and excellent snacks. We have book choices that incorporate the tastes of the whole group. The book lineup has been chosen throughout 2024.

Join us for a preschool Storytime that uses LEGOs and books to promote language and pre-reading skill development. Registration is required. Email Stefanie to register. 

Players of all ages and all skill levels are welcome to drop by and play at the Carver Chess Club. Boards will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own chess set as well.

The Classic Gold Music Jam provides a welcoming venue for musicians at all levels to enjoy fellowship and music. Bring an instrument to play or grab a chair and watch.

Do you love reading a good murder mystery? Check out our newest book club at the Rural Hall Branch – Only Murders in This Building.

On the Same Page author Brendan Slocumb will read from his debut novel, The Violin Conspiracy, discuss his book, answer questions from the audience, perform the violin, and sign copies of his book at the University of North Carolina Schoo