Calendar

Baby and Me Story Time

October 19, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For pre-walkers ages 0-12 months with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring songs and rhymes.

APL @ Home: Virtual CHAT on Zoom (Tuesday Mornings)

October 19, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM @ On Zoom.

For ages 18+. Practice your English conversation skills through Zoom! For medium to advanced English-language learners. Space is limited. Registration is required.

APL In-Person: Let's Talk Dewey Book Club-New Nonfiction

October 19, 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Allen Public Library - Upstairs Program Room

For October, we're reading new nonfiction-anything published in 2021.

Together Time Story Time

October 20, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 3 and up with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

Together Time Story Time

October 20, 2021, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 3+ with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

Q-Tip® Painting

October 20, 2021, 4:45 PM - 5:05 PM @

Allen Public Library

For grades K-3. Show off your dot painting creativity! Limited to 20 per time slot.
Registration begins on Wed, Oct. 6.

Q-Tip® Painting

October 20, 2021, 5:15 PM - 5:35 PM @

Allen Public Library

For grades K-3. Show off your dot painting creativity! Limited to 20 per time slot.
Registration begins on Wed, Oct. 6.

Art with Friends: Zentangle

October 20, 2021, 7:00 PM @

1st Floor Meeting Room

Zentangle is an easy to learn, fun and meditative art form for everyone! Join instructor Linda Feldman and discover your inner artist.

Fun Ones and Twos Story Time

October 21, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 1-2 with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

Fun Ones and Twos Story Time

October 21, 2021, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 1-2 with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

OnStage @ APL: H. Ross Perot Sr.

October 21, 2021, 7:30 PM @ Allen Public Library - Civic Auditorium

Dallas Morning News columnist Dave Lieber discusses his book "Searching for Perot: My Journey to Discover Texas' Top Family."

Take & Make: Build a Bot Registration Begins

October 23, 2021, All Day @

Allen Public Library

For grades 4-6. Create your own robot out of air dry clay. What amazing creation can you come up with?
Limited to 64.
Registration opens Sat, Oct. 23.
Pick up Mon, Oct. 25 – Sat, Oct. 30.

Take & Make: Wooden Airplanes Registration Begins

October 23, 2021, All Day @

Allen Public Library

For grades K-3. Build and decorate an airplane.
Limited to 67.
Registration opens Sat, Oct. 23.
Pick up Mon, Oct. 25 – Sat, Oct. 30.

APL @ Home: Library After Dark: Mystery in Vegas Home Edition Pickup

October 25, 2021, 10:00 AM @

Allen Public Library Information Desk

There's a mystery to solve in 1960s Las Vegas! Round up your group and put on your detective hats to solve a series of logic puzzles and brain games from the comfort of your own home. One kit per team, please. Kit pickup is Monday, October 25-Saturday, October 30.

Build a Bot

October 25, 2021, 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM @

Allen Public Library

For grades 4-6. Create your own robot out of air dry clay. What amazing creation can you come up with? Limited to 20.
Registration begins on Mon, Oct. 11.

Pajama Time Story Time

October 25, 2021, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 3 and up with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for an evening story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

APL @ Home: Virtual CHAT on Zoom (Monday Evenings)

October 25, 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ On Zoom.

For ages 18+. Practice your English conversation skills through Zoom! For medium to advanced English-language learners. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Baby and Me Story Time

October 26, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For pre-walkers ages 0-12 months with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring songs and rhymes.

APL @ Home: Virtual CHAT on Zoom (Tuesday Mornings)

October 26, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM @ On Zoom.

For ages 18+. Practice your English conversation skills through Zoom! For medium to advanced English-language learners. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Wooden Airplanes

October 26, 2021, 4:45 PM - 5:05 PM @

Allen Public Library

For grades K-3. Build and decorate an airplane. Limited to 20 per time slot.
Registration begins on Tue, Oct. 12.

Wooden Airplanes

October 26, 2021, 5:15 PM - 5:35 PM @

Allen Public Library

For grades K-3. Build and decorate an airplane. Limited to 20 per time slot.
Registration begins on Tue, Oct. 12.

APL In-Person: Talking History-Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt: New Discoveries

October 26, 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Allen Public Library - Upstairs Program Room

Join Dr. Melissa Barden-Dowling, of Southern Methodist University, for an illustrated talk on the history and legacy of Cleopatra VII, including new evidence on her palace and reign from recent underwater excavations. REGISTRATION IS FULL.

Together Time Story Time

October 27, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 3 and up with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

Together Time Story Time

October 27, 2021, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 3+ with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

Fun Ones and Twos Story Time

October 28, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 1-2 with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

Fun Ones and Twos Story Time

October 28, 2021, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 1-2 with a caregiver in the Children's Program Room. Join us for a story time featuring stories, songs, and rhymes.

OnStage @ APL: Confederates and Comancheros Skullduggery and Double-Dealing in the Texas-New Mexico Borderlands

October 28, 2021, 7:30 PM @ Allen Public Library - Civic Auditorium

Listen to Dr. James Blackshear, co-author of "Confederates and Comancheros Skullduggery and Double-Dealing in the Texas-NewMexico Borderlands." Set against the borderlands of Texas and New Mexico during the 1860s and 1870s, the book offers an in-depth analysis of Union-Confederate deceptiveness in the Comanche-Comanchero trade in stolen Texas livestock. This program will be presented live both in person and virtually via https://allentx.swagit.com/live. In-person attendance is limited to 150. No registration is required to attend. Admittance is first come, first served. Viewers may submit questions until 8:30 p.m. that evening through liveonstage@cityofallen.org.

Trick or Treat @ APL

October 29, 2021, 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM @

Allen Public Library

For ages 3 and up. Trick or treat your way around the Library! No registration required.

APL Out & About: Library After Dark: Mystery in Vegas

October 29, 2021, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM @

Ellen's Cafe

There's a mystery to solve in 1960s Las Vegas! Round up your group and put on your detective hats to solve a series of logic puzzles and brain games. Registration is required; attendance is limited. Registration opens October 15.

Take & Make: Diwali Crafts Registration Begins

October 30, 2021, All Day @

Allen Public Library

For grades K-3. Celebrate Diwali, The Festival of Lights with fun crafts! Registration through Eventbrite begins on Sat, Oct. 30.
Pick up Mon, Nov. 1  – Sat, Nov. 6. Please note that the Library will be closed on Fri, Nov. 5 for staff training.

Take & Make: Sand Painting Registration Begins

October 30, 2021, All Day @

Allen Public Library

For grades 4-6. Make your own mandala sand art! Registration through Eventbrite begins on Sat, Oct. 30.
Pick up Mon, Nov. 1  – Sat, Nov. 6. Please note that the Library will be closed on Fri, Nov. 5 for staff training.