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Posted on: September 2, 2023

Mini-Con! Saturday, Sept. 30, 10am-5pm

Lafayette Mini-Con, Saturday, Sept. 30, 10am-5pm

Join the Library and Pop Culture Classroom for Mini-Con, the event that brings comic-convention-style activities to Lafayette. It will be a day of costumes, crafts, workshops, and fun!

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Posted on: September 23, 2023

Drag Queen Storytime, Saturday, Sept. 30, 11am

DQ Storytime June 2023

Beloved local entertainer Shirley Delta Blow invites families to come dressed in their finest and celebrate people of all shapes, sizes, and forms! Join us upstairs, then stay for a full day of Mini-Con fun.

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Posted on: September 12, 2023

Drop off Halloween costumes, Sept. 1-29

Halloween costume Exchange

Re-spook, Re-scare, and Re-wear! Drop off gently used Halloween costumes at the Library, and visit the City Ecotoberfest even on Oct. 7 to receive a costume.

Let’s make Halloween Eek-o-Friendly with a Halloween costume exchange this year. From Sept. 1-29 the City of Lafayette will be collecting gently used Halloween costumes for all ages at the Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Rd.

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Posted on: June 19, 2023

Paws to Read - 2nd and 4th Sundays, September-December

Library Paws to Read dog

Kids ages 5-10 - drop in from 1:30-2:30pm to spend 15 minutes sharing a book with a special therapy dog!

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Posted on: September 2, 2023

Lafayette Learns: "Ring of Fire" Annular Eclipse, Monday, Oct. 2, 6:30pm

Annular eclipse image from NASA

Adults and older teens - join the National Science Foundation’s National Solar Observatory-Boulder for a presentation about two upcoming rare astronomical events and how to experience them in the American Southwest.

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Posted on: September 2, 2023

Lafayette Learns: "The Road to Noto," Thursday, Oct. 5, 6:30pm

View of a variety of font styles

Join Steve Matteson, the chief designer of the Noto font family, to learn about how type designs are created and his experiences leading up to Noto, the Google font family that enabled the typesetting of over 800 languages.

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Posted on: September 1, 2023

Sensory Storytime, Saturday, Oct. 7, 10:30am

Sensory Storytime with Megan

Kids and caregivers - join us for Storytime designed for individuals who are neurodiverse or have sensory needs. This is a structured Storytime, with books read by a board-certified behavior analyst.

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Posted on: September 21, 2023

Maker Monday: Fall Fiber Arts, Oct. 9-30, 1-3pm - Register

Needle-felted Halloween pumpkin decoration

Adults ages 18 and older - sign up for a 4-session workshop in October to learn the basics of a variety of fiber art techniques to make your own fall (or spooky Halloween) decorations!

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Posted on: September 23, 2023

"See & Respond" Exhibit Reception, Saturday, Oct. 21, 6-9pm

See and Respond Reception at the Library

Join Lafayette Arts & Cultural Resources after hours at the Library to view, vote on, and celebrate the results of this year's "See & Respond" event.

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Posted on: September 23, 2023

Maker Monday: Book Arts - Nov. 6-27, 1:30-3:30pm - Register

Collage of book-making activities

Adults 18 and older - sign up for a 4-week workshop with the Lafayette Book Arts League. We'll talk about paper, decorate paper with quick paper marbling, learn tabletop letterpress printing, and learn to sew folded pages into a book.

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