Fort Bragg Library

Lunch with the Library at Fort Bragg Summer School
2025-07-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-06-26 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Lunch with the Library at Fort Bragg Summer School
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 11 am – 12 pm
at Redwood Elementary School
324 S Lincoln St, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
The Fort Bragg Branch Library is pleased to announce that we are collaborating with the Fort Bragg Unified School District (FBUSD) Summer Food Program at Redwood Elementary School. For those who don’t already know, FBUSD provides free lunches to all children ages zero to eighteen, weekdays from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Redwood Elementary School, during summer school.
The Fort Bragg Branch Library will be joining in the fun! Come visit us Thursdays, June 26, July 3 and July 10 from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., where we will provide free access to crafts, games, stories and more.
Lunch at the Library is a project of the California State Library, supported with funds from the State of California. For more information, please contact FBUSD.

Teen D&D
2025-07-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Teen D&D
(ages 12-18)
First & Third Wednesdays
3-5 pm

Bring yourself, bring a friend to Teen D&D @Fort Bragg Branch Library. No experience is necessary but if you’re already a master, you can still have fun creating characters and participating in the campaign with the newbies to the game. Don’t know how to play? Not to worry. We’ll teach you!
Materials and snacks provided by Friends of the Fort Bragg Library.
Space is limited so it’s best to sign-up ahead of time.
See you at the Castle…er…Library!

LEGO® and Games
2025-07-01 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-24 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-10 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-03 14:00 - 17:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
LEGO® & Games
Most Tuesdays
2-5 pm
Kids and families!
Check the calendar for updates.

Kids Coding ~ a Summer Reading event
2025-06-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Kids Coding
a Summer Reading event
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 2-3 pm
Young tech enthusiasts, ages 8 to 16, will explore the fun and exciting world of coding with Scratch. All materials will be provided and no experience is necessary, but space is limited, so please sign up in advance.

Storytime
2025-06-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-21 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-14 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-06-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-31 10:30 - 11:00 and 1 more date | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
STORYTIME
MOST FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
10:30-11

Join us for some fun stories, fingerplays and songs.
Storytime is for kids and their grown-ups.
Stories are geared for the 0-6 age range but older siblings are always welcome.

Adult Book Club
2025-06-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Adult Book Group

Last Thursday of the month (except Nov/Dec)
Winter 3-4 pm, DST 4-5 pm
Are you interested in reviewing and discussing intriguing contemporary fiction and nonfiction books on a variety of topics? Then you will love our Adult Book Group!
Join us as we explore books of all kinds—fiction, special interests, current and past affairs, fun trends, memoirs, etc. The goal of the Adult Book Group is to offer readers a fresh approach to the traditional book club.
For placement on the reserve list, send an email to Branch Librarian, Dan Hess, hessd@mendocinocounty.org. You can also stop by the library or give us a call to reserve a copy of the monthly selection, 707-964-2020.
We look forward to sharing a reading adventure with you!

Library at Farmer's Market
2025-06-25 14:30 - 16:30 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Library at Farmer’s Market
Most 2nd and 4th Weds of the month
Downtown, Franklin St
(Inside the Old Rec Center Gym if it is raining)

Fort Bragg Branch Library is at the Farmers Market most 2nd and 4th Weds of the month. Stop by our table, say hi and check out all the happenings at the library! You might even get a free book!

See you at the Farmers Market!

'60s Celebration Afternoon Tea Benefit at Westport Hotel
2025-06-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
’60s Celebration Afternoon Tea Benefit
in support of
Fort Bragg Branch Library’s Expansion Project
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 3-5 pm*

Westport Hotel will host a display of Sixties Rock and Roll Posters from San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom and other venues. The collection was given to Friends of the Fort Bragg Library by the late Diana Leon.
Diana was raised in San Francisco, graduated from California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco) in 1960 and sold her ceramics in Griffin’s Egg Pottery Studio starting in 1965. Her Noe Valley studio was on the concert publicity route for bands performing at the Avalon Ballroom.
As an artist and designer, Diana knew these posters and handbills were outstanding works of art and destined to be collected. After displaying them in her shop, she preserved and protected them in archival storage.
The Friends received the posters as part of Ms. Leon’s generous bequest supporting their building project at the Fort Bragg Branch of Mendocino County Library. The Westport Hotel graciously agreed to display the posters in their dining area.
The show begins in June and runs through August. On the summer solstice, June 21, 2025, the Westport Hotel has an Afternoon Tea benefiting the Friends of Fort Bragg Library “Library Expansion Project.” This project was near and dear to Diana Leon, who donated her home and estate to the Friends of Fort Bragg Library.
The concert posters and cards will be on display through August, after which time, buyers can claim their selected items in person or arrange shipping.
Support our Expansion Project by attending this Summer Solstice Tea benefit event at Westport Hotel, 38921 N Highway 1, Westport, California 95488
*Reservations are required. Please call 707-964-3688 to make a reservation.

Kids Craft Time
2025-06-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Kids Craft Time
Most first and third Saturdays, 11 am – 12 pm at Fort Bragg Library.
All supplies provided.
You bring your enthusiasm, we’ll do the rest!

Silly Circus, a Summer Reading Event
2025-06-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Silly Circus Show
a Summer Reading Event
Friday, June 20, 2025, 2-3 pm
Kids! Join us for some silly fun with Bri Crabtree and her Silly Circus Show. Bri will dazzle you with her fusion of circus, vaudeville, and silliness. We guarantee it!

The Celluloid Closet ~ Pride Month Documentary
2025-06-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
The Celluloid Closet ~ a documentary
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 5-7:30 pm
Movie and refreshments
Please join us for a program to celebrate the long and winding road to freedom of expression in film. People have always wanted movies to express their lives and tell their stories to the world. This documentary reveals how American cinema repressed the stories of LGBTIA+ people, then gradually began to tell our stories.

Poetry Writing Workshop
2025-06-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Poetry Writing Workshop
Second Thursday of the month,
3-4:30 pm

Notes on the Art of Poetry
I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on
in the world between the covers of books,
such sandstorms and ice blasts of words,,,
such staggering peace, such enormous laughter,
such and so many blinding bright lights,
splashing all over the pages
in a million bits and pieces
all of which were words, words, words,
and each of which were alive forever
in its own delight and glory and oddity and light.
Dylan Thomas

Poetry writing is often referred to as the “effort to provide insight into the human spirit”. It encourages us to free our imaginations and express the human spirit in our own unique style.
The Fort Bragg Library Poetry Writing Workshops will include samples of the various styles and techniques of poetry writing, displays of published works, in-session writing exercises along with readings and discussions of individual works produced during the workshops.
Join us the second Thursday of the month, 3-4:30 pm, to find your hidden poet within! Workshops are free. For Adults and older Teens.

Library at Farmer's Market
2025-06-11 14:30 - 16:30 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Library at Farmer’s Market
Most 2nd and 4th Weds of the month
Downtown, Franklin St

Fort Bragg Branch Library is at the Farmers Market most 2nd and 4th Weds of the month. Stop by our table, say hi and check out all the happenings at the library! You might even get a free book!

See you at the Farmers Market!

CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS ~ Creative Writing Workshop
2025-06-11 14:00 - 15:30 | CA
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
RESCHEDULED FOR WEDS., JULY 9, 2025 2-3:30 PM
Creative Writing Workshop
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
Wednesday, June 11, 2-3:30 pm
This month: SHORT FICTION with Kailyn McCord
Writers of the Mendocino Coast are providing free monthly creative writing workshops for adults. All workshops are lead by published authors and will feature different genres and themes each month.
No sign-up is required. Just bring yourself, your BFF, your notebook and your pen.
For more information about the writing workshops, contact Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org. You can also visit their website at writersmendocino.org.

About Kailyn McCord:
Kailyn writes fiction and nonfiction in Fort Bragg, California, where she also teaches writing at Mendocino Community College. Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Literary Hub, Brevity, The Believer, The Cincinnati Review, The Master’s Review, Alta Journal, Pleiades, and New York Magazine, among others. She holds a BA in English literature from Reed College and an MFA in fiction from the University of New Orleans, where she was the editor of Bayou Magazine.
With support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Ucross Foundation, Writing by Writers, and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, Kailyn writes about land, the West, fire, addiction, and true love. When not writing, she likes to be outside. (bio courtesy of https://kailynmccord.com)

Mother Goose Land ~ Fratello Marionettes
2025-06-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Mother Goose Land with the Fratello Marionettes
Summer Reading Kick-Off
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 11 am
Enter the world of Mother Goose Land, where beloved nursery rhyme characters are brought to life. Mother Goose introduces you to her favorite stories: We encounter Mary and her lamb on their way to school, while Jack and Jill climb up a hill looking for water. Humpty Dumpty is perched high atop a wall waiting for the king’s arrival, and Bo-Peep searches for her lost sheep.
Join us for this fun kick-off to Summer Reading! This is a free event. All ages are welcome!
And don’t forget to pick-up your Summer Reading logs while you’re here.

Open Mic Poetry
2025-06-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Open Mic Poetry
First Thursday, 7-8 pm
In person
Poets and Friends,

Readers and Audiators (Ear Gladiators game to listen)~Mark your calendars! Furst Thursday, er, First Thirsday, yes, FIRST THURSDAY is our newly proclaimed Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg.
Dan, the librarian at Fort Bragg Public Library, has already reserved us a Room for First Thursdays, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Let me state all that info again for people who prefer it in columnar format:
Poetry Open Mic
First Thursdays
7:00- 8:00 PM
Join us to read your original poetry aloud, or maybe other authors’ work you are moved to share. Come to listen, come as moral support, or just come as you are.

Contact Dan Hess, Branch Manager, for more information and the ZOOM link hessd@mendocinocounty.org.

Summer Gardening Class
2025-05-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Fort Bragg Seed Library
Presents
Summer Gardening with Sakina Bush
Saturday, May 31, 2025
10 am – 12 pm
Join us for this special presentation on summer garden prep and basics with gardening expert, Sakina Bush.
This is a free event.
