Fort Bragg Library

Tech Help
2025-05-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-05-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-24 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Tech Help
Most Thursdays
1:00-2:00 pm*
*by appointment only
Got a new device and don’t know how to work with it? Need help downloading eBooks or eAudiobooks?
You’re in luck!
The Fort Bragg Library offers free, guided tech help for those who are tech challenged. Tech Help is available most Thursdays from 1:00-2:00 p.m. (by appointment only).
Sign up at the desk or give us a call @ 707-964-2020 and we’ll get you started!

Teen D & D
2025-05-07 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 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
2025-05-06 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-29 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-22 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.

Scam Awareness Workshop
2025-05-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
SCAM AWARENESS WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 3 at 2-3 pm
Fort Bragg Branch Library invites the community to become scam-savvy on Saturday, May 3 at 2 pm. Learn how to protect yourself from identity theft, banking and government scams, and “phishing” scams – phone calls pretending to be someone you trust or emails or texts asking you to click on a link.
This workshop will help you identify potential scams, offer tips to stay ahead of the game, and outline some resources available if you’ve already been scammed.
For more information, please visit www.mendolibrary.org or contact Fort Bragg Branch at 707-964-2020.

Storytime
2025-05-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-05-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-04-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-04-25 10:30 - 11:00 | 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.

Downtown StoryWalk®
2025-05-03, 2025-05-02, 2025-05-01, 2025-04-30, 2025-04-29, 2025-04-28, 2025-04-27, 2025-04-26 and 6 more dates | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Fort Bragg Library StoryWalk®
From April 15 to May 3, 2025, families can walk their way through the book Diminuta by Silvina Rocha. Start at the library and follow the businesses in order, reading more pages of the giant book at the different stops along the way. Collect a special prize at the last stop!
Participating businesses, in reading order: (Start at the Library then follow the map in this order)
1. Fort Bragg Branch Library
2. Spunky Skunk/ Racine’s
3. Art Explorers
4. The Book Store and Vinyl Café
5. Mendocino Chocolate Company
6. The Discovery Center for Noyo Center for Marine Science
7. Windsong Used Books and Records
8. Cowlick’s Ice Cream
9. Mendocino Cookie Company
Funding for this program was provided by a grant from Save the Children. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library. For more information, please contact Fort Bragg Branch library at 707-964-2020.
StoryWalk® Map Mapa del StoryWalk®

Biblioteca Fort Bragg StoryWalk®
Del 15 de abril al 3 de mayo, las familias pueden caminar el libro Diminuta de Silvina Rocha. Empieza en la biblioteca y sigue las empresas en orden, leyendo más páginas del libro gigante en las diferentes paradas del camino. ¡Recoge un premio especial en la última parada!
Empresas participantes, por orden de lectura: (Empiece por la Biblioteca y siga el mapa en este orden)
1. Biblioteca Fort Bragg
2. Spunky Skunk/ Racine’s
3. Art Explorers
4. The Book Store and Vinyl Café
5. Mendocino Chocolate Company
6. The Discovery Center for Noyo Center for Marine Science
7. Windsong Used Books and Records
8. Cowlick’s Ice Cream
9. Mendocino Cookie Company
La financiación de este programa procede de una subvención de Save the Children. El proyecto StoryWalk® fue creado por Anne Ferguson de Montpelier, VT, y desarrollado en colaboración con la Coalición de Ciclistas y Peatones de Vermont y la Biblioteca Kellogg Hubbard. Para más información, póngase en contacto con la biblioteca Fort Bragg Branch en el 707-964-2020.

Open Mic Poetry
2025-05-01 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.

Adult Book Club
2025-04-24 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
2025-04-23 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!

Earth Day Festival 2025
2025-04-19 12:00 - 16:00 | Noyo Food Forest, 300-A Dana Street, Fort Bragg, 95437, United States
Earth Day Festival
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 12-4 pm
Fort Bragg Branch Library will be at the 16th Annual Earth Day Festival held at The Learning Garden @Noyo Food Forest, 300A Dana Street Fort Bragg, CA 95437.
Stop by our table to for some fun activities!
*There will be no Kids Craft at the library this week. We encourage you to come to the Earth Day Festival and enjoy all the family activities offered at the event.
