Labor Day Weekend Book Sale
2025-08-31 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Friends of the Fort Bragg Library
Labor Day Weekend Book Sale
Sat & Sun, Aug 30 & 31, 2025,
10 am – 4 pm

The Labor Day Weekend Book Sale features thousands of unique titles in every genre imaginable.
In addition to books, the Friends have a nice selection of DVDs, audiobooks and CDs for sale.
Proceeds from the Labor Day Weekend Book Sale go toward helping the library finance special collections and provides lots of fun, educational programming.
Help support your library at the Friend’s Book Sale.
*Members Only Sale: Friday, August 29th, 3-6 pm. Memberships are $10 per calendar year and, you’re in luck! this year they are filling membership requests at the door! Join the Friends today and participate in the members only Pre-Sale!

Closed for the Holiday
2025-09-02
Closed for the Holiday
All Mendocino County Library branches will be closed on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 in observance of Labor Day.
We will open for regular business hours on Wednesday, September 3rd.
For your convenience, our online digital library is open 24/7 and our book drop is always open when we are closed.
Have a wonderful holiday everyone!

Teen D&D
2025-09-03 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-17 15:00 - 17:00
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!

Open Mic Poetry
2025-09-04 19:00 - 20:00
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.

Storytime
2025-09-05 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-12 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-19 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-20 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2025-09-27 10:30 - 11:00
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.

Kids Craft Time
2025-09-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-20 11:00 - 12:00
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!

LEGO® Block Party
2025-09-09 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-16 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-30 14:00 - 17:00
LEGO® Block Party
Most Tuesdays
2-5 pm
Kids and families!
Check the calendar for updates.

Creative Writing Workshop
2025-09-10 14:00 - 15:30
Creative Writing Workshop
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
Wednesday, September 10, 2-3:30 pm
This month: MEMOIR: Telling Your Stories with Norma Watkins
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.

Norma Watkins grew up during the civil rights struggles in Mississippi. She is the author of three books: The Last Resort (2011), That Woman from Mississippi (2017); and In Common (2022). Watkins has a Ph.D. in English and an MFA in Creative Writing, and is Professor Emerita at Miami Dade College. She taught creative writing at College of the Redwoods and Mendocino College. She lives on the northern California coast with her woodworker husband and three cats. Website: www.normawatkins.com

Library at Farmer's Market
2025-09-10 14:30 - 16:30
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!

Poetry Writing Workshop
2025-09-11 15:00 - 16:30
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.

Tech Help at Redwood Senior Center
2025-09-12 13:00 - 15:00
TECH HELP AT REDWOOD COAST SENIOR CENTER
SECOND FRIDAYS OF EACH MONTH, 1:00 – 3:00 P.M.
Get help with:
► laptops / cell phones / tablets
► email & social media
► basic software & internet help
These events will be taught by staff from the Mendocino County Library at Redwood Coast Senior Center, 490 N. Harold St, Fort Bragg.
Bring your device/s and your login information.
Have questions? Please contact Nayo or Lily at the Library: (707) 234-2861

Donation Acceptance Day
2025-09-13 12:00 - 15:00
Friends of the Fort Bragg Library Donation Acceptance Day
The Friends accept donations the 2nd Saturday of every month, 12-3, in the alley west of the library.
Please check HERE for what is accepted and what is not before you bring your donations. Thank you.

RENTERS’ RIGHTS WORKSHOP
2025-09-18 13:00 - 14:00
RENTERS’ RIGHTS WORKSHOP
Thursday, September 18 at 1 PM
Learn how California protects tenants. Understand the eviction process and just-cause eviction protections. Discover useful tenant resources. For information about the time of the program, please call 707-964-2020.
This workshop by Legal Services of Northern California.

Kids and Teens Costume Workshop
2025-09-20 14:00 - 15:30
Kids & Teens Costume Workshop
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 2-3:30 pm
Kids and teens 8 & up, get ready for Halloween early! We’ll provide sewing supplies, drawing materials, face paint, and expertise, but please bring a costume you’ve already started working on.

Library at Farmer's Market
2025-09-24 14:30 - 16:30
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!

Adult Book Club
2025-09-25 16:00 - 17:00
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!

All About Perennials
2025-09-27 10:00 - 12:00
All About Perennials
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 10 am – 12 pm
Local garden expert, Sakina Bush, will discuss growing perennials in your garden.
This is a free event provided by Friends of the Fort Bragg Library.

Stop Motion Animation for Teens
2025-09-27 14:00 - 16:00
Stop Motion Animation Workshop
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 2-4 pm
Teens, 12 & up, come, create your own set, characters, and story then make it come to life with stop motion animation! Instructions will be provided to help you create a short video you can show off to your friends!
Bring your phone!
