LEGO® Block Party
2026-06-23 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-30 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-07 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-14 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-21 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
LEGO® Block Party
Most Tuesdays
2-5 pm
Kids and families!
Check the calendar for updates.

Library at Farmer's Market
2026-06-24 14:30 - 16:30, 2026-07-08 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!

Adult Book Club
2026-06-25 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!

Storytime
2026-06-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-06-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-07-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-07-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-07-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-07-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2026-07-18 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.

Sinister Science ~ a Summer Reading event
2026-06-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Sinister Science ~ a Summer Reading event
Saturday, June 27, 2026, 2-3 pm
Experiment: Bug Hotels
Kids, 5-12! Learn about pollinators and other beneficial insects when you build a Bug Hotel with Dr. Shirley Knott and Professor Shirley Seau. All supplies provided. Wear your grubbies; we’re going to paint.

Teen D&D ~ Summer Reading edition
2026-07-01 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-07-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Teen D&D ~ Summer Reading edition
(ages 12-18)
Month of July, 2026
First, Third & Last Wednesdays
3-5 pm

Bring yourself, bring a friend to Teen D&D at 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.
See you at the Castle…er…Library!

Open Mic Poetry
2026-07-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Poetry Open Mic
First Thursdays, 7-8 pm
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.

Closed July 4th
2026-07-04 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
CLOSED July 4, 2026 FOR THE HOLIDAY

The library will be closed all day, July 4th, for the Holiday. We will be open our regular hours on Tuesday, July 7th.
Have a safe and sane holiday!

For your convenience, the digital library is available 24/7 and our book drop is always open when we are closed.
Reminder: please do not return games, ZIP books, ILLs or electronic devices in the book drop. Hang onto them until we are open and return them to circulation desk. Thank you.

CHANGE OF VENUE! Creative Writing Workshop
2026-07-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Mendocino Coast Clinics Meeting Room, 205 South St., Fort Bragg, CA, 95437, United States
DUE TO A LIBRARY SCHEDULING CONFLICT,
THIS MONTH’S WORKSHOP IS RELOCATING TO
Mendocino Coast Clinic’s West meeting room at
205 South Street in Fort Bragg
Creative Writing Workshop
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
Wednesday, July 8, 2-3:30 pm
This month: MEMOIR: Writing the Hard Stuff with Norma Watkins
No sign-up is required. Just bring yourself, your BFF, your notebook and your pen.
If you are interested in writing and meeting up with other writers, you may contact the Writers of the Mendocino Coast at info@writersmendocino.org or 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

Poetry Writing Workshop
2026-07-09 15:00 - 16:30, 2026-07-14 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.

Tech Help at Redwood Senior Center
2026-07-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
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

Gardening for Fall & Winter Harvests
2026-07-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Fort Bragg Seed Library Presents
Gardening for Fall & Winter Harvests
Saturday, July 11, 2026, 10-11:30 am
Gardening expert Sakina Bush will discuss the basics of getting the biggest bang from your fall & winter harvests.
These are FREE classes and no sign-up is necessary.
Tell your friends! They won’t want to miss this valuable information.
And don’t forget to bring your notebooks and pens!
Sakina has been gardening on the coast for almost two decades. She formerly taught vocational horticulture for Mendocino County schools, and for many years, she owned and operated Sakina’s Garden Nursery, where she sold a variety of starts. Most would recognize her as a mainstay at Fort Bragg Farmer’s Market.

Donation Acceptance Day
2026-07-11 12:00 - 15:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
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.

Coventry & Kaluza ~ a Summer Reading event
2026-07-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Coventry & Kaluza ~ a Summer Reading event
Saturday, July 11, 2026, 3-4 pm
All ages welcome!
Join us for a return visit from these award-winning circus comedians. Coventry & Kaluza bring a variety of skills and thrills to their show, which features juggling, acrobatics, music, comedy, and “high numbers” hula-hooping.
Jamie Coventry & Natasha Kaluza were clown school sweethearts and are graduates of both the first and second year programs of the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center. Coventry & Kaluza won Best Comedy/Clown Act in the American Circus Festival two years in a row, and Best Duo in the Picklewater Free Circus Festival two years in a row. Credits include: Teatro Zinzanni Events, New Pickle Circus, Pickle Circus School Tour, Sweet Can Productions, Circus Bella, Flynn Creek Circus, and more.

Last Day to Request Items
2026-07-12 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
July 12th Last Day to Request Items
Due to the Library’s migration of data from the current system to Polaris from July 27 through August 4, the last day to place requests will be July 12th. Once the migration is complete, requests can resume.
Other restrictions applied during the migration:

Patrons must bring their library card to check out materials.
The online catalog will be unavailable.
New library cards cannot be issued.
Materials cannot be checked in.
Renewals will not be available.
Fines and fees cannot be paid.

To minimize inconvenience, between June 29 and July 26, due dates on new check-outs are extended to six weeks. Patrons are welcome to keep their newly checked-out materials until the new system is fully operational (items checked out before June 29 are due on the dates listed at the time of original check-out and will auto-renew up to 3 times if no one else has requested them).
All services are tentatively scheduled to return to normal on August 5, when Polaris, the new online catalog, and the mobile app officially go live.
Thank you for your patience during this process.

Kids Craft Time
2026-07-18 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!

Meet a Gardener ~ a Plant a Seed, Read Summer Reading event
2026-07-18 15:00 - 16:00 | Fort Bragg Library, 499 E Laurel St, Fort Bragg, CA, United States
Meet a Gardener ~ a Plant a Seed, Read Summer Reading event
Saturday, July 18, 2026, 3-4 pm
Kids, ages 5-11
Meet professional gardener, Phoebe Hanson, of Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. At Meet a Gardener, Phoebe will tell us all about growing vegetables, then do a fun gardening activity with the kids.
Kids, wear your grubbies cuz it will get dirty!

About the Instructor

Phoebe Hanson (she/her) has been practicing horticulture at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens for four years, two of which were spent in the Perennial Garden, where the garden beds have been her canvas for cultivating color, texture, smells, shapes, and forms that humans and pollinators alike enjoy.
Phoebe now manages the produce, herb, and cut flower gardens in the MCBG organic demonstration Vegetable Garden. Prior to her work at the Botanical Gardens, she farmed vegetables and flowers and created bouquets for CSA customers. Her love for flowers has been lifelong. (image and bio courtesy of Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens)
