Teen D&D
2024-09-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 Dungeons and Dragons @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!

FYI—The fantasy game, Dungeons and Dragons, has been around for decades and with recent publicity stemming from such sources as The Big Bang Theory, a new resurgence in popularity has D&D going strong. The library loves D&D because it’s a game of endless possibilities driven by the players and their imaginations and, as you know, librarians love imagination!
“The popularity of D & D over the past four decades hasn’t declined. It’s a creative and inexpensive form of entertainment because all you need to play is a rule book, and the library has many rule books available for check out,“ said John Hilbert, Southern Oaks Library. “Games can be played over long spans of time and players can get as involved in creating characters as they want to,” he concluded.

LEGO® & Games
2024-09-17 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-10 14:00 - 16:00
LEGO® & Games
Most Tuesdays
2-4 pm

Kids and families!
Beginning Sept. 10, LEGO® & Games will be most Tuesdays, 2-4 pm.
Check the calendar for updates.

Evolution of Jazz with Dorian May
2024-09-14 16:00 - 17:30
The Evolution of Jazz
featuring the Dorian May Trio
with special guest, Francis Vanek
Saturday, September 14, 2024, 4-5:30 pm
The Evolution of Jazz is a comprehensive concert and accompanying narration outlining the creation and evolution of America’s true art form- Jazz – in a historical context. Narrative performances will chronicle the development and evolution of the major styles, including the earliest emerging styles, including blues and collective improvisation up to the modern styles will be covered.
Saxophonist Francis Vanek, who has played in bands with Roger Humphries and J.C. Moses, has shared
the bandstand with such saxophone stalwarts as Ernie Watts, Tom Scott and Eddie Daniels. and studied
with the great Carl Arter. Jesse Hamlin of the SF Chronicle said of him, “…a superb saxophonist.” He hails
from Pittsburgh, PA, where he attended Duquesne University, and he has a master’s degree in music
from University of Nevada, Reno, where he later joined the Jazz faculty, teaching Jazz Improvisation and
classes in Music History.
Band: Dorian May (piano), Dorothea May (bass) & Gabe Yanez (drums)
For more information and booking please contact Dorian May, Tel.: (707) 459-4192,
dorianmay@comcast.net.

Poetry Writing Workshop
2024-09-13 15:00 - 16:30, 2024-08-13 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.

Storytime
2024-09-13 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-08-30 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-08-23 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-08-16 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.

Tech Help
2024-09-12 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-05 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-15 13:00 - 14:00
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!

Library at Farmer's Market
2024-09-11 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-08-28 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-08-14 14:30 - 16:30
Library at Farmer’s Market
Most 2nd and 4th Weds of the month

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!

Creative Writing Workshops
2024-09-11 14:00 - 15:30
Creative Writing Workshops
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
September 11, 2024, 2-3:30 pm
This month: MEMOIR, Tell Your Stories with Norma Watkins.
The 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 writersmendocinocoast.org.

Norma Watkins grew up during the civil rights struggles in Mississippi. She is the author of three books: two memoirs. The Last Resort (2011), won a gold medal for the best book published in the South by an independent press; That Woman from Mississippi (2017); and a novel, In Common (2022). Watkins has a Ph.D. in English and an MFA in Creative Writing. She is Professor Emerita at Miami Dade College where she held an endowed chair. 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

Rhyme Time Story Time
2024-09-07 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-09-06 10:30 - 11:00
Rhyme Time Story Time
Most First Fridays and First Saturdays
10:30-11 am
In the Children’s Room
Preschoolers!
Do you like to shake, rattle and roll? Do you like a little musical rhyming?
Then come on down to the library and get your groove on at Rhyme Time Story Time at Fort Bragg Branch Library! Every first Friday of the month, 10:30-11 am and every first Saturday, 10:30-11.

Open Mic Poetry
2024-09-05 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.

Labor Day Weekend Book Sale
2024-09-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2024-08-31 10:00 - 16:00
Friends of the Fort Bragg Library
Labor Day Weekend Book Sale
Saturday and Sunday*
August 31 & September 1st 2024
10 am – 4 pm
The Labor Day Weekend Sale is the Friends’ biggest fundraiser of the year and 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 Labor Day Weekend Book Sale.
*Members Only Sale: Friday, August 30th, 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!

Paul Bunyan Days Kiddie Parade
2024-08-31 11:00 - 12:00
Paul Bunyan Days Kiddie Parade
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Registration 11:00 am; Parade 11:30 am
The Kiddie Parade is a short, fun procession where kids show off their creativity.
Registration begins at 11:00 on East Laurel St., between McPherson and Franklin.
The parade starts off from the corner of E. Laurel and N. Franklin Streets at 11:30 with a police escort. The route goes south on Franklin, turns left on Redwood and heads east for two blocks. It turns left on Harrison and ends at Bainbridge Park where prizes and snacks are given out and you can get your pic with Paul Bunyan and his giant axe!
This parade is for kids 0-12 and their adult companions. Kids on foot, in wagons, on bikes, with animals, pretty much anything they can dream up, are welcome to participate. Entrants are grouped by age: 0-4, 5-9 and 10-12.
This year’s themes are: Rockin’ the 80’s or Happy Reading with Paul and Babe
Contact Fort Bragg Branch Library for more information or an entry form. Entries also accepted morning of parade.
The Paul Bunyan Kiddie Parade is sponsored by Friends of the Fort Bragg Libary, Fort Bragg Police Dept and Fort Bragg Branch Library

Members Only Sale
2024-08-30 15:00 - 18:00
Friends of the Fort Bragg Library
Labor Day Weekend
Members Only Pre-Sale
Friday, Aug 30, 3-6 pm
Memberships are $10 per person per calendar year and can be purchased at the Library prior to the sale or at the door the day of. Join the Friends or renew your membership today and participate in the members only Pre-Sale!

Adult Book Group
2024-08-29 16:00 - 17:00
Adult Book Group

The last Thursday of the month @ 4 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!

Kids Craft Time
2024-08-17 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!

Chicken Lips ~ an end of Summer Reading event
2024-08-10 14:00 - 15:00
Chicken Lips Read, Renew, Repeat!
Saturday, August 10, 2024, 2-3 pm

Celebrate the end of Summer Reading with a high-energy explosion of music, dancing and laughter, for kids of all ages!

From ChickenLipsMusic.com: This show focuses on encouraging active conservationism and awareness concerning our world. Children are motivated to get involved, to find where their passion intersects with learning about and taking care of the environment around us. All of this in an exciting, interactive dance party that will get the kids shouting, “READ, RENEW, REPEAT”!!
