See all the upcoming library events below or visit the main events page at www.mysaline.com/events
Below are the in-person and virtual programs happening at the Saline County Library during the week of February 27th – March 4th
Monday, February 27th
Makerspace Open Hours
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial- Benton
All Ages
Drop by during Makerspace open hours and make something super cool to take home with you! Whether crafting or tinkering, the possibilities are as vast as your imagination!
Toddler Time
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Mable Boswell Memorial – Bryant
Children
Join us for fun stories and group activities for the very young! This storytime has fun group activities for the very young! Toddlers and the adults who love them will make new friends as they play and learn. We play with a parachute, sing songs, learn finger plays, play games, dance, make music and share picture books. After our informal circle time we get out the toys and play together. For ages 1 – 3 years.
Sensory Storytime
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Children
This program is specifically designed for children with autism, sensory processing disorder, ADHD or who have difficulty sitting still, but we welcome anyone who wants to participate! Email Ms. Dana at [email protected] with any questions, or to get a library social story.
Makerspace Open Hours
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
All Ages
Drop by during Makerspace open hours and make something super cool to take home with you! Whether crafting or tinkering, the possibilities are as vast as your imagination!
Tabletop Gaming
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Teens
Teens are invited to play games and hangout on Mondays.
Tuesday, February 28th
Makerspace Open Hours
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mable Boswell Memorial – Bryant
All Ages
Drop by during Makerspace open hours and make something super cool to take home with you! Whether crafting or tinkering, the possibilities are as vast as your imagination!
Toddler Storytime
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Children
Join Mrs. Wendy for this fun, active storytime designed just for toddlers. We will enjoy rhymes, flannel stories, songs, books, and instruments. After storytime, we will enjoy some play time together.
Makerspace Open Hours
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
All Ages
During open hours, Makerspace functions as an open workspace stocked with numerous tools and materials for free creative time. In other words, people can come in with only their imagination, create to their heart’s content, and leave with a completed project.
Chess Club/ Game On!
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Tweens
Join Ms. Jordan and Ms. Dana for chess club and other board games!
Minecraft Tuesdays
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Minecraft
Teens
Join us in our virtual Minecraft realm to play and hang out with friends.
V.I.P (Very Important People)
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Children
This program is for 1st – 3rd Graders. No need to read ahead of time; we will read a picture book about a famous person each week, and do an activity related to their life.
Teen Cooking
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mable Boswell Memorial – Bryant
Teens
This class is for teens 12-18. We will be making easy vintage recipes this spring. Registration required, please message me if there are any food allergies. [email protected]
Adultish Book Club
5:45 PM – 6:45 PM
Zoom
Adults
The Adultish Book Club is a group of bookish people who have been meeting monthly in person in the Upper Reading Area (near the Adult Non-Fiction section) at the Benton location of the Saline County Library. For our monthly book picks, please join our Facebook group, which you can find through the Saline County Library’s Facebook page.
SCL – Gameshow
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Adult
Time for the SCL gameshow. See if you can answer 20 questions that cover a wide variety of topics. If you get the most right, you win a prize.
Wednesday, March 1st
Homeschool Hour
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Teens, Tweens, and Children
Join the library on Wednesday morning for some homeschool fun! Ages 4-18 are welcome to participate in their respective groups.
Art Club
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Teen
Join us in the Makerspace to paint, draw, or work on any other art project! Bring your own work in progress or start a new one with us with a different artist spotlight each week.
Adult D&D Night – Campaign A
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Adult
Dungeons and Dragons has been a fixture of America’s love for RPG games for over 20 years. Now is your chance to get in on the action. The Saline County Library is hosting a monthly D&D night. On the first Wednesday of every month, you and your friends can come to the Saline County Library Benton Branch and play a game with us. Registration is required for this event.
Thursday, March 2nd
Makerspace Open Hours
9:00 PM – 12:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
All ages
Drop by during Makerspace open hours and make something super cool to take home with you! Whether crafting or tinkering, the possibilities are as vast as your imagination!
Tummy Time Tots
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Children
This is a lapsit program for infants. Join us for songs, books and bonding!
Preschool Storytime
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial- Benton
Children
Join Ms. Jordan every Thursday morning at 10:30 for our Preschool Storytime. This storytime is suggested for children ages 3 – 5.
Makerspace Open Hours
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mable Boswell Memorial- Bryant
All Ages
Drop by during Makerspace open hours and make something super cool to take home with you! Whether crafting or tinkering, the possibilities are as vast as your imagination!
Book Café
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Tweens
Join Ms. Jordan for an afterschool book café for 4th through 7th grade. We’ll sample a book through a brief reading, some discussion, and a fun activity or craft every week.
Master Builders
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Children
Join Ms. Dana for Legos, Lincoln logs, and lots more! For grades 1-3
Afterschool D&D Adventure
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Teen
This will be the beginning of our new spring Teen D&D Campaign. A campaign is a long form story that you get to shape and tell however you and your other adventurers decide. We will be telling this story every week over the spring semester, so the more you’re able to attend, the more of this new world you will get to explore!
Friday, February 3rd
Rising Star Players
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Tween, Teen, & Children
The Rising Star Players meet every Friday in the Meeting room of the Benton Branch. This will be an acting class.
Tech Connect – Computer Basics
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hot Springs Village
Adult
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to navigate the Windows 10 operating system, manage applications using the task manager, find and manage files and folders, save and delete files and more.
Computers and course material will be provided. This course is in an open question setting and recommended for anyone needing to learn from the beginning or brush up on their knowledge.
Saturday, February 4th
Saturday Storytime
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Children
Join us every Saturday at 10:30 for a Storytime for catered for ages 3 – 5!
Gotta Catch’em All
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial- Benton
All Ages
Gotta catch’em all by joining us for a Pokémon celebration. We will be having a video game tournament and we will show a movie about a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective. We will be having Pokémon related refreshments and popcorn for the movie.
Teen D&D One – Shot Saturday
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Bob Herzfeld Memorial – Benton
Teens
Join us for a one-shot Dungeons and Dragons adventure. Each month we will tackle a new adventure for level one characters. Feel free to either build your own character, or we will have pre-made characters for you to play.
See the main events page for all of the Saline County events listings: www.mysaline.com/events