Events

Come enjoy a cooking demonstration with No More Empty Pots to learn skills such as nutrition, teamwork, and food-safety. The session will feature local, seasonal and garden fresh foods. This free event is open to adults and children aged 5 and up. Children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Registration is required.

Create your own kite. While supplies last. For kids in kindergarten through 6th grade.

Work on your fiber art projects while enjoying the company of others. Crocheting, knitting, cross stitching, and other fiber art mediums welcomed. Third Monday of each month, 5:30 to 7:30 in the Main Library's Meeting Room.

Bump! Set! Spike! Join OPL and the Omaha Supernovas volleyball team for storytime! Read about playing volleyball and then show off your volleyball skills with the team members.

Celebrate reading with a party all about bookmarks! Kids can decorate a variety of bookmarks using fun supplies and their own creativity. From colorful designs to imaginative patterns, everyone will leave with a collection of unique bookmarks to enjoy with their favorite books. All supplies are included while supplies last. This is a free event for kids ages 6-10, and registration is required.

Nerf Battle: Have a Nerf gun at home? Want to battle it out with others, they’ll have a Nerf battle in Turf Room, set with obstacles. Don’t have a nerf gun? Don’t worry they will have extras. Ages: 8 -14 years old (*6-7 year olds can participate with parental supervision.) Cost: FREE for members, day pass rate for non members ($10)

Click Clack Duck will visit for a special storytime! Children of all ages are welcome. Experience stories, creative movement, music and more. We explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking, and writing in each storytime. There will be opportunities to take photos.

Curiosity Crew is a one-hour, hands-on STEM program for children ages 2–11 that blends play, exploration, and early learning. Through interactive activities using age-appropriate technology, toys, and apps, young learners discover foundational STEM concepts while building problem-solving, motor, and early literacy skills. This playful, engaging environment helps spark curiosity and comfort with digital tools from an early age, while also supporting school readiness by nurturing creativity, critical thinking, and social-emotional development. March Theme: Shrinking Art! Space is limited. Registration is encouraged.

Volleyball: LOVB Nebraska vs. LOVB Atlanta

Get ready for a super-powered story time! Join us for a special event with wrestling superstar, Latin Thunder. Latin Thunder will read a story, demonstrate some of his signature wrestling moves, and answer all your questions. After the story, it's your turn to unleash your inner hero! Decorate your very own luchador mask and then strike a pose with the champion himself!

Click Clack Duck will visit for a special storytime! Children of all ages are welcome. Experience stories, creative movement, music and more. We explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking, and writing in each storytime. There will be opportunities to take photos.

Our friends from Metro will join us, along with a real city bus, at today's special storytime celebrating Nebraska Public Transit Week! Children of all ages are welcome.

Get ready for a super-powered story time! Join us for a special event with wrestling superstar, Latin Thunder. Latin Thunder will read a story, demonstrate some of his signature wrestling moves, and answer all your questions. After the story, it's your turn to unleash your inner hero! Decorate your very own luchador mask and then strike a pose with the champion himself! Registration is required.

Educators from the Papio Natural Resources District and their turtle ambassadors are visiting to teach us about what makes a turtle...a turtle (and awesome!) All ages welcome.  No library card or registration required.

Get ready for a super-powered story time! Join us for a special event with wrestling superstar, Latin Thunder. Latin Thunder will read a story, demonstrate some of his signature wrestling moves, and answer all your questions. After the story, it's your turn to unleash your inner hero! Decorate your very own luchador mask and then strike a pose with the champion himself! Registration is required.

Harlem Globetrotters 100 Years of WOW

Get ready for an unforgettable experience as a thrilling Wild West Show rolls into Council Bluffs, Iowa! With deep roots in cowboy history, this spectacular event showcases the rich traditions of the American West through daring rodeo performances, breathtaking stunts, and vibrant pageantry. Round up your family and friends for an evening filled with excitement, laughter, and awe-inspiring entertainment that captures the spirit of the frontier. Prepare to be transported to a time of cowboys, outlaws, and adventure at the Council Bluffs PRCA Rodeo!

We're celebrating everything that go, go, goes at this party perfect for car and truck lovers ages 1-6. Drop in at any time; no library card or registration required.

Spring starts small! Join Keep Omaha Beautiful for a hands-on investigation of tree buds and the exciting changes happening before leaves and flowers appear. Dissect buds to uncover the tiny leaves and flowers hidden inside, ready to burst when the weather warms.

Count Olaf is scheming again! He’s locked the key to the Baudelaire’s fortune in a box, and the three Baudelaire children need your help to get it back before Count Olaf can secure the fortune for good. Come solve clues and puzzles themed around the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Can you help Violet, Klaus, and Sunny in time? This is a free event for children ages 8-12. Registration is required.

Bring your imagination to life with stories and scrapbooks! In this creative workshop, participants will use a instant camera to take pictures (and/or bring their own pictures!) and turn them into colorful scrapbook pages using paper, stickers, letters, and more. It’s the perfect mix of storytelling and hands-on art—no writing or crafting experience needed!

Have you ever wished you could confidently build a campfire? Or, maybe you'd like to learn how to successfully build a fire in a survival scenario using only naturaly occuring materials? Perhaps you're interested in understanding the role fire has played in shaping Iowa's ecological communities?  If so, then this class is for you! This program is designed for adults and older teens who are new to outdoor skills, and who have a desire to deepen their place-based knowlege. Join naturalist Dustin Clayton and learn how to build a fire using a variety of techniques and materials.  We will have lots of time for practice and experimentation with the different methods discussed.

Help kick off Our Community Reads 2026: Coming Together! This is a family-friendly, all-ages community event to celebrate reading, crafting, and what makes this community special. There will be a food truck in the parking lot, performances, displays, and hands-on activities taking place throughout the Library. Join for this Our Community Reads extravaganza!

¡El Pato Clic Clac llega para una hora de cuentos especial! Ven a disfrutar de cuentos, música, juegos y movimiento creativo. Todos los niños son bienvenidos, y adaptamos las actividades según la edad de quienes participen.

Come and bug out over bugs with the Bug Guy! Spiders, scorpions, giant hissing cockroaches, butterflies, and more... kids will get to learn about them all, and maybe even hold a few (if you dare). It's sure to be an exciting event!

Spring starts small! Join Keep Omaha Beautiful for a hands-on investigation of tree buds and the exciting changes happening before leaves and flowers appear. Dissect buds to uncover the tiny leaves and flowers hidden inside, ready to burst when the weather warms.