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Learn the basics of how to use plants to support your summer health and see a live demonstration of how to make an herbal salve with City Sprouts. All participants will go home with a small salve to use for cuts, burns, bug bites, etc. Suggested ages 13+.
Create scrapbook spreads of your fav moments. Bring photos from home or use supplies here.
It’s all or nothing in this after-hours teens-only event. Join teams or run solo as you try to survive. Snacks included after the clean up! Gear provided by Baright Public Library. No library card required! Registration required.
Explore how salt, fat, acid, and heat affect flavor and texture while using your senses to observe changes during cooking. Presented by No More Empty Pots. Suggested ages 13+.
Compete in teams to finish a 500-piece puzzle in 2 hours or less! Register your team of 2-4 people or as an individual looking to join another team. Registration open today online or in person by dropping by either library and speaking with a librarian. Check out Puzzle Swap happening at the same time. Bring a puzzle (or two) to leave, take a new puzzle (or two!) back home with you! No registration required.
Join GPL and Whispering Roots to learn knife skills and chop up some tasty salsa. Learn about gardening, and plant some seeds to take home and make salsa from your own garden! Registration required.
Learn how to make your own homemade pickles with guest experts from Whispering Roots. Suggested ages 13+.
Join for their fourth annual Chocolate Olympics. Complete trials and win chocolate!
The Teen Advisory Board invites all teens to their Summer Party! Stop in at any time to make friendship bracelets, get henna tattoos by a professional artist, and play Jackbox games. Ask about TAB and hang out! There will be snacks.
You crushed another year! Celebrate the end of the school year with a chill Finals Party! Cookie decorating, crafts, vibes & good tunes included.
This final's week, utilize your library and find a space just for you. Bring a friend and study, and relax in a chill after-school environment. Need to de-stress? We have crafts and gaming too.
Get your geek on! Pick up free comics; make your own superhero mask; and get free character sketches done by artists Rylie Blum, Robb Blum, Matt Haney, Tracey Mauk, and Bruce McCorkindale. Featuring special guests The Ghostbusters, members of the 501st and Rebel Legions, and more. Sponsored by the Gretna Community Fund, Krypton Comics, and Dave & Lisa Bell.
Celebrate the world of Mario with fun activities for ages K-8. Drop in anytime, no registration required.
Compete in teams to finish a 500-piece puzzle in 2 hours or less! Register your team of 2-4 people or as an individual looking to join another team. Registration open today online or in person by dropping by either library and speaking with a librarian.
Work on your fiber art projects while enjoying the company of others. Crocheting, knitting, cross stitching, and other fiber art mediums welcomed. Third Friday of each month, 5:30 to 7:30 in the Main Library's Meeting Room.
Get a jump start on your garden by picking up and swapping seeds with other local gardeners.
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.
Join experienced knitting teacher Roxanne Wheeler as she teaches this class for beginning knitting. Participants will learn foundational knitting skills as we knit wash cloths which can be applied to numerous other knitting projects. Knitting supplies are provided, all you need to bring is yourself and your enthusiasm! Registration limited. Availability offered first to interested individuals who haven't been able to join a Beginner Knitting class yet.
Celebrate the sunlight! You lose an hour of sleep, but you gain an hour of sun! Join us for sunlight and spring crafts, music, and vibes. Grades 6-12 welcome, no library card or registration required.
Join this month's Craft and Chat to learn foundational Cricut cutter skills as they assemble zipper bags, great as makeup, pencil bags, and more! By the end of this craft, all participants will have the know-how which can be applied to many other Cricut cutter crafts
Utilize your library and find a space just for you. Bring a friend and study, create, chat, or just relax with your peers in a chill after school environment. (art supplies, music, resources, and vibes provided)
Not into Valentine's Day? That's okay. Join GPL Teen services as we dress our best and make a mess; cutting up teddy bears, devouring treats, and belting our hearts out to break-up songs.
Join experienced knitting teacher Roxanne Wheeler as she teaches this class for beginning knitting. Participants will learn foundational knitting skills as we knit wash cloths which can be applied to numerous other knitting projects. Knitting supplies are provided, all you need to bring is yourself and your enthusiasm! Registration limited. Availability offered first to interested individuals who haven't been able to join a Beginner Knitting class yet.
Explore the artwork of Henri Matisse as we create a community art project and discover how to continue the art at home. For Grades K-5; please arrive on time at 5:00. No registration required.
Explore the science of our amazing universe through hands-on activities! Kids in Grades K-5 are invited to drop in anytime. No library card or registration required. Note: This event takes place at the Main Library, 736 South St.
Join Gretna Public Library's teen services as we reinvent ourselves for the New Year. Enjoy goal-setting, New Years crafts, snacks and music, and New Years Eve good vibes. No library card or registration required.
Can your team solve the puzzles before time runs out? Sign up to reserve your spot in the challenge. No library card required. For incoming Grades 2-5. The instructions and game will take approximately 45 minutes. Do not sign up for more than one timeslot. 1:00 or 2:00
Join teen services for an afternoon of open games. Play multi-player video games (i.e. Jackbox Party games, Mario Kart, Overcooked) with fellow peers or sit back, relax, and spectate. No registration or library card required.
Can your team solve the puzzles before time runs out? Sign up to reserve your spot in the challenge. No library card required. For incoming Grades 2-5. The instructions and game will take approximately 45 minutes. Do not sign up for more than one timeslot.
Fall is chili season, sample the community's delicious chili!
Can your team solve the puzzles before time runs out? Sign up to reserve your spot in the challenge. No library card required. For incoming Grades 2-5. The instructions and game will take approximately 45 minutes. Do not sign up for more than one timeslot.
Put aside your paintbrushes! Our new painting tools are live maggots! Create a unique masterpiece that will be beautiful and a good conversation starter. Dr. Amanda Roe, Associate Professor of Biology, will be leading this craft as well as a presentation on the importance of insects in the process of decomposition. Open to all ages.
Compete in teams to finish a 500-piece puzzle in 2 hours or less! Register your team of 2-4 people or as an individual looking to join another team. Check out our Puzzle Swap happening at the same time. Bring a puzzle (or two!) to leave, take a new puzzle (or two) back home with you! No registration required.
They have a new batch of apples to taste and rate this year, generously donated by Vala's Apple Orchard! Come for fresh fruit and lots of other fun for the whole family! Drop in anytime. No library card or registration required.
How do you see yourself? Use simple supplies to create a portrait that jumps off the page! For Grades K-5.
Avast! The cast of Midwest Pirate Fest is setting to land to share booty and tell tales of pirate lore in a presentation which explores the real history of pirates.
Step up to the plate for the third annual tasty trials! Snack bag included to save any bounty for later.
Celebrate summer, sunshine, and youthful shenanigans at the TAB Summer Party! Step in at any time to make friendship bracelets, get henna tattoos by a professional artist from Mehndi by Shaleen, and play Jackbox games. There will be snacks.
Join a group of writers to work on drafts, partake in challenges, and share what you like. Grades 6-12
In this family-friendly presentation we will learn about the resources Nebraska Wildlife Rehab provides to our local wildlife, how it pertains to individual patients such as Gretna's own Cake Bandit Opossum, and what we can all do as a network to aid our nature neighbors. While no opossums will be present, there will be chocolate cake.
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