Your local resource for family-friendly activities and events in Omaha.
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.
Be a real-life Steve and Alex with Minecraft-inspired games, crafts, and other fun activities. Great for Grades K-5. Drop in any time.
In this presentation and Q&A, meet the newest member of the SAC Museum’s Education Team: LUNA, the Robot Dog! LUNA is an agile and intelligent Lunar Universal Navigation Assistant—others of her kind will assist future missions to the moon.
Join a group of writers to work on drafts, partake in challenges, and share what you like. Grades 6-12
Learn about the amazing world of bees! Discover how to get your start with backyard beekeeping with special guests from Valhalla Bee Farm. Taste and ask questions about honey with Bee Bum Honey. There will be activities for all ages from kids to adults!
Prepare for the spring planting season! Speak with garden experts, pick up free seeds, and swap seeds with others in our community!
Ages 8+. Try your hand at the art of henna with Mehndi By Shaleen. Learn about the history of henna, design a piece, and practice with a cone you get to keep. Sponsored by the Gretna Community Foundation.
Compete in teams to finish a 500-piece puzzle in 2 hours or less! Register as a group of 2-4 people or by yourself.
Bring a puzzle, take a puzzle (or two)! You're welcome to just pick one up, too.
Join a group of writers to work on drafts, partake in challenges, and share what you like. Grades 6-12
Scrapbook to your heart's content with the library's stash of paper, stickers, markers, and more. Bring memorable photos or tickets if you have them!
Learn to be a better babysitter with 4H. Registrants will receive 5 hours of training and leave with a babysitting kit (guidebook, activities, and first-aid supplies), skills to babysit responsibly for different age groups, and a knowledge base on the business-end of babysitting. Register online. Bring a sack lunch.
Dress your best and make a mess as we mangle (and re-assemble) teddy bears, devour chocolate and ice cream, and belt our hearts out to break-up songs.
Learn about the amazing world of bees! Discover how to get your start with backyard beekeeping with special guests from Valhalla Bee Farm. Taste and ask questions about honey with Bee Bum Honey. There will be activities for all ages from kids to adults!
Use the supplied materials and get creative with this monthly challenge. At the library, we support making bad art!
Spend quality time with adorable, adoptable kittens at the return of the annual Kitty Café! They'll have the toe bean scavenger hunt again, a cat-themed community puzzle, our board game boop. out for groups to play, kitty coloring sheets, and more! It'll be a real paw-rty.
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