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Join the mobile education team from Harris County Precinct 3 to craft your very own walking stick! Learn about different tree species found along our Greenways and personalize your stick to take on your next hike. Ages 7 + welcome. We will use sharp tools; adults must supervise their children. 

Class size limited to 25, so be sure to sign up at the front desk! After signing up, be sure to check-in 10 minutes before the start of the program to ensure your spot. 

This program will be offered once again on July 21.

Starting May 1, stop by the Crosby Library to sign up for a weekly take-home mystery available this summer. Tweens and teens ages 9 and up are invited to take part in this thrilling case to uncover the Mystery of the Missing Bigfoot.

This detective-style whodunit includes six mystery packets to be solved over the course of the summer. Registration is required - please see the front desk for details and registration

Join us for an exhilarating journey through the history of US women astronauts with Valerie Neal, emerita curator from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and expert on human spaceflight.

Sally Ride became a household name as the first American woman in space, but scores of equally impressive women have also left their mark in space. On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts spans 45 years and 61 astronauts to share the epic journeys of women who made space for themselves in a male-dominated field.

Relax and unwind with friends while enjoying popcorn and a movie!

Celebrate Earth Day by painting your very own birdhouse!

Award-winning and bestselling author Miranda Cowley Heller takes us on an intimate journey through the life stages of a woman in her new poetry collection, What the Deep Water Knows. Delicate, yet exceedingly raw, these poems will transport you as vividly as any work of fiction.

If I could fly backward, I would.

To the safety of branches, to the time

when my heart still raced for you,

twelve hundred beats a minute.

Join us at the Parker Williams Library Innovation Lab for our Laser Cutter Orientation!

This orientation session will introduce participants to the laser-cutting services we offer at the library. Those who complete the orientation will then be able to request supervised time to use a laser cutter at any HCPL branch that has one. 

Attending this orientation is mandatory before patrons can request time to use a laser cutter in the future.

Registration is required.

Need help preparing your taxes? AARP will prepare your taxes for FREE!

Available only on Mondays and Fridays from 10AM to 2PM.

You will need to bring:

1. the completed AARP tax packet (available at the library),
2. a driver's license/state ID,
3. social security card, and
4. any relevant tax information/forms.

This program is first come, first serve for walk-ins.

This year AARP will also offer appointments. Appointments can be made over the phone or in-person.

Join us in an online conversation with bestselling author Jason Reynolds as we discuss his latest work, Coach, the fifth–and last–entry in the highly popular Track series. Following the immersive stories of Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny, it’s finally time for Coach to shine in his own book as we discover: Who was Coach before he became an inspiring leader?

Need help preparing your taxes? AARP will prepare your taxes for FREE!

Available only on Mondays and Fridays from 10AM to 2PM.

You will need to bring:

1. the completed AARP tax packet (available at the library),
2. a driver's license/state ID,
3. social security card, and
4. any relevant tax information/forms.

This program is first come, first serve for walk-ins.

This year AARP will also offer appointments. Appointments can be made over the phone or in-person.