ESL Classes (Various Levels)
All of HCPL English-learning classes are taught by trained volunteer tutors and are completely free to attend. Learning materials are provided.
Beginner ESL Classes for Adults who speak little or no English. You will practice speaking, reading, writing and listening.
Advanced ESL Classes & Conversation Club for Adults who want to reach fluency in English. Practice speaking, reading, writing and listening with native speakers in a nonjudgmental environment.
Express Children's Theatre presents An Art Class for Kids with Frida Kahlo, commissioned by Rothko Chapel. Through a fun, time-bending adventure, the legendary artist Frida Kahlo travels from 1940s Mexico to teach a creative art class! Participants will learn about Frida's life and artistic style while creating their own self-portraits using crayons and colored pencils.
Join us at the Parker Williams Library Innovation Lab for our 3D Printer Orientation!
This orientation session will introduce participants to the 3D printing services we offer at the library. Those who complete the orientation will then be able to request supervised time to use a 3D printer at any HCPL branch that has one. Attending this orientation is mandatory before patrons can request time to use a 3D printer.
All registrants will need to make an account in Beanstack in order to book an appointment to use the machine.
Wiggle, giggle, and read together!
Join other toddlers and their parents or caregivers for weekly Toddler Time Storytime every Thursday at 10:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. Each session features age-appropriate stories, songs, and fingerplays designed to encourage early literacy, movement, and fun interaction.
This program is specially geared for toddlers ages 18–35 months and their caregivers. No ticket required—just drop in and join the fun!
Learn how to use the Cricut 'Print then Cut' feature to make stickers with custom designs. After the demonstration, patrons will get to decorate premade stickers.
Wiggle, giggle, and read together!
Join other toddlers and their parents or caregivers for weekly Toddler Time Storytime every Thursday at 10:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. Each session features age-appropriate stories, songs, and fingerplays designed to encourage early literacy, movement, and fun interaction.
This program is specially geared for toddlers ages 18–35 months and their caregivers. No ticket required—just drop in and join the fun!
ESL Classes (Various Levels)
All of HCPL English-learning classes are taught by trained volunteer tutors and are completely free to attend. Learning materials are provided.
Beginner ESL Classes for Adults who speak little or no English. You will practice speaking, reading, writing and listening.
Advanced ESL Classes & Conversation Club for Adults who want to reach fluency in English. Practice speaking, reading, writing and listening with native speakers in a nonjudgmental environment.
We will host our next cooking event on Thursday, August 20 at 10:15 AM in the downstairs Meeting Room. Participants will be instructed on how to make Barbacoa, a Mexican-style, slow-roasted, seasoned beef. The food prepared will be provided by the Friends of Freeman Library.
Join us at the Parker Williams Library Innovation Lab for our Cricut Orientation!
Adults – the Next Chapter Monday Matinee continues Monday, August 24 at 2:00 in our Upstairs Innovation Lab Classroom. We look forward to seeing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the rip-roaring third installment of the Indiana Jones saga, Indy's chance discovery of a detailed diary reunites him with his long-lost archaeologist father. Both seek to uncover the whereabouts of the fabled Holy Grail while contending with an alluring undercover Nazi agent. This film stars Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott, and John Rhys-Davies.