Week Calendar

Join us at Prescott Farmers Market (PFM) for our 27th summer season!

Looking for assistance with Veteran's services, social services, food, housing or utilities?

CV Quilt Club Meeting. 

Come by the Teen Department each month for different Crafternoon take-home kits. For October, make a Wooden Spoon Bat. Pick up in the Teen Area. First Come, First Served.

Join us for Yoga at the library!  Wear comfy clothes and bring a mat or towel.

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If you need help applying for or renewing AHCCCS Health Insurance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, or other government assistance programs*,Helping Families in Needis here to help.

Are you grieving the loss of a loved one?
Would you like a safe place… 
Meet new people?
To be with others who understand where you are?
To talk with others who are experiencing similar thoughts and emotions?

Join us for Yoga at the library!  Wear comfy clothes and bring a mat or towel.

Dungeons and Dragons session.  

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Saturday (some exceptions may occur) in the Black Canyon City Community Library's meeting room.  

Come meet other parents and chat while your children play. This is intended for caregivers and their children ages 0-5.

Mondays 10-11 am.

Join high school students for Dungeons and Dragons after school.  Snacks provided.  Drop in.  

Join us every week for Tuesday Tales at the Black Canyon City Community Library from 10:00-10:30 am. Come for books, songs, and a craft! Older siblings welcome. 

Join us for "Tai Chi for Beginners" classes with a certified staff instructor and help improve your balance, relieve your pain, and build your confidence.

Benefits of Tai Chi:

Geared toward children ages 0-5. Come enjoy music, finger plays, dancing, a book, and cooperative play. This is a great program for little children and their caregiver. Tuesdays 10-11 am.

Stories, songs/games, craft and snack! 10-10:30am on Tuesdays and Fridays are for 0-3yrs, and 10:30-11:15am on Tuesdays and Fridays are for 3-8yrs! Come to one or both based on your family's needs (Fri is identical to Tues).

Prescott Valley Public Library will be offering an Intermediate Computer Skills Class. In this course learners will expand upon Microsoft word skills including organizing files and formatting documents.

A volunteer will be hosting a Tai Chi program at the Cordes Lakes Library in our conference room. Participants will be following an instructor.

Join high school students for Dungeons and Dragons after school.  Snacks provided.  Drop in.  

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Join us for Preschool Storytime. This interactive program features longer books and a variety of activities such as songs, finger plays, and skill building activities needed to help get your child ready for kindergarten.

This is an educational event for those newly eligible for Medicare or those already enrolled in Medicare and want to understand what may be changing.  This course goes over the different parts of Medicare, including how to enroll, when to

Join us at the Congress Public Library for a leisurely, adults-only crafting get together every Wednesday from 10-noon.   

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Join us for Beginning Tai Chi with a certified instructor and help improve your balance, relieve your pain, and build your confidence.

Join high school students for Dungeons and Dragons after school.  Snacks provided.  Drop in.  

Introduce baby to the joys of reading!

Infants (ages 0-18 months) and their grownups will enjoy a 30-minute storytime designed to encourage the development of language and motor skills through stories, songs, rhymes, and movement.

Focuses on the natural development of skills through the enjoyment of books, the importance of positive interactions between babies and parents, and the critical role of literacy-rich experiences.

Get assistance with your genealogy research from a member of the Northern Arizona Genealogy Society.

Join us for Intro to Qigong (Tai Chi performed for health is a form of Qigong) with a certified staff instructor and help improve your balance, relieve your pain, and build your confidence.

Benefits of Qigong:

Geared toward children ages 0-5. Come enjoy music, dancing, a book, and a craft. This program is for children and their caregiver. Thursday 10-11 am.

Join Ms. Letty & Friends for in-person music & movement with a story and craft Thursdays @ 10:00 am in the Children's Area.

Exploring the Arts is a fun and exciting new program supported by Camp Verde Community Library that focuses on artists and their works! Join us Thursdays in the Founders Room at 10:00 am where we will learn about and create art!

Medicare 101 Educational Workshop-Navigating Medicare with Confidence

Medicare Basics, Medicare Costs and Question and Answer time

This is a free event provided by Healthbridge Insurance Solutions

A volunteer will be hosting a free Tai Chi program at the Mayer Public Library in our conference room. Participants will need to sign a waiver to participate.

Join high school students for Dungeons and Dragons after school.  Snacks provided.  Drop in.  

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Stories, songs/games, craft and snack! 10-10:30am on Tuesdays and Fridays are for 0-3yrs, and 10:30-11:15am on Tuesdays and Fridays are for 3-8yrs! Come to one or both based on your family's needs (Fri is identical to Tues).

Join Friends and neighbors as discuss: "Allied" with Brad Pitt. 

Come join us in celebrating Smokey the Bear’s 80^th Birthday at the Beaver Creek Library & the Start of our Smokey Bear Reading Challenge

Local artists meet weekly to paint and chat every Friday from 10:00 - Noon.  Open to all.

Drop-in and discover hand or machine sewing. Bring a sewing project and enjoy socializing while you work. If you don't have a project, some scrap fabric and tools will be provided.

Fun Fridays! Time for the kids. We will have games and crafts for 10:00am- 1:00pm and a movie to start between 1:00pm-1:30pm.

* Crafts and games will vary with holidays and themes of the library. 

Join us for Advanced Tai Chi with a certified instructor and help improve your balance, relieve your pain, and build your confidence.

Fall 2024 Writer in Residence - ZARAH SANDALL

Families and children of all ages are welcome to join us for a story time. We'll have fun in an interactive environment, hear a story, learn early literacy skills, play, sing, and dance. Every Saturday from 10-10:30 am.

Come join us on first Saturdays of the month from 10:00 -11:00 am.  We are hosting a seed exchange.  Bring some seed you have from your garden or from the store and feel free to take 3 packets of seed from our catalog.

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Join us every 1st and 3rd Saturday at 10 am in the Children's Program Room, 2nd floor. Reading to a dog is fun and relaxing and helps build reading confidence in children!

Teen Musician Mechanics takes place on Saturdays at 10:00 am in Camp Verde Community Library's Teen Library. TMM will be focused on the nuts-and-bolts side of musical instruments, in a literal sense: repairing, modifying, maintainin

Join us at the Clark for Tai Chi in the Library every Saturday at 10:30 AM.

Read to a calm and friendly therapy dog and their kind handlers! Perfect for kids gaining confidence reading aloud or being around dogs. You choose the book and how long you stay.

Monthly Meeting

Fall 2024 Writer in Residence - ZARAH SANDALL

Fall 2024 Writer in Residence - Zarah Sandall

This 30-minute storytime is designed specifically for children ages 18 to 36 months and their caregiver.

Get assistance with your genealogy research from a member of the Northern Arizona Genealogy Society.

We will be offering assistance (one on one) to individuals who need help filing their Statement of Claims for water adjudication in the Verde Valley.

Fall 2024 Writer in Residence - ZARAH SANDALL

Fall 2024 Writer-in-Residence: The Janimal

A representative from the Verde Valley Homeless Coalition will be here weekly on Tuesdays from 12-4:30 pm, providing a variety of resources for homeless members of our community.  Services offered include case management, counseling, employme

Join us every Friday from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM for a fun-filled Kids Club at the Ash Fork Library! Each week, we mix things up with a variety of activities including arts and crafts, painting, games, movies, and outdoor adventures at the park.

Come Play games at the Library on Half Days!

Come Play games at the Library on Half Days!

This is a kids club designed for the children in the community to do arts and crafts, play games, and watch movies. 

Fall 2024 Writer in Residence - ZARAH SANDALL

Foster your child's love of books, learning, and the library with 30 minutes of stories, songs, and activities for children, ages 3-5, and their grownups. 

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Join Ms. Sally for Creative Saturdays in the Children's Library! Fun challenges, arts and crafts, and much more. Children aged 5-10 and families are welcome.

Crafting for Meals on Wheels Christmas gifts along with other crafts during the year.

Hope Women's Center setting up weekly at the library on Tuesdays from 1-4 pm to offer their resources and classes to local women in need of their services.

Bring a game or just enjoy an hour playing with friends at the library.

Read the book you choose and come talk about the book. 

Bring your knitting project or get ideas from Diane.  Adults welcome. All levels from beginner to advanced.   Enjoy an hour of fun and creative crafting at the library.

Come play a game or teach everyone a new game!

Connections Project

Mayer Public Library: Meeting Room

Fridays, 1-2 pm, September 20 through November 22, 2024

Meet The Janimal, Our Current Writer-in-Residence!

Come relax at the Mayer Public Library every Saturday with a movie, coloring, and socializing. ADULTS ONLY please, movie selection will be geared towards a more mature audience.

Long-Term care involves a range of services that are designed help meet the health or personal care needs of an individual when they can no longer perform everyday activities on their own due to chronic illnesses or disability.

Join us for an hour of camaraderie and fun putting puzzles together at the library.

Find a place to lounge and hang out with your friends after school. Explore various cultures in a laid-back atmosphere. Color, play games, join an activity, or try a new snack! For October, we explore Istanbul, Turkey. All teens are welcome!

Prescott Valley Public Library will be offering a 4-week Beginning Spanish class series on Thursday, starting on October 3^rd, 2024 @ 2:30– 3:30 pm.

The Teen Game Room is open on Thursdays! Game Systems include Wii, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5. Plus, there are also a ton of board games to play as well. There is limited space for the video games. First come, first served.

Join us every Friday at 2:30pm for Magic the Gathering at the library! Bring a deck or borrow one!

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Come play (or learn to play!) chess! All ages and skill levels welcome. Held year-round except on National Holidays. Chess sets provided or bring your own.

Students of any age (parents please supervise if under 5yrs) come after school to build something out of Legos with other kids or teens your age. Free, Legos provided (please leave your own Legos at home). Follow a design idea or invent your own!

Join a group of tweens every first Tuesday of the month at 3:30pm in the Children's Program Room to discover and make a new ooey gooey slime creation!

Let's explore children's creativity through crafting!

This week we will be creating Fall Bean Mosaics 

Join a group of tween every first Wednesday of the month at 3:00pm for the after school craft club. We learn a variety of different fun crafts each month, so drop in to see what mystery creation we're cooking up!

Teens ages 13-18 come hang out in the Teen Zone! Activities change each week but can include crafting, socializing, playing games, and more. Wednesdays 3-5 pm.

Children of all ages join us for cookies and coloring! Wednesday, October 2nd from 3:30-4 pm.

Read to a calm and friendly therapy dog and their kind handlers! Perfect for kids gaining confidence reading aloud or being around dogs. You choose the book and how long you stay.

Join us for magical fun and games! Participants are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite Harry Potter character.

Children 6 and up can sign up to read to a therapy dog. This helps build confidence in reading. Registration required. Thursdays 3:30-4:30 pm.

Tweens and teens ages 11-18 can come hang out with friends and play board games, Nintendo Switch, and our Virtual Reality devices. Fridays 3-5 pm.

Children and their caregivers are invited to come listen to a book and do a related craft. Fridays 3:30-4:30 pm.

Musicians Open Mic Night at the library!  Takes place weekly every Monday.  Coffee and water are available at no charge, attendees may bring cookies or other small snacks for a snack potluck.  

Eat cookies and complain! Ages 13-18. Wednesday, October 2nd from 4-5 pm.

Home for New Beginnings is a local non-profit whose goal is to build homes for children in the Verde Valley.

Afterschool program for children and families to come learn to make decorations used for Dia de los Muertos holiday. The additional two workshops will be; "papel picado" banner, and decorating a "calaverita"-sugar skull.   

Join PVPL every Thursday for a night of tabletop rpg, tcg, and board games with family and friends! Bring your own game, borrow from our game library, or spend the night painting minis.

We'll be playing:

New for the 2024 season, GameNite will now have weekly themes! Taking place in the Teen Library on Thursdays from 4:00 – 7:00pm, teens can hang out and play games in the library with a rotating theme:

1st Thursday: Miniature Wargaming

Advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) – Reading, writing and conversation.

Weekly on Tuesday

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday (except on Holidays and Closures) in the Black Canyon City Community Library's meeting room.

Have you ever wanted to try out a new art style but weren’t sure where to start?  Have you wanted to play with different mediums but didn’t want to invest in materials before you knew more?  Are you someone who just enjoys trying new cre

English as a Second Language (ESL) – Beginning Conversational English Class.

Weekly on Mondays

The Cottonwood Public Library is now offering ESL classes every Monday. The classes start at 6pm and end at 7:30pm, and are held at the Cottonwood Recreation Center, 150 S. 6^th St.

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM), in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS), will host a hybrid commu

Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Thursday (except on Holidays and Closures) at the Seligman Public Library - Community Meeting Room.

Citizenship Class for non-US Citizens to be able to obtain United States Citizenship. Meets weekly on Thursdays.

Call Kelly at Camp Verde Adult Reading Program (CVARP) for more information at (928) 554-8398