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Family Scavenger Hunt

Join us for a family scavenger hunt to explore Southlake landmarks and points of interest! Please use caution and follow safety procedures. All uploaded images and videos are shared on the live feed and viewable by all participants. Prizes will be awarded to top earners! Step 1: Parent or caregiver downloads the Goosechase app and creates an account. Step 2: Find the Southlake Library Family Scavenger Hunt with join code KM4975 Step 3: Create a family team with the join code SLK2023. Additional family members can be added to your team with the password you create.

FULL Read to Evan Seven, a Canine Companion FULL

PROGRAM FULL Children of all reading abilities are invited to spend one-on-one time reading to Evan Seven, a Golden Retriever/Labrador mix, and a certified therapy dog with Canine Companions. He loves belly rubs, neck scratches and books! Each reader will get 15 minutes of reading time with Evan. Ages 4–12 only. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

Baby Story Time

This fun and engaging story time provides babies with their first group experience with books, nursery rhymes, songs and fingerplays. Best for ages newborn to age 1.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

Christopher Lyle Magic Show

Come see the magician in the yellow suit! He’s funny, he’s magical, and he’s super entertaining! Best for ages 7 and up.

Toddler Story Time

Active young children will enjoy this story time full of books, fingerplays, songs, and fun based on simple concepts, repetition, and lots of movement. Best for ages 1-2.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

PROGRAM FULL Kindness Club

PROGRAM FULL THIS MEETING. Kindness club is an 8-week service club for kids designed to inspire, educate and empower young children to make their world a better place. Each week kids will have the opportunity to help with hands-on service projects and/or other community-related activities. Kids can participate in one club meeting or attend all. For children ages 7 to 12 only. Registration is closed.

The Fun Habit: An Author Talk with Mike Rucker, Ph.D.

Fun with Spubbles, a Bubble Show

Come have fun with bubble artist Spubbles. There will be small bubbles, big bubbles, foam bubbles, bigger bubbles, music, a little bit of science, a few bubble tricks, and a finale of a whole person inside a giant bubble. Best for ages 7 and up.

Family Star Party with the Fort Worth Astronomical Society

Bring the whole family out for a Star Party! Patrick from the Fort Worth Astronomical Society will be our star (and galaxy!) guide. Several telescopes will be on hand, both reflector and refractor. Join us as we gaze up at the wonder of the night sky.

Baby Story Time

This fun and engaging story time provides babies with their first group experience with books, nursery rhymes, songs and fingerplays. Best for ages newborn to age 1.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

Animals, Animals, & MORE ANIMALS!

Want to meet a kinkajou? Or an owl monkey? Come to this exciting animal program to meet them and a few more too! Best for ages 5 and up

Toddler Story Time

Active young children will enjoy this story time full of books, fingerplays, songs, and fun based on simple concepts, repetition, and lots of movement. Best for ages 1-2.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

Kindness Club

KINDNESS club is an 8-week service club for kids designed to inspire, educate and empower young children to make their world a better place. Each week kids will have the opportunity to help with  hands-on service projects and/or other community-related activities. This session will host a special guest -- a Beekeeper! Native pollinator seeds will be given out to start your own bee garden! For children ages 7 to 12 only. Registration required for each meeting.

Stories and Twisty Balloons Show

Knights, dragons, and princesses . . . oh my! Come join this interactive and totally fun twisty balloon show. The first 100 kids get a twisty balloon to take home. Best for ages 5 and up.

An American In Provence: Author Talk with Award-Winning Photographer Jamie Beck

Family Bingo Night!

Get your daubers ready and join us for a family night of BINGO, prizes, and so much fun. Sweet and salty snacks provided.

Upright Theater Presents: Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and the Beanstalk is a faithful retelling of the classic fable. Using the device of "a play within a play", the script makes a connection to child's play and the magic of imagination! With plenty of audience participation, this delightful story brings the wonder of theatre to audiences of all ages.

Baby Story Time

This fun and engaging story time provides babies with their first group experience with books, nursery rhymes, songs and fingerplays. Best for ages newborn to age 1.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

The Yuck Show!

Prepare for all things YUCK! The audience will be divided into two teams to compete in science games and big, highly visual science demonstrations, with the winning team’s captain getting the ultimate prize . . . SLIME! Engaging activities range from blowing smoke rings across the room to making beach balls levitate in the air, to using scientific equipment to determine the winner of silly relay games, all leading up to the grand finale of the show! Best for ages 5 and up.

Summer Sippers with the Liquid Muse

Toddler Story Time

Active young children will enjoy this story time full of books, fingerplays, songs, and fun based on simple concepts, repetition, and lots of movement. Best for ages 1-2.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Creepy Crawlies Meet and Greet

This come and go, meet and greet is an up-close look at creepy crawlies like the following: emperor scorpion, dwarf caiman crocodile, tortoise and more! Animals may vary based on availability. Best for all ages!

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

Kindness Club

KINDNESS club is an 8-week service club for kids designed to inspire, educate and empower young children to make their world a better place. Each week kids will have the opportunity to help with hands-on service projects and/or other community-related activities. Kids can participate in one club meeting or attend all. For children ages 7 to 12 only. Registration required for each meeting.

I Detect a Tale with Imma Sleuth!

Margaret, a.k.a. detective “Imma Sleuth,” will take junior gumshoes on an adventure trying to find a story in the library that Margaret is supposed to tell the kids. Using their powers of deduction, clues, a fingerprint matching book, and a secret code, the junior detectives will figure out which story Imma will finally tell! Best for ages 6 and up.

Comedy, Magic & Juggling Show with David Slick

Make sure you come and watch this one-of-a-kind amazing show. It has comedy, magic and (best of all) juggling! David Slick is a master juggler and a Guinness World Record Holder! Best for ages 6 and up.

Chess Club for Kids

Learn to play chess, ages 5-9. No chess experience necessary. Taught by Chris Cole, Chris Cole a Southlake resident with kids who will attend Carroll Elementary. He was in chess club from K-6 and played in chess tournaments. He ran chess clubs at an elementary school and a middle school and started a chess club at Baylor and now plays chess casually. Chris is passionate about teaching kids to play chess because it's an excellent mental exercise, it's fun, and it's a great way to teach them good sportsmanship. Registration Required.

Baby Story Time

This fun and engaging story time provides babies with their first group experience with books, nursery rhymes, songs and fingerplays. Best for ages newborn to age 1.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

Aaron Fasel Magic

Books, magic, and laughter are all together now! Magician Aaron Fasel brings us his summer library tour! Best for ages 6 and up.

Toddler Story Time

Active young children will enjoy this story time full of books, fingerplays, songs, and fun based on simple concepts, repetition, and lots of movement. Best for ages 1-2.

Musical Story Time Adventures

This is a high activity story time that features songs, stories, rhymes, movement games and more. Best for ages 2-5 year

Alley Cats Puppet Show

Small Wonders Puppet Theater is a traveling puppet theater, performing live and original puppet shows to the delight of audiences, young and old. The shows are fun filled, all animal, interactive musical revue performances where the audience is part of the show as they get up and dance with the puppets! Best for ages 5 and up.

Preschool Open Play

This is a semi-structured time for caregivers and kids to connect in the library. Simple toys and coloring sheets provided. Best for kids age 5 and under.

Kindness Club

KINDNESS club is an 8-week service club for kids designed to inspire, educate and empower young children to make their world a better place. Each week kids will have the opportunity to help with hands-on service projects and/or other community-related activities. Kids can participate in one club meeting or attend all. For children ages 7 to 12 only. Registration required for each meeting.

Author Talk with Tananarive Due: Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda Contributing Author

Colors of Kindness Bubble Show

Bubble, bubble, POP! Come watch the fun and magical bubble show that includes bubble science, followed by GIANT bubbles! Best for ages 5 and up.

Cinema D’Arte with APEX Arts League & Southlake Public Library

APEX Arts League and Southlake Public Library invite you to a special showing of Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams. This unique film shares the story of Salvatore Ferragamo, an extraordinary artist of shoe design who created Hollywood elegance with his own fairy tale story. This free event is open to ages 21 & up. Appetizers and drinks are provided. Registration required.

Author Event Dr. Caroline Crocker and Meta A. Evenbly - Brave Face: The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Chil

Local author Dr. Caroline Crocker and her mother, Meta Evenbly, come together to tell the true story of Meta’s childhood as a child during World War II in their book Brave Face: The Inspiring WWII Memoir of a Dutch/German Child. Get a firsthand account of the experiences of war as seen through the eyes of a child. Books will be available at the event and the authors will be available to sign them. Registration required. Book Summary: As the daughter of a Dutch postman and his German wife, five-year-old Meta finds her life totally changed when World War II begins. Meta’s anxiety is exacerbated by a Nazi soldier who haunts her. Life continues downhill until starvation renders the formerly vivacious child so weak that she doesn’t care if she dies.

Crud Cruiser

June 17th 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. or until full. Due to being able to only do one mobile collection event it is likely that the Crud Cruiser will fill up prior to the end of the event. Once the Crud Cruiser has reached capacity no other household hazardous waste will be collected. The Crud Cruiser is now only held once per year. All Southlake residents, with proof of residency, are able to drop their items off at the Fort Worth Environmental Collection Center located at 6400 Bridge Street. Please visit the following link for additional information. https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/code-compliance/environmental-quality/services/crud-cruiser