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Valentine's For Seniors

All Day 1/7 - 2/10
Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Family

Valentines for Seniors: Spread the Love!

This year, Kent Public Library is collecting homemade Valentines to share with homebound seniors in our community. You can participate in one of two ways:

Event Location: Kent Public Library
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Onsite
Event Details:

Valentines for Seniors: Spread the Love!

This year, Kent Public Library is collecting homemade Valentines to share with homebound seniors in our community. You can participate in one of two ways:

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Drop-In Technical Help

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
No Space at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Have questions about tech? Need help with your device? We're here to answer your technology questions! Bring your device and come prepared with your email, passwords, and other login information for accounts and apps.

Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Event Details:

Have questions about tech? Need help with your device? We're here to answer your technology questions! Bring your device and come prepared with your email, passwords, and other login information for accounts and apps.

Friends of Kent Book Cellar Sale

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Downstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Program Type: Onsite

🧘Chair Yoga with Lyette Thibault

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

****PLEASE READ! Due to high demand, Kent residents receive priority registration. All registrants will be placed on a Wait List and will be admitted as space allows and at the discretion of library staff.

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

****PLEASE READ! Due to high demand, Kent residents receive priority registration. All registrants will be placed on a Wait List and will be admitted as space allows and at the discretion of library staff.

🧶Knit and Crochet Get Together

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:45pm
Local History and Genealogy Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Come to share your interest and expertise in knitting and crocheting.  Beginners are welcome.  

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Local History and Genealogy Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come to share your interest and expertise in knitting and crocheting.  Beginners are welcome.  

photo of sample craft - two bookmarks with stripes

🎨Crafts at the Library: Bookmarks

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 2:45pm - 3:45pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

We’ll be using washi tape and scrapbook paper to make beautiful personalized bookmarks to inspire you to hit your 2026 reading goals! 

 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

We’ll be using washi tape and scrapbook paper to make beautiful personalized bookmarks to inspire you to hit your 2026 reading goals! 

 

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📚Not Just a Book Club (Adult Reading Group)

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Downstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Join us at the library for a monthly book discussion! 

📚Our January selection is Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín!📚 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us at the library for a monthly book discussion! 

📚Our January selection is Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín!📚 

Miss Marlana

Lend Me Your Ears Entertainment-with Miss Marlana (Ages 2-5)

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Stage at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Children 0-5 years

Lend Me Your Ears is an exciting and interactive music program for preschoolers. Children will have a ball singing along with Marlana as she plays her acoustic guitar.

Lots of movement guaranteed! 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Stage
Age Group: Children 0-5 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Lend Me Your Ears is an exciting and interactive music program for preschoolers. Children will have a ball singing along with Marlana as she plays her acoustic guitar.

Lots of movement guaranteed! 

Friends of Kent Book Cellar Sale

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Downstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Program Type: Onsite

Bridge

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Looking for a group to play Bridge with? Meet Thursdays at the library to meet with other players and start up a game! There will be no instruction.

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Looking for a group to play Bridge with? Meet Thursdays at the library to meet with other players and start up a game! There will be no instruction.

Mahjong

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:00am - 1:00pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Love playing MahJong or looking for a group to join? Come to the library on Fridays to meet fellow players and enjoy a few rounds together! Bring your own tiles or borrow one of our sets. Registration is required. 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Love playing MahJong or looking for a group to join? Come to the library on Fridays to meet fellow players and enjoy a few rounds together! Bring your own tiles or borrow one of our sets. Registration is required. 

Afternoon Mahjong

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Looking for a chance to practice and improve your Mahjong? Come to the library on Fridays to meet fellow players and enjoy a few rounds together! Bring your own tiles or borrow one of our sets. Registration is required. 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Looking for a chance to practice and improve your Mahjong? Come to the library on Fridays to meet fellow players and enjoy a few rounds together! Bring your own tiles or borrow one of our sets. Registration is required. 

Drop-In Technical Help 10:00-12:00, 12:30-2:30

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 10:00am - 2:30pm
No Space at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Have questions about tech? Need help with your device? We're here to answer your technology questions! Bring your device and come prepared with your email, passwords, and other login information for accounts and apps.

Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Event Details:

Have questions about tech? Need help with your device? We're here to answer your technology questions! Bring your device and come prepared with your email, passwords, and other login information for accounts and apps.

flyer with the program information

🧘Yoga for Adults w/ Jenn Nikischer

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Downstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Join Jennifer Nikischer, RYT, for a 45-minute session of yoga! 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Jennifer Nikischer, RYT, for a 45-minute session of yoga! 

Black History Month

Black History Month beaded bookmarks (for ages 4-18)

All Day 2/2 - 2/15
No Space at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite, Offsite
Age Group:
Family

Celebrate Black History Month with a fun, creative craft!

Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Onsite, Offsite
Event Details:

Celebrate Black History Month with a fun, creative craft!

toddler and me yoga

Toddler and Me Yoga for ages 2-4 with caregiver

Monday, February 2, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Family

Toddler & Me Yoga for ages 2-4 with caregiver

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Toddler & Me Yoga for ages 2-4 with caregiver

Person sitting at a computer

Drop-In Technical Help

Monday, February 2, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
No Space at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

Have questions about tech? Need help with your device? We're here to answer your technology questions! Bring your device and come prepared with your email, passwords, and other login information for accounts and apps.

Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Event Details:

Have questions about tech? Need help with your device? We're here to answer your technology questions! Bring your device and come prepared with your email, passwords, and other login information for accounts and apps.

Bingo

Bingo Bash for children ages 7-12

Monday, February 2, 2026 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Children 5-10 years, Children 10-14 years

 Bingo Bash !
Monday, February 2 from 5:30-6:30 pm for ages 7-12

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 5-10 years, Children 10-14 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

 Bingo Bash !
Monday, February 2 from 5:30-6:30 pm for ages 7-12

Storytime

Little Penguins (10-23 months)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Children 0-5 years

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH-20TH

Meet Miss Chris at the library for Holiday themed simple songs, storyboards, fingerplay, dancing, stories, music and more! 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 0-5 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH-20TH

Meet Miss Chris at the library for Holiday themed simple songs, storyboards, fingerplay, dancing, stories, music and more! 

Storytime

Silly Seals Storytime (2 & 3 years of Age) Indoors

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Children 0-5 years

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH-20TH

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 0-5 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH-20TH

Friends of Kent Book Cellar Sale

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Downstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Program Type: Onsite

🧘Chair Yoga with Lyette Thibault

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Adults 19+ years

****PLEASE READ! Due to high demand, Kent residents receive priority registration. All registrants will be placed on a Wait List and will be admitted as space allows and at the discretion of library staff.

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

****PLEASE READ! Due to high demand, Kent residents receive priority registration. All registrants will be placed on a Wait List and will be admitted as space allows and at the discretion of library staff.

Lego Club

LEGO Club (Grades K-4)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Children 5-10 years

Jump into creativity and imagination at the Kent Public Library’s monthly LEGO Club for kids in grades K-4. Let's take our creativity to the next Lego Level! We’ll proudly display what you build in our children’s section.

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 5-10 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Jump into creativity and imagination at the Kent Public Library’s monthly LEGO Club for kids in grades K-4. Let's take our creativity to the next Lego Level! We’ll proudly display what you build in our children’s section.

Storytime

Family Storytime-Winter Storytime (All ages) Indoor

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Upstairs Program Room at Kent Public Library
Program Type:
Onsite
Age Group:
Children 0-5 years

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH-20TH

Join Miss Chris on stage at the Kent Library for Holiday storytime. We will sign, dance, read, do a storyboard, bubbles and more! 

Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 0-5 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

THERE WILL BE NO CLASS THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16TH-20TH

Join Miss Chris on stage at the Kent Library for Holiday storytime. We will sign, dance, read, do a storyboard, bubbles and more!