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📜💫 Follow the Poems… Find Your Prize!

All Day 4/1–4/30
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
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🌟 Happy National Poetry Month! 🌟

Come take a stroll through the Children’s Room 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️
and enjoy poetry as you go! 🌸

Pick up your checklist (available next to the Children’s Room Desk) and see how many poems you can find ✔️

Create your own Earth Day Terrarium for ages 10-17

5:00pm–6:00pm
Children 10-14 years, Young Adult 14-18 years
Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 10-14 years, Young Adult 14-18 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

🌿 Get Your Hands Dirty—In the Best Way! 🌿

Create Your Own Terrarium
📅 For ages 10–17

Wednesday, April 15th at 5 pm at the Kent Public Library.

David Engel's Wizard Academy for all ages and abilities

11:00am–12:00pm
Family
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Offsite
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Offsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

🪄 Wizard Academy with Professor Hackensneeze 🧙‍♂️🧩

💪 Move to Live: Stronger, Younger with Agi Kadar- Sponsored by the Friends of Kent Library (virtual)

11:00am–12:00pm
Adults 19+ years
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:

** NEW SESSION! October-December 2025! **

LIVE: VIRTUAL PROGRAM VIA ZOOM!
 

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF KENT LIBRARY!
 

Friends of Kent Book Cellar Sale

12:00pm–4:00pm
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Program Type: Onsite

Bridge

1:00pm–3:00pm
Adults 19+ years
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.

🧶 Project Linus Crafting Group (in person)

3:30pm–4:45pm
Adults 19+ years
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 join a group of knitters, quilters, crocheters, and other crafters while helping children in need!

Mahjong

10:00am–1:00pm
Adults 19+ years
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

3:00pm–4:30pm
Adults 19+ years
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

10:00am–2:30pm
Adults 19+ years
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.

Peep Nest Party! (All Ages Welcome-Family Program) 🐥🏠

11:00am–11:45am
Family
Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Build a cozy home for your marshmallow Peep in this fun and creative program! Using tasty materials like graham crackers, wafers, jellybeans, and sprinkles, you’ll design and decorate your very own Peep house or nest.

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt

All Day 4/20–4/25
Family
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Onsite
Event Details:

🌍✨ Celebrate Earth Day with a Library Scavenger Hunt! ✨🌍

Sapling pick up

All Day 4/20–4/25
Family
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Age Group: Family
Event Details:

🌳If you have registered for a free tree, you may pick your sapling up starting today. Please pick up your tree between Monday 4/20 and Saturday 4/25. Come to the Children's Room and ask for Miss Irena.

Friends of Kent Volunteer Book Sorting

10:00am–2:00pm
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: No Space
Event Details:

Join Friends of Kent Library as they sort donations and get the Book Cellar and Book Nook ready for upcoming sales.  

💪Stretching with Corrie

10:30am–11:00am
Adults 19+ years
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:

*New session! January-March* 

Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe with Miss Chris & Miss Daisy

11:30am–12:00pm
Children 0-5 years
Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 0-5 years
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe 📚🎶

Drop-In Technical Help

4:00pm–6:00pm
Adults 19+ years
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.

Teen Volunteer Program

4:00pm–6:00pm
Young Adult 14-18 years
Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Local History and Genealogy Room
Age Group: Young Adult 14-18 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Looking for a way to earn community service hours while giving back to your community?

Dye Hard: Teen Edition (Tie Dye for Grades 5-12)

5:00pm–6:00pm
Children 10-14 years, Young Adult 14-18 years
Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 10-14 years, Young Adult 14-18 years
Registration Required
Event Details:

All-New Teen Tie-Dye at the Library!
Grades 5–12

History Talks with Jeffrey Urbin (Virtual): Ways Government Works

6:00pm–7:00pm
Adults 19+ years
Registration Required
Virtual Event
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Virtual
Age Group: Adults 19+ years
Program Type: Virtual
Registration Required
Event Details:

Step back in time and embark on a fascinating journey through history with Kent Public Library's monthly virtual program series!

Friends of Kent Book Cellar Sale

12:00pm–4:00pm
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Downstairs Program Room
Program Type: Onsite

🧘Chair Yoga with Lyette Thibault

1:30pm–2:30pm
Adults 19+ years
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

2:00pm–3:45pm
Adults 19+ years
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.  

Kids Craft Club (Grades K-4)

4:30pm–5:15pm
Children 5-10 years
Registration Required
Event Location: Kent Public Library
Room: Upstairs Program Room
Age Group: Children 5-10 years
Program Type: Onsite
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join your friends at the Kent Public library for this fun Kids Craft Club! We will come together once a month, read a book, and make a SEASONAL CRAFT that is sure to be perfect to hang on your wall at home.