• Attracting Native Pollinators: Garden and Habitat Restoration at the Kirkland Library

    Kirkland Library 308 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland, WA, United States

    For adults. Learn how to entice native pollinators to your yard! Julie O'Donnell will tell you how she turned her yard into a certified wildlife habitat. Her own garden contains over 200 species of native plants and has been successfully attracting birds, butterflies and beneficial insects for more than 30 years. Julie is a MasterMore

    Free
  • It’s ARTY Time! Paint & Sip at the Federal Way 320th Library

    Federal Way 320th Library

    For adults and teens. Paint your own cozy winter scene with local artist Collin Veenstra! Follow along with Collin while enjoying a warm cup of hot chocolate. All materials provided. Please register.

    Free
  • SilverKite Community Arts: Journey with Acrylics (online)

    Online

    For adults. Join a journey of the imagination with acrylic paints! Class facilitated by Tammy Leaver. SilverKite Community Arts offers online inter-generational workshops, talks, social hours and performances FREE for KCLS patrons. We hope that by offering these opportunities, we are providing stimulating creative engagement opportunities and social connection. These workshops last approximately one hour.More

    Free
  • Backyard Bird Count at the Newport Way Library

    Newport Way Library

    All ages welcome. Take part in a global Backyard Bird Count! Learn about birding, count and identify birds as a citizen scientist, create a bird friendly craft and do a bird scavenger hunt! The library will have a limited number of binoculars available for children and adult birders. Registration not required.

    Free
  • My Story: When I Was Your Age at the Sammamish Library

    Sammamish Library 825 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA, United States

    For adults. Write a letter to a young person in your life to tell them what your life was like at that age. Join Amy Chen for simple guided autobiography writing prompts to tell your story in about two pages. Your writing will focus on universal themes on areas of life impacts, self-reflection and sharingMore

    Free
  • Gentle Yoga for Renewal at the Bothell Library

    Bothell Library 18215 98th Avenue NE, Bothell, WA, United States

    For adults. Unplug from the world of to-do lists and technology. Plug into the empowering and nourishing sources of renewal. Emerge recharged, nourished and supported to meet the days ahead. For adults. Please register at kcls.org.

    Free
  • Were All the Cowboys White? Finding Mexican and African American Cowboys (online)

    Online

    For adults. In old movies and TV programs, all the cowboys seemed to be white. In reality, about 1 in 4 were men of color. This presentation reviews the growth of horse and cattle handlers from early Mexico through the early 1900s in the U.S. What records can we find? Presenter Janice Lovelace, Ph.D., hasMore

    Free
  • Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State at the Kirkland Library

    Kirkland Library 308 Kirkland Avenue, Kirkland, WA, United States

    For adults. No matter where you wander in Washington, you are never very far from the past and the evidence of the plants and animals that came before. Join co-author David B. Williams as he discusses this amazing array of past life, featured in a new book, Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils in WashingtonMore

    Free
  • Garden Hotline Presents: Growing Herbs Naturally at the Skyway Library

    Skyway Library 12601 76th Avenue S, Seattle, WA, United States

    For adults. Get started seeding new plants in this hands-on workshop, learning how to choose the best herbs for you to grow. Explore annual, biennial and perennial varieties, best growing conditions, soil choices and pot sizes and plant some seeds for you to take home. Please register at kcls.org.

    Free
  • Romance Reading Series: Publishers (online)

    Online

    For adults. Talk about various romance publishers and the genres, authors and tropes they support. Love to read romance or want to try it out? Join other readers and a librarian in exploring new and diverse romance books. Please register at kcls.org.