Event List

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Calling all ice cream lovers!  Put your ice cream making skills to the test and enter our first ever Homemade Ice Cream Competition!  Prizes will be awarded by official staff judges, but members of the public will get to sample the entri

Learn all about Infobase’s History Collection databases: African American History, American History, Ancient & Medieval History, and Modern World History.   

Join us for a relaxing hour of classic board games.  This program is generously sponsored by the Friends of University Branch Library. Registration is not required.  For students in grades 9-12.

Learn the Japanese art of amigurumi.  In this class we’ll be crocheting small stuffed citrus fruits – choose a lemon, lime or orange.  Some basic knowledge of crochet is recommended for this class.  This program is generously sponso

University Branch Library's PUZZLE FEST 2024 will be a day of puzzling fun!  Swap your gently used jigsaw puzzles for new-to-you puzzles, compete in a speed-puzzling competition, or enjoy a casual community puzzle with other puzzle lovers.

Tired of the jigsaw puzzles you’ve got at home?  Swap them out for new-to-you puzzles at our Puzzle Swap.  Donate your gently used jigsaw puzzles to the library, then swap them out for more puzzles at our first ever Puzzle Swap.  Br

Gather a team of up to 4 people for our Speed-Puzzling Competition. Teams will have 2 hours to complete a 500-piece puzzle.  The team that completes their puzzle the fastest wins!

Take a break from technology and relax with a jigsaw puzzle on 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays.  Meet new people, including our puzzle-loving staff, and work together to complete jigsaw puzzles as a group.  No registration req

Need help with email, Internet, e-readers, or other technology? Bring your questions to our Tech-Help hour for one-on-one assistance from our tech-savvy library staff. Bring your personal device or use one of the library’s computers.

Craft Squad is a weekly meetup for crafters and artists of all skill-levels.  Bring whatever project you’re working on (and your supplies), and enjoy the company of other crafty people.  Share your work, your tips and tricks, and get ins

Mother Goose Time provides caregiver/infant multi-sensory circle-time activities -- including simple sign language, folksongs and lullabies, and finger plays -- that are especially designed to stimulate babies’ social, emotional, and physical deve

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Join us for a lively discussion of Dear Edward, by Ann Napolitano.  This poignant novel explores the aftermath of a devastating plane crash by focusing on the life of the sole survivor, a young boy named Edward, and his journey to he

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate take-home craft activity. Pajamas and blankets are welcome! 

Presented by Liz McNeel, Keller Williams and Founder of Houston Senior Living Series

Craft Squad is a weekly meetup for crafters and artists of all skill-levels.  Bring whatever project you’re working on (and your supplies), and enjoy the company of other crafty people.  Share your work, your tips and tricks, and get ins

Mother Goose Time provides caregiver/infant multi-sensory circle-time activities -- including simple sign language, folksongs and lullabies, and finger plays -- that are especially designed to stimulate babies’ social, emotional, and physical deve

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Take a break from technology and relax with a jigsaw puzzle on 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays.  Meet new people, including our puzzle-loving staff, and work together to complete jigsaw puzzles as a group.  No registration req

Stories, songs, and action rhymes for families with toddlers aged 1-3 years. This 30-minute program will conclude with an age-appropriate, take-home craft activity. We are unable to accommodate daycares and school groups in this program.

Join us at University Branch Library for fun featuring food!  Culinary Club is a monthly recipe exchange.  Join us as we discuss our recipes and share our experiences in the kitchen!  Cook up something new that fits this month’s the