This sensory storytime is a fun early literacy romp, ending with a sensory activity. It is geared towards kids with sensory processing issues, though it's open to everyone with a visual schedule, feltboard accompanied books, and repetitive activities. Event Type(s): Storytime Age Group(s): 0-5 (K)

Come sing and play with your child! Engaging music for all ages! Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any Presenter: Teri Alton and Nancy Cunningham Teri Alton

Are you new to Nevada County? Have you just gone through a big life change and are looking for new friends? Just want to get out of the house? Come to the library's Social Hour! We have games, crafts, and snacks!

Teens, let's get artsy and crafty! Each week, we'll do something different, trying out lots of ways of being creative. Ages 12-18.

Come and play board games, card games, or bring your favorite game from home to share with others. No registration required.

NEW THIS MONTH! Get free help with CalWorks, CalFresh and Medi-Cal on the first Friday of every month. Staff will be at the library to assist with your questions and help you apply. We can provide referrals to many community resources. Registration is not necessary. Get free legal help from an attorney at the Madelyn Helling Branch Library on the first Friday of every month.* Register for your 10 minute session by calling (530) 265-7050. *Lawyer in the Library events with no registrants are subject to cancellation.

Join us for a movie and a PG or G rated movie on Friday afternoons. Plus, PIZZA! Dora and the Lost City of Gold: Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet -- High School. While her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a wild quest to save them. Grab your friends and family and join Dora on an adventure of a lifetime!

A relaxed opportunity to experiment and create in different art/fabric/writing media. Meet others in your community and try your hand at a variety of ways to express your creative self. Projects will vary each week.

This iPad and iPhone Class will help you get acquainted with various features of your apple devices. Please register in advance for this class.

Get ready to read, dance, sing, and play with this storytime for preschoolers. Younger kids are welcome, although the program is geared towards walkers and wigglers. Art and literacy activities to follow! Event Type(s): Storytime Age Group(s): Preschool (3 - 5 yrs) Lisa Nowlain

A creative way to show what's on your mind. Join us each month to doodle, collage, paint, embellish, and more. Blank journals will be available, but you're welcome to bring your existing journal from home. For the first half of the class we'll listen to a selection from the podcast, Levar Burton Reads, and the second half of the class will be open to discussion while we journal.

Bring the family to enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement activities while building language and literacy skills.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that.... Meet with other adults in our community as we sample the different ingredients in the mix of traditional and cutting-edge offerings that make up today's public library.

Visit the Truckee Library as we set aside some space for adults to indulge their creativity. Journals coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided!

Come read to the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe therapy animals and stay for cool crafts.

Come sing and play with your child! Engaging music for all ages! Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any Presenter: Teri Alton and Nancy Cunningham Teri Alton

Teens, let's get artsy and crafty! Each week, we'll do something different, trying out lots of ways of being creative. Ages 12-18.

Join us for a free screening at the Madelyn Helling Library: Standing Silent Nation. In April 2000, Alex White Plume and his Lakota family planted industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota after other crops had failed. But when federal agents raided the White Plumes' fields, the Lakota Nation was swept into a Byzantine struggle over tribal sovereignty, economic rights and common sense. This event is a collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent nonfiction film series on PBS. (www.pbs.org/pov) Popcorn will be served!

Join us for songs, books, and early literacy tips for babies. Drop-in program in the Children's Room at the Grass Valley Library. This program is focused on children birth to walking.

It's a spring filled with STEAM! Grass Valley is devoting a kids’ program each month to the STEAM acronym: January will have a science program, February technology, March engineering, April art, and May math.

A creative way to show what's on your mind. Join us each month to doodle, collage, paint, embellish, and more. Blank journals will be available, but you're welcome to bring your existing journal from home.

Get ready to read, dance, sing, and play with this storytime for preschoolers. Younger kids are welcome, although the program is geared towards walkers and wigglers. Art and literacy activities to follow! Event Type(s): Storytime Age Group(s): Preschool (3 - 5 yrs) Lisa Nowlain

What are the Junk Drawer Gal's up to this month? Bring your creativity, supplies are provided. Class size is limited, so register today!

Bring the family to enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement activities while building language and literacy skills.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that.... Meet with other adults in our community as we sample the different ingredients in the mix of traditional and cutting-edge offerings that make up today's public library.

Need help downloading your E-book or audiobook? Would you like to stream your entertainment to your personal devices? This class introduces the databases you can use to stream music, tv programs, movies, audiobooks and E-books. Before class, be sure to apply for a library card, bring the device you will be using out of the packaging and fully charged. Also, bring or know your device login information!

Have a question about your device? Drop-in between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 pm for help from our friendly Library volunteers.

Practice your reading with a trained therapy dog! We will have books available, or you're welcome to bring your own. Emerging readers welcome as well! No registration necessary; just drop in and sign up for a session. Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Ages 5-10 (530) 265-1538

Visit the Truckee Library as we set aside some space for adults to indulge their creativity. Journals coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided!

Come read to the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe therapy animals and stay for cool crafts.

Join this teen group (ages 12-18) to discuss everything Anime and Manga. Snacks and activities will be provided.

Come sing and play with your child! Engaging music for all ages! Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any Presenter: Teri Alton and Nancy Cunningham Teri Alton

Join us for stories, songs, and play! Sensory Storytime is for all children and is especially welcoming to children who have a hard time in large groups or are on the spectrum.

Come and play board games, card games, or bring your favorite game from home to share with others. No registration required.

Come and play board games, card games, or bring your favorite game from home to share with others. No registration required.

A Young Adult Book Club for grownups? That's right! There are tons of adults out there avidly reading YA novels and nonfiction, and now there's a book club for them. Hang out with Amy and Brittany at THE FLOUR GARDEN in Downtown Grass Valley (next to Safeway), while they discuss the monthly book choice. January's book is: "The Poet X," by Elizabeth Acevedo

Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn 80+ languages with self-directed lessons, live teachers, movies, music, and more. You can use your library card to register and learn at your own pace. Stop by the Madelyn Helling Library and see how easy it is to register and start learning a new language.

Join us upstairs and learn the to needle felt. All supplies are provided and all skill levels are welcome.

Get ready to read, dance, sing, and play with this storytime for preschoolers. Younger kids are welcome, although the program is geared towards walkers and wigglers. Art and literacy activities to follow! Event Type(s): Storytime Age Group(s): Preschool (3 - 5 yrs) Lisa Nowlain

Bring the family to enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement activities while building language and literacy skills.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that.... Meet with other adults in our community as we sample the different ingredients in the mix of traditional and cutting-edge offerings that make up today's public library.

Join us at the Truckee Library for "Just Books" Book Club. We meet the third Tuesday of each month. We announce the titles we choose 1-3 months in advance. "Just Books" originated through the "Book Shelf" book store and is now hosted by the Truckee Library. Please come and bring a friend. January's selected book is, "The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek", by Kim Michele Richardson.

Everyone from experienced seed savers to new gardeners welcome! Bring your extra seed from last growing season or what you know you won't need for this season. Everyone that brings seeds to donate will have priority in selecting seeds from the swap. All leftover seeds will be added to the Seed Library.

Do you dream of crafting and creating? Do you yearn to make gifts for yourself and others? Do you wish to learn the art of Do-It-Yourself? Then join us at the Grass Valley Library as we try our hands at making some awesome things in decorating and beauty. For tweens and teens.

Come to the Collaborative Technology Center to learn how to access our digital resources, find out about email, or any number of different topics each week! Bring your personal computer or smart phone to class with you to get personalized tips, or stop by the circulation desk before class to borrow one from the library. Programs with no sign-ups are subject to cancellation.

Practice your reading with a trained therapy dog! We will have books available, or you're welcome to bring your own. Emerging readers welcome as well! No registration necessary; just drop in and sign up for a session. Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Ages 5-10 (530) 265-1538

Visit the Truckee Library as we set aside some space for adults to indulge their creativity. Journals coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided!

Come read to the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe therapy animals and stay for cool crafts.

Join this teen group (ages 12-18) to discuss everything Anime and Manga. Snacks and activities will be provided.

Come sing and play with your child! Engaging music for all ages! Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any Presenter: Teri Alton and Nancy Cunningham Teri Alton

Join us for stories, songs, and play! Sensory Storytime is for all children and is especially welcoming to children who have a hard time in large groups or are on the spectrum.

2020 introduces the "Year of the Rat" according to Chinese astrology. Celebrate with samplings and traditions of this brilliant ancient culture at the Truckee Library.

Drop-in at the Penn Valley Library Station to try out the ancient art of origami. All ages and levels welcome. We provide supplies and directions for folding. Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any

Chinese New Year 2020 is the the year of the rat. Enjoy this passive program that supplies you with everything you need to make an origami mouse or rat.

Come join us at the Grass Valley Library for a Saturday Family Craft. Bring the whole family and create some amazing things to decorate your home. This is a self guided activity that will allow families to create together. All ages welcome. No registration required.

Drop-in for some STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and/or math) activities, and of course LEGOs! Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): High School Grades 9 - 12, Junior High Grades 6 - 8, K - 6th Grades, Preschool (3 - 5 yrs), Young Adults (18 - 24)

Come celebrate the start of the Year of the Rat at the library! The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party. The Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride. Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and landed ahead of Ox, becoming first. The Rat is also associated with the Earthly Branch (??—dì zhi) Zi (?) and the midnight hours. In the terms of yin and yang (??—yin yáng), the Rat is yang and represents the beginning of a new day. In Chinese culture, rats were seen as a sign of wealth and surplus. Because of their reproduction rate, married couples also prayed to them for children.

Explore the endless possibilities of what you can create using just these three items in making art. All supplies are provided.

Get ready to read, dance, sing, and play with this storytime for preschoolers. Younger kids are welcome, although the program is geared towards walkers and wigglers. Art and literacy activities to follow! Event Type(s): Storytime Age Group(s): Preschool (3 - 5 yrs) Lisa Nowlain

Come try out the Virtual Reality equipment. Age Group(s): Adult, High School Grades 9 - 12, Junior High Grades 6 - 8

Bring the family to enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and movement activities while building language and literary skills.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that.... Meet with other adults in our community as we sample the different ingredients in the mix of traditional and cutting-edge offerings that make up today's public library.

Need help downloading your E-book or audiobook? Would you like to stream your entertainment to your personal devices? This class introduces the databases you can use to stream music, tv programs, movies, audiobooks and E-books. Before class, be sure to apply for a library card, bring the device you will be using out of the packaging and fully charged. Also, bring or know your device login information!

Visit the Truckee Library as we set aside some space for adults to indulge their creativity. Journals coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided!

This sensory story time is a fun early literacy romp, ending with a sensory activity. It is geared towards kids with sensory processing issues, though it's open to everyone with a visual schedule, felt-board accompanied books, and repetitive activities.

Come sing and play with your child! Engaging music for all ages! Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any Presenter: Teri Alton and Nancy Cunningham Teri Alton

Living Room Conversations are a conversational bridge across issues that divide and separate us. No fancy event or skilled facilitator is needed. As the push for legalization spreads across the US, a different conversation emerges around marijuana. Proponents see this as an advance in freedom and liberty, trusting adults to decide what is best about a substance that is equated with alcohol and nicotine. On the other side, critics see the march to legalization as yet another step in the loosening moral discipline of our country. What are the new questions to ask? How do we envision our lives where/when marijuana is legal? What are results from states with early legalization? How should tax revenues be allocated?

Penn Valley has a book club! Meet and discuss stories with other Penn Valley patrons. January 30th's Penn Valley Page Turners book club choice is Fiery Star by Leslie Rivers.

Join us for stories, songs, and play! Sensory Storytime is for all children and is especially welcoming to children who have a hard time in large groups or are on the spectrum.

Come and play board games, card games, or bring your favorite game from home to share with others. No registration required.

Join us at the Grass Valley Library for a weekly tabletop or role playing game. Games include Dungeons and Dragons, Magic the Gathering, Settlers of Catan, Flux, Ticket to Ride, and more. Snacks will be provided. No registration necessary. Ages 12 and up.

Join us for an evening of travel insights while local traveler shares about the wonders of the culture and travel highlights of Argentina and Uruguay. Q&A to follow the slides and commentary of this exciting adventure in South America!

Drop-in at the Penn Valley Library Station to try out the ancient art of origami. All ages and levels welcome. We provide supplies and directions for folding. Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Any

Join us at the Penn Valley Station Library on Friday, January 31st from 3-4pm for a presentation on the differences between Alzheimer's and Dementia by Barbara Larsen.