Ernesto Alvarado, from the Nevada County Adult Services Department, will show how computer scams, lottery scams, Facebook scams, and phone solicitor scams can be detected and avoided. Seniors, care givers, and family are all welcome to attend

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. Winter themed projects will vary each week.

Play with techniques, color, and patterns in this watercolor series. All materials 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

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.

Come read to Shiloh our Paws to Read dog! Practice your reading with a trained therapy dog! We have books available or you're welcome to bring your own. Emerging readers welcome as well! No registration necessary; just drop in any Tuesday from 3-4!

A little bit of this, a little bit of that..... Meet up 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.

Let's learn about technology! We'll program robots, find out about coding, and use the cool equipment from our Tech Lending Library. Ages 8+

Come and see our 3D printer in action! The Grass Valley Library has a Robo R2, 3D printer. This program allow you to see the printer in operation, learn the certification process, and understand what's required to keep the printer in tip-top shape.

Help the Youth Services Librarian plan library programs, promote teen books, support the library and have fun! Great way to fulfill community service hours Free snacks and refreshments are provided

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

Join us for coloring! Coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided.

Drop by the library and indulge your creativity! Journals, coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided.

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

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!

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

Bring your extra seed (labeled, please) to share or just join in the seed exchange as local gardeners begin to plan what's going to be on our salad plates this summer.

Join us at the Grass Valley Library for weekly tabletop tournaments. 3-4pm: Magic the Gathering 4-5pm: Dungeons and Dragons Snacks will be provided. No registration necessary. Ages 12 and up.

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!

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

Join us for a presentation on the differences between Alzheimer's and Dementia by Barbara Larsen.

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

Come read to Shiloh our Paws to Read dog! Practice your reading with a trained therapy dog! We have books available or you're welcome to bring your own. Emerging readers welcome as well! No registration necessary; just drop in any Tuesday from 3-4!

This book club is for people with IDD (intellectual & developmental disabilities) to read, learn, and make friends in a relaxed community setting. NCBC provides an opportunity for those with IDD to experience community inclusion, social connectedness, and lifelong learning,

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

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Join us for songs, books, and early literacy tips just for toddlers. Drop-in program in the Children's Room at the Grass Valley Library. This program is focused on children walking to 3 years old.

Have a question about your device? Drop-in between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00pm 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

Join us for coloring! Coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided.

Drop by the library and indulge your 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.

Offering our pet-loving patrons a chance to make a nutritious Valentines Day treat for our furry friends! These treats must be refrigerated. Consult your veterinarian for any dietary restrictions your pet may have.

Watercolor, acrylic, gouache, pastel, ink, Chinese painting ink, fountain pens, markers and more. This class will make paintings and drawings with a variety of tools and techniques.

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

Come explore how Valentine's Day is celebrated around the world! No registrations necessary. All ages are welcome!

Join us for the Nevada County Community Library Wine & Read Book Discussion of Empire of Sin by Gary Krist at: Cork 49 142 Mill Street Grass Valley, CA 95949 Thursday, February 13th 6-8 pm

Come knit with us! Knitters of all experience levels are welcome. Bring your supplies and join us for inspiration, encouragement, and fun! (Limited supplies will be provided.

Come join us for a monthly Story Art session with our local artist, Anke Hass! Each class will include a brief reading/discussion of a pre-selected story, participants' creative response and a wrap-up with art sharing. Pre-reading books is recommended. All materials provided. Class size is limited. Registration required. Ages 8+

Join us for a free screening at the Madelyn Helling Library: Blowin' Up. Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. With intimate camerawork that lingers on details and brings the Queens criminal courtroom to life, BLOWIN' UP celebrates acts of steadfast defiance, even as it reveals the hurdles these women must face. Official Selection, 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. This event is a collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent nonfiction film series on PBS. (www.pbs.org/pov) Popcorn will be served!

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 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

Come read to Shiloh our Paws to Read dog! Practice your reading with a trained therapy dog! We have books available or you're welcome to bring your own. Emerging readers welcome as well! No registration necessary; just drop in any Tuesday from 3-4!

A little bit of this, a little bit of that..... Meet up 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. February's selected book is "The Greater Journey" by David McCullough.

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. This month, we'll be creating felted animals!

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

Join us for coloring! Coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided.

Drop by the library and indulge your 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.

This class will make small projects, weaving with traditional and nontraditional materials. All supplies are provided and all skill levels are open join.

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

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!

Come 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! There are tons of adults 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 at 109 Neal Street (next to Safeway), while they discuss the monthly book choice. February's book is: "The Prince and the Dressmaker," by Jen Wang

Learn about a different country every month! Explore culture, food. festivals. geography and more with a fun activity or craft. Participants will receive their own little passport to get stamped at each program. This program is geared for school aged kids from 5-10.

Kanopy offers the world's finest cinema, that you can start streaming now for free with your library card. Come and learn how easy it is to download Kanopy and begin using it today.

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

Let's learn about technology! We'll program robots, find out about coding, and use the cool equipment from our Tech Lending Library. Event Type(s): Library Programming Age Group(s): Ages 5-10, Ages 8-12

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.

Come read to Shiloh our Paws to Read dog! Practice your reading with a trained therapy dog! We have books available or you're welcome to bring your own. Emerging readers welcome as well! No registration necessary; just drop in any Tuesday from 3-4!

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

This book club is for people with IDD (intellectual & developmental disabilities) to read, learn, and make friends in a relaxed community setting. NCBC provides an opportunity for those with IDD to experience community inclusion, social connectedness, and lifelong learning,

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Ever wanted to see a 3D printer in action? Interested in getting certified on the Library's MakerBot Replicator 2 so you can design your own creations? Learn the certification process and what's required to keep the printer in tip-top shape.

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

Join us for coloring! Coloring pages, crayons, pencils and more! All materials provided.

Drop by the library and indulge your 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.

Unlike Windows 8, Windows 10 actually feels designed for a PC. If you’re a Windows 7 user, you might be surprised to see just how much has changed. Mike will explain the differences and how to feel more at home with Microsoft's newest operating system. (Please make sure Windows 10 has been downloaded and activated on your device before class.)

In celebration of the Chinese New Year come and make a paper lantern. This passive program will include all the supplies you'll need.

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)