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Painting "font"-omatopoeia

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

With artist David Brame, make a visual picture of words to show what the word means. Paintings will be used as thematic decoration in the library's Teen Corner. This event will be held on the following days:

Monday, June 10th | 3:45 - 5:45pm

Monday, June 17th | 3:45 - 5:45pm

Monday, July 15th | 3:45 - 5:45pm

You do not have to attend all sessions. For Teens and Tweens. No registration required.

Upcycle - Pet Toys

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

Learn to make t-shirt yarn and then transform that yarn into a pet toy! Pet toys can be kept or the library will donate them to the Alaska Mindful Paws Animal Shelter. For elementary aged kids.

Thursday, June 6th or Thursday, June 13th

11am - 12pm

No registration required.

Gardening Workshop for Kids

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

Learn about making a garden and planting seeds with Saskia. Create a garden at the library and watch it grow all summer long! We'll learn how to make Pole Bean Tents.

No registration required. All ages welcome! (Preschool and younger with caregiver.)

Teen Spa Day at the Library

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

DIY a bath bomb, a balm and a scrub to take home! For Teens & tweens.

Family Spa Day at the Library

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

DIY a bath bomb, a balm and a scrub to take home! For families.

Birding Backpacks now available at the Library!

NEW at the library!

Birding Backpacks are now available for checkout. Each backpack is equipped with binoculars, birding books, trail maps, checklists and more!

Movie at the Library - Summer Reading

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

Join us for a special screening of The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021 - PG rated).

Movie at the Library - Summer Reading

A Summer@HPL 2024 Event!

Join us for a special screening of Disney’s WALL-E (2008 - G rated) at the Homer Public Library!

After hundreds of lonely years, a waste management robot finds a new purpose in life. With only a cockroach for a friend, he finds true love in another robot sent on a mission to Earth to see if it is safe for human life.

Fiddle Music and Stories

A Summer@HPL 2024 event!

Join guest performers Ken Waldman and Josh Krohn for stories and fiddle music.

Tuesday, June 11th

6 - 7pm

In the Children's Library. For families.

Evening of Poetry at HPL

An Evening of Poetry and Conversation

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

6:30 - 7:30 pm

Join the Friends of the Homer Public Library in the library's cozy Fireplace Reading Lounge to hear from four local treasured poets as they read from their latest collections of poetry. We will hear passages from:

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