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Community Engagement Specialist- Appt Only

8:30am - 4:30pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Cedar Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:
Do you need to connect with community resources? Housing options, Veteran services, food services, behavioral health assistance, and other needs? Do you need assistance with job applications or your resume? Do you need help filling out government for...

Storytime

10:00am - 10:30am
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Infant, Toddler, Preschool
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:
Sing, read, talk, write, and play with the children in your life! Join us for a family storytime at the library for rhymes, songs, and stories for children and a parent or a caregiver!    ...

Tea Tasting

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Social
Event Details:
Sip, savor, and discover at our Tea Tasting Event! Join us at Coos Bay Public Library for this month's delightful partnership with Teas, Tinctures, Tonics! Explore a selection of artisanal tea blends while chatting with community members and/or co...

Community Yoga

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Health & Wellness, Workshop
Event Details:
  Coos Bay Public Library, in partnership with yoga instructor, Kelli Bosak, will co-host Community Yoga on every second Thursday of the month. This FREE virtual event will be held on Zoom! Register @ https://bit.ly/3CbG1VR *Registrants...

Community Engagement Specialist- Appt Only

8:30am - 4:30pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Cedar Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:
Do you need to connect with community resources? Housing options, Veteran services, food services, behavioral health assistance, and other needs? Do you need assistance with job applications or your resume? Do you need help filling out government for...

Pickup/Drop-off Eastside

9:00am - 9:30am
Offsite
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
Return or pick up library materials every Friday in front of the Eastside Fire Department. ...

Pickup/Drop-off Empire

10:00am - 10:30am
Offsite
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
Pickup or drop off library materials in front of the Empire Fire Station. ...

Drop-in Computer Lab

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Lecture, Technology Class, Workshop
Event Details:
Need help learning how to access your email on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop? Wanting to move your photos from your smartphone to your personal computer? These are just a few of the questions we can answer at our drop-in computer lab! Join de...

DIY Bat Boxes with a South Slough Naturalist

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library
Closed
Registration
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Help create valuable bat habitat and learn more about local bats at a hands-on bat box building program at the Coos Bay Public Library.  South Slough Reserve Education Staff will lead the one of a kind program designed for young people and famil...

¡SPANGLISH! CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAM

10:30am - 11:30am
Library
Cancelled
Library Branch: Library
Room: In the Stacks
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Bilingual, Social
Event Details:
  Due to the upcoming holiday, we won’t meet in-person in December but will resume in January.   We meet at the library every third Saturday! Program is for those who wish to practice their Spanish conversational skills and hel...

DIY Bat Boxes with a South Slough Naturalist

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Library
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:
Help create valuable bat habitat and learn more about local bats at a hands-on bat box building program at the Coos Bay Public Library.  South Slough Reserve Education Staff will lead the one of a kind program designed for young people and famil...

Community Engagement Specialist- Appt Only

8:30am - 4:30pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Cedar Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Meeting
Event Details:
Do you need to connect with community resources? Housing options, Veteran services, food services, behavioral health assistance, and other needs? Do you need assistance with job applications or your resume? Do you need help filling out government for...

Urban Sketching

12:00pm - 2:00pm
Offsite
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Tween, Teen
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual
Event Details:
Hosted at So It Goes Coffeehouse 190 Central Ave, Coos Bay, OR 97420   Kick off the upcoming Winter Art Programs with some urban sketching. Urban sketching is the practice of drawing on location. Try to capture your surrounding wh...

Engineering Challenge: StrawBees

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: STEAM
Event Details:
Ages 8 and up Problem solve, experiment and build at the Coos Bay Public Library's Engineering Club!  The third Tuesday of each month this fall, we'll work with a different construction material to solve an engineering challenge.  Come t...

Winter Art Program - Charcoal Portraits

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Tween, Teen
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual
Event Details:
Learn how to use charcoal as an art medium and learn some new techniques. Explore depth and how it relates to darkness. Learn about texture and how to pull lines from the background to the foreground.     ...

SOC Pride Book Club

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: Tween, Teen, Adult
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
Coos Bay Public Library hosts SOC Pride Book Club for an in-person meeting to discuss one book per month. Preteens, teens, and adults are welcome to join in the discussion. This month's book is:  The Golden Hour by Niki Smith | Goodreads C...

Craft Takeout

All Day
Library
Library Branch: Library
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Calling all crafty teens and adults! Have an appetite to get creative? Pick up a free monthly Craft Takeout kit in the library on the 3rd Thursday of each month. How-to instructions and everything needed to create the monthly project will be included...

Volunteer with VITA (South Coast Business)

10:00am - 12:00pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Cedar Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Job & Career
Event Details:
  VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Coos Bay Public Library is partnering with South Coast Business to recruit volunteers for their VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA). VITA’s recruiting volunteers of all ages to assist low to moderate income families...

ASL Practice Place

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Virtual
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Bilingual, Social, Workshop
Event Details:
  Coos Bay Public Library, in partnership with with American Sign Language instructor, Kandy Bergquist, will co-host ASL Practice Place every third Thursday of the month on Zoom! Bergquist has been studying ASL for over 30 years. She worke...

Winter Art Program - Miniature Masterpieces

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Library
Library Branch: Library
Room: Myrtlewood Room
Age Group: School Age, Tween, Teen
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual
Event Details:
Paint miniature replicas of classic masterpieces. Ranging from Lichenstein to Picasso We will provide all the materials needed as well as help getting the details of the paintings right. ...

Unlimited Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teen, Adult
Program Type: Books & Reading, Meeting, Social
Event Details:
  CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND UNDERSTANDING IN COOS COUNTY VIA LITERATURE! The Unlimited Book Club is a joint venture of the Coos Bay Public Library and the North Bend Public Library, formed to encourage awareness and foster comm...

Holiday Closure

All Day 12/22 - 12/25
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
Library, Virtual, Offsite
Description:
The library will be closed December 22 - December 25. Regular open hours resume on Tuesday, December 26. ...

Pickup/Drop-off Eastside

9:00am - 9:30am
Offsite
Library Branch: Offsite
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Books & Reading
Event Details:
Return or pick up library materials every Friday in front of the Eastside Fire Department. ...