Award-winning New Mexico children’s musician Andy Mason brings his educational, interactive, and fun musical performance to Lander! Andy, from Portales, NM, will have the audience dancing and singing along to his songs about pizza, burritos, sharks, pirates, owees, and hand washing.

Suitable for all ages.

Learn the game or perfect your skills! No experience necessary, best for ages 5 and up. Happening the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month in June and July, some weeks will have pick-up games and other weeks we will have practice problems set up to learn specific game skills and strategies.

Stop in for a special monster-themed storytime with monster stories for kids of all ages. Storytime will be followed by the opportunity to design-your-own monster! Volunteer fabric artists will transform the kids’ creations into stuffed monsters to be picked up at a later date.

Kids of any age may attend, but children under 8 are expected to be accompanied by a caregiver.

Teen activities are available for those entering 6th grade and up.

Join us to learn some crocheting this month and create your own crochet animal!

Dress up as your favorite superhero for this month’s storytime dance party! Stories, songs, and lots of dancing going on in this monthly activity with lots of movement (usually around a particular theme).

Our Wednesday afternoon activities are aimed at elementary-aged kiddos and may require focus or fine motor skills beyond many preschoolers.

Kids of any age may attend, but children under 8 are expected to be accompanied by a caregiver.

Join us for storytime this summer! We’ll have stories and songs followed by a simple activity (craft or game) geared mainly towards the toddler/preschool crowd.

Kids of any age may attend, but children under 8 are expected to be accompanied by a caregiver.

Middle and High School-age teens and parents are invited to join us for a presentation from Stacy Stanbury to hear about planning for after high school!

6th Grade and Up

Ever want to make your own comic? This workshop is for you! Rising 6th graders and older teens are welcome to learn all about creating your very own comic book.

Learn the game or perfect your skills! No experience necessary, best for ages 5 and up. Happening the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month in June and July, some weeks will have pick-up games and other weeks we will have practice problems set up to learn specific game skills and strategies.

Our Wednesday afternoon activities are aimed at elementary-aged kiddos and may require focus or fine motor skills beyond many preschoolers.

Kids of any age may attend, but children under 8 are expected to be accompanied by a caregiver.

Join us for storytime this summer! We’ll have stories and songs followed by a simple activity (craft or game) geared mainly towards the toddler/preschool crowd.

Kids of any age may attend, but children under 8 are expected to be accompanied by a caregiver.

Yoga is back at the library! Join instructor Tiffanie Zimmer on Tuesday nights through June 17th for an evening of free community yoga.

No registration required.

This will be our last community yoga session of the season! Please check back in the fall for information on more sessions.

Adult Program

Kickoff our Adult Summer Reading program with us and beading instructor Annie Sage to learn the art and tradition of all things beading!

We’ll have supplies available for various beading projects to work on during the workshop and take home to finish. Free, no registration required.

Stop in during open hours beginning June 9th to sign kiddos and teens up for our 2025 Summer Reading Program!

We’ll also have sign ups for our June Tween Book Club that will meet later this month, don’t miss it!

Ann Lincoln is back with her super-fun soapy foam gun, kickoff the summer with some foamy fun!

Summer Reading signups will begin Monday, June 9th.

Yoga is back at the library! Join instructor Tiffanie Zimmer on Tuesday nights through June 17th for an evening of free community yoga.

No registration required.

“Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Two star mezzo-sopranos—Isabel Leonard and Aigul Akhmetshina—headline a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenors Lawrence Brownlee and Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritones Davide Luciano and Andrey Zhilikhovsky star as Figaro, the inimitable barber of Seville, with baritone Nicola Alaimo and bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.”

Yoga is back at the library! Join instructor Tiffanie Zimmer on Tuesday nights through June 17th for an evening of free community yoga.

No registration required.

Sharpen your chess skills or learn how to play! Youth are invited to drop-in for chess matches on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

Yoga is back at the library! Join instructor Tiffanie Zimmer on Tuesday nights through June 17th for an evening of free community yoga.

No registration required.

“Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light.”

Come dance with us at the library! Our monthly dance parties for preschool-aged kiddos have plenty of songs, stories, and dancing. Caregivers are required to be present, and may even find it impossible to resist joining in the fun!

Join us with the Alzheimer's Association for our final event in our Good Stewards series this spring!

For centuries, we’ve known that the health of the brain and the body are connected. But now, science is able to provide insights into how lifestyle choices may help you keep your brain and body healthy as you age. Join us to learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement, and use hands-on tools to help you incorporate these recommendations into a plan for healthy aging.

Please email Alizée Gervais to RSVP at algervais@alz.org