Upcoming Events

Join librarian Cindy Haiken on Zoom to watch and discuss a popular TED talk. Once registered, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting via email on the day of the event.

It can be hard to figure out what is true and what is not in today's world. Learn some tips and tricks for evaluating the credibility of news sources in this lecture-based class.

Learn how to needle felt by hand and create a small, decorative Loch Ness Monster. Needle felting uses a barbed needle to mat fibers together, typically in wool.

Learn how to needle felt by hand and create a small, decorative Loch Ness Monster. Needle felting uses a barbed needle to mat fibers together, typically in wool.

Learn the fundamentals of this popular, beginner-friendly programming language. This class will cover the syntax and structure of Python and some basic concepts such as variables, data types, and operators. 

Use polymer clay in a teacup to sculpt a Kraken devouring a ship. Unique cups will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own standard size teacup or demitasse cup (although it will no longer be suitable for drinking).  

Bring the horrors of nature inside! We will be making a Scary Terrarium (a TERROR-IUM, if you will) using a glass jar, a soil mix, real live local plants, and fake plastic creepy crawlies.

Bring the horrors of nature inside! We will be making a Scary Terrarium (a TERROR-IUM, if you will) using a glass jar, a soil mix, real live local plants, and fake plastic creepy crawlies.

Paint and assemble a UFO suncatcher. You can also cut out an extra silhouette on the laser cutter of whatever you would like being “abducted” into the UFO!

Create a playful upcycled gnome using vintage teacups.

Enter the registration lottery from August 20th-22nd at: https://forms.gle/vbjzv5GxeKiHbPF68.

Paint and assemble a UFO suncatcher. You can also cut out an extra silhouette on the laser cutter of whatever you would like being “abducted” into the UFO!

Create a playful upcycled gnome using vintage teacups.

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.

Make a custom set of dice for Dungeons and Dragons out of resin. The multiversal world of Dungeons and Dragons sparks the imagination like no other game does! 

Make a custom set of dice for Dungeons and Dragons out of resin. The multiversal world of Dungeons and Dragons sparks the imagination like no other game does! 

Join librarian Cindy Haiken on Zoom to watch and discuss a popular TED talk. Once registered, you will receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting via email on the day of the event.

Select a color scheme and paint a laser cut mandala using acrylic paints. Then glue it together to create a pleasing decoration. This illustrates a technique that you could adapt and use with a variety of shapes in future projects.

Learn some bookbinding techniques to bind your own cloth hardcover book. 

Learn some bookbinding techniques to bind your own cloth hardcover book. 

Darning is the technique of mending a hole in cloth with a needle and thread alone. The process incorporates basic stitching and weaving to create beautiful, functional repairs.

Interested in learning how to create different types of visual content for personal use or your business, but don’t want to purchase expensive software?

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.