Event List

Learn how to make your own coffee-scented candle in the Hive! All materials for this project will be provided and registration is required, so please do so here.

Age group: Adults

Join us for Family Movie Night every first Thursday of the month! January's program will happen on the second Thursday of the month due to the holiday. We'll have movies, popcorn, and drinks for everyone to enjoy.

Take a break and join us for a relaxing journaling session just for teens! Whether you love writing, doodling, or just need a quiet space to reflect, this club is a great way to explore your thoughts and creativity.

Join us on Saturdays for Family Storytime.

The basement is open and our shelves are loaded! Fill your bookshelves and help Friends make room on theirs. Visit the basement on Mondays from 10am - 1pm to shop Friends basement inventory at Friends Used Book Store Prices!

Join us on Mondays for Mother Goose Storytime.

We will be discussing We Do Not Part by Han Kang.

High school students are invited to join us for a powerful book discussion series exploring The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning 1619 Project—a groundbreaking work that reexamines American history by placi

Join us on Tuesdays for Bilingual Preschool Storytime presented in English and ASL.

Tim Harwood, author of the new book Seniors to Juniors: A Collection of Waterloo Hockey Stories and the voice of the Waterloo Black Hawks, is coming to talk about his book and share stories about hockey in Waterloo!

🏒✨ Evening Storytime with the Waterloo Black Hawks! ✨🏒

Join us on Wednesdays for Preschool Storytime.

Computer Basics

Are you an aspiring novelist, poet, or someone who loves writing short stories? Join us for our Teen Writer's Workshop! We'll work with different writing prompts and brainstorm ideas for our writing.

Become the writer you’ve always wanted to be! Join the Waterloo Writer’s Workshop series to hear from local authors about their writing process, discuss writing workshop books, and share your own work with fellow writers.

Join us on Thursdays for Terrific Twos Storytime.

The Trustees of the Waterloo Public Library meet monthly (except August and December) on the second Thursday of the month in the first-floor Meeting Room.

Kids ages Birth–1st Grade and their families are invited to join us in the Meeting Rooms from 5:00–6:30pm to dance the cold away!

Babysitting 101

Join us on a no school day from 1:30pm-3pm to learn the basics of babysitting! Registration is required so please do so here.

Join us for a special storytime featuring books all about soup! Afterward, kids will help put the finishing touches on a pot of chicken noodle soup, then everyone can enjoy a warm bowl together.

Join us on Saturdays for Family Storytime.

WPL will be hosting youth STEM activities every third Sunday of the month running October through March! Come join us for these family-friendly events with STEM themed stations where you'll be able to test the latest gadgetry and so much more!

Join us on Tuesdays for Preschool Storytime.