• Tween Book Club

    Youth, Ages 9-12, Registration Required, Youth Department (Storytime Corner)    Tweens (kids ages 9-12) are invited to join us for a monthly book club! We'll enjoy a group activity and a discussion on this month's book. October's book is "Thirteens" by Kate Alice Marshall. You can pick up a copy at the Youth Desk starting October 1st.To […]

  • Forge Your Legend: An Introduction to Dungeons and Dragons

    Join us for a basic introduction to the hobby of roleplaying games; specifically, the current edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Learn the essential points of playing D&D and make your own character. Part of a joint program with the Waterloo Public Library.  Ages 14+. Registration encouraged, but drop-ins welcome as long as there's room. Maximum […]

  • Forge Your Legend: Dungeons and Dragons 5.5e

    A joint venture with the Waterloo Public Library! Play an ambitious adventurer in a West Marches-style campaign where each session is a new expedition into an untamed frontier filled with forgotten ruins, hazards, and rewards. Each session - at either library - shapes the range of options available to players of the next. All CFPL […]

  • 360 Degrees of Creativity Art Club

    Teen Room.Join our Teen Advisory Board-hosted Art Club!  Come work on your art in a quiet and relaxing space.  Feel free to do your art solo or collaborate with others!  Bring in supplies you love and are comfortable with or feel free to use any of the physical or digital art supplies provided.  Prompts will […]

  • Friends Morning Book Discussion

    The Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library host this monthly morning book discussion which meets at 10:15AM in the Conference Room on the last Tuesday of each month.  A limited number of copies will be available to borrow at the Reference desk beginning one month prior to the meeting date.This month's selection is A […]

  • Preschool Storytime

    Youth Department.    Join us for Preschool Storytime as we read, sing, dance, and play. Parents are encouraged to embrace their inner child and dance and sing along with their child/ren.   For preschoolers, ages 3-5.Youth Funded by the Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library.

  • Creepy Concoctions!

    Youth, Ages 8-12, CoLab, 2nd FloorGet ready to mix, stir, and create spooky science! In this hands-on program, kids will become scientists and make their own oozing Creature Slime, Dancing Potion Beads that rise and fall like magical bubbles, and create a Monster Foam eruption that’s sure to amaze. Messy, magical, and full of surprises—these creepy […]

  • Spooky Storytime

    Youth Department. Does your little ghost or goblin want some chilling fun? Then join us for Spooky Storytime where we’ll sing creepy songs and read scary fun books. Costumes are encouraged. Ages 3-8

  • Toddler Storytime

    Youth Department.   Join us for Toddler Storytime as we read, sing, dance, rhyme, and get silly. Storytime is a great way to introduce your toddler to the joy of reading and to the preliteracy skills that will help them become future readers.   For toddlers, ages 2-3. Youth.   Funded by the Friends of the Cedar Falls Public […]

  • Teen After School Stop

    Teen RoomStop by after school to make a craft, enjoy a slushy or seasonal drink, or engage in some other way to relax in the middle of a long week of school.  Drop-in style, so come when you can and stay for however long you’d like.THIS week’s enjoyment will be: A Skull String Art Take and […]

  • Art Adventures: Spooky Shrinky Dink Jewelry

    Co-Lab.Youth. Ages 6-12. Join us monthly for a fun, relaxing, crafty day where you and your kiddo can create awesome art together. Ages 6-12. Registration Required.This month's craft: Spooky Shrinky Dink JewelryCo-Lab.Youth. Ages 6-12. Sponsored by The Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library.

  • There is No Place for Us: A Community Book Discussion

    Join us for a community-wide discussion of Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, a powerful work of narrative nonfiction about five families struggling to remain housed while working in a rapidly changing city. The book explores the rise of “working homelessness” and the pressures created by rising rents, low-wage […]