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Textiles for Teens: Pattern Design Studio
2026-03-04 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Augsburg Park Library, 7100 Nicollet Avenue, Richfield, MN, 55423
Get a jumpstart on your surface design career! Design your own repeating pattern using traditional illustration techniques, and then print your pattern on a cotton tote bag. Take your pattern block home to use again and again! Materials provided. Free; grades 8-12. Sign up here.

Augsburg Park Library: Stories Together with Read-a-Story Theater
2026-02-26 10:15 - 10:45
For families. Join us for a lively performance of children’s stories by the Richfield Read-a-Story Theater group. Free!

Augsburg Park Library: Art of Indigo Dye
2026-02-07 14:30 - 16:30
Learn the history and science behind indigo dye, and how to mix a synthetic vat. Explore different shibori resists to create patterns in your fabric and dye two bandana scarves to keep. Materials provided. Note: Dye may stain fabric; please dress for some mess. Free! Register here.

Nature in Your Neighborhood
2026-01-26 14:00 - 15:00
You don’t have to leave your neighborhood to explore nature! Join a Refuge Ranger to investigate what our animal neighbors do to survive the winter. Activities will be both indoors and outside and are geared toward elementary-aged students, but all are welcome. We will finish the program with a take-home project. Materials provided; children must be accompanied by an adult. Free.

Augsburg Park Library: Family Storytime
2025-12-18 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-12-11 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-12-04 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-09-25 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-09-18 10:15 - 10:45
For children ages birth to 5 and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Free; siblings welcome.

Augsburg Park Library: Family Storytime
2025-11-20 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-11-13 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-11-06 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-10-30 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-10-23 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-10-16 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-10-09 10:15 - 10:45, 2025-10-02 10:15 - 10:45
For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write, and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement. Free.

Puzzle Swap
2025-11-15 13:30 - 15:30
Join us for a drop-in event to find new puzzles and share ones you no longer need! Please bring puzzles that are at least 100 pieces, in good condition, and with all pieces included. (Bringing puzzles is not required to participate and take a puzzle.) Can’t make the event but want to clean out your puzzle stock? Please bring puzzles to drop off beginning October 15.
Free event; photo credit Hans-Peter Gauster.

Let's Clay: Monsters
2025-11-09 15:00 - 16:30
Create your own menagerie of monsters! Learn different sculpting techniques using oven-safe polymer clay. You can trade and collect the silly, scary, or sweet monsters with friends, or turn them into charms or a necklace. Free. Materials provided; for grades 2-8. Register here.

Make Your Own Merch
2025-11-08 12:00 - 13:30
Learn how to design and create your own logo using classic, low-tech relief printing processes that can be recreated over and over at home! You will come up with a simple design, and then create a personalized stamp to print on your choice of bandana. Free. Materials provided; for grades 7-12. Register here.

Nature in Your Neighborhood: Changing Seasons
2025-11-01 10:00 - 11:00
Join a Refuge Ranger to explore how our neighborhood nature is changing with the season, and discover the science behind the colors! Activities will be both indoors and outside and are geared toward elementary-aged students, but all are welcome. We will finish the program with a take-home project; materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Collaborator: Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
NOTE: This program may not occur, depending on the length of the federal shutdown.

Augsburg Park Library: Oracle Poetry
2025-09-17 17:00 - 19:00
Teens with an interest in writing can discover the power of storytelling through intuitive writing with oracle cards, to unlock emotions and memories waiting to be told. Learn how to master the art of word choice using a metaphor map, and use rhythm, intuition, and voice to craft compelling spoken-word poetry. This class is for teen writers seeking fresh inspiration and community. You will leave with a personal poetic affirmation card and the courage to share your work with others, because when we reveal, we heal! Led by COMPAS Teaching Artist Dralandra Larkins. Free; registration required here.

Embroidery: Experimenting with Stitches
2025-09-06 14:00 - 16:00
Learn different embroidery stitches and experiment with ways to mix, match, and combine them to make unique textures and looks. Once your embroidery sampler is complete, hang it on your wall to share your new artwork with family and friends. Materials provided.

Nature in Your Neighborhood: Pollinator Party
2025-08-19 15:00 - 16:00
You don’t have to leave your neighborhood to explore nature! Join a Refuge Ranger to discover what all the buzz is about pollinators. We will meet our pollinator neighbors, investigate their habitats, and learn how we can help!
Activities will be both indoors and outside and are geared toward elementary-aged students, but all are welcome! We will finish the program with a take-home project. Materials provided; children must be accompanied by an adult.

Chemists in the Library
2025-08-16 13:30 - 15:30
For kids entering grades 1-12. Drop in and explore an easy hands-on chemistry activity! Minnesota American Chemical Society volunteers will lead the experiments; materials provided. Free!

Stories Together with Read-A-Story Theater
2025-08-07 10:00 - 10:30
Join us for a lively performance of children’s stories by the Richfield Read-A-Story Theater group! Free.

Summer STEM event with Twin Cities PBS
2025-07-31 10:00 - 12:00
Entering Pre K-grade 3. Join Twin Cities PBS for a free, family-friendly event with science and literacy-aligned activities from PBS KIDS programs like Skillsville, Daniel Tiger, and Wild Kratts. The event will also feature a meet-and-greet with a costumed character from Skillsville Elementary.
Take home a copy of the Summer Activity Booklet filled with fun ways to learn all summer long.

Putty Table Fun
2025-07-24 10:00 - 12:00
Entering K-grade 3. Youth create hand-moldable putty using basic chemistry and concepts of polymer formation.
This is a drop-in program, but please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the end to allow time to complete the activity.

Science in the Summer - Be a Health Scientist
2025-07-17 10:00 - 12:00
Entering grades 2-5. Get your hands on science this summer with The Bakken Museum! Join us for a guided STEM workshop featuring entertaining experiments and demonstrations that are sure to light up your mind and pique your curiosity.

Nature in Your Neighborhood: Flower Power
2025-07-15 15:00 - 16:00
You don’t have to leave your neighborhood to explore nature! Join a Refuge Ranger to discover what is in bloom. We will search for flowers outside and dissect one to learn more! Activities will be both indoors and outside and are geared toward elementary-aged students, but all are welcome! We will finish the program with a take-home project. Materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
