Did You Know? We Can Give You Custom Book Recommendations

Are you looking for a great read? We'd love to help! With

MyReads, you simply tell us about a few books or authors you've enjoyed and why, and one of our librarians will send you a personalized list of reading recommendations based on what you told us. This custom reading selection service is free and can be accessed online or just by asking at any Deschutes Public Library branch.

Blind Date with a Book is Back!

Blind dates have never been so fun! Stop by any Deschutes Public Library branch on Saturday, February 13, and take a chance on a Blind Date with a Book. You'll find cleverly disguised books on display with brief descriptions. Choose one and you and your book are ready to enjoy a cozy evening together!

Don't Miss Lisa See on February 25

Best-selling author Lisa See joins us for Author! Author! on February 25. In addition to her award-winning books, such as Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See has also written for magazines including Vogue and Self, and wrote a libretto for the opera based on her book On Gold Mountain: The 100 Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. Tickets are $25 for general admission seating, and $75 for premium seating and a private reception with See.

Hora de cuentos en Espa�ol/Storytimes in Spanish Now at the East Bend Library

Hora de cuentos en Espa�ol. Es un tiempo interactivo con cuentos, canciones, rimas y manualidades. Join us every Friday at 10:30 for Listos para el Kinder/Ready for Kindergarten at the East Bend Library. We'll read stories, sing songs, recite rhymes and do crafts---all in Spanish! This fun and interactive storytime is open to all, whether your child already speaks Spanish or you're looking to expand his or her language horizons.

Find Great Art in Your Libraries

Explore the work of talented local artists at your libraries. "The Four Seasons" runs through March 7 at the Downtown Bend Library. Works by Scott Beyer, Lucynda Campbell, Terry Ferguson, Lawrence Koppy, Wendy Beth Oliver, and Nancy Peterson are on display at the Redmond Library through March 31. In Sisters, the Library's annual art exhibit can be viewed through February 25, and the Sunriver Library features the work of Grace Kennedy through March.

Music at the Library: Moon Mountain Ramblers, Five Pint Mary

Don't miss two of Central Oregon's favorite music acts over the next few weeks---free and at the library! Members of the Moon Mountain Ramblers bring a variety of bluegrass instruments to play songs from their bluegrass repertoire, as well as to talk about the history of the music, on February 22. And you can kick off your St. Patrick's Day celebration with a performance by Five Pint Mary on March 9.

Upcoming Delayed Openings & Closures

Please note the following delayed openings at Deschutes Public Library branches to allow for team planning:

- Redmond Library: Feb. 16, opening at 1:00 p.m.

- Downtown Bend Library: Feb. 18, opening at 1:00 p.m.

All libraries will be closed on Monday, February 15, in observance of Presidents' Day.

Find Your Library

We have six locations throughout Deschutes County to serve you. Click here for locations and hours.

DPL Events

Pick up an Events guide at your library or click here for a PDF.

Event Spotlight

Explore Oregon's Blue Mountains - 2/10 (D. Bend); 2/11 (La Pine)

Picasso's Kind of Blue - 2/12 (Sisters); 2/13 (D. Bend)

Beyond Blue Curacao - 2/21 (D. Bend)

What's Up with Blue? (watercolor workshop) - 2/18 (Redmond)

Bluegrass Music with Moon Mtn. Ramblers - 2/22 (D. Bend)

Blue Cheese - 2/24 (D. Bend)

Iceland: Beyond the Blue Lagoon - 2/26 (Sunriver)

Second Sunday: From Lust to Love - 2/14 (D. Bend)

League of Women Voters: Affordable Housing Forum - 2/16 (D. Bend)

Collections Up Close: Letters from Beyond the Fence - 2/20 (D. Bend)

Fundraising: Intro to Finding Grants - 2/23 (Redmond)

You U: Interview Workshop - 2/23 (D. Bend)

Accounting for Small Business - 3/1 (Redmond)

Social Media for Business - 3/2 (D. Bend)

Open House at the Sunriver Library - 3/2 (Sunriver)

Open House at the La Pine Library - 3/3 (La Pine)

Know Privacy: A World without Secrets - 3/3 (E. Bend); 3/4 (Redmond)

Grant's Getaways in Oregon - 3/5 (E. Bend); 3/5 (La Pine)

Wandering Words: Travel Writing Workshop - 3/10 (Sunriver)

FAMILY PROGRAMS

LEGO Block Party - 2/13 (Redmond); 2/20 (Sunriver); 2/20 (La Pine); 2/24 (E. Bend); 2/27 (Sisters); 3/5 (D. Bend)

Saturday Stories - 2/13, 2/20, 2/27, 3/5 (E. Bend)

TEEN PROGRAMS

Light-up Circuit Valentines & Anti-Valentines - 2/13 (E. Bend); 2/13 (Sisters)

OBOB Book Club - 2/13 (Redmond); 2/24 (D. Bend)

STEAM Team: Edible Science - 2/13 (Redmond)

Teen Territory - 2/17 (Redmond)

You U: Interview Workshop - 2/23 (D. Bend)

Teen Writing Group - 2/26 (D. Bend)

LIBRARY BOOK CLUBS

D. Bend - "Emerson" (2/23)

E. Bend - "Shanghai Girls" (2/16)

La Pine - "Shanghai Girls" (2/18)

Sisters - "Snow Flower & the Secret Fan" (2/24)

Story Times and Children's Programs

Computer Classes

Events Calendar Online

Servicios Latinos
Spanish storytimes and computer classes now in Redmond and

East Bend

DPL Photo Fun

Our storytimes are fun and open to all---especially young firefighters-in-training! Find more information about storytimes, including locations and dates, here.

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