library - Smiley Branch Library in Denver, Colorado

All Denver Public Library locations are closed for the remainder of Wednesday, January 6. Curbside service, holds pick up, and programming are suspended for the remainder of the day.

Winter of Reading is here! From Jan. 2 until Feb. 28, you can engage in creative activities for a chance to win cool Denver Public Library branded prizes. All you need is a Winter of Reading brochure. Learn how to get yours and more here: https://www.denverlibrary.org/winterofreading

Storytimes are happening five days a week! You can also watch them already recorded on our Youtube channel whenever you want! youtube.com/denverlibrary

Join us in celebrating Kwanza this year, with interactive and educational programs happening from December 26 to January 1. Kwanzaa combines aspects of several ...different harvest festivals into a seven-day celebration of family, community and culture. Learn how you can get involved here: https://www.denverlibrary.org/celebrate-kwanzaa-dpl2020 See more

All virtual and on-site services will be unavailable on Thursday, December 24 for a city-mandated furlough, Friday December 25 for the Christmas holiday, and Fr...iday, January 1, 2021 for the New Year's holiday. Additionally, all locations will close early at 4 p.m. on Thursday, December 31. -- Todas las sucursales de la Biblioteca Pública de Denver estarán cerradas el jueves de diciembre 24, el viernes de diciembre 25, y el viernes de enero 1; y estarán cerradas a las 4 p.m. el jueves, 31 de diciembre.

Join us every weekday for Storytime Live at 9, 10 and 11 am! Your favorite DPL staff from across the system share books, songs, rhymes and fun! youtube.com/denverlibrary

If you're trying to work on reaching your daily steps goal, we have something to make it interesting. In September, 15 of our branches launched a Poetry Walk pr...ogram to celebrate the love of poetry and encourage residents to take a stroll through their neighborhoods. You can find poems on nearby storefronts and public spaces around the branches. Get the branches here: https://www.denverlibrary.org/fall-poetry-walk-2020 See more

It might be cold out there, but we are still providing services! In addition to curbside pick up, here's the Bookmobile's schedule. Let the library come to you!

Discover some of North Denver's amazing art and enter to win a great prize thanks to our friends at The Denver North Star!

Start your Saturday morning off with a dance party! On Saturday, Oct. 24, Little University is bringing your little ones tunes from The Itty Ditty's! Join the concert and learn more here: https://loom.ly/_ZhJj7E

Unleash your creativity in our Wreck this Book club! Each Thursday we’ll release a video tutorial to YouTube where we follow a prompt from Wreck this Journal. Y...ou can either follow along or use it for inspiration for your own journal. The following Wednesday we'll have a Google Meet where you can talk to other artists, ask questions, and show off your work! Don’t have a copy of Wreck this Journal? No problem! You can use any blank paper or notebook you have at home! This program will be hosted on Google Meets. The link to join will be posted here on the day of the program: https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/wreck-book-club-5

The Census count comes to an end tomorrow, Thursday October 15th! Have you responded to the #2020Census? The time is NOW to be counted and #ShapeYourFuture. Respond NOW at 2020census.gov or call 844-330-2020.

The One Book for Colorado has been announced today! The free book for all four year-olds in Colorado this year is Little Red Fort. Unfortunately we don't get to hand them out at storytimes, but they can be picked up at Bookmobile stops through Denver Public Library and will also be available at branches if you come for a curbside pick up!

Join us and Jonathan Shikes for a discussion of "Denver Beer: A History of Mile High Brewing," from Denver's founding in 1858 through Prohibition and into today's craft-beer movement. Oct 14, 7-8pm Learn more at https://www.denverlibrary.org/event/history-denver-beer

Do you want to participate in our Social Distanzine? Learn more about this project and submit your idea using the link in the article!

Join us for Perspectives on COVID-19, a free, five-week seminar which offers a multidisciplinary and global look at the novel coronavirus. The series will take ...place online 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays, starting Oct. 1. Register here: https://www.regis.edu//colleges-an/anderson/seed-institute #ThisIsRegis See more

Hello #bannedbooksweek2020, we've been waiting for you! Banned Books Week is held every year to highlight the importance of free and open (and equitable!) acces...s to information. Let's use this week to challenge ourselves to push past both official censorship and the censorship we create by staying in our own personal "filter bubbles." Branch out and you'll discover Censorship is a dead end. Find your freedom to read! : "Cosmopolitan Branch," by the WPA. 1930s (X-28035) #bannedbooksweek #censorshipisadeadend #challengeyourself See more