Month Calendar

The StoryWalk® Downtown is a self-directed walk available May-July. The walk starts at Manhattan Public Library's north windows along 629 Poyntz Avenue.

Join Manhattan Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge and add some color to your world! Record your reading time and complete some fun activities to earn online badges and prizes, from May 31, 2025 - July 31, 2025.

Learn about this amazing neurological phenomenon, Synesthesia, where senses blend—like hearing colors or seeing sounds. Using music, textures, and colors, you’ll create your own synesthesia-inspired masterpiece. Snacks Provided!

Pete the Cat is having a tea party full of color, food and fun! Join us for Pete the Cat stories, activities, photo ops, and "tea time" snacks (including options for nut free, non dairy, gluten free and vegan).

Learn technology basics in this three-part course designed to help folks re-entering the workforce. Start your digital adventure! Meet in the library's Collaboration Space on the first floor.

Kids love to make stuff, and now they have all the supplies they need to create something great - paper, glue, scissors, and craft odds and ends! Kids can use their imaginations to make whatever they want. 

New to technology? Have a question about your phone or device? Wandean Rivers will be on site to help older adults with questions about their computers, tablets and phones. Start your digital adventure!

Let your baby paint! We will have paint contained inside plastic bags for your baby to touch and manipulate to create their first masterpiece!

Let’s get together for engaging conversations over good books! Join us for book and writing discussions on the topic of abnormal psychology this summer. In July, we will show author and educator Steven J.

Pete the Cat is having a tea party full of color, food and fun! Join us for Pete the Cat stories, activities, photo ops, and "tea time" snacks (including options for nut free, non dairy, gluten free and vegan).