West End
Neighborhood Library

Build, construct, and explore with blocks, DUPLOS, and LEGOs  

These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. With slightly more activity and movement than our lap times, children and their grownups are encouraged engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.

Using Betty Edward's seminal text Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and mindfulness techniques, participants will try their hand at drawing what they really, truly see.  Other projects will focus on the beauty of the world around us as seen and interpreted by artists through the ages, the ways in which colors impact our art and our lives, the visualization of a favorite poem -- all fun, all playful, all designed to turn your attention to your creative side.

First Person Under Pressure: Autobiography in a Time of Catastrophe This scholarly series is designed to challenge and inspire. Please come prepared for engaging lectures and conversation led by acclaimed professor Ori Soltes, who will return to the West End Neighborhood Library to continue this ongoing series.