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 29th Annual Arizona Songwriters Gathering
Saturday, January 31
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Listening! Learning! Networking! Inspiration!
Performers, songwriters, and music lovers are invited to this FREE, full-day songwriting celebration featuring 150+ performances across five stages. Connect with a creative community through open song-sharing circles and expert-led workshops.
Workshop topics include songwriting craft, the business of music, publishing, creativity, AI, melody, and digital tools.
Whether you come to learn, share, network, or simply enjoy the music, there’s something for everyone. Food trucks will be on site.
Supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and presented with Glendale Library and the Arizona Songwriters Association.
More info: 623-930-3573 | azsongwritersgathering.com
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Introduction to Birding with Sonoran Audubon Society
Saturday, January 17
9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Foothills Library
First participate in a workshop where you'll learn about birds, birding, and birding resources. Then take a walk outdoors and put your new knowledge to work as we tour around the library and through the park along Skunk Creek. Presented by Sonoran Audubon Society.
Please note: This program begins one hour before the library opens.
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Writer in Residence Workshop: Originality in Storytelling
Thursday, January 22
6:30 PM-7:45 PM
Main Library
Although plots and themes of published books may seem the same, your own story to tell is unique. Participants will be presented with photographs, and each will write vignettes about the scenes, with the opportunity to read aloud their personal take on the visuals. Open to writers of all genres and skill levels. Presented by Writer-in-Residence Deborah J. Ledford.
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 Foothills Arts & Craft Supply Swap
Sunday, January 25
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Foothills Library
Crafters, teachers, and art lovers, join us for this sustainable way to refresh your craft stash without spending a dime! Crafters who donate supplies to the swap can start "shopping" at 2 PM. At 3 PM, anyone can come and shop the swap, even if they don't have items to donate. Please bring usable craft supplies and tools that are not dried up, broken, stained, or odorous. Usable scraps are welcome, but please put small supplies, such as beads, buttons, and pins, in containers before donating. Participants can drop off their craft supply donations starting one week before the event, or bring them on the day of the event. Leftover supplies at the end of the swap will be donated to the library or the local Art Resource Center.
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Crafter Hours - Dala Horse Painting
Monday, January 26
2:00 PM-3:30 PM or 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Main Library
Celebrate the newly dawned Year of the Horse with a cross-cultural craft: painting "Dala" horses inspired by traditional designs from Dalarna, Sweden. Patrons will learn a little about the Scandinavian tradition itself and be introduced to the time-honored technique of rosemaling. This event is for Adults, aged 18 and up.
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Wagons Ho: American Emigrant Trails, 1775-1880
Tuesday, January 27
2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Foothills Library
From 1775 to 1880, America experienced one of the greatest mass migrations in history as settlers left the East to build new lives in the West. This presentation examines the network of routes that shaped the nation's identity, including Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, the Oregon Trail's expansive prairies, the gold-seekers' California Trail, and the commercial Santa Fe Trail, which linked the U.S. and Mexico. The journey west was perilous, marked by disease, starvation, and unforgiving terrain. The program also recognizes the profound and often tragic impact of westward expansion on the Native American tribes who long inhabited these lands. This program is presented in collaboration with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at ASU.
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 String Art
Thursday, January 29
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Glendale Community Center
Let your artistic side shine and use math to create string art! Make colorful geometric shapes and patterns to create a string art masterpiece! For ages 10 - 18. Registration is required.
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 Foothills Fan Club: KPop Demon Hunters
Friday, January 30
4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Foothills Library
Do you have a passion for anime, a favorite movie, or a book series you are obsessed over? Meet other fans and share your favorite fandoms at the Foothills Fan Club. Each month, we will celebrate a different fandom, franchise, or pop culture phenomenon with themed activities like trivia, crafts, games, and more! This month, we're celebrating the megahit K-pop Demon Hunters! Space is limited and registration is required. Open to tweens and teens ages 9-18.
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 Chalk the Walk
Thursday, January 22
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Main Library
Collaborate with other tween artists for an outdoor art project with sidewalk chalk. Tweens, ages 9-11, will claim a concrete square and make their own individual mini chalk murals to welcome people into the Main Library. Clothes that can get dirty are highly recommended. Caregivers are expected to accompany children throughout the duration of this program.
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Due to Murphy Park walkway improvements, the Velma Teague Library will be closed temporarily, beginning on January 5 and continuing through March 2. The library is scheduled to reopen on March 3. If you have any questions, please call us at 623-930-3600. We apologize for the inconvenience. |
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