Calling all local authors and friends of authors!

Big news!  Your Bellevue Public Library will be holding AuthorFest!, a festival celebrating our local authors!  This event will happen outside the library on May 16^th from 10am to 2pm and will feature many authors from the surrounding area who are both self-published and published through traditional means.  There will be readings, panels, and opportunities to talk with local authors and purchase their books.  Click "read more" for more information and the author registration link!

Let's Talk - townhall meeting

Share your hopes and dreams for your community at a special event sponsored by the Bellevue Public Library, which is kicking off a months-long strategic planning process with a public town hall meeting on Thursday, February 5th.

Click 'read more' for more info!

January PubQuiz - General Trivia

Our January PubQuiz was last night and we had a great group!  A big thank you to B&B Classic Dogs for hosting us, once again!

This month was general trivia with some current events.  We had a great time and our teams found it pretty challenging. Congratulations to Swan Queen for winning!  Click 'read more' to try the quiz yourself and see how you would have done!

DIY Forever: Melted Crayon Pendants

During this month's DIY Forever, we made pendants from melted crayons.  This was a wonderfully fun and simple craft that resulted in some marvelously complex and pretty pendants with ridiculously simple materials.  Click 'read more' to find out how and what you will need.  

DIY Forever: Sugar Scrubs

In December we made sugar scrubs at our DIY Forever event.  They smell great, feel good on your skin when you use them, makes your skin feel amazing after using them, and make/made brilliant gifts!  We had a ton of fun making them and they are super easy to put together yourself.  In fact, you probably have most, if not all, of the materials you will need to make them!  So, check out how by clicking 'read more' and get to making!  You'll be glad you did!

November PubQuiz - Movie Edition!

Way back in November, we had our Movie themed PubQuiz at B&B Classic Dogs.  It was a wonderful time with every team scoring much higher than average.  We did have a clear winner, though, and that was The Peculiar Such Things.  They scored a whopping 42 points, the highest in our PubQuiz history!  Well done TPST!  How would you have done?  Well, click 'read more' and find out!

September's PubQuiz

Last Thursday (9-25-14) was another night of laughter and trivia at our PubQuiz!  Once again, B&B Classic Dogs was nice enough to host us and we had seven teams compete.

How would you have scored?  Check out the quiz by clicking read more and let us know your score in comments!

DIY Forever: Butterfly Jars

At our last craft event for adults, we made Butterfly Jar lights inspired by the Green Bellevue working to make the library a Monarch Waystation.  This is a relatively easy craft that only takes about 30 minutes to make.  Click "read more" to find out how to make your own!

PubQuiz - 7-31-14

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Last Thursday was our PubQuiz for July.  This time we had a Sci-Fi trivia night.  We had 6 teams compete and the winning team was "Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra" who got a whopping 27 questions right!  How would you have done?  Click 'read more' to find out! 

PubQuiz - May 22nd

Last night was the PubQuiz.  We had a great time and the power didn't go out this time!  Yay!  The winning team last night was the Librariwins.  Congratulations, Librariwins!  Did you miss out on the event last night?  Did you want to know how you would have done?  Click "read more" to see last night's quiz and start getting your team together for the July 31st PubQuiz!

Spring Adult Reading Program: Literary Elements

Our annual Adult Reading Program started yesterday!  With a bunch of great events, prizes, and countless great things to enjoy by reading or listening, now is a great time to celebrate your love of the library or to rekindle it!  There are no obligations, no minimum reading requirement, and no costs!  Only the joy of reading or listening to books and winning prizes - including a grand prize of a 7 inch HD Nook tablet!  Click 'Read More' for more info . . .

PubQuiz: Disney Edition!

Last night we held our second PubQuiz at B&B Classic Dogs.  This time we had a theme - Disney. We had a great time, with new participants and teams, and the competition was fierce!  The evening started out on shaky ground with a power outage, but our stouthearted players laughed at the darkness and bid the questions commence.  So, the questions were posed.  The questions ranged from Disney cartoons, music, attractions, business, Walt himself, and everything in between.  In the end, there could only be one winner and that team is 'The Heathers'!  'The Heathers' narrowly squeezed out their win from last event's winners 'The Double Duke' (who changed their name to 'No One Wins Like Gaston' in honor of the theme).  Congrats to 'The Heathers' and all who competed!  We had a great time!  The next PubQuiz will be in May, so keep an eye out for details.  

Wondering how you would stack up?  The quiz is after the jump, so click 'read more' and comment with how many you got right!

DIY Forever: Marimo Terrariums

Last week we had our monthly DIY Forever event.  We made marimo terrariums and it was amazing!  It was great fun and now we have 29 people with new adorable fuzzy green friends! Click read more to see some of the terrariums made at the event!

PubQuiz

We held our first Pub Quiz last night at local restaurant and arcade, B&B Classic Dogs.  The hotdogs were tasty, the beers cold, and the trivia competition fierce as four teams pit brains against brains to come out on top.  In the end, there can only be one champion and that team was "The Double Dukes!" They got 26 out of the 44 questions right and took home a $25 dollar gift card to B&B Classic Dogs!  Though only one team triumphed, we all had a great time and we will definitely be doing another Pub Quiz in March, so keep a look out for details!  If you are interested in seeing how you would have stacked up against our winning team, the questions are after the jump, so click "read more" and see what you know!

Book Brunch

We all like discussing the books we love and we all like friends.  One of the problems we run into as adults is finding new people to discuss our favorite books with, while getting some good suggestions of what to read from them.  Let's face it - it isn't like when we were kids and could just walk up to a person, introduce ourselves, and ask: "Want to be friends?"  Well, we wanted to make things a bit easier.  We wanted a way to socialize as an adult in a relaxed environment.  And that, my friends, is where Book Brunch comes in.

DIY Forever

When was the last time you made something that wasn't your child's school project?  When was the last time you got together with a bunch of friends and friends-to-be to create something and have good time doing so?  If you can't remember the last time you did either of those things, our new crafting/making series, DIY Forever, is for you!