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Tech Help Thursdays

Tech Help is available to library patrons every Thursday in the Carnegie room. More info:Two appointment times are available; 11am to 11:45am and 12pm to 12:45pm. If you cannot make an appointment, or if appointments are already full, please come by during drop-in hours......More

Tech Help is available to library patrons every Thursday in the Carnegie room. More info:Two appointment times are available; 11am to 11:45am and 12pm to 12:45pm. If you cannot make an appointment, or if appointments are already full, please come by during drop-in hours from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.  What we can help with...Personal devices (smartphones, e-readers, tablets, iPads, laptops, etc.)Library desktop computers (please note: you must have a library membership or guest pass to access a desktop library computer or library laptop)General questions pertaining to navigating the Internet, email, and social media accounts.The basics on making a job resume. We cannot help with...Filing taxes onlineFilling out online paperwork that contains patron's sensitive information (SSN, private passwords, etc.)Re-programming computers or hand-held electronic devices / fixing hardware issues.Virus or malware removal. To schedule an appointment please call the Associate Librarian Andrea at 360-344-3051 or email at [email protected] If you have general questions about this service, please call the library at 360-385-3181. Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download  Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download  Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download  Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download  Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download  Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download  Opens in new windowPDF DownloadWord DownloadExcel DownloadPowerPoint DownloadDocument Download 

Artist Resource Help Desk

What is it? The Artist Resource Help Desk (ARHD) provides professional guidance for artists seeking assistance with grants, proposals, presentations, marketing (newsletters, flyers, etc.) and connections to resources to support their creative practice. The program offer......More

What is it? The Artist Resource Help Desk (ARHD) provides professional guidance for artists seeking assistance with grants, proposals, presentations, marketing (newsletters, flyers, etc.) and connections to resources to support their creative practice. The program offers guidance and access to some cloud-based tools. Artists may bring their own computers and materials or use public computers and resources at the library.The goal is to help artists as they seek funding and opportunities and look to build their audiences. Artists should come with a specific project in mind which they want help to realize or feedback to refine. This program also serves as an important opportunity to learn more about the needs and dreams of artists in our community!  Through the ARHD, artists can access support and consultation for opportunities that take administrative or computer skills, such as:Grant editing and development Marketing materials Slide decks  Sponsorship or partnership proposalsResearch for residencies, funding, or other opportunities Who will be there?  Katy Goodman, arts and culture coordinator for the City of Port Townsend, will be staffing the Artist Resource Help Desk every Thursday from 12:00-2:00pm. Katy has 20+ years of experience in fundraising, communications, and programming in arts and education non-profits. During this time, she wrote hundreds of grants, organized and promoted events of all shapes and sizes, and worked with a wide variety of artists. This program is designed to put these skills to use for local artists so they have more time and resources to spend on their creative practice.  Why? There has been a demonstrated need for this kind of support from artists. As the City of Port Townsend steps up its role in supporting our creative community, this time is also an important and low-barrier way for artists to participate in shaping the City’s arts and culture work through the learnings that happen in collaborating and discussing projects and ambitions.This flexible and no-cost access to resources is designed to support creative practitioners no matter how much time or money they have to spare.  How do I participate?   Come to the Port Townsend Public Library any Thursday between 12:00-2:00pm and head upstairs to the Carnegie Reading Room! (The ARHD will be closed the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas.) If you would like to make an appointment and say a little about your project or needs, you can book one here:Book an ARHD AppointmentQuestions?Contact [email protected] or call (360) 385-3000 x5098 

Friends Bookshop Open

The Friends of the Library Bookshop is now open in the Library Learning Center (a.k.a. Pink House, next to the library). Stocked with wonderful books, digital media, puzzles, and games, the bookshop is open Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30–4:30 pm.

Income-Based Discount Assistance

Income-Based Discount AssistanceThursday, November 12 and December 3 from 2:00pm-4:00pmCarnegie RoomThe City of Port Townsend offers an Income-Based Discount Program for municipal utility bills. City staff will be at the library to assist people filling out the applicat......More

Income-Based Discount AssistanceThursday, November 12 and December 3 from 2:00pm-4:00pmCarnegie RoomThe City of Port Townsend offers an Income-Based Discount Program for municipal utility bills. City staff will be at the library to assist people filling out the application.      

Author Talk with Karen Polinsky and Sherry Macgregor

Author Talk with Karen Polinsky and Sherry MacgregorThursday, November 12th at 6:00 pmPort Townsend Library Karen Polinsky’s latest book is the 3rd Edition of Dungeness which features a new essay by Sherry Macgregor, a S’Klallam elder and scholar on Coast Salish canoe c......More

Author Talk with Karen Polinsky and Sherry MacgregorThursday, November 12th at 6:00 pmPort Townsend Library Karen Polinsky’s latest book is the 3rd Edition of Dungeness which features a new essay by Sherry Macgregor, a S’Klallam elder and scholar on Coast Salish canoe culture. Dungeness, a 19th century coming-of-age mystery solved by local history, is inspired by Mary Ann Lambert, the turn-of-the-century S’Klallam chronicler. Sherry Macgregor will share memories and photos of her brilliant & eccentric great-aunt, as well as her thoughts on Dungeness, a fictional foray into her family’s past. Together, Sherry & Karen will examine how curiosity about our local history can create community, and a more resilient democracy.Karen Polinsky is a former journalist and high school teacher and currently a novelist and playwright living in Portland, Oregon. She’s written more than a dozen stage plays. She is the author of Ian’s Ride which was the 2026 Port Townsend Community Read book. She enjoys camping, biking, and hiking with her husband Michael and her border collie Pearl. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Port Townsend Library.

Baby Storytime

Baby Storytime: Mondays, 10:30am in the Pink HouseThis 20-minute lapsit program for babies ages 0-18 months features short stories, action rhymes, lap bounces, and songs to promote language learning and early literacy skills. Parents and caregivers will find a supportiv......More

Baby Storytime: Mondays, 10:30am in the Pink HouseThis 20-minute lapsit program for babies ages 0-18 months features short stories, action rhymes, lap bounces, and songs to promote language learning and early literacy skills. Parents and caregivers will find a supportive community and opportunities for engagement and connection. Playtime to follow._________________________________________________________________2026 Storytime ScheduleWinter/Spring Storytimes (Baby, Toddler, and Storytime Connections): January 12, 2026- April 29, 2026Storytime Break: April 30, 2026-  June 1, 2026Storytime in the Park (All Ages): June 2, 2026- August 25, 2026Storytime Break: August 26, 2026- September 13, 2026Fall/Winter Storytimes (Baby, Toddler, and Storytime Connections): September 14, 2026- December 9, 2026Storytime Break: December 10, 2026- January 10, 2027Our early literacy storytimes include fun songs, silly rhymes and ways to get the wiggles out while supporting your love of books. Baby, Toddler and Family Storytimes are all here. More information about our weekly early literacy programs can be found here.

Friends Bookshop Open

The Friends of the Library Bookshop is now open in the Library Learning Center (a.k.a. Pink House, next to the library). Stocked with wonderful books, digital media, puzzles, and games, the bookshop is open Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30–4:30 pm.

Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Display Last Day

Toddler Storytime

Toddler Storytime: Tuesdays, 10:30am in the Children's RoomToddler Storytime is designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years and features short stories, rhymes, songs, and full body movement to promote language learning and early literacy skills. ____________________......More

Toddler Storytime: Tuesdays, 10:30am in the Children's RoomToddler Storytime is designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years and features short stories, rhymes, songs, and full body movement to promote language learning and early literacy skills. _________________________________________________________________2026 Storytime ScheduleWinter/Spring Storytimes (Baby, Toddler, and Storytime Connections): January 12, 2026- April 29, 2026Storytime Break: April 30, 2026-  June 1, 2026Storytime in the Park (All Ages): June 2, 2026- August 25, 2026Storytime Break: August 26, 2026- September 13, 2026Fall/Winter Storytimes (Baby, Toddler, and Storytime Connections): September 14, 2026- December 9, 2026Storytime Break: December 10, 2026- January 10, 2027Our early literacy storytimes include fun songs, silly rhymes and ways to get the wiggles out while supporting your love of books. Baby, Toddler and Family Storytimes are all here. More information about our weekly early literacy programs can be found here.

Artist Resource Help Desk

What is it? The Artist Resource Help Desk (ARHD) provides professional guidance for artists seeking assistance with grants, proposals, presentations, marketing (newsletters, flyers, etc.) and connections to resources to support their creative practice. The program offer......More

What is it? The Artist Resource Help Desk (ARHD) provides professional guidance for artists seeking assistance with grants, proposals, presentations, marketing (newsletters, flyers, etc.) and connections to resources to support their creative practice. The program offers guidance and access to some cloud-based tools. Artists may bring their own computers and materials or use public computers and resources at the library.The goal is to help artists as they seek funding and opportunities and look to build their audiences. Artists should come with a specific project in mind which they want help to realize or feedback to refine. This program also serves as an important opportunity to learn more about the needs and dreams of artists in our community!  Through the ARHD, artists can access support and consultation for opportunities that take administrative or computer skills, such as:Grant editing and development Marketing materials Slide decks  Sponsorship or partnership proposalsResearch for residencies, funding, or other opportunities Who will be there?  Katy Goodman, arts and culture coordinator for the City of Port Townsend, will be staffing the Artist Resource Help Desk every Thursday from 12:00-2:00pm. Katy has 20+ years of experience in fundraising, communications, and programming in arts and education non-profits. During this time, she wrote hundreds of grants, organized and promoted events of all shapes and sizes, and worked with a wide variety of artists. This program is designed to put these skills to use for local artists so they have more time and resources to spend on their creative practice.  Why? There has been a demonstrated need for this kind of support from artists. As the City of Port Townsend steps up its role in supporting our creative community, this time is also an important and low-barrier way for artists to participate in shaping the City’s arts and culture work through the learnings that happen in collaborating and discussing projects and ambitions.This flexible and no-cost access to resources is designed to support creative practitioners no matter how much time or money they have to spare.  How do I participate?   Come to the Port Townsend Public Library any Thursday between 12:00-2:00pm and head upstairs to the Carnegie Reading Room! (The ARHD will be closed the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas.) If you would like to make an appointment and say a little about your project or needs, you can book one here:Book an ARHD AppointmentQuestions?Contact [email protected] or call (360) 385-3000 x5098 

Friends Bookshop Open

The Friends of the Library Bookshop is now open in the Library Learning Center (a.k.a. Pink House, next to the library). Stocked with wonderful books, digital media, puzzles, and games, the bookshop is open Mondays and Thursdays, 12:30–4:30 pm.

Author Talk David B. Williams and Conner Bouchard-Roberts

Join us for a free talk at the library with author David B. Williams, where he will discuss his new book, In the Range of Fire and Ice A Human and Natural History of Washington’s Cascades. The program will be an in conversation style event with Conner Bouchard-Roberts, ......More

Join us for a free talk at the library with author David B. Williams, where he will discuss his new book, In the Range of Fire and Ice A Human and Natural History of Washington’s Cascades. The program will be an in conversation style event with Conner Bouchard-Roberts, owner of Winter Texts bookstore as the interlocutor. To learn more about David please visit his webpage here. About the book:Based on personal observations, field time, discussions with experts, and examination of historical and recent documents, In the Range of Fire and Ice will be my interpretation of a unique set of environmental and historical conditions and opportunities; it is just one of many stories that could be written. Taking a deep time approach, I begin with geology, laying the groundwork for the rest of the book. I will then turn to the multi-millennia-long story of human history, exploring how people traveled, settled, exploited the natural resources, and found sustenance. For the natural history section, I will include species that allow me to address Native use of the landscape, climate change, and our changing relationship to wildlife. To conclude the book, I will tie together my central themes of connection, human usage, and hope, by turning to Mount St. Helens and the efforts to study it, recreate on it, and protect it.I see each chapter essay as one piece of the broader puzzle, in which I plan to illuminate relationships between people and environment, past and present, and natural landscapes and altered ones. Woven through will be themes of how the Cascade Mountains impact the human and more-than-human residents; how our actions affect the Cascades and its inhabitants; and how a better understanding of the past can lead to better decisions about the future. I also plan wherever possible to tie in stories of the Indigenous inhabitants, as a way to explore long term relationships to place, plants, and animals and how those connections can provide hope and guidance in addressing the challenges the mountains face.    

Sing-a-Ling

Sing-a-Ling is scheduled for the 4th Fridays of each month from September-October & January-May (Please note the November and December dates will be on the 3rd Friday of the month) at 10:30am in the Children's Room of the Port Townsend Public Library.The dates for Septe......More

Sing-a-Ling is scheduled for the 4th Fridays of each month from September-October & January-May (Please note the November and December dates will be on the 3rd Friday of the month) at 10:30am in the Children's Room of the Port Townsend Public Library.The dates for September-October 2026 are:Friday, September 25Friday, October 23The dates for November-December 2026 are:Friday, November 20Friday, December 18The dates for January-May 2027 are:Friday, January 22Friday, February 26Friday, March 26Friday, April 23Friday, May 28Part story time, part sing-along, this musical program blends rhyme, finger play, and picture books with ukuleles, harmonicas, and songs you can’t help but hum.Join Keeth from Harmonica Pocket for a playful, music-filled story time that gets toddlers, preschoolers, families and the greater community singing, moving, and laughing together.