It’s our beautiful building’s 20th birthday! We’re grateful to serve the Tigard community for 60 years, including the two decades in our current location. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a plant lover, a history enthusiast, or a gamer, we have something for you. And remember, kids, teens, and adults can complete Summer Reading by August 31 to be eligible for prizes! See our latest news and all upcoming events at tigard-or.gov/library
StoryWalk®
Now – Monday, September 30
Fanno Creek Trail in the Library Backyard
Kids & Families
Enjoy reading and nature at the same time as you walk the Fanno Creek Trail behind the library. Pause along the way at displays of each page from a specially-chosen picture book. A new story will go up each month through September! Enter to win the featured book each month.
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
Program presented in partnership with Friends of the Tigard Library.
Home Childcare Small Business Clinic
3rd Wednesday of the month: August 21, September 18 |12:30-3:30 PM | Library Technology Room | Adults
Start or expand your childcare small business with support from Unite Oregon experts. Get personalized one-on-one support, and business, marketing, & financial planning resources. Drop in anytime during the scheduled hours. Designed especially for BIPOC and Latino/a/e communities.
Smash Tourney
Friday, August 23 | 1-5 PM | Burgess Community Room
Teens entering grades 6-12
It’s Game Day at the library! Enter a Super Smash Bros. Tournament and enjoy tabletop games in-between rounds. Prizes for the winners, snacks for all!
Plant Swap
Sunday, September 1 | 11-12:30 PM
Burgess Community Room | Adults
Calling all plant enthusiasts, newbies, and everyone in between! Join us in the Community Room and bring along any plants, cuttings, starts and bulbs you’d like to share; then take home a new plant for yourself. Don’t have a plant to share? We’ll have extras, so come anyway!
Please label each plant with its name along with its light, soil, and water preferences.
From Thorns to Blossoms: A Family’s Story of Japanese American Incarceration
Sunday, September 15 | 3-4:30 PM
Burgess Community Room | Adults
Mitsuko “Mitzi” Asai wasn’t quite 10 years old in 1942 when President Roosevelt ordered 120,000 people of Japanese descent into inland prison camps. Mitzi will share her family’s experiences of governmental incarceration, the legacy of that dark chapter in US History, and her hopes for a more equal future for all.
Program presented in partnership with Friends of the Tigard Library.
