PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT

Each year, Bellevue Friends of the Library supports dozens of programs at the Bellevue Library, Lake Hills Library, and Library Connection @ Crossroads. Listed below are many of the recent programs made possible by your membership with and donations to Bellevue Friends of the Library.

If you would like to continue to programs like these offered in your community, please consider becoming a Friend or making a donation. The community thanks you!

Below is a list of programs sponsored by Bellevue Friends of the Library in 2019. 

Youth programs 

  • Alien Invasion
  • Blast it: Rocket Fuel Reactors Workshop
  • Chinese Lantern Making
  • Creating an Art Mural
  • Creative Movement
  • Destination Space Show
  • Free Comic Book Day: Book Giveaways
  • Free Comic Book Day: Toy Wars: A Star Wars Story Presented by Charlie Williams a.k.a. “The Nosie Guy”
  • Lego Club* (weekly)
  • Make a Little Rhythm
  • Purrlie’s Mission to the Milky Way
  • Russian Story Time*
  • Space-A-Cade Puppet Show
  • Space Dog from Planet K-9
  • Space Origami Storytime*
  • Vietnamese Children’s Festival 

Teen programs 

  • Ableton Music Production Workshop
  • Art Extravaganza
  • Author talk with Alton Carter*
  • Bad Art Competition
  • Beginning Knitting
  • Chess Club for Kids*
  • Cosplay and Board Games
  • Creating a Universe for Comics and Graphic Novels
  • Design Your Own Laser-Cut Pin or Magnet
  • End of Summer Celebration
  • Free Comic Book Day: Comic Book Button Making
  • Free Comic Book Day: Make Your Own Lightsabers
  • Free Comic Book Day: Star Wars Origami
  • Game On!*
  • Girls Who Code*
  • Harry Potter's Birthday Celebration
  • ideaX Club* (weekly)
  • ideaX Exploration League*
  • Macrame Workshop
  • Maker Workshop
  • Making Felt Animal Stuffies
  • Making Magic with the Micro:bit
  • Minute to Win it!
  • Teen Art Club* (monthly)
  • Teen Advisory Board*
  • Teen Volunteer Club*
  • Teen Zone: Gaming & Making*
  • Teens R.E.A.D.*
  • Writing Workshop with Alton Carter*

Adult programs 

  • Bellevue Jazz & Blues Festival with Chris Spencer
  • BFOL Book Group*
  • BFOL Shakespeare Spring Series: Julius Caesar*
  • BFOL Shakespeare Fall Series: King Lear*
  • Chinese Book Group*
  • Do it Yourself Websites
  • eCommerce Workshop
  • Embracing Whimsey
  • Geology Workshop
  • I’ve Had My DNA Tested, Now What?
  • Live at Lunch Concert
  • Mandolin Orchestra’s Holiday Concert
  • Martin Luther King Celebration
  • Mid-Autumn Festival
  • Mid-Summer Tai Chi
  • Music in Stalin’s Russia
  • Navigating Life in America*
  • Package and Promote Your Service
  • Pastel Workshop
  • Plazas
  • Russian Author Book Talk with Mikhal Bajenov
  • Russian Book Group*
  • Rhythms of India
  • Shakespeare in the Park
  • Tea Discovery
  • Uke Society*
  • Website Attraction and Search Engine Optimization
  • Wintergrass Preview: Downtown Mountain Boys 

* program held more than once