This Week at Your Local Libraries

February 3 - 7

Explore the events taking place at your nearest library branches and take full advantage of everything your library has to offer.

Arcata

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 10:15 a.m., Baby Bookworms
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 11 a.m., Story Time
Thursday, Feb. 5, 4 to 7 p.m., Casual Drop-in Chess and Games
Friday, Feb. 6, 2:30 to 4 p.m., A Call to Yarns
Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m., Family Literacy Party with Quack and Wabbit
Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m., Purls of Wisdom Knitters
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2 p.m., Kids Lego Club
No Baby Bookworms and Preschool Story Time this Saturday, Feb. 7.

Visit the Arcata Library webpage for more information about this branch.

Quack and Wabbit puppeteers with their puppet characters.

Blue Lake

February at the Blue Lake Library, "Stopping by Woods: Poetry Inspired Art" by Blue Lake School 4th Graders

Visit the Blue Lake Library webpage for more information about this branch.

Mixed media poetry-inspired art of the woods.

McKinleyville

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 3 p.m., Wednesday Afternoon Book Group "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6 p.m., Wednesday Evening Book Group "When the Emperor Was Divine" * "The Buddha in the Attic" by Julie Otsuka
Thursday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m., Preschool Stories & Songs
Friday, Feb. 6, 2 to 4 p.m., Drop in to Make a Friendship Bracelet
Friday, Feb. 6, 3 p.m., Friday Afternoon Book Group "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" by Helen Simonson
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2 to 4 p.m., Make Buttons and Magnets

Visit the McKinleyville Library webpage for more information about this branch.

Booklovers. McKinleyville Book Group, established 2025. Illustration of a woman reading a book.

Trinidad

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2 to 4 p.m., Fiber Crafting Circle
Thursday, Feb. 5, 4 to 7 p.m., Game Night
Saturday, Feb. 7, Noon to 4 p.m., Lego Club for Families

Visit the Trinidad Library webpage for more information about this branch.

Fiber crafting supplies on a table. Needles, yarn, loom, etc.

Remote/Virtual

These events are live and online. Click on each listing to sign up or access the link.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m., On the Same Page Book Club, "I Who Have Never Known Men" by Jacqueline Harpman (Zoom)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 8 a.m., Starfish Radio Hour with Shoshanna (Live on Radio & Online)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 a.m., Reading in Place discusses "The Machine" by Max Delsohn (Zoom)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2:30 p.m., Saturday Lecture Series "Black History & Futures" (In-Person at the Clarke Museum and Livestream on YouTube)

About the Humboldt County Public Library

The Humboldt County Library strengthens the community by educating, inspiring and connecting people. The library’s vision is to help create and support a welcoming, healthy and prosperous community where there are abundant opportunities for learning and creativity. For more information about the Humboldt County Public Library, please visit humlib.org.