Community Calendar

Hats Off to a New Year! : Storytime
Monday, January 13 from 10:30am - 11:30am
Ring in the new year with a hat-themed storytime! Wear a silly hat, listen to stories about hats, and make your own paper hat afterwards!

Not-So-Secret Society of Tweens
Tuesday, January 14 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Our new, and not-so-secret, monthly program for youth 8-12 to hang out! If you're looking for a new space to spend time, stop on by. Do your homework, play video games, munch on free snacks, and more!

Getting started with Telehealth @ Kenai Senior Center
Thursday, January 16 from 1:00pm - 2:30pm
This workshop is for those who are new to telehealth and want to learn more about how to use telehealth services to receive medical care.

STEAM Studio
Thursday, January 16 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Join us every month to work on cool STEAM projects using a variety of tools. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics. This month we will be making digital music using a free program called sonic pi. Designed for a variety of experience levels ages 8 to 14.

Winnie the Pooh Day
Friday, January 17 from 10:00am - 11:00am
Join Frontier Community Services Infant Learning Program in celebrating Winnie the Pooh day at the Kenai Library. Designed for kiddos ages birth to five, and inclusive of all abilities. We will celebrate with stories, crafts, games, and goodies. Please call 907 252 6337 for questions!

Nintendo Switch Club
Friday, January 17 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Bring your own device or play on ours! This is a chance to meet other gamers, share skills and info, compete, and enjoy everything Nintendo together. Open to anyone aged 8-18.

To register for any program, please follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/yvjzkpd4

Weekly Programs:

Lego® Club
Mondays from 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Join us every Monday in the Front Conference Room to build awesome Lego® sculptures! Each week a new theme and challenge will help spark your imagination. We will also have a dollhouse open and available each week in the same room! Bring your own doll or play with ours.

Wee Read
Tuesdays from 10:30am - 11:00am
Intended for young children ages birth to three years and their parents or caregivers, this program focuses on early language and social skills through fun stories, songs, and play time.

Tech Time
Tuesdays from 11:00am - 1:00pm
Tech time is available at the Kenai Community Library for anyone with basic technology questions.
We can help you with:
• Basic computer skills
• Accessing library resources
• How to access eBooks and Audiobooks
• Using devices such as eReaders, tablets, and smartphones
• Digital photos
• Social media
• Email
*We do not take apart or repair devices, assist with financial transactions, or handle malware/viruses. While we will do our best to assist you with your technology needs, these are offered to allow you to expand your skills, not as a replacement for commercial tech support.
Appointments required. Register here or call 907-283-4378.
Registration Required.

Stay & Play!
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11:00am - 11:30am
Join us after Wee Read or Preschool Storytime for playtime! The toy bin will be available, and could include coloring sheets, sensory bins, and more to promote social emotional learning skills.

Preschool Storytime
Wednesdays from 10:30am - 11:00am
This Story Time for preschoolers, ages 3 to 5, includes stories, songs, activities, and rhymes specially designed to support reading readiness and foster social skills.

Chess Open Hour
Wednesdays from 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Do you like playing chess, or would you like to learn how? We’re proud to offer a casual chess program for all ages and levels. Boards provided.

Early Reader’s Book Club
Thursdays from 11:00am - 11:30am
Designed with our newest readers in mind! Join us for word exercises and a chapter book read-aloud.
We will be reading selections of the “Magic Tree House” series by Mary Pope Osborne. Intended for ages 5-10.

Title: Cool Kid Crafts!: Chinese Dragon Puppet
From: 10:30am Friday, January 3, 2025
To: 11:30am Friday, January 3, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Children
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Kids will practice their fine motor skills by cutting and pasting a Chinese Dragon Puppet. This program is for kids ages 2-5 years. Supplies are limited, please register child. Caregivers do not need to register.

Title: Teen New Year's Rave
From: 6:00pm Friday, January 3, 2025
To: 7:30pm Friday, January 3, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Teens
Categories: Social
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Blacklights! Music! Kandi! Celebrate the New Year by coming in and dancing the night away! Bring kandi to trade, or learn to make some here!
Registration is required. You should arrive by 5:45, doors will lock at six!
All registrants must complete the Teen Afterhours Agreement before program start time.
You can ask for a copy at the front desk, download and print it at home, or fill it out at the library before the doors close.
**Preview the PDF attachment online**

Title: Paint a Bookend
Frm: 6:00pm Tuesday, January 7, 2025
To: 7:00pm Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Come hang out and paint bookends with us, then take them home to prop up all those books you're reading into the new year! This program is for Adults and teens. Supplies are limited, please register.

Title: Mocktails!
From: 4:00pm Saturday, January 11, 2025
To: 5:00pm Saturday, January 11, 2025
Presenter: Addie Camp
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Adults
Categories: Social
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Celebrate "Dry January" by taste testing drinks and learning the history of mocktails! Addie Camps' mixologist, Braeden, will provide a brief introduction to mocktails, their history, and the appeal of non-alcoholic beverages while demonstrating how to make 3 different drinks.
Menu: Train Track Tonic, Lime Basil Spritz, and The Juice Caboose!
This program is for Adults 18+. Space is limited, please register.

Title: STEM: Paper Airplanes
From: 4:00pm Thursday, January 16, 2025
To: 5:00pm Thursday, January 16, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Children, Pre-teens
Categories: STEM
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Do you have what it takes to become an ace paper pilot?
Learn how airplanes stay up, fold a variety of different airplanes, and compete to see who can fly their plane the farthest through the library!
This program is designed for kids ages 6 and up.

Title: Open at Noon
From: 10:00am Friday, January 17, 2025
To: 12:00pm Friday, January 17, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Library
Categories: Closures
Description: The Library will be open at noon on this day.

Title: Tween Scene
From: 4:00pm Friday, January 17, 2025
To: 5:00pm Friday, January 17, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Pre-teens
Categories: Social
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Tweens ages 10-14 years are invited to enjoy video games, crafts, Lego Bricks, snacks, and more!
Registration Required.

Title: Cozy Crafters
From: 1:00pm Monday, January 27, 2025
To: 3:00pm Monday, January 27, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Adults
Categories: Arts & Crafts
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Bring your own sock to make a snowman or work on your own projects and enjoy a quiet space with other crafters! Basic crafting supplies will be available. Sewing equipment is available upon request. This program is designed for Adults.

Title: Used Book & Art Sale
From: 1:00pm Thursday, January 30, 2025
To: 5:00pm Thursday, January 30, 2025
Location: Basement
Audiences: Adults, Children, Library, Pre-teens, Teens
Categories: Book & Art Sale
Description: Used Book and Art Sale in the library basement bookstore. Gently used books and works of art are available at bargain prices. Lots of puzzles, CD's, DVD's, and audiobooks.
Self Serve Book Shopping: The self serve book shelves in the library entrance are well stocked with a wonderful selection of books. Simply place your money in the donation box.
Visit our website at www.SoldotnaLibraryFriends.com for information about donating books along with details about our non-profit organization.

Title: Tween Scene
From: 4:00pm Friday, January 31, 2025
To: 5:00pm Friday, January 31, 2025
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Pre-teens
Categories: Social
Registration: Registration is required for this event.
Description: Tweens ages 10-14 years are invited to enjoy video games, crafts, Lego Bricks, popcorn, and more!
Registration Required.

Title: Toddler Story Time
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Children's Area
Audiences: Children
Categories: Story Time
Description: We're excited to get up and get moving EVERY TUESDAY at the library with stories, songs, and silly fun that encourages your toddler's language skills!

Title: Lego Club
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Children, Pre-teens, Teens
Categories: STEM
Description: Share your ideas with LEGO bricks! Bring a friend with you and let your imagination run wild!
This program is designated for those under 18 years.
Adult supervision needed for those under the age of 10.

Title: Bouncing Babies Story Time
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Community Room
Audiences: Children
Categories: Story Time
Description: Sing, play, and read EVERY WEDNESDAY at Bouncing Babies story time! This story time is designed for 18months and
younger and families are welcome!

Title: Teen Lounge
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Basement
Audiences: Teens
Categories: Social
Description: Teen Lounge is a weekly hang-out program for teens ages 13-17. Join us for video games, board games, NERF® battles,
study sessions, crafts, and other fun activities EVERY WEDNESDAY!

Title: Pre-school Story Time
Date: Thursdays
Time: 10:30am - 11:00am
Location: Children's Area
Audiences: Children
Categories: Story Time
Description: We are excited to share stories, sing songs, and explore other learning fun together EVERY THURSDAY at the library!

Learn how to raise meat rabbits (or pet rabbits) from Tori, of Cedar Farm, Kenai. Tori will lead discussions on housing, feeding, and care of rabbits. As well as, how to dispatch and process the rabbits. On the second & fourth Mondays, 4pm at the Goods.

Ping pong is open to the public at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, 6-8 p.m Mondays and Wednesdays. All ages welcome, all skill levels. The cost is $2 per player or free for kids under 10. Paddles are available but bring one if you have a favorite.
For more information, call or text Ron at 907-252-6931

Tsalteshi Trails Association is offering cross-country ski lessons for ages 18 and up from Dec. 22 through Feb. 3 at the Skyview Trailhead, behind Skyview Middle School in Soldotna. Sessions are held from 2 to 3 p.m. Sundays and 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays weekly, rotating between classic and skate techniques. All experience levels welcome, from first-time-on-skis to advanced skiers wanting to level up their race performance. The fee is $5 per lesson for TTA members or $10 per lesson for non-TTA members. Attend a few lessons or all of them. Register in advance online for all seven weeks of lessons for a discount. For more information and online registration, visit www.tsalteshi.org, or contact Jenny at info@tsalteshi.org or 907-394-6397.

What: Sketch Club: Figure Drawing Fundamentals Workshop Series

When: 8-week series, Tuesdays 4:30-5:30pm Jan-Feb

Where: Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio 35911 Kenai Spur Hwy, Soldotna, Unit 13 (by the Mattress Ranch)

Details: Draw People, Meet People: Come to Inletkeeper’s Community Action Studio for an 8-week drawing course that includes lessons on portrait drawing, anatomy, and drawing basics. Instruction will be provided by Daniel Cline. Practice your sketching techniques in a fun, relaxed setting with other community members. Bring your own drawing supplies (we have some if you don’t have any) and feel free to bring snacks or drinks to share. The course is free. Donations to the host non-profit, Cook Inletkeeper, are appreciated and help the Community Action Studio offer this course and other community-based programming.

FB Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/915692150649204/915692177315868/

Cindy Tennessen will lead a class that is for anyone, of any age, interested in learning about healthy living. Gain some understanding of lifestyle diseases inherent to Alaska, and means to intervene and prevent through movement, stress reduction, healthy eating, and more.

American Sign Language (ASL) club will be gathering at the Goods on the first and third Fridays from 1-2pm to converse using American Sign Language.

Tsalteshi Trails Association is offering cross-country ski lessons for ages 18 and up from Dec. 22 through Feb. 3 at the Skyview Trailhead, behind Skyview Middle School in Soldotna. Sessions are held from 2 to 3 p.m. Sundays and 6 to 7 p.m. Mondays weekly, rotating between classic and skate techniques. All experience levels welcome, from first-time-on-skis to advanced skiers wanting to level up their race performance. The fee is $5 per lesson for TTA members or $10 per lesson for non-TTA members. Attend a few lessons or all of them. Register in advance online for all seven weeks of lessons for a discount. For more information and online registration, visit www.tsalteshi.org, or contact Jenny at info@tsalteshi.org or 907-394-6397.

A Place at the Table is an outreach ministry offering a hot Sunday meal and conversation 4-6pm on the FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD Sundays of the month in FIREWEED HALL, at Our Lady of PERPETUAL HELP Catholic Church, SOLDOTNA. PROVIDED by OLPH and Christ Lutheran Church. Everyone is welcome.