Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay, OR - Pickup/Drop-off Eastside, Friday, January 16 at the Eastside Fire Station, 365 D Street, Coos Bay, 9:00am – 9:30am. Return or pick up library materials every Friday in front of the Eastside Fire Department. Pickup/Drop-off Empire, Friday, January 16 at the Empire Fire Station, 189 S Wall Street, Coos Bay, 10:00am – 10:30am. Pickup or drop-off library materials in front of the Empire Fire Station. Mathternoon, Friday, January 16 in the Kids & Families Section, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Ages 4-12. Spend your Friday afternoon playing math games in the Youth Services Area of the Coos Bay Public Library. Uno, Yahtzee, Counting Fun, Count Your Chickens and MORE! Parents or guardians must attend with children under 10. Tween Club, Friday, January 16 in the Cedar Room, 3:00pm – 4:30pm. The Coos Bay Public Library is starting a Tween Club for tweens age 10-14 (5th-8th grade). Join us for arts, crafts, conversations and snacks every third Friday of the month. ¡Spanglish! Conversational Program, Saturday, January 17 in the Myrtlewood Room, 10:30am – 11:30am. We meet at the library every third Saturday @ 10:30am! Program is for those who wish to practice their Spanish conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting. Attendees will have the opportunity to converse in Spanish as a group for one hour in a casual, informal environment. This is NOT a class but we will provide ideas for conversational topics. Beginners are welcome. ¡Vamos a hablar! Program is FREE and open to everyone. Practice your Spanish using our Free (w/your library card) language resource, Mango. Craft Takeout, Kits Available at 12:00pm on Saturday, January 17. Calling all crafty teens and adults! Have an appetite to get creative? Pick up a free monthly Craft Takeout kit in the library on the 3rd Saturday of each month. How-to instructions and everything needed to create the monthly project will be included in each Craft Takeout kit. Limit one Craft Takeout kit per person. Kits are available for pickup in the library while supplies last. A limited number of kits are available and are first come, first serve. Dolly Parton Birthday Celebration - Fundraiser, Saturday, January 17 in the Myrtlewood Room, 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Howdy Ya'll, get ready for a Dolly Celebration. It is Dolly Partons Birthday on the 19th and we thought it proper to celebrate a little early. We will have two Dolly themed specialty cocktails, Dolly-o-ke, Dolly Desserts, Dolly photo booth, and more! This is a 21+ fundraising event with an $18.00 entry, cash is preferred. So, get your flashiest outfit and join us in the celebration of Dolly Parton. WHY A FUNDRAISER? Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners. In Coos Bay alone, we have 700 kids a year involved with this incredible program. But it does cost us, $25.00 a year per kid to keep them enrolled. We here at the Coos Bay Public Library love Dolly Parton. So, we wanted to throw her a birthday party in celebration of everything that she does and use it as an opportunity to fundraise to make sure that the kids can keep reading. Fabric Donations Needed, Feeling generous with your fabric stash? Please consider donating a bag of fabric to the Coos Bay Library for use in our twice-monthly sewing classes with OCATEC. Limit one bag per person per week, 100% cotton or linen fabrics only, please. We are unable to accept fabrics which have been exposed to cigarette smoke. Our sewing classes are free to the public and enormously popular, so your donation goes a long way towards keeping fabric arts alive in our community. Winter Reading Game Piece, Winter Reading Challenge 2026, January 1-February 28, All Ages. Read (or listen) to three books, get a sticker and an entry for a grand prize drawing. Keep reading and complete more of the challenges for bragging rights and more entries. Winners will be announced March 2. All entries must be received at the Coos Bay Public Library by February 28. Complete the entire challenge for five chances to win. Challenges cannot be repeated. Oven & Fridge Sale - Thanks to the generosity of 7 Devils Brewery the library now has a backup fridge for the Community Fridge food supply. This means we are temporarily in the used appliance business. To make room for the new fridge, we are selling an old one and it’s matching stove/oven. The fridge is $150 and the stove/oven is $175. All proceeds will be used to support the Community Fridge. ⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️• Cash Only; • First Come, First Serve; • No Holds; • Buyer responsible for hauling.

Dolly Parton Birthday Fundraiser at CBPL

CBPL release - On Saturday, January 17, 2026, the Coos Bay Public Library is having a fundraiser to celebrate Dolly Parton’s Birthday in the Myrtlewood Room. The fundraiser will start at 5:00 pm and will go until 7:00 pm. This is a 21+ event, and the entry fee is $18.00. We will have two Dolly-themed specialty cocktails, Dolly-o-Ke, Dolly Desserts, and more! We here at the Coos Bay Public Library love Dolly Parton. So, we wanted to throw her a birthday party in celebration of everything that she does and use it as an opportunity to fundraise to make sure that the kids can keep reading. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners. In Coos Bay alone, we have 700 kids a year involved with this incredible program. But it does cost us $25.00 a year per kid to keep them enrolled. https://www.coosbaylibrary.org/event/dolly-birthday-bash If you would like to contact us, please call (541) 269-1101 between the hours of 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday and 12 PM to 6 PM on Saturdays or email us at [email protected].

¡SPANGLISH!: Spanish Conversational Program

CBPL release - On January 17, Coos Bay Public Library will be offering ¡SPANGLISH!: Spanish Conversational Program. We meet every third Saturday at the library from 10:30am-11:30am. Program is for those who wish to practice their Spanish conversational skills and help other learners in a friendly setting. Attendees will have the opportunity to converse in Spanish as a group for one hour in a casual, informal environment. This is NOT a class, but we will provide ideas for conversational topics. Beginners are welcome. Let’s talk! This program is FREE and open to anyone who wishes to sharpen their Spanish conversational skills.