Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay, OR - Pickup/Drop-off Eastside, Friday, June 12 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. Age Bracket: Everyone. Pickup/Drop-off Empire, Friday, June 12 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. Age Bracket: Everyone. Tween Club: Felting Frenzy, Friday, June 12 in the Myrtlewood 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. June's Event: Felting Frenzy! Special guest LeBrie Rich will teach felting basics and participants will leave with a cool felted cactus. Age Bracket: Kids. Friday Night Felting: DIY Cacti Felting Program for Teens & Adults, Friday, June 12 in the Myrtlewood Room, 5:30pm – 7:00pm. Create a house plant that will never die in a special Friday night felting program with the Duchess of Felt, LeBrie Rich. All participants will walk away with their very own felt creation. Portland-based artist LeBrie Rich has led felting workshops all over the Pacific Northwest. Her work has been exhibited all over the world. Learn more about LeBrie. All supplies provided. No experience necessary. Limited space is available; registration opens June 12. Register [Currently Waitlisted], Age Bracket: Teens & Adults. Book Brunch, Saturday, June 13 in the Myrtlewood Room, 11:00am – 12:00pm. Book Brunch is a book club devoted to reading, unrestricted by genre, plus, of course, brunch! Each month we will read a book, then meet the second Saturday of the next month for waffles, orange juice, coffee etc., and a chat. This is a no pressure club, if you didn’t finish, that’s ok, just know there will be spoilers. We’re all here to share our love of books and breakfast food! This month we will be reading The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean. We will meet Saturday the 13th at 11am, in the Myrtlewood Room. Hope to see you there! Age Tag: Adults. Ongoing Programs: Volunteers Needed; Upcoming Programs: Colored Pencil Cats, Register; Gardening Boot Camp.

Tween Club

The Coos Bay Public Library Tween Club meets on the third Friday of every month from 3-4:30PM. This group is open to Tweens between the ages of 9-14 and each month features a different activity. In June we will be meeting a week early due to the Juneteenth holiday. On June 12 we are excited to have Le Brie Rich, the duchess of felt, who will be guiding us in making felt cacti. All materials are included in this free class. Sign up online now! In July we will be making tasty summer no bake treats and in August we will make beaded plant suncatchers. Come and join us for fun activities, conversations, and of course snacks!

LeBrie Rich Felted Cactus Making Workshop at CBPL

CBPL release - Have you ever felt like you struggle to keep plants alive? Look no further than a special Friday Night Felting program, where you can create your own no-care succulent. The Duchess of Felt, LeBrie Rich is visiting the Coos Bay Public Library Friday, June 12 at 5:30pm to offer a felting workshop for teens and adults ages 12 and up. All supplies will be provided. Limited space is available; pre-registration will open May 12th on the Coos Bay Public Library’s website. Participants may also register by calling the Coos Bay Public Library at (541) 269-1101 x 3606. LeBrie Rich is an artist working in wool felt from Portland, Oregon. She creates felting projects that invite creativity and play and has been offering felt making workshops since 2007. Venues that have shown her work include the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space in New York, NY; Portland Art Museum and Blackfish Gallery in Portland, OR; and Albus Gallery in Fukuoka, Japan. Her felt sculptures, collages, wearable fiber creations, and workshops for youth have been written about in the New York Times, Hand/Eye Magazine, Make, the Oregonian, and Portland Monthly. For additional information about programs being offered by the Coos Bay Public Library please contact the library by calling (541) 269-1101 or visit the library’s website at www.coosbaylibrary.org.