A-Z Programs & Services

We offer performances, exhibits, movie screenings and more—all year long.

We offer in-person tutoring, informal conversation groups, classes, and online learning options to suit all learning styles.

Beyond the Frame is a community-wide initiative revisiting the photographs of Edward S. Curtis and sparking conversations on Native identity, race and resilience, art and culture.

We host book groups for adults, children, teens, families, and low-vision, deaf and hard of hearing, and Spanish- and Chinese-speaking patrons.

You can come to the Library for free tax help, veteran services, help finding a job and more.

You can come to the Library for free information about how to get housing, help finding a job and more.

We can help high school students prepare for graduation and college with the help of trained volunteers at your Library.

Criminal justice and the impact of incarceration is a social justice topic we explore through programs, discussions and resource lists.

Working with the City of Seattle, we promote digital equity through our programs and services.

Nurture childhood development through our early learning programs.

Visit our level 8 gallery space at the Central Library for touring exhibits, pieces from our Special Collections or works from artists addressing a current theme.

Teens can make a Fresh Start thanks to support from The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the generosity of Library patrons.

We host fun events and programs all year, both in our branches and out in the community.

We offer board games, drop-in chess and video game console sessions for teens and tweens at some Library locations.

Trace your family history with our genealogy resources.

The Global Reading Challenge is a Battle of the Books program for 4th and 5th graders enrolled in Seattle Public Schools.

If you are working on a tough homework assignment or have questions about a lesson, come to the Library for Homework Help.

We help immigrants and people preparing for citizenship with programs and media in English and other languages.

We are strongly committed to intellectual freedom, one of our guiding principles and the cornerstone of all public libraries.

Free job search and career development programs are offered at the Central Library and Rainier Beach branch.

We have many free programs, events and services for kids and families.

Free meals and snacks are available for kids and teens in need after school during the school year and all summer long at select branches.

We support education and learning for students and seekers of any age.

Learning Buddies is an education enrichment program for K-5 students at the Beacon Hill, Columbia, Douglass-Truth, NewHolly and West Seattle branches.

Come to your Library to build your own creation with Lego bricks.

Raise a glass to literature in the Library Lounge, a moveable feast of events and celebrations all around Seattle that combine literature and libations.

We have resources to help you start or grow a business.

Living Cultures is a photography exhibit that explores contemporary Native American/First Nations life of the Haida, Lummi, Tlingit, and the Kwakwaka’wakw nations by Sharon Eva Grainger with narratives by tribal elders.

Come to your Library and learn how to program robots, create a mobile app, make crafts with electrical circuits and other fun projects.

We screen free movies at many of our neighborhood branches and we also occasionally host curated film festivals covering a wide spectrum of topics and interests

Your Library helps you get free admission to participating Seattle museums.

To celebrate children getting their first Library card, children age 0 - 6 will receive a special "My First Library Card" tote bag.

Join us for a poetry discussion group at one of our neighborhood branches and discover new and familiar poets with fellow poetry lovers.

We participate in the Mayor’s Race and Social Justice Initiative to promote and support racial equity in our workplace.

We offer court-involved individuals, and their families, information and resources to help during and after incarceration.

The Seattle Public Library is a member of the King County Safe Place program.

We offer many services to Seattle-area daycares, elementary schools, and other community agencies serving children.

Seattle Reads is a "one book, one city" program, where people are encouraged to read and discuss the same book.

We offer many programs that explore current social justice issues, including civil rights and intellectual freedom.

We can help those facing homelessness get immediate help.

Learn about Baro Af-Soomaali, a community-created alphabet book for Somali families.

Here's your opportunity to transform your ideas for improving education into action.

Our story times are active learning opportunities where kids of all ages enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and fun with our children's librarian.

We offer programs and services to help students of all ages succeed in school.

We have offered summer reading and learning programs for Seattle youth since 1919.

We have partnered with AARP and the United Way of King County to offer free tax help at Library branches throughout the city.

We offer a wide range of classes and programs to help you develop and improve the technology skills that are so important in the digital age.

We have great resources for teens, including free technology classes, after-school activities, Homework Help and games.

Join us for Thrilling Tales, a lunchtime story time for adults, which features exciting short stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Tinkerlab is a place where science, technology, engineering and math are fun and interactive!

We sometimes offer drop-in help for U.S. military veterans who are currently homeless or living on low incomes.

Tell us a little bit about what you like to read and we'll email you a list of five books chosen just for you.

Tell us what skill you want to learn and librarians are standing by to help you!