Event List

Register for up to 3 hours to DIY-digitize your VHS tapes.

Appointments are available Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 1-4pm, by reservation. Limited to 1 station per day, one appointment per week, per library card holder.

Celebrate your favorite fandoms and make your own trading cards! All materials provided. Grades 4-6.

Please register in advance to receive a reminder email. 

Go on a wild adventure with rescued animals! Meet amazing creatures, from alligators to kangaroo joeys. Animals rotate at each location, offering a new learning experience with every visit. 

For grades K-6.

Join Clusterfunk Studios to paint gaming scenes while listening to your favorite jams. All materials provided. Register to save your spot! Grades 7-12.

Join us for Flashback Friday movies this summer!

June 13th: Legally Blonde

June 20th: 10 Things I Hate About You

July 11th: Mean Girls

July 18th: Clueless

August 1st: Pitch Perfect

Join us for hands on engineering, problem solving and play using building bricks (ex: Legos, Duplos) and other materials! 

Join the Children's Librarian and community families in the forum room for stories, rhymes, songs, games and simple crafts. Be prepared to wiggle, learn and have fun!

Join us for Lego Club for hands on engineering, problem solving exercise, and play using age-appropriate materials. Free!

Younger siblings are welcome to attend and use our collection of duplo bricks.

Learn how to create unique ink and watercolor monoprints. No prior drawing experience required! All materials provided. 18+ 

We are excited to have a series of events/challenges for 2025!  

Revel in traditional songs from the Balkans, Caucasus, and Slavic lands, then add your voice with community singing exercises. 
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Enjoy an array of classical, urban, and folk music from the Arabic-speaking countries, as well as Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Persian traditions.

Experience excerpts from “King’s Dream Fifty Years On,” a musical production about the hopes, dreams, and triumphs of the struggle for human rights in America.

Learn how to create unique ink and watercolor monoprints. No prior drawing experience required! All materials provided. 18+ 

Join us for a crafting adventure. We're making simple baskets with raffia!

Learn painting skills and practice new vocabulary in Spanish and English. All materials provided. 18+

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with a Healdsburg Reference staff for one-on-one assistance.

Have a nagging tech question? Need help borrowing an eBook? What about setting up an email account? Book 30-minutes with a Healdsburg Reference staff for one-on-one assistance.

Come and read aloud to the dogs of the Humane Society of Sonoma County. These well-trained dogs love to listen to stories! Children build confidence in their reading skills by reading aloud in a safe space. 

Read to a Dog

Come and read out loud to the dogs of PALS (Paws as Loving Support). These well-trained dogs love to listen to stories in English and Spanish. 

Learn painting skills and practice new vocabulary in Spanish and English. All materials provided. 18+

Get started recording a song, podcast, or story using GarageBand. Learn the basics of how to use the hardware and software in the sound studio. 

Advanced registration required. Maximum of 3 participants.

Explore the Sonoma County Library BiblioBus! This mobile library will be on site at the Petaluma Public Library.

Join us for thrilling dragon stories and creative crafts—including dazzling dragon eggs and fire-breathing rainbow dragons! Grades K-3.