Sign up for the Nevada Reading Week Challenge now!


This year, Nevada Reading Week will be celebrated March 3–7, but our reading challenge has already started. Vist our reading challenge page to learn more and see our Nevada Reading Week reading lists.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Diverse Abilities Connect and Play

Third Thursdays, 3:30–5 pm

Sierra View Library

Diverse Abilities Connect and Play is a monthly meet-up for pre-K and school-aged children with a focus on neurodivergence and extra support needs. Families can network while kids practice social skills with fun hands-on activities.

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Author Talk

Lee Hawkins

Tuesday, February 18, 11 am

Downtown Reno Library

Join our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he discusses his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience depicted in his memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave. 

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African Americans and the Quest for Economic Justice

Wednesday, February 19, 5:30 pm

Northwest Reno Library

Join us for this Black History Month event featuring Dr. Greta de Jong, history department chair at the University of Nevada, Reno.


Dr. de Jong will explore the role African Americans have played in labor movements and their struggle for economic and political rights from the end of Reconstruction to the present day.

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High Noon with Neal Cobb

Set Jetting to Bucket List Destinations

Thursday, February 20, noon

Online event

Author, film expert, and world traveler Robin Holabird writes regularly about films and their locations, with her weekly program airing on KUNR every Friday. Holabird’s second book, Around the World in 80 Movies, shows the link between films and travel destinations.


A presentation of the Nevada Historical Society.

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Story Times
Craft Events
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MOVIE SCREENINGS

Visit the calendar to see all upcoming movie screenings.

WHAT TO READ NEXT

2025 ALA Youth Media Awards

See the full list

ON THE KIDS' SHELF

Listen now

On the Kids' Shelf is a weekly feature in partnership with KUNR public radio. Catch your favorite librarians sharing book talks, activities, and early literacy tips. In this week's episode Melissa tells us about Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry.

See all On the Kids' Shelf episodes.

BOOK CLUBS

Mystery Book Club 
Spanish Springs Library
The New Iberia Blues

by James Lee Burke


Chapter One Book Club 
Downtown Reno Library

West with Giraffes

by Lynda Rutledge


SO Very Literary Book Club 
South Valleys Library

Remarkable Creatures

by Tracy Chevalier


Four Seasons Book Club 
Sparks Library

Nomadland

by Jessica Bruder

Visit the calendar to see all upcoming book clubs.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Senior Center Library Closed


The Reno Senior Center, including the Senior Center Library, is currently closed for renovations. The building is expected to reopen in spring.


Learn more about the planned improvements.

Library Board of Trustees Meeting


Wednesday, February 19, 5:30 pm

Downtown Reno Library


The Library Board meets regularly on the third Wednesday of each month, usually at one of the library's twelve locations. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend in person or via Zoom. 


Agendas, minutes, and recordings of past library board meetings are available on the library website.

Presidents Day Closure

All Washoe County Libraries will be closed Monday, February 17, for Presidents Day.

View all library hours and upcoming closures.

FRIENDS OF WASHOE COUNTY LIBRARY

Friends of Washoe County Library is a member-supported 501(c)(3) Nevada nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating, fundraising, and providing support for the Washoe County Library System.


To join, to donate, or for more information, please visit www.washoelibraryfriends.org or call 775-324-5522.

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775-327-8300