10:00 AM - Friday - Multi-Purpose Room

Walk-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.This is an in‐person program. Masks are optional at all in-person library events.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Central Oregon staff help you navigate the complex forms, websites, and waitlists needed to access these resources. All appointments are first come first served and last for 30 minutes. For more information visit: www.thrivecentraloregon.org.

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4:00 PM - Monday - SCP Redmond Hotel

Come make some totally rad '90s crafts at the library! We will be making keychain lizards, friendship bracelets, and more! Program intended for ages 6-11.

This program will be held at SCP Redmond Hotel at 521 SW 6th St., Suite 100 Redmond, OR 97756.

If your child is neurodivergent and attending in-person programming is difficult or causes discomfort, please reach out to Erin at erinh@deschuteslibrary.org to request a take-home kit with instructions and materials. We will have a limited number of kits for neurodivergent children.

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9:30 AM - Tuesday - Becky Johnson Community Center

Interactive story time with books, songs and rhymes. 0-5 yrs. Space is limited.

This is an in-person program. Wearing a face covering is optional at all library events.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. 25 min.

*A 20 minute play group to follow story time*

412 SW 8th Street Redmond, OR 97756

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10:30 AM - Tuesday - Becky Johnson Community Center

Interactive story time with books, songs and rhymes. 0-5 yrs. Space is limited.

This is an in-person program. Wearing a face covering is optional at all library events.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. 25 min.

*A 20 minute play group to follow story time*

412 SW 8th Street Redmond, OR 97756

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12:00 PM - Tuesday -

What are the cultural impacts of a language being lost?

This is a live webinar. Receive the Zoom link by using the “Register Here for Online Access” link above. This program will be recorded.

What are the cultural impacts of a language being lost? Furthermore, do these impacts differ when the language is intentionally and purposely eradicated? What happens to a people when their language is restored? Find the answers to these questions and more as we learn about Native American languages as part of the “Know Language” series sponsored by the Deschutes Public Library.

This talk will focus on the Klamath Tribes and the resurrection of what was once described as a “dead language”.

Gabriann “Abby” Hall, an enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe, will describe some history of Native American languages and terms. She will also share experiences and stories related to her tribe’s loss of language through federal assimilation policy and the current journey the tribe and members are on to restore their language. Learn what this restoration means from an educational standpoint as well as cultural and spiritual perspective. Please join us to celebrate the journey of “Ho Mas Gi” meaning “To be that way again” in the Klamath Language.

Gabriann Hall is the granddaughter of Marilyn Mitchell Hall, who was a survivor of Canyonville Bible Academy in Oregon and Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas. She is the daughter of Lawrence and Ann Hall from Fort Klamath, Oregon. Gabriann is an enrolled member of the Klamath Tribes and volunteers with the Tribe on education-related issues. She was born and raised in the Fort Klamath Valley and attended school in Chiloquin, Oregon. She then went to Oregon State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Ethnic Studies, a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, and later a Master of Arts in Teaching. She currently resides in Central Oregon and teaches Ethnic Studies and Native Studies at Central Oregon Community College. Teaching diverse history is a passion of hers. She believes that understanding the impacts of the past on the present is instrumental to successfully navigating the world today. *zm*

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2:00 PM - Tuesday - Multi-Purpose Room

Practice or get help with basic tech tasks and questions.

Practice your computer skills and problem-solve with staff. Find answers to your e-reader, tablet, and smartphone questions. Free and open to the public. Use a library computer or bring your own laptop or device. No registration required.

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All Day - Wednesday -

The Deschutes Public Libraries will be closed Wednesday, September 27 for staff development. This in-service provides an opportunity for staff of all six libraries to enhance skills that continue the District's commitment to excellent customer service. Libraries will resume with regular hours on Thursday, September 28.

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10:00 AM - Friday - Multi-Purpose Room

Walk-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.This is an in‐person program. Masks are optional at all in-person library events.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Central Oregon staff help you navigate the complex forms, websites, and waitlists needed to access these resources. All appointments are first come first served and last for 30 minutes. For more information visit: www.thrivecentraloregon.org.

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2:00 PM - Saturday - Becky Johnson Community Center * Registration Required

Learn signs to communicate about family, food, feelings, and more!

This is an in-person program. Registration is required. This program is intended for children ages 6 months to 2 years, and all children must be accompanied by a caregiver.

Learn basic ASL signs with your baby! Signing gives you and your baby tools to communicate basic needs, feelings and more. When babies are able to communicate, they experience less frustration. Signing encourages language development and, if continued, can help foster bilingualism. This workshop will introduce families to ways they can learn to communicate about feelings, family members, playtime, and food. Baby signs will focus on family, feelings, safety and fun!

Bend Language Institute Instructor Meg Rozek fell in love with American Sign Language while taking a community college class in high school - it just felt natural to her hands and eyes. Meg’s interpreter training program placed her as a volunteer at the Washington State School for the Deaf where she later worked for several years. Most recently here in Bend, Meg spent 10 years teaching ASL to grades 6-12 at a local charter school before joining Bend Language Institute. Meg enjoys meeting up with other ASL users in the small but growing community. Meg is also a certified doula and hopes to serve members of the Deaf community as their doula.

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