| Wed@11 | Family Story Time! Everyone is welcome at this traditional storytime with singing and stories! Babies and children up to age 5 will find something to enjoy! |
| Fri@4 | Farmer’s Market Story Time! Join Ms. Mo for a read-aloud on the Newport Common at the weekly farmer’s market whenever the weather allows! |
| Sat@10-2 | Dungeons and Dragons 10am (Adults and Teens) Local DM Reggie from the Dragon’s Maze leads a drop-in campaign free for all! |
| 3rd | Friends of RFL Meeting 10am Metal Detecting Adventure 2pm (Kids and Teens) Come along on a metal-detecting adventure! Join your friends to help find the hidden metal items and unearth the story! |
| 4th | Dexter and Minerva’s Gotcha Day 2pm (Everyone) Help us celebrate 5 years of Dexter and Minerva, there will be cake! National Night Out Bubbles on the Common 5:30pm |
| 5th | Toddler Story Time 10:30am (Kids)Minute-To-Win-It Party 3pm (Teens) |
| 6th | Ice Cream Finale 1pm (All Summer Readers) Celebrate a summer of reading and fun with yummy Sanctuary Dairy Farm ice cream, all your summer reading friends, and some silly games! TNBC: Mystery 6pm (Adults) Join us for a cup of tea and a chat about The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. |
| 10th-14th | Drop-In Button Making 1pm – 4pm (Teens) Join us to make a fun button to add to your jacket or backpack! Materials will be kept by the teen desk. |
| 12th | Toddler Story Time 10:30am (Kids) |
| 13th | Writer’s Workshop 6pm (Adults) We are meeting in person at the library this month! Join us to discuss writing and stay motivated to put pen to paper (or fingers to keys). |
| 14th | Nature Play Group 10-11:30am (Kids) TLC and Four Winds Nature Institute are bringing everything we need for an engaging, educational and super fun nature play group under our tent. For families with littles from toddlers to elementary students! |
| 17th | RFL Board of Trustees Meeting 6:30pm |
| 18th | LEGO Day Drop-In 1-5pm (Kids) Let your imagination run wild to build anything at all with the library’s LEGOs! |
| 20th | Author Talk: Shasta Grant will discuss her set in Newport book When We Were Feral via Zoom 6pm (Adults)Sunshine Knitters 6pm (Adults) |
| 21st | Books and Brews 5-8pm (Adults) Tickets are $25 for two beers and first dibs at the Friends’ book sale! |
| 22nd | Library Festival! 8-9am is just for Friends of the Library. Friends membership can be purchased at the entrance. The Library will be open from 9am-3pm. |
| 24th | Library Closed |
| 25th | Brown Bags and Books 12pm (Adults) Join us as we discuss Marta Molnar’s The Secret Life of Sunflowers. |
| 26th | Back to School Vision Boards 2pm (Teens) Come make a plan for your school year! We will have collage materials to create an aesthetic vision for the 2026/2027 school year! |
| 27th | Needle Felting 2:30 – 4pm (Kids age 6 and up) Learn some basic needle felting techniques to make a critter out of wool, or use your imagination! Poetry Group 7pm (Adults) |
