Belmont Library

Looking for grant funding for your nonprofit or community project? Join us for an introduction to Candid Search, a helpful tool for finding grant makers. You will learn how to search for possible funders, review funder profiles and start a list of grant prospects. This class is a good fit for anyone who is new to grant research or want to improve how they search for funding.

Learn how to create your own custom greeting cards using Canva templates. In this beginner-friendly class, participants will explore Canva’s greeting card templates. You'll learn how to customize text, change colors and images, and add personal touches for birthdays, holidays and other special occasions. No design experience needed.

Don't let the rainy season stop you from connecting with nature! Join Urban Forestry at the Belmont Library to explore for an evening of mindfulness and nature education. Trees are good for our health, especially if we take time to pay close attention to them. At this event we will use all five senses to study tree samples to practice feeling grounded in natural spaces! You'll also learn about the many ways that connecting with nature and trees can improve mental and physical health.

This event will be entirely indoors. Tea and snacks will be provided for participants.

Join us at the new Multnomah County Belmont Library!

1038 SE César E. Chávez Boulevard
Portland, OR 97214

Come learn how to make something new! Twice a month you can learn a new skill with library staff. Other Thursdays in the month are open labs to continue working on your projects! This month, we're exploring knitting on looms and knitting machines. We'll make hats, scarves, simple stuffies and other tube-shaped knits.

Week 1: Process Art (making art just to make art)
Week 2: Lego Club (Join us for a fun and imaginative LEGO building session)
Week 3: Art Club (learn about artists, art techniques, and create a new project each month)
Week 4: STEAM Studio (create and explore using science, technology, engineering, art, and math)

Event Description:

Want to find out who lived in your house, or another Portland house, years ago?

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use old Portland city directories to look up past residents by address. Bring one or two Portland addresses you want to research. You’ll also get tips and resources to help you continue your house history research after class.

Showing up when customers are searching online is more important than ever. Ensure customers can find accurate, updated information about your local business on Google Search and Google Maps, no matter which device they use.

In this workshop learn how to:

Learn how to craft music on the digital audio workstation, Ableton Live. Discover the fundamentals of beat-making, sound design and arranging tracks. Mix samples, use MIDI instruments, and find effects to shape your own sound.

Novices or experienced producers are all welcome to learn in this creative session. Gain valuable insights and techniques for enhancing your music production skills. Bring your musical ideas to life!

Mend with Friends is a casual, welcoming group for anyone who wants to repair and care for their clothing. Learn simple sewing and mending techniques to fix small tears, replace buttons, and make your clothes last longer.

No experience is needed. Beginners are welcome, and basic supplies and guidance will be provided.

Teens, come learn how to needle felt with LeBrie of Penfelt Studio. You'll leave with a friend for spooky season! All materials provided.

Come learn how to make something new! Twice a month you can learn a new skill with library staff. Other Thursdays in the month are open labs to continue working on your projects! This month, we're exploring knitting on looms and knitting machines. We'll make hats, scarves, simple stuffies and other tube-shaped knits.

Week 1: Process Art (making art just to make art)
Week 2: Lego Club (Join us for a fun and imaginative LEGO building session)
Week 3: Art Club (learn about artists, art techniques, and create a new project each month)
Week 4: STEAM Studio (create and explore using science, technology, engineering, art, and math)

Event Description:

Wisdom of the Elders records and preserves Indigenous Elders' teachings and knowledge. Through our interactive presentations, we will teach you how to interview and record their own elders' knowledge as well as what lessons can be learned from the Indigenous community in our area.

Come for a special Native Family Playtime with members of the Portland All Nations Canoe Family team to learn beading techniques from Native teachers! You will learn enough to make an honor necklace or, for younger participants, a beaded keychain.

Come learn how to make something new! Twice a month you can learn a new skill with library staff. Other Thursdays in the month are open labs to continue working on your projects! This month, we're exploring knitting on looms and knitting machines. We'll make hats, scarves, simple stuffies and other tube-shaped knits.

Week 1: Process Art (making art just to make art)
Week 2: Lego Club (Join us for a fun and imaginative LEGO building session)
Week 3: Art Club (learn about artists, art techniques, and create a new project each month)
Week 4: STEAM Studio (create and explore using science, technology, engineering, art, and math)

Event Description:

Fire cider is an age-old way to preserve herbs for the fall and winter months and is used to help boost the immune system, increase circulation, and support the liver. We will make a traditional recipe and taste a few variations. Everyone will go home with a fire cider of their own.

Week 1: Process Art (making art just to make art)
Week 2: Lego Club (Join us for a fun and imaginative LEGO building session)
Week 3: Art Club (learn about artists, art techniques, and create a new project each month)
Week 4: STEAM Studio (create and explore using science, technology, engineering, art, and math)

Event Description:

Mend with Friends is a casual, welcoming group for anyone who wants to repair and care for their clothing. Learn simple sewing and mending techniques to fix small tears, replace buttons, and make your clothes last longer.

No experience is needed. Beginners are welcome, and basic supplies and guidance will be provided.

Join Amy Bryant Aiello, author of Terrarium Craft: Create 50 Magical, Miniature Worlds, for a fun and creative terrarium making experience. Amy will give a brief history on terrariums and guide participants in creating their own tiny glass world. Best for kids 8 and up with their grown up.

Week 1: Process Art (making art just to make art)
Week 2: Lego Club (Join us for a fun and imaginative LEGO building session)
Week 3: Art Club (learn about artists, art techniques, and create a new project each month)
Week 4: STEAM Studio (create and explore using science, technology, engineering, art, and math)

Event Description:

Learn how to craft music on the digital audio workstation, Ableton Live. Discover the fundamentals of beat-making, sound design and arranging tracks. Mix samples, use MIDI instruments, and find effects to shape your own sound.

Novices or experienced producers are all welcome to learn in this creative session. Gain valuable insights and techniques for enhancing your music production skills. Bring your musical ideas to life!