Downingtown · Events

Happy Halloween Drop-In Family Storytime

Miss Rebecca leads a Halloween storytime with reading, dancing and singing, aimed at ages 0 to 5 though everyone is welcome. Costumes encouraged, no registration.

When: Fri, Oct 30 · 11:00 AM–11:30 AM Where: Downingtown Library Hosted by: Downingtown Library

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Fall Used Book Sale continues at Downingtown Library

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Mon, Oct 19 – Fri, Oct 23 · Downingtown Library

The Friends of the Downingtown Library sale keeps going during regular library hours all week. Hardbacks are $3, paperbacks $1, cookbooks three for $1, and kids' books, games and puzzles 50 cents. Proceeds go to the library.

Board Game Night

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Mon, Oct 19 · 5:00 PM–8:00 PM · Downingtown Library

The Monday half of the library's board game nights, same five to eight window in the Krapf Room. Bring a game or borrow whatever hits the table. Rules run heavier than Monopoly.

Knitting/Crochet/Fiber Arts Morning Group

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Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM–12:30 PM · Downingtown Library

Bring your own yarn and whatever you have going. No instruction, no registration, just a table of knitters and crocheters in the program room every Tuesday late morning through the winter.

Around the same time

Haunted New Hope: Local Ghost Stories

Newtown history

Mon, Oct 26 · 9:00 AM · Pickering Manor

Local historian Scott Randolph on New Hope's ghost stories, the legends attached to particular houses, and where the tales started. Part of Pickering Manor's Pickering Cafe series. Space is limited, so RSVP first.

Crawl O'Clock

New Hope kids

Mon, Oct 26 · 10:00 AM–11:00 AM · Free Library of New Hope and Solebury

An hour of open-ended play for babies and toddlers on the move: pop-up tunnel, soft climbing blocks, sensory tiles, shakers and scarves. Come for the whole hour or five minutes.

Music and Movement

Yardley kids

Mon, Oct 26 · 10:00 AM · Yardley-Makefield Branch

Songs, instruments and moving around for small children, Monday mornings in the large meeting room. The branch is closed for the holiday on October 12, so that one week skips.