Local Author Event: Gina DiMarco
A question and answer session with the local author of the memoir Laurel's Diary, plus signed copies for sale. The library flags sensitive subject matter, so it is not aimed at younger readers. Registration requested.
More at Downingtown Library
Mah Jongg Free Play
Friday casual games for newer players who want the reps without a lesson. Bring your 2026 card. Two hours in the Krapf Room.
Crochet At Any Stage
Beginners learn stitches at their own pace, everyone else brings the pattern that stopped making sense. Ninety minutes Friday afternoons in the Hessinger Study Room.
Baby Play Time (Age 0 to 18 months)
Stories, lap bounces and floor time for the under-eighteen-months crowd, half an hour on Tuesday mornings. Krapf Room at the library, seats capped, so put your name down first.
Around the same time
If JFK Survived Dallas
An alternate-history play staged at Forge over two nights, imagining the motorcade ending differently. The cast is being pulled from local actors right now.
Annual Winter Coat Drive
Bag up clean coats you are done with and drop them at the market office by Entrance 4, on the market's open days through the end of October. They go to the Salvation Army.
October First Friday 2026
Shops stay open late on the first Friday of the month, with sales and sidewalk activity across the downtown grid. This one doubles as the fall gallery night.
