Bemis Public Library

05/05/2026

CITY START DELAYED -- Due to an anticipated strong snowstorm, all City of Littleton facilities, including Littleton Center, Bemis Public Library, the Littleton Museum, and Littleton Municipal Court will open at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6.

04/27/2026

📦🪚 Build something box-tastic at Bemis Public Library! 🪚📦

Did you know Bemis Public Library has a ChompSaw available for everyone to use? It’s perfect for cutting cardboard and creating everything from costume pieces to the ultimate box fort to whatever masterpiece you can dream up.

The ChompSaw is safe for all ages and abilities.

Reserve the Makerspace, get hands-on, and start crafting your next big idea. No experience needed.

What will you make with the ChompSaw?

04/26/2026

Did you know that gourds may have been the first domesticated plant?
Families at Bemis Public Library recently turned them into creative, colorful birdhouses.
Swing by the library to vote for your favorite through May 11, and see the display through May 16.

04/25/2026

Happy Earth Day! Bemis is holding the 5th annual plant swap and the bookmobile will be downtown at the Littleton is for Locavores festival. Come check it out!

04/20/2026

Today is Right to Read Day. How will you take action?

04/19/2026

Bemis Public Library is proud to celebrate National Library Week!

03/29/2026

Join us for The Big Ideas Lecture Series for "The Search for the Biology of Gender" with Dr. Kelley Harmon (Psychology) on Thursday, April 2 from 6-7pm at Bemis Public Library. The Big Ideas Lecture Series brings faculty from ACC into the community to share insights around questions connected to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Hosted by Bemis Library, each talk is free, public, and designed to spark thought and conversation. https://www.arapahoe.edu/events/big-ideas-lecture-series-search-biology-gender

03/26/2026

03/02/2026

Your Bemis Public Library card provides free access to virtual author talks from bestselling authors and thought leaders.

Join us in conversation with New York Times bestselling author, humorist, singer/songwriter, and amateur snow plow driver, Michael Perry. His collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the experiences and the magic of rural town communities and the everyday people who reside in them.

Register today to hear more about Perry’s “reflective roughneck” takes on life in Middle America through his expansive collection of stories!

Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry, New York Times Bestselling Author of Population: 485 and The Jesus Cow, Wednesday, March 4th at 12 p.m.

02/26/2026

⚠️ HEADS UP ⚠️ The weekly office hours hosted by Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Peters and Council Member Amanda Henderson at Bemis Public Library are canceled for Friday, February 27 due to city council’s annual retreat. Office hours will resume Friday, March 6.