Upcoming Events

Learn the basics of web-based productivity suite Google Workspace and its associated tools Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Forms, and Google Drive.

For intermediate learners.

Join Katie for an exciting fall/halloween wreath!!! 

Ages 10 and up are welcome. Registration is required. 

Special thanks to the Friends of Decatur Public Library for funding this program. 

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

Join us for an evening with author, Troy Taylor at the Historic Lincoln Square Theater. Taylor is author to more than 150 books on history, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and the supernatural in America.

Register and submit questions to the presenters here: https://libraryc.org/decaturlibrary/94849

‘Tis the season! Use a variety of abandoned toy parts to create a Frankentoy abomination! Don’t worry if you want to make a plushie and don’t know how to sew, Teen Librarian Alexis would love to teach you!

Come help make DPL's Teen Space your own by creating art that will be used to decorate the space and make it more visually engaging! 

This month we will be painting a "TEEN SPACE" sign using wooden letters! 

Design and build your own paper kite, then take the challenge to see whose kite can fly the highest!

These open meetings are for teens ages 14-18 to attend and participate in for volunteer hours! At these meetings you will learn what a Teen Advisor is and what they do in libraries and their communities.

Register and submit questions for the author here: https://libraryc.org/decaturlibrary/95435

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

Join us on the second Tuesday every other month for Teen Trivia Tuesdays!

High School Half-Day Hangout is back by popular demand for the 2025-2026 school year! 

DPS Students!! Come hang out with us on your monthly half-days!! There will be SNACKS, GAMES, CRAFTS, AND TV!!

Join your peers in scooping, designing, and carving a pumpkin masterpiece! Then, concoct a recipe of destruction, sit back, and watch your pumpkin explode into color!

Register and submit questions to the author here: https://libraryc.org/decaturlibrary/98944

Bring your friends to celebrate spooky season at DPL! This is the first of many monthly Teen After-Hours movie showings (free popcorn provided)! This month, we will be showing Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

Have you ever wanted to be more adept at using spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel?

Build a smash-proof apparatus for your newly adopted egg, cross your fingers, and hope for the best!

Register here and submit questions for the author here: https://libraryc.org/decaturlibrary/99549

Are you curious about the world of tabletop role-playing games or already know how to play and are itching for a group to adventure with? Join DPL and fellow teens and blaze a path with our very own Game Masters.

High School Half-Day Hangout is back by popular demand for the 2025-2026 school year! 

DPS Students!! Come hang out with us on your monthly half-days!! There will be SNACKS, GAMES, CRAFTS, AND TV!!

These open meetings are for teens ages 14-18 to attend and participate in for volunteer hours! At these meetings you will learn what a Teen Advisor is and what they do in libraries and their communities.