Dorris Van Doren January 2026 Calendar of Events

Happy New Year from the Dorris Van Doren Regional Library! We have so many fun activities and programs for our library patrons in 2026. We're kicking off the year with an adult painting activity on Friday, January 9 at 2:30 PM.

Adult (17+) Horror aficionados can get their fix of the creepy at our monthly Horror Club meeting on Monday, January 12 at 4 PM. 

There are still plenty of activities for the kids as well! Besides our weekly storytimes , our Toddler Playtime, AND our Learning with Lego program, we have a special Kid's Slime Workshop on Wednesday, January 28 at 4 PM that you won't want to miss!! 

Come join us this January!! 

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Dorris Van Doren December Calendar of Events

 

The Holiday Season is upon us, and we can't wait for you to join us for fun winter activities. We have crafts for all ages, Christmas themed LEGO challenges, and our book clubs are back in the swing of things after taking a month off. 

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The El Paso Public Libraries are celebrating Winterfest with our Wonderland Reading Club. Signups begin November 22 and continue through December 28. To sign up and log your books, please visit your Beanstack app or account and join the challenge: https://elpasolibrary.beanstack.org/reader365

There's a new challenge to earn badges this year. For every El Paso Public Library branch you visit this winter, you get a badge. Think of it as a passport stamp. Ask a staff member for the secret word to enter on your Beanstack account to start earning your activity badges. If you visit all 14 branches AND write a book review on Beanstack, you get a special prize. 

Badges earned from logging your reading or participating in library activities get you raffle tickets toward fun prizes. This year our prizes are as follows:

Raffle Prizes:

The Rink Ice Skating Passes

A Play for All My Books board game

Fourth Wing Party Game and bookmark

Mo Willems Prize Pack

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Prize Pack

Book Lover Prize Packs

Various Other Prize Packs and Gift Certificates

Hope to see you this month! Don't forget to ask us for the secret word! 

Dorris Van Doren November Calendar of Events

 

Dorris Van Doren will have a short month in terms of programming. We have a bunch of fun events happening in the first two weeks of November. So please check the calendar for the dates and times. 

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Dorris Van Doren will close for the last two weeks of the month: November 17-29th. Each of the libraries has slowly been updating their collections to include Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. Dorris Van Doren is the final library in the El Paso Public Library system to undergo this conversion. Nothing much will change for our patrons, but this will allow us to be quicker, more efficient, and more accurate when checking out and checking in books. 

Please visit our nearest library Westside at 125 Belvidere to check out and return items. Items returned to Dorris Van Doren during the two week closure will not be checked in until the RFID conversion is complete. 

If you're in need of passport services, the nearest library that provides that service is Armijo Library at 620 E 7th Ave.  

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we go through this upgrade. 

Happy TeenTober!

The American Library Association has declared the month of October to be TeenTober. We'll be having fun activities for our library teens including raffling off two gift baskets courtesy of the Friends of the Westside Libraries. 

Horror-themed basket

Cozy basket

Teens (ages 12-18 only, please) can pick up a challenge card at the information desk. Completing 4 challenges in a row earns them a raffle ticket to win either a Scary Basket or a Cozy Basket. The challenge will run the entire month of October. The winners will be announced Thursday, November 6 at Teen Hangout. (Do not need to be present to win).

And don't forget to attend El Paso Public Library's annual Teentober Fest on Saturday, October 18 from 5-9PM at the Judge Marquez Library at 610 N Yarbrough. It's going to be a blast!

October Calendar of Events at Dorris Van Doren

Merry October! We are charging full steam ahead into the fall months. We have so many fun events planned for all our library patrons including an interactive Halloween movie that the whole family can enjoy on Saturday, October 11 at 2 PM.

Bluey is stopping by for a visit on October 18 at 2 PM. And that same day author Ashton Kaleigh will be visiting us at 3:30 PM to discuss her illustrated field guide Our Wild Borderland. 

There are many more activities and programs happening this month. Stop by and check us out. 

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Dorris Van Doren September Calendar of Events

Come join us this fall at the library! Summer may be just a happy memory now, but we have plenty of programs going on to create new memories. 

Main Library (501 N Oregon) will be having their first ever Library Con on September 20 from 10 AM - 4 PM. You can find more information here on the El Paso Public Library website. 

In the lead-up to the big event, all of our branches will be having fun programs. We will have a Kids' Paper Airplane Workshop here at the Dorris Van Doren library on Wednesday, September 17 at 4 PM. 

Our teens will also get into the Library Con spirit by making upcycled comic picture frames at our usual Teen Hangout event on Thursday, September 18at 4:30 PM. This program is only for teens ages 12-18. 

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Hope to see you at the library this September. As always, if you have further questions, please call us at 915-212-0440. 

New Pet Pantry at Dorris Van Doren

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new Pet Pantry outside of the Dorris Van Doren library near our outside book drops. Pet Pantries are located at all 14 EPPL branches and provide free food and supplies for pet owners in need. Community members can come during library business hours and take what they need. 

If you'd like to donate items, please bring them directly to the pantries. We accept sealed and unopened pet food and kitty litter. We also accept new or gently used items such as beds, leashes, toys, etc. 

This program is a partnership between the City of El Paso and El Paso Community Foundation's Rescue Fund. If you'd like to learn more about this initiative and/or would like to donate financially, please visit https://epcf.org/borderlandrescuefund