Calendar

Neighborhood Block Party

Neighborhood Block Party

Golf Advisory Board

City Council Meeting

Executive Sessions and Work Sessions will be held in the City Hall Conference Room. The Regular Session will be held in the Council Chambers and begin at 7:30 p.m.

Arts & Humanities Commission

Planning and Zoning Commission

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board

Library Advisory Board

Senior Advisory Board

CIP Task Force Meeting

Rowlett Youth Advisory Council

Economic Development Advisory Board Meeting

City Council Meeting

Executive Sessions and Work Sessions will be held in the City Hall Conference Room. The Regular Session will be held in the Council Chambers and begin at 7:30 p.m.

Rowlett Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission

Planning and Zoning Commission

The Rowlett Farmers and Craft Market

Spring is here, and so is our Local Farmers and Craft Market. Experience Rowlett's weekly Farmers and Crafts Market to get you ready for the weekend. Visit with local vendors while shopping for produce, flowers, meats, honey, eggs, and in addition we will also have our craft vendors which will offer their handmade crafts.

The Rowlett Farmers and Craft Market

Spring is here, and so is our Local Farmers and Craft Market. Experience Rowlett's weekly Farmers and Crafts Market to get you ready for the weekend. Visit with local vendors while shopping for produce, flowers, meats, honey, eggs, and in addition we will also have our craft vendors which will offer their handmade crafts.

The Rowlett Farmers and Craft Market

Spring is here, and so is our Local Farmers and Craft Market. Experience Rowlett's weekly Farmers and Crafts Market to get you ready for the weekend. Visit with local vendors while shopping for produce, flowers, meats, honey, eggs, and in addition we will also have our craft vendors which will offer their handmade crafts.

The Rowlett Farmers and Craft Market

Spring is here, and so is our Local Farmers and Craft Market. Experience Rowlett's weekly Farmers and Crafts Market to get you ready for the weekend. Visit with local vendors while shopping for produce, flowers, meats, honey, eggs, and in addition we will also have our craft vendors which will offer their handmade crafts.

Rhythm & Rhyme Storytime

A 20-minute lapsit storytime featuring developmentally appropriate board books, rhymes, and movement encouraging early literacy for non-walking infants up to 18 months. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. If children can walk steadily, then we suggest Family Storytime.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Senior Book Club

Come join us for a lively discussion of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. The Lincoln Highway follows three teenage boys and an 8-year-old as they travel along the Lincoln Highway from Morgen, Nebraska, to Manhattan in 1954. Emmett Watson, just released from a juvenile boy’s detention camp, has returned to Nebraska to find that his family's farm has been foreclosed on.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

After School Clubs

Elementals (1st and 3rd Thursdays) Participants explore the wide world through reading, STEM, and innovation. This program is for ages 5-8.

Basket Weaving

Join us at the Library as we learn how to weave a simple basket with paper strips! You can then decorate a few special eggs to ride home with you in your newly made basket.

Maker Monday: Brooch Making

This month we will learn about making brooches with metal, air dry clay, and other objects. We will also learn how to embed both pre-made and custom pinbacks into their designs. This will include the use of epoxy and low temp soldering. No experience is required, and a few materials will be provided. Ages 14 and up are welcome.

Rhythm & Rhyme Storytime

A 20-minute lapsit storytime featuring developmentally appropriate board books, rhymes, and movement encouraging early literacy for non-walking infants up to 18 months. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. If children can walk steadily, then we suggest Family Storytime.

Medicare 101

Brandie Cole, an independent Medicare Educator, will present information on signing up for Medicare, submitting claims, and the differences between Medicare and Medicare Advantage. She will also provide tips to finding prescription drug savings.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

After School Clubs

STEAM Squad (2nd and 4th Thursdays) Meant for upper elementary and middle school; this program allows kids to explore the wide world of STEM at a more advanced level. This program is for ages 9-12.

Teen Takeover: Enders Game

Join us as we game in the future with Enders Game (PG-13) the movie. Ender's Game is a military science fiction movie based on the novel by American author Orson Scott Card. This program is for kids ages 13-17.

Rhythm & Rhyme Storytime

A 20-minute lapsit storytime featuring developmentally appropriate board books, rhymes, and movement encouraging early literacy for non-walking infants up to 18 months. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. If children can walk steadily, then we suggest Family Storytime.

Friends of the Library Meeting

Want to get more involved in your library? Come to a Friends of the Library meeting every 3rd Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Membership is not required in order to attend.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

After School Clubs

Elementals (1st and 3rd Thursdays) Participants explore the wide world through reading, STEM, and innovation. This program is for ages 5-8.

Trivia Night: Poetry

This month’s topic is Poetry. We will test your knowledge of anything, and everything from Shakespeare to national poet laureates. Put your knowledge to the test in teams or as a single player. We use Kahoot! to play.

Rhythm & Rhyme Storytime

A 20-minute lapsit storytime featuring developmentally appropriate board books, rhymes, and movement encouraging early literacy for non-walking infants up to 18 months. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. If children can walk steadily, then we suggest Family Storytime.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

Family Storytime

For children of all ages who can actively engage. This interactive storytime with books, music, and movement is a high engagement storytime that instills the love of literacy and the Library at an early age. Caregivers also learn valuable information on how to continue building literacy at home. While all ages are welcome, we will focus on pre-literacy skills. Thursday is a repeat of Wednesday’s program.

After School Clubs

STEAM Squad (2nd and 4th Thursdays) Meant for upper elementary and middle school; this program allows kids to explore the wide world of STEM at a more advanced level. This program is for ages 9-12.

2023 Facilities Bond and Charter Amendment Election Public Meeting

Join us at City Hall, 6:30pm on Wednesday, April 19 and learn about the three facility propositions on the May 6 ballot. See a presentation, get all the details, and ask questions about the projects, which include a Public Safety Facility, Animal Shelter, and Herfurth Park. Each of these projects was carefully considered and proposed by the citizen-led Council-appointed Community Investment Task Force. We’ll also provide info about the Rowlett City Charter amendments on the ballot. Can’t make it? No worries – we’ll stream the meeting live on Facebook so join us wherever you are! In the meantime, check out RowlettBond.com for lots of information on each proposition! Election Day – May 6 Early Voting – April 24 thru May 2

2023 Bond Election Facilities Tour

Wondering about the facilities included in the May 6, 2023, Bond Election? Join us on Saturday, April 22 for a behind-the-scenes tour of the current Police and Municipal Courts building and the Rowlett Animal Shelter. Each of these projects was carefully considered and proposed by the citizen-led Council-appointed Community Investment Task Force – come see why! These guided tours will begin promptly on time so please plan to arrive a little early – we’d hate for you to miss this opportunity see the inner workings of these vital facilities! 10:00 AM – Police and Municipal Courts Building (4401 Rowlett Road) 11:30 AM – Rowlett Animal Shelter (4402 Industrial Street) Election Day – May 6 Early Voting – April 24 thru May 2 Please visit RowlettBond.com for lots of information on each proposition!

Kid Fish!

Cardboard Boat Regatta

Book Club