(Seguin) — Who says summer adventures only happen at the beach?
This year, the hottest destination and the best place to keep cool is the Seguin Public Library.
The Seguin Public Library is inviting the community to unleash their creativity this summer through its 2025 Summer Reading Experience, a season-long celebration of art, imagination, and the joy of reading.
With the theme “Color Our World,” this year’s program will inspire participants to explore how creativity and artistic expression enrich daily life. That’s according to Betsey Leitko, the library’s youth services manager.
“Our theme for this year is ‘Color Our World.’ So, it’s just really encouraging everyone to just explore the world, explore art and see how it can enrich your lives. It’s just a way to encourage people to come to the library and learn something new all summer long especially for our kiddos while they are out of school — keeping them exercising that brain until schools start up again in August,” said Leitko.
Leitko says the library will be more than just books. She says it will offer a number of fun weekly programs and activities beginning this Saturday.
“We will have some really fun programs going on. We are going to kick off on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. with a foam party. It’s going to be out in the parking lot. We will have Big Time Bubbles coming out with their big foam cannon and so we will have music, we will have foam. It will be lots of fun,” said Leitko.
After this weekend, Leitko says families are encouraged to mark their calendars on Thursdays for a host of other scheduled events.
Weekly events include performers such as Austin Reptile Shows, Master Juggler Matt Tardy, Sock Monkey Circus and more. Children’s events will be every Thursday and registration will be required.
Teens, ages 12 to 17, will also have plenty to look forward to. Signature events include an Interactive Movie on June 21 at 2 p.m. and Paint Night on July 11 at 5:30 p.m. Additionally, Teen Tuesday will return each week from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., offering activities like video gaming, drawing, and creative workshops. A teen art and writing competition will also give participants a chance to win prizes and have their work displayed at the library.
Like children and teens, Leitko says adults are also invited in for some fun. She says the summer will feature a variety of interactive events such as an Escape Room, Murder Mystery Party, Jigsaw Puzzle Competition plus Comedy Night, and many other fun activities.
“Adults, they also have a reading component and so when they read, they get the chance to win some really awesome prizes that we have but we also have some great programs for them to come and participate in. We have a book club. We have tai chi. We have a coloring club. We have an adult social hour which our adult services librarian always plans some really fun activities during that program,” said Leitko.
To make sure they are completely in the loop of all things summer, Leitko encourages participants to register, pickup up an activity board and complete the tasks on that board for a chance to take home some very special raffle prizes.
“They just need to come to the library. They can register in person, or they can call us or email us to register as well. You don’t have to have a library card to participate in any of these activities whether it’s the reading portion of the program or to come to any of the events that we have going on,” said Leitko.
Again, a library card is not required to participate. Participants have until August 7 to complete their activity boards and be entered into a drawing for prizes.
The Seguin Public Library is located at 313 W. Nolte St.