Event List

Join us on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays after Story Time from 10:30am-11:00am for socialization and playtime!

Join us for exciting stories, rhymes, music, and activities selected just for children ages 3-5 years. Children enjoy doing themed crafts in the end of the program.

World-renowned guitarist Peter Fletcher will serenade the library during a special event where patrons and guests will paint bricks and pavers to look like book covers! 

Teens, ages 11-17, are welcome to join us at our Teen Hang-out! Teen Hang-Out is Monday-Friday on School Days, 1:45-3:00.

Zines are self-published, handmade booklets or magazines that let you share your stories, art, ideas, and passions in a creative, personal format.

Grades 6-12 come hang out with others and play various video and board games!

Each week there is a different theme/program see below schedule.

1st Friday: Art - Cancelled due to Library Closure

We’re going on a bear hunt in the Crestview Public Library on Friday, January 30 and again on Friday, February 27!  Sign-in will start at 5:45 p.m. for the first hunt and at 6:30 p.m.

We’re going on a bear hunt in the Crestview Public Library on Friday, January 30 and again on Friday, February 27!  Sign-in will start at 5:45 p.m. for the first hunt and at 6:30 p.m.

Come meet local fantasy author Joseph Mason, who will be here to sign copies of his novel, Borrowed Fantasy!

Experience one-on-one reading with a trained therapy dog! Each child gets 20 minutes to read with the therapy dog. Registration is required.

The whole month of February, we will have fun coloring sheets & blank paper in our Early Reader section and our Juniors section.

Join us every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 am - 10:00 am for Music & Me with Mrs. Hillary. Mondays are for 0-5, Wednesdays ALL AGES are welcome, and Fridays are for 0-3 year olds.

Join us for an age appropriate story time on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10am-10:30am.

Mon- Ages 0-5 Wed- All Ages Fri-Ages 0-3

Lapsit Storytime for ages 0-2.

Join our Children's Librarian, Miss Sadie, for a morning of songs, stories, music, and toys!

Join us on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays after Story Time from 10:30am-11:00am for socialization and playtime!

The Mystery Book Club meets once a month, except December to discuss mystery books or crime fiction, a genre that fictionalizes crimes, detection and their motives. 

Legal Services of North Florida will offer free legal help on the 1st Monday of each month.

Teens, ages 11-17, are welcome to join us at our Teen Hang-out! Teen Hang-Out is Monday-Friday on School Days, 1:45-3:00.

Calling all budding chess players!

Youth Chess Club meets every Monday evening 3-4:30 PM.

It is designed to teach all the wonderful new chess players how to play or to play better.   

Monday, Feb 2nd, at 4pm & Thursday, Feb 12th 10am; Join us for Art at the Library. Please dress for mess! This lesson is for ages 5 and up.

Attention Chess Players 

Chess Club meets every Monday evening 4:30-6 PM.

If you're a beginner or intermediate come and learn to play, or to play better.   

The Niceville Public Library is excited to introduce genre-specific book clubs AND a podcast club for 2026. We're also increasing the capacity for our quarterly Cookbook Club by adding a second group.

Do you need to practice your English with native speakers? Are you looking for a natural way to learn to speak English and practice with friends? Join us at the Crestview Library every week, and see how much you will learn and grow.

The Fort Walton Beach Library Friends are now official! Come learn how you can be a part of this group who advocate for the library in the community!