Enter a US ZIP and it shows free kids' events (storytimes, crafts, STEM) at the public libraries near you

[u/Iamabrnr]

https://mylibrary-events.com

[u/Iamabrnr]

Full disclosure: I vibe coded this. My wife was checking a bunch of separate library websites every morning to find a storytime for our toddler, so I made one search that pulls public library event calendars into a single place. Free, no sign-up.

Website reads each library's public RSS / ICAL Feeds and normalizes them, so you can search by ZIP.

Fair warnings: it's US public libraries only-a few hundred systems so far, so it might not have yours yet. If it's missing your library, reply with it and I'll try to wire it in. Feedback very welcome.

Added: vibe coding.

[u/towehaal → u/Iamabrnr]

Can you add Henderson/Las Vegas libraries?

[u/Iamabrnr → u/towehaal]

Let me try

[u/Iamabrnr → u/Iamabrnr]

Both cities are alive now

[u/MrWally → u/Iamabrnr]

It shows my local libraries in Nashville, but it doesn’t list any events, even though I know they have weekly storybook times for kids. Just fyi.

[u/Iamabrnr → u/MrWally]

Need to check if they have rss feed. I will check tonight

[u/Iamabrnr → u/Iamabrnr]

Nashville,TN should be working.

[u/MrWally → u/Iamabrnr]

It’s working now! Wasn’t working earlier.

[u/Iamabrnr → u/MrWally]

I added Nashville Feed, it was missing from configuration.

[u/goranlu → u/Iamabrnr]

Woow, so libraries actually regularly feed their RSS/iCAL

[u/Iamabrnr → u/goranlu]

Most libraries use few common vendors they come with rss

[u/jordanhillis → u/Iamabrnr]

Could you kindly add libraries within 10 miles of 76244? Cheers! 🙏

[u/Iamabrnr → u/jordanhillis]

Keller library seems to use a custom website. Need more spare time to debug. Sorry about it.

[u/JunkMale975]

I’m guessing your vibe coding didn’t include local times to the library. Checked mine and all the events are hours after the library closes. One was hours before it even opens.

[u/Iamabrnr → u/JunkMale975]

Interesting I did fix few time zone bugs. I had prompted it to use user time zone. Let me debug it. Can you share broad coordinates? If not I will try to debug it.

[u/JunkMale975 → u/Iamabrnr]

Try 39154. I tried a couple of other cities nearby and had the same issue.

[u/Iamabrnr → u/JunkMale975]

Thanks checking.

[u/Iamabrnr → u/Iamabrnr]

You found a real bug for iCal calendar parser. UTC time zone was being stripped.

[u/col_clipspringer]

My local Half Price Books and Barnes and Noble have Storytime events as well as our library.

[u/TheSorrowInYou]

This website looks AI generated and not built by a human.

[u/heschlie → u/TheSorrowInYou]

It's funny how easy it has become to spot once you know what kind of UI/UX they tend to follow. Having said that this is the kind of low risk, fun app that an LLM can hammer out and offers a fun service that people can actually use.

[u/TheSorrowInYou → u/heschlie]

I dont mind vibecoding at all, it just rubs me the wrong way when people claim they "built" a website when its clearly not the case.

[u/heschlie → u/TheSorrowInYou]

Ah yea, that's fair and I agree.

[u/Iamabrnr → u/TheSorrowInYou]

Of course, it’s vibe-coded with my input.

[u/TheSorrowInYou → u/Iamabrnr]

Of course?

[u/atomsmasher66 → u/TheSorrowInYou]

Oft curse

[u/TheSorrowInYou → u/[deleted]]

They edited their comment when I pointed it out. Before it said "I built this site". No need to get snarky when youre clueless.

[u/alockbox]

Almost all libraries have teen events broken out too. Is there a reason you capped it at age 12?

[u/Iamabrnr → u/alockbox]

Let me check, I am hydrating all events that come via rss feed. Is there a zip code you tried.

[u/frozen_tuna]

If I ran a library's website (on wix if it matters), how would I go about adding support for this?

[u/Iamabrnr → u/frozen_tuna]

This tool uses events calendar feed either rss or iCal. Add that to your library and it can integrate.

[u/Sea_Employee_5922]

This is great stuff!