Families
What's on in Anchorage for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kids and teens — sorted by age, dated, and pulled from the town's real event feed.
Family life in Anchorage, sorted the way parents actually search: by how old your kid is. Anchorage's feed carries 206 family listings in total, 147 of them dated in the next 60 days. The busiest family venues in the feed right now are Z.J. Loussac Library (61) and Chugiak-Eagle River Library (36). Pages with their own age sections: baby, toddler, preschool, kids, teens.
Start with the age pages if one fits — they're filtered hard, only real dated listings — or scan everything coming up below. If a band doesn't have a page yet, it's because the feed doesn't have enough dated listings for that age to fill one honestly, and we'd rather say that than pad it.
Baby (0–1) — 13 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Baby Storytime at Loussac.
Toddler (1–3) — 72 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Girdwood Fire and Rescue Special Storytime at Gerrish.
Preschool (3–5) — 56 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Girdwood Fire and Rescue Special Storytime at Gerrish.
Kids (5–12) — 7 dated listings in the next 60 days, including LEGO Time at Loussac.
Teens (13–18) — 15 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Teen Volunteer Time at Chugiak-Eagle River.
Every family listing in the feed with a date in the next 60 days, soonest first — all ages together.
Wednesday, Oct 7: Girdwood Fire and Rescue Special Storytime at Gerrish at Scott and Wesley Gerrish (Girdwood) Library, Anchorage. Family-friendly.
On the calendar for Wednesday, Oct 7: Parachute Storytime at Muldoon at Muldoon Library, Anchorage. Family-friendly.
Toddler Storytime at Loussac is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage. Worth bringing the whole family.
On the calendar for Wednesday, Oct 7: VolunTEEN Wednesdays at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage. Family-friendly.
On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Anchorage Firefighters Special Storytime at Chugiak-Eagle River at Chugiak-Eagle River Library, Anchorage. Good one for the kids.
Paint Nite • Ship Creek Brewing Company • ANCHORAGE is on Thursday, Oct 8 at Anchorage. Worth bringing the whole family.
On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Teen Volunteer Time at Chugiak-Eagle River at Chugiak-Eagle River Library, Anchorage. Good one for the kids.
Thursday, Oct 8: Toddler Storytime at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage. Family-friendly.
Baby Storytime at Loussac is on Friday, Oct 9 at Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage. Bring the kids along.
Family Gaming at Muldoon at Muldoon Library, Anchorage on Friday, Oct 9. Good one for the kids.
The standing weekly fixtures behind the dated list — the rhythm family life in Anchorage actually runs on.
Mondays — Early Literacy Games at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library · 13 sessions in the feed, next Oct 26, then Nov 9.
Tuesdays — Family Storytime at Mountain View at Mountain View Library · 13 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — Preschool Storytime at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Wednesdays — VolunTEEN Wednesdays at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Thursdays — Toddler Storytime at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library · 21 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 8.
Fridays — Baby Storytime at Loussac at Z.J. Loussac Library · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Fridays — Family Gaming at Muldoon at Muldoon Library · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Fridays — Stay and Play at Chugiak-Eagle River at Chugiak-Eagle River Library · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Free, as marked in the feed: Girdwood Fire and Rescue Special Storytime at Gerrish, Parachute Storytime at Muldoon, Toddler Storytime at Loussac, VolunTEEN Wednesdays at Loussac, Anchorage Firefighters Special Storytime at Chugiak-Eagle River. Those listings carry a free tag in Anchorage's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.
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Ages in your house (tap the ones that fit):
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The feed lists 147 dated family listings in the next 60 days across all ages — the Coming up section shows the soonest, and the age pages filter them down.
An age page only ships when the feed has at least 5 dated listings (or 3 regular programs) for that age in the next 60 days. Below that we'd be padding — so the band rides on this hub, with its real count shown, until the listings catch up.
The signup above: tell us the ages in your house and the programs you care about, and we flag registration windows for this town before they open — swim lessons and camp sign-ups especially.
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