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Raptor Encounter
2026-06-09 14:00:00 2026-06-09 14:45:00 America/Chicago Raptor Encounter Come face-to-face with Bleu! Our adult Velociraptor, inspired from the Jurassic World movies! Dee Brown Library - Programming Room

Tuesday, June 09
2:00pm - 2:45pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-09 14:00:00 2026-06-09 14:45:00 America/Chicago Raptor Encounter Come face-to-face with Bleu! Our adult Velociraptor, inspired from the Jurassic World movies! Dee Brown Library - Programming Room

Dee Brown Library

Programming Room

Come face-to-face with Bleu! Our adult Velociraptor, inspired from the Jurassic World movies!

Our Raptor Ranger will introduce your littles to our life-size, interactive Raptor and invite them for petting and pics! This encounter is suitable for ages 5 on up.

All abilities are welcome. To request ASL interpretation or other accommodations, call 501.918.3069 or email hzbinden@cals.org 7 business weekdays before a program.

AGE GROUP: | Teens ages 12-19 | Pre-teens ages 9-12 | Kids ages 6-8 | Families |

EVENT TYPE: | Summer @ CALS | Science & Nature |

Dee Brown Library
Phone: 501.568.7494
Branch manager
Brian Martin
Hours
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Dee Brown Library

Today's hours

We're open 9:00AM to 6:00PM

Branch manager
Brian Martin
Address
6325 Baseline Road
Little Rock, AR 72209
Tel: 501.568.7494
About the branch

Dee Brown Library is nestled in the heart of southwest Little Rock and offers patrons a wide variety of adult and children’s books as well as CDs and DVDs. The 13,500-square-feet library, which opened in 2002, provides access to public study rooms, a meeting room, and an outside deck and boardwalk that lead from Baseline Road to the library.

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