Fayetteville Library Hosting Valentine’s Day Events

High-tech valentine making and oral history collection planned this week.

Published on Feb. 12, 2026

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The Fayetteville Public Library is celebrating Valentine’s Day this week with a high-tech valentine making workshop on Thursday, February 12th, where attendees can use 3D printers and a laser machine to create personalized valentines. On Saturday, February 14th, the library is partnering with the University of Arkansas to document an oral history of local love stories by collecting interviews from couples about how they met.

Why it matters

The library’s events provide a unique opportunity for the Fayetteville community to get creative with technology, preserve personal histories, and celebrate love and relationships ahead of Valentine’s Day.

The details

The valentine making workshop on Thursday will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the library’s Center for Innovation lab, and is free and open to the public. The oral history event on Saturday is sold out, as the library aims to capture the stories of local couples and highlight the importance of personal love stories.

  • The valentine making workshop is on Thursday, February 12, 2026 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
  • The oral history event is on Saturday, February 14, 2026.

The players

Fayetteville Public Library

A public library serving the Fayetteville, Arkansas community, offering educational and cultural programming.

University of Arkansas

A public research university located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, partnering with the Fayetteville Public Library on the oral history event.

Kayleigh Tolman-Razo

A technician at the Fayetteville Public Library who is helping to facilitate the valentine making workshop.

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What they’re saying

“We are always here to help you with whatever endeavors you’re looking for. Whether it’s making a valentine for your valentine, or learning genealogy about your family lineage, or wanting to learn how to 3D print, you can absolutely do that here.”

— Kayleigh Tolman-Razo, Technician (4029tv.com)

“We don’t think about how important our stories are when we think of our parents meeting or our grandparents meeting. Then we read these books and we think of these historical love stories, and our love stories are just as important as those historical love stories.”

— Kayleigh Tolman-Razo, Technician (4029tv.com)

The takeaway

The Fayetteville Public Library is providing unique opportunities for the community to celebrate love and relationships through technology-driven workshops and oral history preservation, demonstrating the library’s role as a hub for creativity, learning, and community engagement.