We will be assembling and painting wooden berry/fruit baskets for this month’s Adult Craft project. We will also use modge podge to add pretty details onto the baskets to create the effect of hand-painting. Spring starts the fruit harvesting season and these cute little baskets are pretty for displaying fruits/berries, vegetables, candies, etc. as a […]
Join our Collegedale neighbor and library patron Ms. Sharon will be here to teach us some of the basics of ASL communication to toddlers and baby + their parent, grandparent or other guardian. She will demonstrate greetings, basic words and emotions in order to allow our youngest patrons to communicate before developing their verbal skills. […]
The Library is offering One-on-One sessions with Anthony Young who is a financial advisor from Thrivent, a non-profit financial organization. 30 minute sessions are free and private in our meeting room. Getting your finances in order isn’t always easy or clear. That’s why Anthony is here to provide the expertise and support you need. Whether […]
Bring any style of needlework project (knit, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery…) to this informal gathering and talk about books, recipes, and whatever else strikes your fancy while you work.
Join the Collegedale Friends of the Library as they host local author Kimberly Brock who will discuss her book - The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare. The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who […]
In collaboration with Collegedale Parks and Recreation, we welcome Earth Day! This clean up will focus on educating, encouraging and enabling the community to come together and eradicate litter around our parks. We will supply gloves, trash bags, and a recycled gift during this program. We will also be making seed bombs that are filled […]
Meet Atreyu! This pup is all ears and ready to hear you read to him during our Paws to Read hour. Pick a book from our shelves and read to Atreyu or visit with him. If you are shy around dogs, you can watch Atreyu while you do the small craft provided. For safety, we […]
Join us for this Spring Earth Day-themed origami workshop with Mrs. Shirley - where we will learn the art of folding “out of this world” origami designs! We will make a really cool origami star as well as other worldly designs.
The Chattanooga Symphony Wind Quintet is back in the library! Come enjoy the CSO Wind Quintet as they introduce the instruments of the orchestra and basic musical concepts. This is a fun, free event open to anyone in the community who would like to pop on by and listen to our fabulous local symphony as […]
Our Collegedale neighbor and library patron Ms. Sharon will be here to teach us some of the basics of ASL communication. She will demonstrate greetings, basic words and emotions in order to greet our deaf friends in the community. Have you ever wished you could sign welcoming communications when greeting deaf or hard of hearing […]
Agatha Christie's debut novel was also the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot has settled in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactor, the elderly Emily Inglethorp. When Emily is poisoned and the authorities are baffled, Poirot puts his prodigious […]
Eva Traube Abrams, a semi-retired librarian in Florida, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a magazine lying open nearby. She freezes; it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in sixty-five years—a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names. The accompanying article discusses the looting […]
