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Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
Teen Minecraft
Teen Minecraft
Build anything you can imagine with a world of virtual blocks! Come visit the library’s realm and enjoy 45 minutes of free play. Seven laptops are available on a first come, first served basis – feel free to bring your own laptop if you’d like! This realm uses Java edition. Ages 13+
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
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Collegedale Family BINGO Night
Collegedale Family BINGO Night
BINGO will play in rounds and is open to all ages! We will play for one hour and winners for each round will win small prizes. No entry fee. The library will provide the Bingo playing cards and plastic chips. We hope to see you there.
1 event,
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
Kids STEAM: Pinecone Birdfeeders
Kids STEAM: Pinecone Birdfeeders
Look up at the sky! Is it a drone? Is it a plane? No! It's our backyard birds. Join us at the library to make pinecone birdfeeders for our feathery friends. Once we are finished we will hang them up outside the library. If weather permits we will take a hike out to the veterans […]
2 events,
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
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Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
We will celebrate our partial view of the solar eclipse here in Eastern Tennessee at the library. Participants will receive a pair of solar eclipse viewing glasses (funded by a NASA STEM grant) with an informational handout on safe viewing practices. The community is also invited to enjoy “celestial” snacks, check out some “out of […]
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
Teen/Tween Lego Robotics
Teen/Tween Lego Robotics
Build cool Lego gadgets and make them move with simple scratch programming! If you like building the new Lego sets, this is for you. (9 Sets Available first come, first served basis.) Ages 10+
1 event,
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
1 event,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
2 events,
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
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Kids Minecraft
Kids Minecraft
Build anything you can imagine with a world of virtual blocks! Come visit the library’s realm and enjoy 45 minutes of free play. Seven laptops are available on a first come, first served basis – feel free to bring your own laptop with the game installed if you’d like! This realm uses Java edition. Ages […]
2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
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Adult Craft: Spring Harvest Baskets
Adult Craft: Spring Harvest Baskets
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 […]
3 events,
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
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Basic Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers
Basic Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers
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. […]
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One-on-One with a Financial Advisor
One-on-One with a Financial Advisor
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 […]
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2 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
Teen/Tween Terrariums
Teen/Tween Terrariums
A terrarium is like an aquarium, but for plants instead of fish. Come make your own little world and learn about what it takes to keep your ecosystem flourishing. We will be taking a small walk around Veteran's Memorial Park to find some plants and other thing you may want inside your ecosystem, Ages 10-17 […]
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String Theory
String Theory
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.
1 event,
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Local Author Visit: Kimberly Brock’s The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
Local Author Visit: Kimberly Brock’s The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
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 […]
2 events,
Baby and Toddler Storytime
Baby and Toddler Storytime
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
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Earth Day Park Clean-Up
Earth Day Park Clean-Up
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 […]
3 events,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
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 […]
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Origami Workshop: Earth Day!
Origami Workshop: Earth Day!
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.
2 events,
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Chattanooga Symphony Wind Quintet
Chattanooga Symphony Wind Quintet
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 […]
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Basic Sign Language for Adults, Teens & Tweens
Basic Sign Language for Adults, Teens & Tweens
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 […]
1 event,
Preschool Storytime
Preschool Storytime
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*
1 event,
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Crime Reads Book Club: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Crime Reads Book Club: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
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 […]
2 events,
Kids Lego Club
Kids Lego Club
What’s better than a massive pile of LEGO bricks? Absolutely nothing! Stop by our Kid’s LEGO club and enjoy 45 minutes of LEGO free play. Ages 6+
2 events,
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Fiction Addiction Book Club: The Book of Lost Name
Fiction Addiction Book Club: The Book of Lost Name
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 […]
2 events,
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Kids/ Teen Minecraft
Kids/ Teen Minecraft
Build anything you can imagine with a world of virtual blocks! Come visit the library’s realm and enjoy 45 minutes of free play. Seven laptops are available on a first come, first served basis – feel free to bring your own laptop with the game installed if you’d like! This realm uses Java edition. Ages […]
2 events,
Teen/Tween Geodes
Teen/Tween Geodes
Let's learn how to make crystals with a common household product…. Borax! Ages 10-17 20 breakable geodes are available first come, first served basis Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math
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