Event List

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Let’s learn the basics of Chinese calligraphy! This intro session is geared towards elementary and teens, but adults may enjoy the simple exercises and water painting techniques.&n

Brush Hour is a no skills necessary painting class for teens and adults. This month we will look at ekphrasis, the creation of poetry to describe a work of art. 

Calling all gamers! Come one, come all for our monthly game night! We’ve got something for everyone: board games, card games, PS4, and Wii games. Bring the whole family!

Peruse our Star Wars books while listening to John Williams. After stories and music, get creative with a Star Wars craft! May the Fourth be with you! Refreshments may be served.

Participants will either free hand or use provided templates to apply leading paint to glass and then fill in with gallery glass colors to produce a stained glass effect.  All

Ages 8+. Use your imagination and create a clay fairy door to spruce up your home garden!

Join humorist Sam Venable and cartoonist Charlie Daniels, Knoxville News Sentinel legends, as they spin yarns from their latest collaboration Naked Dining Is Not on My Menu an

Join humorist Sam Venable and cartoonist Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News Sentinel legends, as they spin yarns from their latest collaboration "Naked Dining Is Not on My Menu and Oth

Join us monthly for a paper craft! Susan Bernard will demonstrate crafts like quilling, jewelry-making, book folding, baskets. Ages 14+. All materials provided. Space limited.

Reduce, Re-use, and re-purpose. Glass, fabric, and cardboard can be transformed! Teen to adult craft skills needed for this fun event. 

Make a windchime out of small terra cotta pots. Registration encouraged, limited to 12 participants. We encourage you call 525-1541 to register. 

Gather with other teens to discuss current favorite reads at the Halls Teen Book Club!

B-I-N-G-O! Gather as a team or play solo at our book bingo night. Family friendly for all ages, and the prizes are, you guessed it: B-O-O-K-S! 

Presented by the Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society. This program will discuss various astronomy topics, and observation time outdoors will be included if weather condition allow.

Attendees will make a nature loom using natural materials.  All materials provided.  All ages welcome.

A fun relaxed, afternoon of crafting at the library. Participants are encouraged to bring their own crafts to work on. The library will also provide easy crafts for beginners needi

Do you have what it takes to unscramble 9 square pieces without scrambling your brain? It sounds easy, but Scramble Squares can be hard to solve. Whether you are 3 or 103, we have

Create your own 3-D greeting card!

This program is for intermediate and advanced stitchers to work together on larger on-going projects. Participants are encouraged to bring their own work. We encourage you to regis

Join us for an adventurous day in World's Fair Park celebrating books, authors, and the literary arts. Snap a selfie with a character, sing along in the music tent, be amazed in th

Membership in Tennessee Ancestors is tied to proof of descent from an ancestor who was in what is now Tennessee by certain key historical dates. This workshop will explore strategi

This event is part Summer Library Club. This summer, adventure begins at the library! When you attend this or another summer program, log another mission in the Read City USA&

Create and decorate your own notebook to keep track of your Read City Summer Reading Challenge missions!