Library

Visit the library to create a pinch pot fish with Mud Mamas Studio. Come ready to learn, have fun, and get your hands messy. Wear your play clothes!  Registration required. 

Doug Frye from the Society for Financial Awareness (SOFA) will teach all about investment concerns in a fragile market. He will review common repetitive investor scenarios, key ingredients to investing, facts to know when you are investing, and things to know when the stock market is in a decline. This program is free for adults […]

Join Ginny Zellmer from the Hickory Museum of Art and learn how to make a trinket dish from an oyster shell! Perfect for holding rings and small items.  For adults and teens. Registration required. Registration opens two weeks prior to event.

Don’t be jelly! Visit the library to float into a special storytime to celebrate jellyfish! We’ll read some zoo-tastic stories, then do some activities that will tentacle your fancy.

Design and decorate a seashell with acrylic paint and paint pens  Ages 8-12  Registration is required 

Harness the power of the sun to design your own library tote bag by using SolarFast dye to create photograms! Wear your play clothes. This program is weather dependent and may be cancelled if weather is unfavorable. Registration required.

Hickory – Houseplant SWAP: Sharing with a Passion, Saturday, August 6th at 3:00 PM, Patrick Beaver Memorial Library. Passionate about plants? Join the Hickory Public Library for a houseplant SWAP on Saturday, August 6 at 3:00 PM! You’re invited to bring in healthy plants, rooted in dirt or loose cuttings, and be ready to trade […]

Join us at the library on the second Monday of each month for mind stimulating brain games and bingo. The emphasis of Senior Brain Games and Bingo is to have fun in a friendly environment.  Our casual and relaxed pace makes it perfect for people of all playing levels.  Bring friends or join us on […]

Teens are invited to transform an air plant into a sea urchin. Registration required.

Calling all STEAMers! Join, local non-profit organization, Let me STEAM for summer fun while exploring the world around you through science, technology, engineering, art, and math. For children in Grades K-5.

Decorate an umbrella to look like a jellyfish! You’ll leave with a unique umbrella to keep you dry from the rain. All supplies provided. For ages 12-18. Registration required. Registration opens two weeks prior to event.

Find your artistic spark at the library! We’ll explore, create, and get messy learning about a different artist each month and practicing their unique style of art. This program is open to all ages. Registration required.

We’re not squidding when we say come to the library to dive into a special storytime to celebrate cephalopods! We’ll read some ink-credible books about squids, octopuses, and more! Then we’ll do some fun activities about these amazing creatures.  

For young makers, creators, artists, engineers, inventors, and builders, join us and STEAM On to new ideas! On August 12, we will learn about polymers, a superabsorbent substance found in everyday life as we create our own mini fish bowl aquariums. Are you ready to create? Let’s STEAM On!  Ages 6-10  Registration is required

Join Dr. Tiffany Christian, PhD, for a presentation on the aspects and impacts of cultural appropriation on Saturday, August 13th at 1:00 pm at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library. This program is presented in collaboration with the Hickory Community Theatre and is intended to explore modern issues associated with the historically-based musical MEMPHIS. The musical, which […]

Come and make your own sea themed tic tac toe rock set. While they dry enjoy some much-needed family time playing some of your favorite board games.  Only one registration per family is needed. 

Join the staff of VayaHealth at the library on Thursday, August 18 for two training sessions. “Commonly Misused Medications: Understanding Medication Effect on the Aging Brain” will begin at 10:00 and “Substance Use, Misuse, and the Opioid Crisis” will begin at 11:00. Both over the counter and prescription medications can help someone ease pain or […]

Paint an ocean themed barn quilt that will perfectly match a lake house or coastal décor! We will use acrylic paint so plan to wear clothes you can get messy. Registration will open 2 weeks before the event. All supplies provided. For teens and adults.  Registration required.

Families with pre-school aged children are invited for stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts.  

Families with pre-school aged children are invited for stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts.

Families with pre-school aged children are invited for stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts.

Meet us around town for our traveling book group. This month, please try to read a memoir book in collaboration with the Hickory Museum of Art's exhibit 7 BILLION ONES: A Randy Bacon Retrospective. Registration not required.

Family-Join us for a family story time focusing on reading and crafting together! This month we will create dragons that fly, wizard hats, and build homes for all our gnomes that need some homes. Come ready to read, listen, and create together! Recommended for kids age 5 and up Registration Required.

All Ages—Celebrate American Chess Day with Mr. Eugene Brown and learn the fundamentals of chess. Eugene Brown is an accomplished chess player and his remarkable story is captured in the film, “Life of a King” starring, Cuba Gooding Jr., who played the role of Eugene Brown. Sponsored by Big Chair Chess Club.

Family—Splash into a special story time to have a whale of a time celebrating whales! We’ll read some fin-tatsic stories, then do some awesome activities that will blow you away.

All Ages - Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department and the Hickory Public Library have teamed up to bring you Hickory’s newest hiking club! For September, we will hike the High Shoals Falls trail at South Mountain State Park. This club is open to hikers of all ages and experience levels. Children under the […]

Teen—Learn basic hand stitches while customizing your own notebook for the school year. Registration is required.