Teen & Adult - Create your very own zipper clutch in The Learning Lab. We will be utilizing a sewing tutorial from one of the library's digital resources, Creativebug! This is a great way to get hands-on experience with The Learning Lab's sewing machine. Have fun picking fabrics for your clutch and learning new techniques! Hickory […]
Patrick Beaver Memorial Library will also be hosting a virtual panel discussion featuring Game Changers author Art Chansky and Dr. Matt Andrews in the 2nd floor Conference room. The panel will examine themes from the book. No registration is required.
Explore stories, dancing, and singing in this interactive storytime geared for ages 3-5. All are welcome.
Adult So, your family research is stuck in a rut. Could YOU be the obstacle? Fearful of reaching out to a stranger? Is that fear physical or emotional? This seminar looks at carefully assessing Risk vs. Reward, exploring how you can enhance your research experience and lead you on a path to those genealogy TREASURES! […]
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required. .
Designed specifically for babies to age 2, your little one will explore the world around them through movement, songs, stories, and play in this storytime geared towards our smallest friends. All are welcome. No registration required.
Teen & Adult – This four-week series will teach absolute beginners basic knitting skills. Please only register if you can attend all four sessions. Participants are asked to bring size 10, 16” circular knitting needles which will be used throughout the entire series. All other supplies will be provided. Registration is required and will open […]
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
All Ages – Unifour Senior Games SilverArts will host an exhibit upstairs in The Learning Lab from March 21st until March 30th. A reception will be held in the Meeting Room at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library on March 30th from 4-6:30pm. No registration required.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
Teen & Adult – Create a barn quilt to decorate your home and celebrate the arrival of spring! We will be using acrylic paint so be sure to wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy. All supplies provided. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.
Spring has sprung! Kids ages 7 and up, join us in The Learning Lab to create your own Easter tote bags! We will have felt, stencils, paint, and more! Registration is required. Hickory Public Library card is required. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.
Explore stories, dancing, and singing in this interactive storytime geared for ages 3-5. All are welcome.
Adult - Bring your Pressure Canner lid with gauge and have it tested by Family and Consumer Science Agent, Tina McGillvary from NCSU Cooperative Extension. Additionally, there will be canning and local foods resources including So Easy to Preserve, Edition 6, and Ball Blue Book Preservation available for purchase. No registration required.
Designed specifically for babies to age 2, your little one will explore the world around them through movement, songs, stories, and play in this storytime geared towards our smallest friends. All are welcome. No registration required.
Adult – April is National Decorating Month! What better way to celebrate than learning how to DIY your house? Diane Christensen from Hickory Park Furniture will share her knowledge and years of experience to help you plan your latest interior design project. Registration is required and will open three weeks before each event.
Family— 1st Thursdays ROCK at the Ridgeview library. Youth of Ridgeview, we want to celebrate you as we learn about monthly gemstones! All are welcomed to celebrate birthdays, do crafts, make snacks, learn and have a great time!
Children Ages 10+ Join us in The Learning Lab for a two-part series on 3D design using TinkerCAD. In part one, learn TinkerCAD basics and design parts for a simple race car. In part two, assemble your car using your 3D printed parts and put it to the test with a race to the finish! […]
There will be no classic movie event in April. Watch the calendar for the March date. Adult – On the first Thursday of every month, Joe Barrett, film critic and movie reviewer for WHKY, hosts a classic movie screening and leads a discussion about the actors, directors, and history of the film.
All Ages - Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department and Hickory Public Library have teamed up to bring you the Hickory Hikers! For our next adventure, we will hike to a meadow in Riverbend Park and paint. Plein air painting is the practice of painting landscapes outside in nature. Participants need to bring their […]
Adult – Ready to stop renting and finally buy? Hear from local experts and learn about different aspects of purchasing your first home, from financing to closing costs.
Children Ages 7+ Brighten your morning by joining us in The Learning Lab for a Tiny Tech all about circuitry! Drop in anytime between 10 and 11:30 AM and explore the world of electrical circuits to make salt glow, create fuzzy bugs that light up, and more! This program is recommended for children ages 7 […]
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
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 make it perfect for people of all playing levels. Bring friends or join us on […]
Teen writers of all levels from experienced to brand new are invited to join us for our teen writing club! Come do writing challenges, share writing tips, play story telling games, and more! April is National Poetry Month, so we’re opening the floor to any teens that want to share their poetry this month. Meets the […]
Register for a one-on-one session to learn about search strategies and useful Web sites for genealogy research.
Explore stories, dancing, and singing in this interactive storytime geared for ages 3-5. All are welcome.
Family— Drop in to transform cardboard and recyclable materials with your imagination to create an amazing playset. Staff will help bring your imaginations to life and provide inspiration and templates to jumpstart your creativity.
Designed specifically for babies to age 2, your little one will explore the world around them through movement, songs, stories, and play in this storytime geared towards our smallest friends. All are welcome. No registration required.
Adult – April is National Decorating Month! What better way to celebrate than learning how to DIY your house? Diane Christensen from Hickory Park Furniture will share her knowledge and years of experience to help you plan your latest interior design project. Registration is required and will open three weeks before each event.
Adult – The library will host a series of Ted Talks and discussions at Coffee in the Coe in partnership with Hickory Museum of Art. The topic for April is Cultural Erasure & Preservation. No registration is required. Second Floor, Hickory Museum of Art
Children Ages 10+ Join us in The Learning Lab for a two-part series on 3D design using TinkerCAD. In part one, learn TinkerCAD basics and design parts for a simple race car. In part two, assemble your car using your 3D printed parts and put it to the test with a race to the finish! […]
Teen—April showers bring May flowers! Prepare yourself for rainy days by creating a customized umbrella following along with the library’s crafty online resource, Creativebug.
Guided Bird Walk Fri. | April 14 | 9am All Ages – Join Jean McAnulty, a Catawba County Extension Certified Master Gardener and birding aficionado, for a special bird walk in the park. Bring your binoculars and your listening ears and see what birds you can spot or hear while learning about local and migratory […]
In celebration of the Charles White: A Little Higher exhibit, the library is visiting Hickory Museum of Art for Expressive Arts Storytime – where we act out, art out, and use music and motion to share stories, songs, and more. Recommended for PreK-Early Elementary and caregivers. Join us in as we dive into “Rock Your […]
Adult—Keep your mind active and sharp by taking part in a variety of quizzes, puzzles, and games at the library.
Adult – Leticia Nichols will teach a cooking class that discusses the role of nutrition and diet in weight management and help participants start on a journey toward an overall healthful and sustainable diet. In this plant-based class, we will discuss how incorporating more plants into your diet can not only lead to maintaining a […]
Children—Learn the basics of sticking to a budget by visiting the library’s Art Mart. Purchase a variety of craft supplies with play money and use the supplies to make a creation of your very own. You’ll have a set amount of money, so plan wisely! For youth in grades K-5
Join us at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library for 1970s Name that Tune. Come out and enjoy some friendly competition as we listen to hits from the 1970s and reminisce. Bring friends or join us on your own and meet new people in our community. Registration not required.
Get ready to embrace geek culture at the library in Random Fandom, a series of programs celebrating the awesomeness of Pokémon, Star Wars, Studio Ghibli and more! Each month we will highlight a new fandom for you to create around, explore, and geek out about. Gather your friends and family and embark on this epic […]
Adult –Visit the library to take part in a multicultural book discussion that explores equality through books that tackle race, gender, and other important social issues. New members are always welcome. The book selection for this month is Money Rock: A Family’s Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South by Pam Kelley.
Explore stories, dancing, and singing in this interactive storytime geared for ages 3-5. All are welcome.
We all hear about the struggles of Americans and Allies in WWII. Learn about tragedies and the struggle for survival in war-torn Germany told through a child’s eyes. From the Hitler Youth to United States immigrant, to living out the American Dream, Kurt Roderer’s story fills in the WWII history that you didn’t learn in […]
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
Designed specifically for babies to age 2, your little one will explore the world around them through movement, songs, stories, and play in this storytime geared towards our smallest friends. All are welcome. No registration required.
Adult – April is National Decorating Month! What better way to celebrate than learning how to DIY your house? Diane Christensen from Hickory Park Furniture will share her knowledge and years of experience to help you plan your latest interior design project. Registration is required and will open three weeks before each event.
Join the staff of VayaHealth at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library on Thursday, April 20 for two training sessions. “Understanding Schizophrenia and Psychosis” will begin at 10 am and will focus on the manifestation of symptoms, causality, risk factors and treatment. “Antipsychotics: Indications, Risks and Challenges” will begin at 11 am and will focus on the […]
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
Family—Bring your family and friends to the library to hear new stories and explore STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) through hands-on tinkering in this storytime meant for all ages. This month we’ll celebrate bugs, beetles, pollinators, and more!
All ages—In honor of National Poetry Month come and enjoy poems and spoken word pieces from local poets. Let them inspire you to create your own poetry or spoken word piece. We encourage you to create a Juneteenth inspired poem and return on Thursday, May 25 to share your writings with a small group.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required.
Adult - Join Professor Richard Eller, Catawba County Museum of History's Historian in Residence, for the launch of his new book Well Crafted: the History of Furniture Manufacturing in Western Carolina. The book examines the development of Western North Carolina furniture and its place in the history and culture of this area. No registration required.
Explore stories, dancing, and singing in this interactive storytime geared for ages 3-5. All are welcome.
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required. Please remember to arrive five minutes before session […]
The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. Practicing reading aloud helps fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Registration required. Please remember to arrive five minutes before session […]
Designed specifically for babies to age 2, your little one will explore the world around them through movement, songs, stories, and play in this storytime geared towards our smallest friends. All are welcome. No registration required.
Adults - Join us for a meeting of the Open Door Book Club. The club will continue the North Carolina Reads series with the selection Money Rock: A Family’s Story of Cocaine, Race, and Ambition in the New South by Pam Kelly. Books are available for pickup at the 2nd floor service desk. No registration required.
Adult – April is National Decorating Month! What better way to celebrate than learning how to DIY your house? Diane Christensen from Hickory Furniture Mart will share her knowledge and years of experience to help you plan your latest design project. Registration is required and will open three weeks before each event.
Adult—Get ready to learn the basics of making a budget, how to read a credit report, and about correcting errors that may negatively affect your credit rating. Led by a HOPE Financial Wellbeing Coach, the workshop will also cover your rights as a consumer, and how to make the most of them. Participants must be […]
Open gym, Pickleball and Exercise Class schedules are subject to change.