Event List

Celebrate creativity with internationally known American Pop Artist Michael Albert. Explore an informal Pop Art display featuring Albert’s vibrant posters, then meet the artist in person during his Modern Pop Art Enrichment Program.

Members of Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts' National Honor Society for Dance Arts welcome young dancers to join them in this dance class series.  Dancers will participate in warm-ups, imaginative movement games, and simple chor

Utilize plants from The Learning Lab’s Plant Share & Seed Exchange to cultivate a miniature dinosaur world. 

Hear nature stories and learn from our friends from Catawba County Parks in this special story time focusing on the County parks system.

Unearth the joy of painting! Staff from Do Art Productions will guide you through learning techniques such as paint mixing, shading, and brushwork while encouraging creativity. 

Facilitated by Hickory Poet Laureate Scott Owens, this monthly group will include all things poetic: sharing, discussion, prompts, critiques and workshops. 

Everyone is welcome.

An all-ages story time with stories, dancing, and singing. No registration required, first come, first serve up to 75 

Hand sew a plush dinosaur stuffie while watching "The Good Dinosaur", a movie about an apatosaurus named Arlo who makes an unlikely human friend. Movie is rated PG.

New members are always welcome at the Open Door Book Club. 

The book for July is "Morningside: 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American’s City Soul" by Aran Shetterly.  

Give your favorite book a sparkling makeover! Bring a book from your collection for a creative Book Bedazzling Workshop where you can decorate book covers with gems, glitter, and other dazzling embellishments.

Join us for a prehistoric adventure filled with hands-on pottery painting and dino-themed trivia! Kids will get to paint their own dinosaur pottery piece, test their knowledge with fun trivia questions, and learn cool dino facts along the way.

Journey through billions of years of natural history as we examine the fossil record from primitive marine organisms to massive dinosaurs and mighty mammals of the Ice Age.

Participants will learn chess basics, strategies, and tactics by playing with other chess enthusiasts in the community. All skill levels, from beginners to champions, are welcome.

July's selection is "Red, White & Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston. 

Beat the heat and find your calm at the library’s Zen Den! This relaxing space is designed to help you slow down and refresh during the busy summer months.

An adoptable dinosaur is waiting for you in this dinosaur story time where you will hear stories, songs, and make a pledge to read to your dinosaur! 

Gotta plant ‘em all! Create your own Pokémon-inspired terrarium with live plants and decorative materials.

Members of Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts' National Honor Society for Dance Arts welcome young dancers to join them in this dance class series.  Dancers will participate in warm-ups, imaginative movement games, and simple chor

Hear a story about animal adoption and learn how to adopt and care for animals and get a chance to meet adoptable pets. 

End the summer with a picnic in the park! Friends of Ridgeview Branch Library will provide lunch and then we’ll play in the park to celebrate the end of an amazing summer. 

An all-ages story time with stories, dancing, and singing. No registration required, first come, first serve up to 75 

Donate blood and save a life. 

Participants will learn chess basics, strategies, and tactics by playing with other chess enthusiasts in the community. All skill levels, from beginners to champions, are welcome.