Event List

Setting up your homestead doesn’t have to be over complicated or expensive! Melissa Falcone from True Cut Ranch will teach budget friendly DIY tips for different projects you can work on year-round.

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

Have you ever wondered what a live alligator tail feels like? Or how about hand-feeding a prairie dog? Wildlife Geeks will be visiting with mammals, amphibians and reptiles for you to meet in this fun animal show and tell! 

Upcycle various glassware to construct your own propagation station to hang anywhere. 

Learn about fire safety and visit a fire truck with Hickory Fire Department.

Unearth your love for science in this interactive STEM show! Volunteers will help the performers conduct exciting experiments while we celebrate scientists who work with dirt!

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

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

Upcycle various glassware to construct your own propagation station to hang anywhere. 

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.

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.

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

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

Come strum and play along with us in a fun, supportive, and relaxed environment. All levels of experience are welcome.  

Arrive at 6:00pm for helpful tips on getting started playing ukulele. Jam starts at 6:15. 

Learn how to play ukulele in a fun, supportive, relaxed group environment. Participants will learn basic chords and strum patterns, and start playing songs during the program.

Come strum and play along with us in a fun, supportive, and relaxed environment. All levels of experience are welcome.  

Arrive at 6:00pm for helpful tips on getting started playing ukulele. Jam starts at 6:15.