Storytimes

Cartersville Library
Toddler Time Tuesdays at 10 am.

PreK Storytimes with Ms. Kelly Tuesdays at 11 am.

Rock & Rhyme Baby Time with Ms. Kelly Wednesdays at 10 am.

Emmie Nelson Library Family Story Time- Tuesdays at 11:15 am.

Adairsville Library Family Story Time-Thursdays at 11:15 am.

Free Plant & Seed Giveaway!

In celebration of Earth Day, our plant-loving friends with the Cartersville Magnolia Garden Club will be giving away free plants and seeds at the Cartersville library doors. 
 
Saturday, April 22nd
11 am - 1 pm

Snack Break

We are making strawberry cheesecake truffles. Ages 7 - 12

Friday, April 21st at 4 pm

Now - May 6th
Storywalk - "Moth & Butterfly - Ta-Da"
Drop by Dellinger Park between now and May 6th for a brand new Storywalk! Our Spring book is "Moth & Butterfly - Ta-Da"  by Dev Petty and illustrated by Ana Aranda! We've also collaborated with The Basics Bartow and Advocates for Children to add some fun reading and literacy tips to some of the panels! For a full list of literacy activities make sure to scan the attached QR code on the story pages at the park!
 

Look for the Storywalk at the trail around the duck pond. After you complete the Storywalk, stop by the library for a FREE book of your choice!  Thank you also to Cartersville Parks and Rec. for all the support and for co-sponsoring!

Location: Dellinger Park (trail around duck pond)

All Month Long

Chinese Five Spice Kit

Stop by any of our branches throughout the month of April and pick up a
Chinese Five Spice Kit! Each kit will include a pack of spices, a recipe,
and information about the history of Chinese cooking.

Location: All Branches

Monday, April 17th

Adairsville - Monday STEM Play (Ages 0 - 5)
10:30 am

Children are never too young to start doing STEM activities. Join us each Friday for hands-on activities that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math.

Location: Adairsville Public Library Meeting Room

Euharlee - Craft Hour for Seniors: Origami Frogs
10:30 am

Join us to learn the basics of origami and in the process make a frog and join the frog race.

Location: Emmie Nelson Public Library

Book Chat
6 pm - 7:30 pm

The Goodbye Coast - Joe Ide  
Raymond Chandler's iconic detective, Philip Marlowe, gets a dramatic and colorful reinvention at the hands of award-winning novelist Joe Ide
The seductive and relentless figure of Raymond Chandler’s detective, Philip Marlowe, is vividly re-imagined in present-day Los Angeles. Here is a city of scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, virulent inequality, and washed-out police. Acclaimed and award-winning novelist Joe Ide imagines a Marlowe very much of our time: he’s a quiet, lonely, and remarkably capable and confident private detective, though he lives beneath the shadow of his father, a once-decorated LAPD homicide detective, famous throughout the city, who’s given in to drink after the death of Marlowe’s mother.
Marlowe, against his better judgement, accepts two missing person cases, the first a daughter of a faded, tyrannical Hollywood starlet, and the second, a British child stolen from his mother by his father. At the center of Goodbye Coast is Marlowe’s troubled and confounding relationship with his father, a son who despises yet respects his dad, and a dad who’s unable to hide his bitter disappointment with his grown boy. Together, they will realize that one of their clients may be responsible for murder of her own husband, a washed-up director in debt to Albanian and Russian gangsters, and that the client’s trouble-making daughter may not be what she seems.
Steeped in the richly detailed ethnic neighborhoods of modern LA, Ide’s Goodbye Coast is a bold recreation that is viciously funny, ingeniously plotted, and surprisingly tender.

Location: Cartersville Library Meeting Room

Tuesday, April 18th

Mexican Train Dominoes
10 am - 12 pm
Have fun playing Mexican Train Dominoes at the library. If you don't know how to play, we'll teach you!  Adults only.

Location: Cartersville Library Conference Room

Adairsville Ask a Lawyer: Georgia Legal Services Program
12 pm - 2 pm
For Seniors (Under 60 - Financial Eligibility Applies)
Need to get advice from a lawyer? This program provides free 10-20 minute consultations with volunteer lawyers for people who have legal problems to discuss but do not have a lawyer representing them. Remember to organize and bring all related documents, forms and court papers to your appointment! Come prepared with all questions written down: time is limited.

Please call 706-272-2924 to schedule an appointment or contact [email protected]

Location: Adairsville Public Library

Computer Class: Intro to the Internet
2 pm - 3:30 pm
Learn to search for information online.

Location: Cartersville Library Computer Lab

Anime Club
5 pm - 6 pm
We are watching Promare.

Location: Cartersville Library Youth Program Room

Build & Brew

5 pm - 6:45 pm
Come participate in a light-hearted Lego competition for adults! The Build & Brew meet-up at Drowned Valley Brewing Co. is happening on the third Tuesday of each month. Library staff will head to the brewery with Legos in tow where we will set the competition theme for the night, and participants will be given an hour and a half to complete their build. Staff from Drowned Valley and the library will vote on the winner, and a prize will be awarded! The Lego creations from the night will be on display at the Cartersville Library for the week following the event so that you can show off your build. See you there!

Location: Drowned Valley Brewing Company

TableTop Guild for Adults

5 pm - 7:45 pm
Join our weekly Tabletop roleplaying games group at the Cartersville Library! Beginners and experienced players are welcome. Adults only, please. Most games/campaigns are open to new players. Feel free to drop in to watch or join in! For questions and inquiries about specific games, please contact Finley at [email protected].

Location: Cartersville Library Classroom

Euharlee: Trout Unlimited Kid's Fishing Day

6 pm
Trout Unlimited reviews the highlights of this annual event in Cave Spring.  A description of the planning, set up and execution of the event will be discussed along with our sponsors and the outcomes we have witnessed over the decades.

Location: Emmie Nelson Public Library

Prime Time Family Reading

6 pm - 7:30 pm
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL
Join us for Prime Time Family Reading!  A fun and free night of reading one night a week for six weeks!

Location: Cartersville Library Meeting Room

Wednesday, April 19th

Afternoon Adventures

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Stories, drama and craft fun for school-aged kids ages 5 and up!

Location: Cartersville Library Youth Program Room

Thursday, April 20th

Container Gardening with Magnolia Garden Club

6 pm - 7 pm

Jeanne Taylor and the Magnolia Garden Club will share methods for gardening with flowers and vegetables in containers.

Location: Cartersville Library Meeting Room

Friday, April 21st

Euharlee - Friday Stem Play (Ages 0-5)
10:30 am
Children are never too young to start doing STEM activities. Join us each Friday for hands-on activities that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math.

Location: Emmie Nelson Public Library

Snack Break

4 pm - 5 pm
We are making strawberry cheesecake truffles! Ages 7 - 12

Location: Cartersville Library Youth Program Room

Saturday, April 22nd

TableTop Guild for Adults

10 am - 4 pm
Join our weekly Tabletop roleplaying games group at the Cartersville Library! Beginners and experienced players are welcome. Adults only, please. Most games/campaigns are open to new players. Feel free to drop in to watch or join in! For questions and inquiries about specific games, please contact Finley at [email protected].

Location: Cartersville Library Conference Room

Adairsville: LEGO Saturdays

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
If you're a great Lego builder, or a first timer, this is the place for you.

Join us to get creative and build anything you choose with LOTS of Legos. You can either work on your own creation, or build as a team.

The library will provide the Legos, while the you provide the imagination! All materials must stay at the library, so bring a camera to capture your adventures. Please leave your Legos at home. We don't want you to lose your favorite pieces.

Location: Adairsville Public Library Meeting Room

Mindful Meditation Discussion and Practice

10:30 am - 12 pm
We invite you to join us as we come together to explore mindful meditation. Classes are led by experienced mindfulness meditation leaders who volunteer their time, and each bring their own style of sharing and unique perspective to the group. Open to all. No cost. No experience necessary.

Location: Cartersville Library Meeting Room

Adairsville: Learn to be a beekeeper

11 am
This introductory course will explain the basics of starting and managing one’s own backyard beehive.

Location: Adairsville Public Library Meeting Room

Free Plant and Seed Giveaway: Magnolia Garden Club

11 am - 1 pm

In celebration of Earth Day, our plant-loving friends with the Cartersville Magnolia Garden Club will be giving away free plants and seeds at the library doors from 11am-1pm.

Location: Cartersville Library

Sew Creative Stitchery: Beginner Paper Piecing with Batiks

1 pm - 4 pm

Vicki will be teaching the Star Dance Quilt Pattern block using the Paper Piecing method.  Teaching the one block will give the participant the skill to create a beautiful quilt, pillow, or any other creative project using paper piecing.  Vicki will be working with batik fabrics. Paper piecing refers to sewing fabrics to a paper foundation to stabilize the quilt block due to unusual geometric shapes, small pieces or odd angles on a bias. Cost is $10. Please sign up at the Reference Desk.

Supplies needed:

Sewing Machine

Neutral color thread

Cutting matt and rotary cutter

Thimble

Large Scissors to cut paper and fabric

Small Scissors for snipping

Large Machine Needles - size for denim  or 100/16

Iron & Ironing Surface

Location: Cartersville Library Classroom

Library Hours 

Cartersville Public Library
Monday, Wednesday, Friday:
9 am - 6 pm
Tuesday, Thursday:
9 am - 8 pm
Saturday:
9 am - 5 pm

Adairsville Public Library
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday:
10 am - 6 pm
Thursday:
11 am - 7 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 1 pm

Emmie Nelson Public Library
Monday, Wednesday,  Thursday, Friday:
10 am - 6 pm
Tuesday:
11 am - 7 pm