Library

Ages 7-11 - Learn from the Samurai Institute how to handle bullying, while focusing on confidence, discipline, and leadership in this 3-part series on self-defense and anti-bullying techniques. Attending each session is encouraged but not required. Please register for each session individually. Registration required

All Ages—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.

Adults – The Page Burners Book Club is celebrating it’s one year anniversary! Join us in the Patrick Beaver Memorial Library meeting room. Bring whatever book you read and would like to share with the group. No registration required.

Adults - Join us for a meeting of the Open Door Book Club.  The selection for September is The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund DeWaal. No registration required.

Teen 13-17 - Anime, Manga, and Cosplay fans are invited to attend the first meeting of the AMCC (Anime Manga Cosplay Club!) We will discuss our favorite anime & manga, use the button maker to make buttons of your favorite characters, and discuss what we would like to do at future meetings! No registration required.

Ages 7-11  Learn from the Samurai Institute how to handle bullying, while focusing on confidence, discipline, and leadership in final session of this 3-part series. You do not need to have attended the previous sessions in order to attend this event. Registration required  

Teen & Adult – 3D modeling meets candle making in this fun collision of technology and crafting. Use 3-D printed pumpkin molds to make your very own fall candle and learn the mold creation process in Tinkercad.  Registration required.

Teen—Choose an air plant and let that plant inspire you in creating its new mini pot home. Registration required. Registration opens 2 weeks before the event.

Adult – Make a festive fall terrarium using gourds and succulents to spruce up your home! This class is taught by April Tyner, plant expert and local business owner of the plant boutique Life Doesn’t Succ. All supplies will be provided. Registration required. Registration opens 2 weeks before the event.

Family—Get ready for an out of this world story + tinker time perfect for families wanting to read, tinker, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math). We’ll hatch aliens, catapult candy pumpkins, and more in this HallowedSTEAM tinker time. Recommended for ages 5+.

Teen—Choose an air plant and let that plant inspire you in creating its new mini pot home. Registration required.

Family- Visit The Learning Lab on the second floor of Patrick Beaver Memorial Library for a hands-on experience featuring 3D printing, circuitry, robotics, and more! For ages 7+.   No registration required.

All Ages –Celebrate National Chess Day with a Tournament Hosted by Mr. Eugene Brown. All are welcome to come and spectate as 30 community members play to be the 2022 Ridgeview National Chess Day Tournament Winner.   If you would like to play in the tournament you must register.  

Adult - Actress Anne Van Curen transforms into Grandma "Rowena" Gatewood to describe what it was like to be the first woman to solo hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955. Based on Ben Mongomery’s book Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, Van Curen’s performance brings to life the story of the 67-year-old grandmother who set off alone to […]

Teen & Adult — Learn simple macrame knots while creating a miniature plant hanger for those spaces that needs a little faux plant friend.    Registration required. 13 and up 

Adult - Join us for an entertaining evening of music and storytelling with Steve Bonham and Rob McHale.   British author, playwright, and songwriter Steve Bonham is coming back to North Carolina to perform with North Carolina based Folk/Americana artist Rob McHale. Steve Bonham has recorded 10 albums, written two musicals, five books, is an award-winning […]

Family—Bring your creativity to the library to create a quirky papier mache animal. In class one, we’ll learn how to create an armature and techniques for making papier mache. In class two, we’ll decorate and put everything together to finish our creations. To complete this project, you must attend classes on both October 11th and […]

This event has been cancelled.

Teen - A mad scientist’s pumpkin experiment has gone wrong and the pumpkins are coming alive! Work together to solve clues and find the anti-potion to reverse the experiment and save everyone from the monster pumpkins.    Registration required.

Adult – On the second Friday of every month, Joe Barrett, film critic and movie reviewer for WHKY, hosts Classic Film Fridays. Each month Barrett will screen a classic movie and then lead a discussion about the films. For October, we will be watching Ride the High County. This classic 1962 film was directed by […]

All Ages - Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department and Hickory Public Library have teamed up to bring you Hickory's newest hiking club, Hickory Hikers! Our next adventure is Saturday, October 15 at 9am at Bakers Mountain Park. Join us for a special Ranger-led hike with the Superintendent at Bakers Mountain, John Sutton from […]

Join Hickory Ballet and Performing Arts for a sing along with some favorite characters from Winnie the Pooh the Musical. Learn some theatre tricks and moves of your own with performances from our show in this interactive storytime.

Adult – Meet Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians who resides in Qualla, NC. Clapsaddle authored the popular novel Even As We Breathe which was released by the University Press of Kentucky in 2020, a finalist for the Weatherford Award and named one of NPR’s Best Books of […]

Grades 1-6 Do you love to read and create art? Want to hear a local poet and artist talk about their work? Kids grades 1-6th are invited to a poetry and art talk featuring local poet Scott Owens and artist Missy Cleveland in celebration of their new book, Worlds Enough.   Worlds Enough is a celebration […]

Adult –Visit the library to take part in a multicultural book discussion. This group welcomes new members. The book selection for this month is Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.

Family—Bring your creativity to the library to create a quirky papier mache animal. In class one, we’ll learn how to create an armature and techniques for making papier mache. In class two, we’ll decorate and put everything together to finish our creations. To complete this project, you must attend classes on both October 11th and […]

All Ages – Come learn about Catawba County's newest park: Mountain Creek Park. Park staff will go over the many amenities and recreational opportunities the park has to offer and how to use them. A Q&A session will follow the presentation. No registration required.

Adult - Join the staff of VayaHealth for two training sessions: “Schizophrenia: Psychosis: Can This Be Real?” at 10am and “The Many Faces of Antipsychotic Medications” at 11am. Continuing education hours can be provided. Registration is encouraged but not required.

Teen – Learn how to “paint” using yarn and glue! Create a fun and unique Halloween decoration for your room. Vibe to spooky tunes and enjoy some sweet treats (no tricks required).  Registration required. Registration opens 3 weeks before the event.

Children- Join us for a fun DIY craft and customize your very own trick-or-treat tote with glow in the dark paint, stencils, buttons, and more! For grades K-5. Registration Required

Take a field trip with the library and learn first-hand from local entrepreneurs, businesses, and artists who are turning their passions into livelihoods and transforming their talents and skills into lives well-crafted.   We will be visiting Manufacturing Solutions for a behind-the-scenes tour of this STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) focused center specializing in research […]

Family—Get ready for an out of this world story + tinker time perfect for families wanting to read, tinker, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math). We’ll hatch aliens, catapult candy pumpkins, and more in this HallowedSTEAM tinker time. Recommended for ages 5+.

This program has been cancelled.

Children—Welcome to potions class! Have fun mixing, stirring, and exploring science through fizzy, gooey, and bubbling experiments. Wear your play clothes. For grades K-5.

Join Dr. Jeffrey Delbert at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library for a presentation that explores facts and how we learn about them.  This talk will elaborate on modern information cycles and media literacy by discussing aspects of how we come to know facts and the public’s consumption of such facts. Dr. Delbert will also explain methods […]

Adults – The Page Burners Book Club is Hickory Public Library’s BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) traveling book club. Each participant reads a book of their choosing and shares with the group. For October, we will meet at the Barley Market, a new local business located at 109 Government Ave SW, Hickory, NC 28602. No […]

Teen & Adult – Our popular barn quilt program is back with a spooky twist! Create a festive barn quilt to add to your Halloween décor. We will use acrylic paint so plan to wear clothes you can get messy. All supplies will be provided. Registration required. Registration opens 2 weeks before the event.

Adults - Join us for a meeting of the Open Door Book Club.  The selection for October is Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle. No registration required. 

All Ages—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. 

Teen 13-17 - Anime, Manga, and Cosplay fans are invited to a Halloween edition of our monthly club! We will make headbands and animal ears to add to your cosplay collection.    No registration required.

Adult – Join Dede Starnes, TwinKnits, as she shares a simple pattern and crochet techniques to create adorable mini-pumpkins perfect for gifting and decorating. We will provide basic supplies for participants to complete this beginner friendly project and provide ideas for how to use the crochet techniques to create other projects. There will be crochet […]

Adult – Get spooky with author Dan Sellers from Greensboro, NC. Sellers is the co-author of the book Carolina Haints: Ghosts, Folklore, and Mysteries of the Old North State. Carolina Haints is a podcast and book about ghost stories, folklore tales, unexplained mysteries, dark history and true crime in the Carolinas. The Carolina Haints Podcast […]

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library is offering one-on-one sessions on Ancestry.com. Topics to be covered include search strategies, types of records available and hints for finding your ancestors. Registration required and will open three weeks before the event. Call 304-0500 to register.

Teen & Adult – Learn primitive rug hooking and create a small pumpkin that you can keep or give as a gift. This is a three-part series. The first two weeks we will learn and work on our rug hooking pattern.  The third week you will learn how to finish the edges of your piece. […]

All Ages – Calling all plant enthusiasts! Join us in The Learning Lab and share your love of all things plants. Bring seeds, starts, perennials, and/or houseplants to swap and learn about phone/tablet apps you can use for plant identification and care. No registration required.

Family—Bring family, friends, or neighbors to the library to make new friends, listen to stories, and learn cool facts through hands-on tinkering in this storytime meant for all ages. This month we’ll celebrate dinosaurs through rawr-some stories and activities.

Teen & Adult – Make a journal with the library! Learn how to use Japanese side stitch to create a bookbinding. All supplies provided. Registration required.

Adult – Drop in to make your own leather gifts at your own pace. All projects are beginner friendly, but some may take more time. While supplies last.