Library

Adults – The Page Burners Book Club is Hickory Public Library’s BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) traveling book club. Each month we meet at a new location around Hickory.  Group members read a book of their choosing to share at the meeting. This month we will meet at Parkway House Restaurant. No registration required.  

Adult Genealogist Rhonda Roederer will teach you how to find old family photographs even if the only copies exist outside of your own family. You’ll learn about the history of photography as well as how to discover hidden clues in old photographs. No registration required.

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. For June, Bullitt, 1968. American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Peter Yates, starring Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset.  […]

June 1-7 is National CPR and AED Awareness Week! Catawba Valley Health System’s Health First Center and Patrick Beaver Memorial Library are pleased to support the American Heart Association and its important mission to increase survival from cardiac arrest. Stop in any time between 10am-12pm and learn the lifesaving skills of Hands-Only CPR and general […]

The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. This fun opportunity will help build fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Registration required. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Please remember to arrive five minutes […]

The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. This fun opportunity will help build fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Registration required. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Please remember to arrive five minutes […]

All Ages Be the first to make your mark on our 2023 Summer Learning Community Mural. Learn about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and create your own unique graffiti style tag.

All Together Now we can have a tote-ally awesome summer. Sign-up for our Summer Learning Program and decorate your canvas bag to take home books all summer long! Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

All ages All Together Now we can have a tote-ally awesome summer. Sign-up for our Summer Learning Program and decorate your canvas bag to take home books all summer long!

Family Bright Star Theatre brings to life the stories of Greek storyteller Aesop including “The Tortoise and the Hare,” “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” and “The Lion and the Mouse”. These charming tales are brimming with audience participation and are guaranteed to leave audiences of all ages rolling in the aisles with delight! No registration […]

This program has been cancelled but will be offered again on June 20th at the Ridgeview Branch Library.   All ages Fathers & father figures are invited to bring their daughters to the library to learn basic hair styles and hair care with the Cosmetology students from Catawba Valley Community College. Please bring any preferred […]

All Ages Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism and Hickory Public Library have teamed up to bring you Hickory Hikers! Our next adventure is Wednesday, June 7 at 9am at Glenn Hilton Park. Hickory Hikers is open to all ages and experience levels but children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an […]

Family Sharon Clarke will use her magical storytelling and engaging folk music to teach children about the world, new ideas, and the magic of books. No registration required/limited to the first 75.

Family All Together Now we can have a tote-ally awesome summer. Sign-up for our Summer Learning Program and decorate your canvas bag to take home books all summer long. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the 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 June is The Shifting Narrative of Black Art. No registration is required. Second Floor, Hickory Museum of Art

Family Poetry springs hilariously to life as soon as Matt Sandbank's shadow puppets hit the screen! A Wild Goose Chase introduces the fun and whimsy of poetry with a collection of short, interactive skits.  Audience members will help Matt create rhythms, images, and even a whole poem or two, and they will soon be heading […]

Children This mini-series class will focus on the introductory steps to Classical Ballet.  Learn ballet terminology, dance techniques and a few of ballet’s most famous stories. Join us for one or all classes! Dance experience is welcome, but not necessary.

Children Investigate the fascinating world of rocks, gems, and minerals with The Schiele Museum! Learn some identification and sorting techniques to find, examine, and classify minerals. Treasure-seekers get to keep the gemstones they find. Registration is required and will open 3 weeks before the event. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library (outside breezeway)

Children Investigate the fascinating world of rocks, gems, and minerals with The Schiele Museum! Learn some identification and sorting techniques to find, examine, and classify minerals. Treasure-seekers get to keep the gemstones they find. Registration is required and will open 3 weeks before the event. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library (outside breezeway)

Ages 7 and up Learn about the anatomy of crawly creatures and make butterfly rings, fuzzy bugs that light up, and more! No registration required.

Adult Celebrate Black Music Month with soul line dancing. Soul line dancing is choreographed dance moves that you do in a group, without a partner to music such as R&B, hip-hop, soul and contemporary hits. Come show us what you’ve got and pick up a few moves from the Ridgeview Sliders while you’re here. Music […]

All Together Now we can have a tote-ally awesome summer. Sign-up for our Summer Learning Program and decorate your canvas bag to take home books all summer long! 

Children & Teens In 1890 the US heard its first Black commercial recording artist. Celebrate Black Music Month and enjoy the beautiful range of Black music from Country to Rap while painting CD’s to take home and contributing to the All Together Community Mural. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

CANCELLED: This event has been cancelled. Please watch the library's calendar for future events. Teen Hand stitch and paint a custom zippered pouch with recycled Tyvek mailing envelopes.  We’ll decorate them as boomboxes or cassettes in honor of Black Music Month. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

All Ages Celebrate Black Music Month and play the music trivia game Lyrically Correct! Enjoy music, snacks, prizes and most of all quality time with each other.

Teen Music is all around us! Together let’s pick out the sounds of our community and remix them to create our very own sound bites, rings tones and more in honor of Black Music Month.

Adult Authors Gloria Coppola and Linda Krider will discuss co-authoring the recently published book, Women Standing Strong Together: Stories of Surrendering to Your Authentic Self. In this book, twelve women expose their vulnerability, their pain, their truth, their intuitive guidance and insights that led to the courage it has taken to go from the depths […]

Adult Join the staff of VayaHealth for two training sessions. “OCD: Thought-Behavior Cycle” will begin at 10 am and will focus on obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and evidence-based treatment options.  “PTSD: Healing the Emotional World” will begin at 11 am. This presentation defines Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and reviews the impact of trauma. Treatment options and self-care […]

Ages 7 and up Mushrooms are pretty Fun-gis! Learn all about fantastic fungi with a hands-on craft, mushroom growing blocks, and more! Learn the growth cycle of a mushroom, dissect one to learn the anatomy, and look at it under a microscope! Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event. Hickory Public […]

Children This mini-series class will focus on the introductory steps to Classical Ballet.  Learn ballet terminology, dance techniques and a few of ballet’s most famous stories. Join us for one or all classes! Dance experience is welcome, but not necessary.

Family Get ready for science experiments! In this action-packed story, two unlikely heroes work together to save their town (and the planet) from a super-polluting mastermind! Throughout the adventure, volunteers will help the performer conduct exciting science experiments that bring this story to life! Together we’ll explore Newton’s Laws of Motion, air pressure, chemical reactions, […]

Teen In 1890 the US heard its first Black commercial recording artist. Learn and enjoy the journey through the Black music of the decades while painting in honor of Black Music Month.

Adult Leticia Nichols will teach a cooking class that discusses the role of nutrition and diet in dementia and Alzheimer's disease 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 […]

All ages Join us as we commemorate Juneteenth! Community members will share stories and memories of how the Ridgeview community shaped and continues to influence them.

All Ages Learn how to make easy dog treats at home and leave with a bag of treats for your pup! This recipe requires the use of peanut butter. Registration is required.

Family Together let’s celebrate Juneteenth with a community-led story time! Bring your family and friends to hear stories, and enjoy music, dance, and craft as we celebrate the freedom accomplished and the freedom to come!

Ages 7 and up. Calling all superheroes! Create superhero-inspired fan art, participate in an exciting superhero trivia showdown, and bring your comics and graphic novels for the ultimate comic swap event. Dress in character for a fun photo booth opportunity! Ages 7 and up. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

Family Puppies, kittens, dragons and more are up for adoption and they need to find their fur-ever home. Learn all about pets and adopt the purrrrfect plush pet for you! Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

All ages Fathers & father figures are invited to bring their daughters to the library to learn basic hair styles and hair care with the Cosmetology students from Catawba Valley Community College. Please bring any preferred hair products (moisturizer, hairspray, etc) and hair supplies (brush/comb, clips, hair ties, etc.) with you to the program. There […]

Family Meet Officer Null for a special community helpers story time with Hickory Police Department! We will have stories, a cool police car to check out, songs and more! No registration required/limited to the first 75.

Children Calling all STEAMers! Join local non-profit organization Let Me STEAM for summer fun while exploring the world of pets through science, technology, engineering, art, and math.  For children in Grades K-5.

Family Roll ‘em up and enjoy! Local bakery HomeSliced will teach kids and their adult through a fun and healthy ‘how-to cook’ southwestern eggrolls class. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

All ages Bang a drum, tap a tambourine, or shake maracas. Hickory Music Factory will offer budding musicians the chance to learn about and play a variety of instruments.

Family Catawba Science Center is bringing some of their favorite animals to the library! All Together explore habitats and biomes and learn about the interconnectedness of life. Explore the symbiotic relationships that create balance in the living world and meet CSC’s animal ambassadors, including reptiles and invertebrates. Learn how you can support conservation efforts for […]

Teen and Adult Make a furry friend feel loved with handmade bandanas! Participants will make one bandana to be donated to a local shelter and one to take home. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event. Hickory Public Library card required to register.

The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. This fun opportunity will help build fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Registration required. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Please remember to arrive five minutes […]

The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. This fun opportunity will help build fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Registration required. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Please remember to arrive five minutes […]

Adult & Teen In this fun and improvisational course from Creativebug you will learn how to make expressive, exciting animal portraits in Jennifer Mercede’s signature style. Pick or bring your ideal pet portrait and together we will use blind contour drawing to free us from the restrictions of perfection. Registration is required and will open […]

Family Puppies, kittens, dragons and more are up for adoption and they need to find their fur-ever home. Learn all about pets and adopt the purrrrfect plush pet for you! Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

All Ages  Learn about the idiosyncrasies of one of nature’s best pollinators-bees! These fuzzy, buzzy, wonderful little insects are amazing stewards of our environment. Learn from Catawba Valley Beekeepers Assocation how important bees are to our world in this bee-tastic program (and maybe even taste some local honey).  Patrick Beaver Memorial Library   No registration required/limited […]

Teens Create your own pinch pot with Mud Mamas Studio in this hands-on program. Be ready to be messy. Participants will be asked to return to the library to pick up creations later in the week. Registration required. Registration opens 3 weeks in advance.

Adult & Teen Learn a new recipe! Staff from the YMCA will guide you through cooking a nutritious meal using seasonal ingredients. Appropriate for ages 16 and up. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

The library invites young readers to improve their reading skills by reading to a licensed therapy dog. This fun opportunity will help build fluency and confidence. Sign up for a half hour appointment to start your Paws journey. Registration required. Caregivers are required to stay in room during the appointment. Please remember to arrive five minutes […]

Family Hear stories, check out a cool fire truck, and meet Pluggie, the fire department's special helper in this special story time with Hickory Fire Department! No registration required/limited to the first 75.

Teen Make your own felt animal pocket pals! Pick from a few provided patterns or create your own mini creature. You’ll also learn a few decorative embroidery stitches to give your pal some personality. Registration is required and will open three weeks before the event.

Adult The club will conclude its participation in the North Carolina Reads series with the June selection Step It Up and Go by David Menconi. A limited number of books are available for pickup at the 2nd floor service desk. No registration required.

Frank Morrison, award winning author, artist, the 2023 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award recipient, and this year’s Summer Learning Program’s featured artist will walk audience through a drawing demonstration.

The marriage of image to text is as complex as it is harmonious. Join author, artist, Frank Morrison, the 2023 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award recipient and this year’s Summer Learning Program’s featured artist as he teaches us the path of picture book creation.

Family All Together let’s rock with Big Bang Boom!, a kiddie rock band, in a fun and family-friendly rock concert suitable for even the youngest rock stars in the family. No registration required/limited to the first 75.