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Outside Stretch-n-Grow Storytime

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Kids ages 3 and up are invited to join the library and certified fitness instructors from Stretch-n-Grow for a stretchy, awesome, cardio-infused storytime! Please bring a towel/blanket/yoga mat, wear comfortable clothing, and get ready to move, stretch, and listen to stories, while focusing on flexibility, strength, and literacy. No registration required. Participants will be asked […]

Grub Club

Taft Broome Park 115 7th Ave SW, Hickory

All youth are invited to join the Grub Club! We’ll meet each Tuesday afternoon at the picnic shelter at Taft Broome Park to do a fun STEAM activity and enjoy a bag lunch. Free lunch is available at Brown Penn Recreation Center (or bring your own). In the event of unfavorable weather, activities will be […]

Page Burners Book Club

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Join us for our traveling book group! This month we will meet at the Glenn Hilton Park Shelter #1. Bring your own dinner and whatever book you read to share with the rest of the group. 

Page Burners Book Club

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Meet us around town for our traveling book group. Please read whatever book you would like and come ready to discuss with others. Registration not required.  Tues. | June 28 | 6:30pm – Location to be announced Tues. | July 28 | 6:30pm – Location to be announcedTues. | August 30 | 6:30pm Hickory Museum […]

Story Time

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Families with pre-school aged children are invited for stories and songs. A take-home craft will be provided for each child who attends.    

Event Series Open Door Book Club

Open Door Book Club

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Join us for a meeting of the Open Door Book Club on the 4th Wednesday of each month.  The selection for June is Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel, For July, the group will read Varina by Charles Fraser and in August the selection is Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Books will be available for […]

Soap Bubble Circus

Taft Broome Park 115 7th Ave SW, Hickory

The Soap Bubble Circus is a one-of-a-kind, amazing and educational experience – Steve is the Ringmaster and the Bubbles are the performers. Mixing comedy, music and interactive bubble-magic, The Soap Bubble Circus is a fun and exciting bubble show for all ages.

Shark Week Education Adventure

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Join the Hickory Public Library and the Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism department for an afternoon of shark themed education and adventure! Drop in anytime between 1:30-3:30 to practice your excavation skills by hunting for real fossils and shark teeth, watch a live feed of an underwater shark camera, learn about different kinds of […]

Hickory Ballet and Performance Arts Presents the Little Mermaid

Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Dive deep into your creativity and join Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts under the sea, for an exciting look at the classic fairy tale, “The Little Mermaid.” We will read excerpts from the original work by Hans Christian Anderson, sing along with popular songs from the musical, learn a short dance! Come make a splash […]

Free

Hickory Ballet and Performance Arts Presents the Little Mermaid

Ridgeview Branch Library 706 1st St SW, HICKORY, NC, United States

Dive deep into your creativity and join Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts under the sea, for an exciting look at the classic fairy tale, “The Little Mermaid.” We will read excerpts from the original work by Hans Christian Anderson, sing along with popular songs from the musical, learn a short dance! Come make a splash […]

Free

Open gym, Pickleball and Exercise Class schedules are subject to change.

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