Adult ESL Classes
 

Hoover Library offers beginner and intermediate level ESL instruction for adult speakers of other native languages. Classes are free and no registration is required. Call 444-7840 for more information.

 

Special Movie Event: 
The Best of Enemies

Join us for a free screening of The Best of Enemies (2019, PG-13, 133 min). Cosponsored by Hoover Ahead. Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration. FREE!

First Thursday Fiction Book Group
 

Bring a friend and join us to discuss The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. A desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human nature. 

 

Our book groups are a fun way to delve deeper into your love of literature by sharing it with others. Refreshments provided. For more information about the group or this month's selection, call 444-7820 or visit our website.

 

English Conversation Club
 

Informal English practice for speakers of other languages. Beginner and intermediate English speakers are welcome to join. Free! Call 444-7840 for more information.

 

Vintage Videos: Midnight Lace 
 

Join us for Midnight Lace (1960) starring Doris Day, Rex Harrison, and John Gavin. Directed by David Miller.  When the American wife of a wealthy London-based financier starts receiving frightening phone calls, she believes her life is in danger, but when she protests to her family following a near-fatal accident, they and the police doubt her claims and even her sanity. Free admission and refreshments. Call 444-7801 for more information.

 

Sunday NovelTea Fiction Book Group
 

Join us as we discuss Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart and enjoy tea and cookies. Deputy Sheriff Constance Kopp and her sister Fleurette defend the young women being brought into the 1916 Hackensack jail under dubious charges like waywardness and incorrigibility. For more information about the group or this month's selection, call 444-7820 or visit our website. 

 

Alabama Woodworkers Guild 
 

All week long, works from the Alabama Woodworkers Guild will be on display in the Friends Gallery during regular library hours. Join us on Thursday afternoon for a special reception. For more information, call 444-7888.

 

 

 

Positive Maturity 
 

Jaunita Macon will discuss how Positive Maturity uses social services and civic engagement to meet the needs of today's aging adults. A Friends business meeting will follow. Call 444-7840 for more information.

 

Second Thursday Fiction Book Group
 

Bring a friend and join us to discuss Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate. A chance encounter leads Avery Stafford to investigate her family's past and how it relates to the scandal of the Tennessee Children's Home Society Orphanage, notorious for having stolen children from poor families and offering them up for adoption to the wealthy for a price. 

 

Our book groups are a fun way to delve deeper into your love of literature by sharing it with others. Refreshments provided. For more information about the group or this month's selection, visit our website or call 444-7820.

 

Jammin' on the Plaza
 

Meet people in the local music industry and join us for an unplugged jam session. All abilities welcome--teens and adults. For more information, call 444-7821.

 

Purl on the Plaza
 

Join old friends and make new ones at this crafty meeting of fiber enthusiasts. We love to see anyone with a portable craft such as knitting, crochet, tatting, embroidery, or other needle crafts. For more information, call 444-7821, visit our website, or ask to join our Facebook group.

 

Documentary Screening: Mirage Men
 

Join us for a screening of Mirage Men (2013, 86 minutes). Former government agents discuss the UFO mythology as a powerful weapon of mass deception and the perfect cover for all clandestine technologies and operations led by the U.S. Free admission and refreshments! For more information, call 444-7840 or visit our website. 

 

Helping Hands
 

Drop in to make newspaper rolls for a local humane society. Teens and adults welcome. Call 444-7840 for more information.

 

Spanish Conversation Club
 

Practice your Spanish and celebrate the culture! All levels, from beginner to fluent, are welcome. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Some prior experience with the language is recommended. Adults only, 17+ please. For questions, call 444-7840.

 

Live on the Plaza: The Onlys
 

The Onlys play classic rock hits from the 1950s through today and will have you up and dancing in no time. FREE! Call 444-7821 for more information.

 

PUSH Presents: Dracula
 

PUSH Physical Theatre's adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel, Dracula, is like nothing audiences have ever seen before. By combining the company's speechless artistry with traditional dialogue-driven theatre, the collaborators have created a groundbreaking, thrilling and unforgettable ride into the warped world of one of literature's most famous villains in a spellbinding, cinematic-like masterpiece. 

 

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit our website or contact The Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888.

 

Insatiable Readers: India
 

Feed your need for nonfiction titles and bookish conversations while you enjoy a cup of coffee. Call 444-7840 for more information.

 

Glue Gun Gang
 

Create a big-eyed monster wreath perfect for Halloween using tulle, felt, and foam. Silly or scary? Your choice! Adults only. Free, but registration is required. Sign up using the links below or by calling 444-7840 beginning October 1. 

 

French Conversation Club
 

Practice your French and celebrate the culture! All levels, from beginner to fluent, are welcome. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Some prior experience with the language is recommended. For more information, call 444-7840.

 

Last Stop: Murder
 

Explore your inner Agatha Christie at the library's first Murder Mystery Party. Interview suspects, find clues, and solve the crime! Refreshments provided. For more information, visit our website or call 444-7801.

 

Nonfiction Book Group
 

Join us for an interesting discussion of What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe. For more information, visit our website or call 444-7840.

 

Trivia Night: Scary Movies
 

Whether you've seen every entry in every horror franchise or are just a fair-weather fan of the genre, come and test your wit for a chance at some frightfully good prizes! Play with a team or go solo. For more information, call 444-7820.

 

After Hours Spooktacular
 

Join us for ghoulish and ghastly fun at our annual festive Halloween event! Enjoy fearsome delights with some favorite friends--Scooby-Doo, Ghostbusters, and the Addams Family to name a few. Costumes are encouraged, fun is mandatory! All ages welcome. For more information, call 444-7830.

 

Write Club Presents Hank Early
 

Join Hank Early as he discusses writing his Southern Gothic Earl Marcus mysteries. A book signing will follow the program. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 444-7820.

 

Pen & Paper RPG Society
 

Come in for an afternoon of fun as we explore this awesome gaming genre! You'll create larger than life heroes; adventure through dungeons, haunted tombs, and forgotten regions of space; and defeat dark elder beings seeking to devour the world. Let us show you a new, exciting hobby! For more information, call 444-7820.

 

Funding for Your Small Business
 

With over 30 years experience in the corporate arena, Eddie Hill has helped all types of businesses achieve success. This class presents those just starting their business an opportunity to connect with a high level consultant and learn about a variety of funding sources. For more information, call 444-7816.

 

Monday at the Movies: Rope
 

Join us for Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948, PG, 80 min). Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan and Brandon Shaw strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzche-inspired philisophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcomes their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancee and the college professor whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing. Free admission and refreshments. For more information, call 444-7820.

 

Neuroscience Cafe
 

Neuroscience Cafe is an ongoing series in which experts in the neurosciences present topics, create discussion, and answer questions for the community. Presented by the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center. For more information, call 444-7840.

 

True Crime Book Club
 

Enjoy playing armchair detective? Fascinated by cold cases? This book club is for you! Join us as we discuss Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham, the surprising true story of author Anne Perry's murder conviction as a teenager in New Zealand. For more information, call 444-7748.

 

Trick or Treat
 

Come trick or treat with us! All ages are welcome to trick or treat at each of our service desks throughout the library.

 

Computer Classes
 

The Hoover Library offers free computer classes. All classes are located in the Training Center on the Administration level. Registration is required. To sign up or find out more, visit our website, or call 444-7747.