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Gone Digital Monday | October | 6:30 pm Learn how to sign up for Kanopy, Hoopla, and NC Digital all using your library card. Want to participate in a fun reading challenge? Visit the library and pick up your Gone Digital bookmark. If you check out 1 item from Kanopy, Hoopla, and NC Digital in the month of October, you win a coupon for a free book from the library Friends Book Store. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Wine Cork Fall Pumpkin Craft Tuesday | October 5 | 6 pm Get your fall decorations started early by creating a set of pumpkins made from recycled wine corks. After gluing your corks, you’ll adorn your pumpkin with vines and leaves and paint. All materials will be provided. These pumpkins make great gifts! The program is free but space is limited so registration is required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Help! We Decided to Homeschool! Now What? Thursday | October 7 | 7 pm Have you decided to homeschool your children but feel a little lost in the process? Local author, life-long Catawba Valley resident, and homeschooling aficionado Tami Fox is here to help. Learn about local homeschool communities, family mission statements, support groups, and more at this free program. Registration is required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Senior Bingo and Brain Games Monday | October 11 | 10 am Join us at the library on the second Monday of each month for mind stimulating brain games and bingo. The emphasis of Senior Trivia and Bingo is to have fun in a friendly environment. Our casual and relaxed pace makes it perfect for people of all playing levels. Bring friends or join us on your own and meet new people in our community. Sponsored by the Friends of Hickory Public Library. Registration not required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Preparing Your Houseplants for Winter Monday | October 11 | 6:30 pm Join April Tyner from the local business and plant boutique Life Doesn’t Succ and learn how to prepare your houseplants for winter. Participants are welcome to bring a plant they have questions about as well as a pot for replanting. April will teach how to repot your plant and give instruction about care for your houseplants. If you have questions about what kind of pot to bring, email April Tyner april@lifedoesntsucc.com. The program is free but space is limited so registration is required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Senior Story Club Monday | October 18 | 10 am Join us at the library on Monday, October 18 for a time of sharing short stories and poems with an autumn theme. The stories and poems will be read aloud and audience participation is encouraged. Bring friends or join us on your own and meet new people in our community. Registration not required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Check Out Kanopy Monday | October 18 | 6:30 pmThere are many wonderful things you can do with your library card! Have you checked out Kanopy? Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service offering movies, film, documentaries, and children’s shows all free when you use your library card. Register for this online program and we will send you a link to the live Zoom program. on is required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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VayaHealth Training Sessions Thursday | October 21 | 10 am–11 pm Join the staff of Vayahealth at the library for 2 programs on Thursday October 21 at 10 am. An evidence-based discussion of “Schizophrenia: Psychosis: Can this be real?” at 10 am and “The Many Faces of Antipsychotic Medications” at 11 am. The programs are free but space is limited. Registration is required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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VayaHealth Training Sessions Thursday | October 21 | 11 am–12 pm Join the staff of Vayahealth at the library for 2 programs on Thursday October 21 at 10 am. An evidence-based discussion of “Schizophrenia: Psychosis: Can this be real?” at 10 am and “The Many Faces of Antipsychotic Medications” at 11 am. The programs are free but space is limited. Registration is required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Open Door Book Club Wednesday | October 27 | 3:30 pm Join us for a meeting of the Open Door Book Club. The selection for October is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon. Books will be available for sign out after at the September meeting. Registration not required. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Page Burners Book Club Tuesday | October 26 | 6:30 pm Meet us at Craft Beer Cellar, 109 Government Avenue for our traveling book group. Each month we will meet out and about around Hickory, visiting various locations and supporting local businesses. Please read whatever book you would like and come ready to discuss with others. Registration not required. Craft Beer Cellar, 109 Government Avenue
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Story Time Tuesdays and Wednesdays | 10 am Share the joy of children’s literature through stories, rhymes and songs for children 3 and up. Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Hallow-Read Spook-tacular Challenge October 1-October 31 The library invites all youth to participate in a trick or treating reading challenge. Sign up at hickorync.beanstack.org/reader365; read 600 minutes during the month of October, and when you’ve completed your minutes, come in for a trick or treating surprise grab bag. Feel free to dress in costume when you pick up your prize! Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Halloween Torch Craft Saturday, October 16 | 2 pm Ages 8-12 Join us at the library to create your own light-up skull or flame torch using simple circuitry and led bulbs. Space is limited (10). Registration is required Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
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Patrick Beaver Memorial Library 375 Third Street NE 828-304-0500
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Ridgeview Branch Library 706 1st Street SW 828-345-6037
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