Forsyth County Public Library: Weekly Program Planner: February 22, 2024

Weekly Program Planner

Featured library events happening through February 23, 2024

For a full list of all events, please visit our online Events Calendar.

Jackie Robinson

A Bright Star Theatre Production

For Ages Kindergarten and Up

Friday, February 16, 2024

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Sharon Forks Library

Learn about a real-life hero and the power of his inpiring persistence and determination in the face of adversity. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in professional baseball, during this live children's theatre production.

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Atlanta Celebrates 50 Years of Hip Hop

For High School Students and Adults

Saturday, February 17, 2024

2:00–3:30 p.m.

Sharon Forks Library

Celebrate 50 years of Hip-Hop and hear some samples too! Join GSU archivist Brittany Newberry and professor Booker W. Edwards, Jr. as they discuss the history of Hip Hop artists and music, film, and other media—particularly in Atlanta—and Hip Hop's influence on music and popular culture.

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National Black Radio Hall of Fame

For Adults

Sunday, February 18, 2024

3:00–4:30 p.m.

Cumming Library

Don't miss this chance to learn about the history of Black radio and the first Black-owned radio station in Atlanta, founded in 1949. Enjoy a display of broadcasting equipment and actual radio artifacts from the 50s and 60s and meet those who worked with the pioneers of Black radio!

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Facts in Fiction–Tennessee Children's Home Society

Forsyth Reads Together

For Adults

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

7:00–8:00 p.m.

Post Road Library

Join UNG professor Heather Murray to learn about the facts in Lisa Wingate's novel Before We Were Yours, including a black market adoption scheme with the Tennessee Children's Home Society.

Be sure to save your seat for this year's unforgettable Forsyth Reads Together event: An Evening with Lisa Wingate presented in partnership with FCPL Friends & Advocates and the Forsyth County Arts Alliance.

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Teen Career Exploration

For Grades 6 and Up

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

6:30–7:30 p.m.

Cumming Library

Calling all teens! There are so many career opportunities to choose from when you graduate from high school or college. Learn from a panel of professionals what they do, and how they got there.

This week's program panel:

Dr. Melissa Durand, dentist at Lanier Dental Partners
Alicia Hughes with W.S. Nielsen Company, Inc. (specialty contractor)
Mark Boyd, owner of Auntie Kim's
Margaret Buell-D'Ambrosi, owner of Buell Productions (real estate photography)

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Great Decisions 2024 - High Seas Treaty

For Adults

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

7:00–8:30 p.m.

Cumming Library

We invite you to join Forsyth County Public Library and the University of North Georgia (UNG) for America's largest discussion on world affairs. This week’s topic is High Seas Treaty presented by Dr. Jon Miner.

Areas of the seas beyond national jurisdiction comprise the high seas, which are facing a degradation of ecosystems due to climate change and the increase in human activities, such as shipping, overfishing, pollution, and deep-sea mining. The recently negotiated High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty, will attempt to address these issues. How difficult will it be to convince nations to participate?

For additional information and resources on High Seas Treaty, please visit the Foreign Policy Association website.

Rescheduled:

Great Decisions 2024 - NATO's Future

For Adults

Thursday, February 22, 2024

7:00–8:30 p.m.

Cumming Library

Dr. Craig Greathouse from UNG will lead this discussion on NATO's Future.

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has come under increased scrutiny, not because NATO troops are involved in the conflict, but because of its role in relations between Russia and its neighbors. Will expanding membership in NATO protect countries, or will it further provoke Russia?

For additional information and resources on NATO’s Future, please visit the Foreign Policy Association website.

Click here for a full listing of upcoming

Great Decisions topics for 2024.

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Ready, Set, Preschool!

For Ages 3 to 5

Friday, February 23, 2024

11:00–12:00 a.m.

Hampton Park Library

Join us every Friday for a morning of learning through play! Help your child get school-ready with fun activities to promote early learning and development. Each month we will offer a variety of early literacy, STEAM, music and hands-on early learning station activities with a focus on school readiness as well as social and cognitive development.

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