LEGO HOUR
Join us for free-form LEGO building every other Thursday afternoon, at 3:30pm! All ages 5 and up are welcome, but anyone under 10 years old will need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
LEGO is provided. Please leave your personal bricks at home.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Family Fun. Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5).
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, April 26, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. One Book, One Buncombe Author Event with Brendan Slocumb
Buncombe County Public Library started our inaugural countywide book club called One Book, One Buncombe this spring. The vision for this communal effort is to have as many people as possible read, discuss, meditate, and ultimately have the shared experience of collectively reading the same book this spring.
Our first One Book, One Buncombe selection has been The Violin Conspiracy by North Carolina-based author Brendan Slocumb. Hundreds of people all across the county have been reading this thought provoking novel in March and April, and a wide selection of programs have been well attended.
One Book, One Buncombe 2024 will culminate with a free community event featuring author Brendan Slocumb on Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. This event will take place at Ferguson Auditorium at AB Tech. 19 Tech Drive, Asheville, 28801. Admission is free and everyone is welcome! No advance registration is required to attend this program. Seating will be first come, first served.
Slocumb will speak about the book and sign books…
Phone: (828) 250-4700. Email: jen.waite@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Literature. Online Programs. Author Event. Book Club. Age Group: Teen - (grades 6-12). Adult.
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Ferguson Auditorium
AB Tech Community College
19 Tech Drive
Asheville, NC.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, May 3, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Skyland Library Knitting & Crochet Club
Bring your needles or your hooks and join us for some friendly company as you work on your current project. No registration necessary; just come by the Skyland Library community room with a love of yarn!
Please note this is not a class -- we welcome knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, but there might not be anyone on hand to teach the basics if you've never tried before. Feel free to come and chat or observe, though!
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Arts & Crafts. Age Group: Adult.
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. LEGO HOUR
Join us for free-form LEGO building every other Thursday afternoon, at 3:30pm! All ages 5 and up are welcome, but anyone under 10 years old will need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
LEGO is provided. Please leave your personal bricks at home.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Family Fun. Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5).
Thursday, May 9, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Library Advisory Board Meeting
Library Advisory Board
Agenda , Minutes, The Library Advisory Board generally meets on the first Thursday of every other month at 6:30pm at a library or online. Please check the calendar just prior to the bi-monthly meeting to make sure the meeting hasn't been cancelled, postponed or moved.
Watch the live stream or meeting recording and review meeting presentations here: https://engage.buncombecounty.org/libraryadvisoryboard.
Thursday, May 9, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Pack Memorial Library
67 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801.
For more info visit engage.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, May 10, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Introduction to Pollinators
This presentation is designed for adults and assumes no prior knowledge of pollinators. You’ll learn about pollination and pollinators overall, as well as the most common pollinators in Western North Carolina. These topics are followed by a discussion of conservation concerns and simple steps you can take to help pollinators. The session wraps up with the fascinating concept of pollination syndromes and how you can use them to participate in pollinator conservation.
This presentation is brought to you by the Bee City – Asheville (BCA) Leadership Committee and is given by Athena Rayne Anderson, Ph.D. M.Ed. Athena earned her doctoral degree in 2012 from the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. Her work focused on pollination ecology, especially of native bees. She loves making science accessible to the public and is founder and Chair of the BCA Presentations Subcommittee. This group is dedicated to ensuring monthly pollinator presentations in the Asheville area. Athena is also a Certified Poll…
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Classes. Informational. Other. Age Group: Adult.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Friends of the South Buncombe Library Book Club: The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Join us for a book discussion hosted by the Friends of the Skyland/South Buncombe Library!
This month we will be reading The Other Americans by Laila Lalami. The book is available in both physical and digital editions through Buncombe County Public Libraries, and we will also have a few extra copies to borrow at the South Buncombe branch that you can stop by and sign out.
From the publisher:
Late one spring night in California, Driss Guerraoui—father, husband, business owner, Moroccan immigrant—is hit and killed by a speeding car. The aftermath of his death brings together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer returning to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; her mother, Maryam, who still pines for her life in the old country; Efraín, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, an old friend of Nora’s and an Iraqi War veteran; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her son’s secrets;…
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Book Club. Literature. Age Group: Adult.
Thursday, May 16, 2024, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, May 17, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Skyland Library Knitting & Crochet Club
Bring your needles or your hooks and join us for some friendly company as you work on your current project. No registration necessary; just come by the Skyland Library community room with a love of yarn!
Please note this is not a class -- we welcome knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, but there might not be anyone on hand to teach the basics if you've never tried before. Feel free to come and chat or observe, though!
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Arts & Crafts. Age Group: Adult.
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. LEGO HOUR
Join us for free-form LEGO building every other Thursday afternoon, at 3:30pm! All ages 5 and up are welcome, but anyone under 10 years old will need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
LEGO is provided. Please leave your personal bricks at home.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Family Fun. Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5).
Thursday, May 23, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, May 24, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Library Closed
All Public Library Closings
Holiday Closing: All Buncombe County Public Libraries will be closed.
Location: All Branch Locations. Phone: 828-250-4700. Email: library@buncombecounty.org.
Monday, May 27, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, May 31, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Skyland Library Knitting & Crochet Club
Bring your needles or your hooks and join us for some friendly company as you work on your current project. No registration necessary; just come by the Skyland Library community room with a love of yarn!
Please note this is not a class -- we welcome knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, but there might not be anyone on hand to teach the basics if you've never tried before. Feel free to come and chat or observe, though!
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Arts & Crafts. Age Group: Adult.
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Reptile and Amphibian Encounters - ecoEXPLORE
Join us for Reptile and Amphibian Encounters during herpetology season for the NC Arboretum's ecoEXPLORE program!
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Notice - Description: Join us for Reptile and Amphibian Encounters during herpetology season for the NC Arboretum's ecoEXPLORE program! Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Age Group: Preschool - (ages 3-5). School Age - (grades K-5).
Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, June 7, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. LEGO HOUR
Join us for free-form LEGO building every other Thursday afternoon, at 3:30pm! All ages 5 and up are welcome, but anyone under 10 years old will need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
LEGO is provided. Please leave your personal bricks at home.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Family Fun. Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5).
Thursday, June 13, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, June 14, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Skyland Library Knitting & Crochet Club
Bring your needles or your hooks and join us for some friendly company as you work on your current project. No registration necessary; just come by the Skyland Library community room with a love of yarn!
Please note this is not a class -- we welcome knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, but there might not be anyone on hand to teach the basics if you've never tried before. Feel free to come and chat or observe, though!
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Arts & Crafts. Age Group: Adult.
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Library Closed
All Public Library Closings
Holiday Closing: All Buncombe County Public Libraries will be closed.
Location: All Branch Locations. Phone: 828-250-4700. Email: library@buncombecounty.org.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Friends of the South Buncombe Library Book Club: The Wager by David Grann
Join us for a book discussion hosted by the Friends of the Skyland/South Buncombe Library!
This month we will be reading The Wager by David Grann. The book is available in both physical and digital editions through Buncombe County Public Libraries, and we will also have a few extra copies to borrow at the South Buncombe branch that you can stop by and sign out.
From the publisher:
On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s ship The Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, The Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The crew, marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2,500 miles of…
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Book Club. Literature. Age Group: Adult.
Thursday, June 20, 2024, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, June 21, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. LEGO HOUR
Join us for free-form LEGO building every other Thursday afternoon, at 3:30pm! All ages 5 and up are welcome, but anyone under 10 years old will need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
LEGO is provided. Please leave your personal bricks at home.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Family Fun. Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5).
Thursday, June 27, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, June 28, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Library Closed
All Public Library Closings
Holiday Closing: All Buncombe County Public Libraries will be closed.
Location: All Branch Locations. Phone: 828-250-4700. Email: library@buncombecounty.org.
Thursday, July 4, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, July 5, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Skyland Library Knitting & Crochet Club
Bring your needles or your hooks and join us for some friendly company as you work on your current project. No registration necessary; just come by the Skyland Library community room with a love of yarn!
Please note this is not a class -- we welcome knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, but there might not be anyone on hand to teach the basics if you've never tried before. Feel free to come and chat or observe, though!
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Arts & Crafts. Age Group: Adult.
Saturday, July 6, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. LEGO HOUR
Join us for free-form LEGO building every other Thursday afternoon, at 3:30pm! All ages 5 and up are welcome, but anyone under 10 years old will need to be accompanied by a caregiver.
LEGO is provided. Please leave your personal bricks at home.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Family Fun. Age Group: School Age - (grades K-5).
Thursday, July 11, 2024, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Library Advisory Board Meeting
Library Advisory Board
Agenda , Minutes, The Library Advisory Board generally meets on the first Thursday of every other month at 6:30pm at a library or online. Please check the calendar just prior to the bi-monthly meeting to make sure the meeting hasn't been cancelled, postponed or moved.
Watch the live stream or meeting recording and review meeting presentations here: https://engage.buncombecounty.org/libraryadvisoryboard.
Thursday, July 11, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Pack Memorial Library
67 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801.
For more info visit engage.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, July 12, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Friends of the South Buncombe Library Book Club: Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
Join us for a book discussion hosted by the Friends of the Skyland/South Buncombe Library!
This month we will be reading Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig. The book is available in both physical and digital editions through Buncombe County Public Libraries, and we will also have a few extra copies to borrow at the South Buncombe branch that you can stop by and sign out.
From the publisher:
Donal Cameron is being raised by his grandmother, the cook at the legendary Double W ranch in Ivan Doig’s beloved Two Medicine Country of the Montana Rockies, a landscape that gives full rein to an eleven-year-old’s imagination. But when Gram has to have surgery for “female trouble” in the summer of 1951, all she can think to do is to ship Donal off to her sister in faraway Manitowoc, Wisconsin. There Donal is in for a rude surprise: Aunt Kate–bossy, opinionated, argumentative, and tyrannical—is nothing like her sister. She henpecks her good-natured husband, Herman the German, and Donal can’t seem to get on her good…
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Book Club. Literature. Age Group: Adult.
Thursday, July 18, 2024, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Hora Del Cuento - Story Time
Join us for a bilingual hora del cuento (story time)! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English--fun for the whole family.
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Story Time for Kids. Age Group: Family - (children of all ages).
Friday, July 19, 2024, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org. Skyland Library Knitting & Crochet Club
Bring your needles or your hooks and join us for some friendly company as you work on your current project. No registration necessary; just come by the Skyland Library community room with a love of yarn!
Please note this is not a class -- we welcome knitters and crocheters of all skill levels, but there might not be anyone on hand to teach the basics if you've never tried before. Feel free to come and chat or observe, though!
Location: Skyland/South Buncombe Library - 260 Overlook Rd. - Asheville. Phone: (828) 250-6488. Email: skyland.library@buncombecounty.org. Event Type: Arts & Crafts. Age Group: Adult.
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
For more info visit www.buncombecounty.org.