Crime Reads Book Club: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

In every person's story, there is something to hide... The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four […]

Origami Workshop: Christmas Ornaments

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Join us for a free evening of learning the art of folding origami Christmas tree ornaments! We will make a beautiful Christmas tree, a stocking with candy cane, teardrop Ms. Shirley and Ms. Emily will be back to teach us the necessary steps to create our own beautiful holiday ornaments.

Fiction Addiction Book Club: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic […]

Paint & Sip Night (Adults and Teens)

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Join us as we welcome local artist Jennifer Kring (https://jennifer94496.wixsite.com/jenniferkring) who will teach us the basics of painting a winter watercolor scene at the library. We will sip sparkling grape juice, listen to holiday music and create a winter painting for you to take home. All materials will be provided and this event is capped […]

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Long Term Forum

City Hall​ 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, United States

Join the library with Thrivent Financial for a Long Term Care Forum to provide essential information to members of our community on planning for the future including the financial and healthcare aspects of aging. This forum will serve as a "one-stop-shop" to gather info from representatives in the areas of Medicare, nursing, mobility, legal and […]

The Great Cookie War

City Hall​ 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, United States

Our first cookie decorating contest! So bring out the judges and grab the icing and sprinkles for an all out war! Cookies & decorating supplies provided by the Library. Participants will each receive a blank cookie and have a 20-minute timed window to decorate their cookie according to several set themes of their choosing. Members […]

Crime Reads Book Club: We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

We Were Never Here” by Andrea Bartz is an involving domestic thriller; there are not too many surprises for anyone who reads a lot in the genre, but a tight plot and taut pacing makes it hard to put down. Kristen and Emily have been best friends since college. Both had solitary upbringings, and they […]

Adult Craft: Knotted Ribbon Wreaths

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Join us for our December's Adult Craft on Tuesday, December 12th from 5:00-6:15 PM. We will be making mini hand-knotted ribbon wreaths in festive holiday ribbon. These are perfect to hang in a window, on a bedroom door or wherever you need to add a little Christmas cheer in your home. All supplies will be […]

Fiction Addiction Book Club: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the […]

Winter-Palooza

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

This program is open to all ages! Looking for something to do over the holiday break to beat the Winter blues? It’s cold outside -- so visit us inside the warm library for a Winter-themed movie, a super cool craft and snacks! We will show the adorable Academy Award Winning family film, Happy Feet on […]

Crime Reads Book Club: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

Library Meeting Room 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.” New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at […]