Greenville County Library Calendar - All Events

30-minutes of stories, music and games for preschool children. Mauldin (W. Jack Greer) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Travelers Rest (Sargent) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music and games for preschool children. Mauldin (W. Jack Greer) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Greer (Jean M. Smith) Branch

Stories, rhymes and bouncing games for babies 1 mo. - 18 mos. with an adult caregiver. Hughes Main Library, Story time room

30 minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Berea (Sarah Dobey Jones) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Greer (Jean M. Smith) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Pelham Road (F. W. Symmes) Branch

Look out! Mother Goose is on the loose and ready to strengthen your baby's foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story and movement. For babies 1 month to 24 months. Attendance limited to 40. Preregistration is not required. Call 242-5000 x2248 for more information. Simpsonville (Hendricks) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Fountain Inn (Kerry Ann Younts Culp) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Pelham Road (F. W. Symmes) Branch

Look out! Mother Goose is on the loose and ready to strengthen your baby's foundation for literacy with rhymes, rhythm, repetition, story and movement. For babies 1 month to 24 months. Attendance limited to 40. Call 242-5000 x2248. Simpsonville (Hendricks) Branch

Science Station: The Science of Propulsion
Monday, May 12 • 2:00p-3:30p
Hughes Main Library, Meeting Room A
Explore the reactions that generate the energy for automobile engines and missile propulsion. Open to 6th-8th graders. Registration begins 4/11. Call 242.5000 x2247.

Interested in having a say in what goes on for teens at the library? Join our teen advisory board and share your ideas. Hughes Main Library, Story Time Room. Open to all Teens 13-18 Call 242-5000 ext. 2247 or email jbabb@greenvillelibrary.org for more information.

Grammy Award winner, Barbara Bailey Hutchison, will win your heart with her "dance in your seat, clap your hands, sing along" music. Sponsored by the Friends of the Greenville County Library System. Recommended for school age children and up. Call 242.5000 x2248 for more information. Hughes Main Library, Meeting Rooms A-C

Bring your knitting or crocheting and be prepared to discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Novice to intermediate welcome. Call 877-8722 for more information.

You are invited to bring your grandchildren (or children) for stories, singing, and dancing. This is a new program that meets every other Saturday. Call 242.5000 x2248 for more information. Hughes Main Library, Story time room

Mother/daughter cupcake artists Vonda and Rebekah Rutland return with a new batch of designs. Mother with child, ages 7 and up. $10 materials fee per pair includes cupcakes and a decorating kit to keep. Registration begins April 14. Call Staci at 277-0161. Augusta Road (Ramsey Family) Branch

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo as we explore Mexico through songs, stories, and games. For ages 5-11. Call 242-5000 x2248 to register. Hughes Main Library, Story time room

Guided play focuses on the imagination and fosters the development of thinking, language, social, and physical skills. Enter our world of imagination. Begin with a story that leads to pretend play. Ages 2-5. Registration begins 4/9. Call 242-5000 x2248 to register. Hughes Main Library, Meeting Room A

The library's website has been redesigned. Learn how to use its key features, old and new, and access a wealth of information. Pre-registration required and space is limited. Call 242-5000 x.2219 for more information and to register.

Atonement by Ian McEwen will be discussed. Call 834-3650 for more information.

Travelers Rest (Sargent) Branch

Between the Tides by Patti Callahan Henry will be discussed. Call 862-2576 for more information.

Fountain Inn (Kerry Ann Younts Culp) Branch

An in-depth tour and orientation for those wishing to learn what materials can be found in the SC Room and how to locate family information. Personalized genealogical or historical research help will be available after the tour. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, please contact Susan Boyd at 242-5000 x.2261.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald will be discussed. Call 963-9031 for more information.

Simpsonville (Hendricks) Branch

Join Jori Erdman, associate professor and director of Clemson University's graduate architecture program as she discusses her research. AIA continuing education credit is possible. Free and open to the public. Call 527-9293 for more information.

In conjunction with the AIA America's Favorite Architecture exhibit, participants ages 8 to 12 will design their own building and negotiate with other "architects" to develop a plan for the new "Cardboard City." Free and open to the public. Call 527-9293 for more information. Hughes Main Library

This six-week class is for those who have never had Spanish or have had limited exposure and and want to learn the basics for communication. Thursdays, April 3 - May 8. 12 hours of instruction. $50 for library card holders and seniors, $60 for the general public. $10 text book. Preregistration is required. Call Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County Schools for more information and to register: 355-6059.

Augusta Road (Ramsey Family) Branch

This six-week class is for those who have taken Survical Spanish Level One, or have some Spanish knowledge and wish to continue learning to communicate. Mondays, April 7 - May 12. 12 hours of instruction. $50 for library card holders and seniors, $60 for the general public. $10 text book. Preregistration is required. Call Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County Schools for more information and to register: 355-6059.

Mauldin (W. Jack Greer) Branch

This is a course designed for the “technologically terrified.” Learn the basics of Windows, and how to “operate” a mouse. Learn how to use toolbars, size windows, and play cards. FREE. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Contact Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County Schools for registration and more information. 355-6057.

Hughes Main Library

This is a course designed for the “technologically terrified.” Learn the basics of Windows, and how to “operate” a mouse. Learn how to use toolbars, size windows, and play cards. FREE. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Contact Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County Schools for registration and more information. 355-6057.

Hughes Main Library

This 12 hour course includes an introduction to the Desktop, using the Taskbar, using Windows Explorer, managing folders, mouse control, finding, saving, and sorting documents, and disk management. April 29 - May 2. Cost: $60 for library card holders, $50 for seniors, and $80 for the general public. Call Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County Schools at 355-6057 for registration and more information.

Hughes Main Library

This 12 hour course will teach you how to log on to the Internet; use various web browsers, bookmarks, search engines, and email; and how to find and print information on the web. April 29 - May 2. Cost: $60 for library card holders, $50 for seniors, and $80 for the general public. Call Lifelong Learning of the Greenville County Schools for registration and more information.

Hughes Main Library

Join an audience of avid history and literature fans as Will Goins, PhD and Dr. Stan Coleman lead a discussion about James Beckwourth and Black Elk. Free and open to the public. Call Greenvile Chautauqua at 244-1499 for more information.

Celebrate Travelers Rest's Bicentennial with the third in a series of programs about local history and people. Learn more about one of Travelers Rest's hometown heries, Randy Hawkins, internationally-known motocross champion. Call 834-3650.

Travelers Rest (Sargent) Branch

Berea ( Sarah Dobey Jones ) Branch- Lady on the Hill: How the Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon by Charles Covington will be discussed. Call 246-1695.

Jazz Vocalists

Join Dr. Matt Olson, jazz musician and professor from Furman University as he leads the third of five film and discussion programs. Watch and discuss the film Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday. Free and open to the public. Call 527-9293 for more information.

Hughes Main Library

Summer Reading begins with Bug-A-Baloo. This year's theme for children ages 0-12 is Catch the Reading Bug. Be the first to register. Enter our raffle for prizes, play games and meet Booker, the library squirrel and the Chick-fil-A cow. This program was sponsored in part by Russell and Chick-fil-A. Hughes Main Library, Meeting Rooms A-C.

In this five-week class, students will study and apply career assessment and planning, job searches, and employability skills in preparation for transition to the workplace. Resource materials and computer access provided. Presented in cooperation with Greenville Tech and The Bridge Tech.

Wednesdays, May 14 - June 11. This class is free, but space is limited and registration begins April 14. Call Mary Springle at 277-0161 for more information and to register.

Augusta Road (Ramsey Family) Branch

Explore children's literature using music, song, and dance. Ages 2-5 with an adult caregiver. Hughes Main Library, Story time room

I Sit and ThinkBy JRR Tolkien I sit beside the fire and thinkof all that I have seen,of meadow-flowers and butterfliesin summers that have been; Of yellow leaves and gossamerin autumns that there were,with morning mist and silver sunand wind upon my hair. I sit beside the fire and thinkof how the world will bewhen winter comes without a springthat I shall never see. For still there are so many thingsthat I have never seen:in every wood in every springthere is a different green. I sit beside the fire and thinkof people long ago,and people who will see a worldthat I shall never know. But all the while I sit and thinkof times there were before,I listen for returning feetand voices at the door.

The Second Childby Deborah Garrison You see I toowas second in order. Two. Before you arrivedfor a time I cried nightly at the fattening, spelling the endof our tight, well-tended trio. The carefully scheduled blissof bath and bed-luxurious brace of both to read a single book,darting between us, her drinking-all-in, wee weighty look, her finger-gesture toward some new developmental toyor crystal bit of babble our post-crib nightcap, rehashed joy... now no rehash, littler miss,of your airy imitation of her searing kiss: down babyhood's brief corridor you disappear behindher, the master dancer, your tutor in body and mind; you not just child but sister. And whileshe-so fierce, perversely proud- will be not child but childhood's star, and pound the trailand suffer in her art and, -, refuse to fail (you see it hurts, I love her so), you will carelessly, sly, my sidelong darling, go after: first toddling understudy, then patiently aslanttoward something other, invited by a glint i can't discount. When your delighted eyesdance at her back, assess the scene, i surmise the end, and your meansto it. Like me- for now I see, you showed me-you'll be happy.

Phenomenal Woman
by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me...

A Library (for Kelli Martin)
by Nikki Giovanni from Acolytes, 2007.

a Library is:
a place to be free
to be in space
to be in cave times
to be a cook
to be in love
to be unhappy
to be quick and smart
to be contained and cautious
to surf the rainbow
to sail the dreams
to be blue
to be jazz
to be wonderful
to be you
a place to be
yeah…to be

Friends of the Library Used Book Sale!

Sale held at Merovan Center, Suite E2
(April 25 - 27)

Friday's sale is 3p - 8p and is open to Friends members only. (Memberships may be purchased at the door.)

Saturday's sale is 10a - 5p and is open to the public.

Sunday's sale is 1p - 5p, is open to the public, and all items will be half price.

For more information, call 242-5000 x.2291

Red Cross Babysitter Training:

This course teaches basic care for children and infants, safety and safe play, first aid and decision making. Students must be 11 by the class date. Registration is limited and begins May 12, 2008. The cost per course is $35. Early registration is suggested. Contact the American Red Cross at 271-8222.

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Simpsonville (Hendricks) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Augusta Road (Ramsey Family) Branch

Stories, rhymes and bouncing games for babies 1 mo. - 18 mos. with an adult caregiver. Hughes Main Library, Story time room

Stories, rhymes and bouncing games for babies 1 mo. - 18 mos. with an adult caregiver. Taylors (Burdette) Branch

Explore children's literature using music, song, and dance. Ages 2-5 with an adult caregiver. Hughes Main Library, Story time room

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Taylors (Burdette) Branch

30-minutes of stories, music, and games for preschool children. Anderson Road (West) Branch

Sarah Dobey Jones Library of Berea holds a Book Discussion Group on the last Tuesday of every month at 10:00a. In May, the group will discuss Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. For more information call 864.246.1695

Twilight Tales: Let's Play Ball

Hughes Main Library- Storytime Room

Join us for an evening of all-star stories about your favorite sports. Children may wear his or her pajamas. Call 242-5000 x 2248 for more information.

All ages welcome.