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The Greenville County Library System holds various special events each year. These include grants awarded, nationally sponsored library events and themed series. Browse this page for information on some of our past special events. Check back frequently for news and updates of exciting upcoming series!

Healthy, Well and Wise The path to being Healthy, Well and Wise begins at the library with this interactive health fair!	Bagels & Grits Join us for an enlightening cultural exhibit at the Hughes Main Library!
Card Rally 2011 There is no better time to have a library card than right now!	Children's Summer Reading Children ages 0-12 are invited to sign up for Summer Reading on June 3.
Teen Summer Reading Children ages 0-12 are invited to sign up for Summer Reading on June 3.	Summer Reading for Adults Children ages 0-12 are invited to sign up for Summer Reading on June 3.
The Amazing Read Join us in the fourth annual community-wide read: The Amazing Read 2011! Join Sue Monk Kidd as she reads and discusses the Amazing Read 2011 selection The Secret Life of Bees. Learn about Kidd's research and stay for a question and answer session.	South Carolina: Home without a Roof In celebration of AIA Greenville Architecture Month, we are proud to host the exhibit titled, Tesselations: Architecture, Community and Homelessness, opening Friday, April 29. This custom built exhibit, focused on the plight of homelessness in South Carolina.
Step Up to the Plate March 31-September 4 Make baseball part of your library experience. Check out baseball books for all ages, brush up on your baseball history and play the national trivia game: Step Up to the Plate.	Tony Burroughs Tony Burroughs, a leading expert in African American genealogy and author of Black Roots: A Beginners Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree, has contributed research for some of the most influential contemporary black families, including Reverend Al Sharpton and Oprah Winfrey.
The Inklings The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group that met to read aloud unfinished manuscripts for peer review. The group met in Oxford between the early 1930s and the early 1960s. Among the group's most prominent participants were C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. The Inklings supported the value of the narrative and encouraged fantasy in writing.	Lincoln Series Explore Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the road to emancipation by visiting Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War at the Hughes Main Library, October 8-November 19.
No Suitcase Needed: Books With A Strong Sense of Place In each of these four critically acclaimed books, the setting is as vivid as a character. Travel from Paris to Nigeria, from the rural Alabama to the slums of Ireland …all from the comfort of your armchair!