Upcoming Events

Featured Events

Flyer for Stitch and Listen at the West Asheville Library on Tuesday, April 28th, at 3:30pm. The short audiobook being featured is Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Stitch N Listen

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm
West Asheville Meeting Room at West Asheville Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, One Book One Buncombe

Age Group:

Adult
Library Branch: West Asheville Library
Room: West Asheville Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, One Book One Buncombe
Event Details:

This is a low-key community crafting circle, where we listen to an audio short story while we work. All quiet crafts are welcome!

Tuesday, April 28th 6:30-7:30 Create wearable art with Kimberly of Sand Hill Flower Stand! Join us for a local fresh flower workshop and leave with your own beautiful & bespoke flower crown.

Flower Crown Making With Sand Hill Flower Stand

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, One Book One Buncombe

Age Group:

Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Enka-Candler Library
Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, One Book One Buncombe
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Kimberly from Sand Hill Flower Stand in making a flower crown!

Sand Hill Flower Stand has provides the Enka-Candler Library with beautiful fresh flowers in season!

Supplies will be provided. Registration is required. 

recycled paper flowers

Recycled Paper Flower Craft

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Enka-Candler Meeting Room at Enka-Candler Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, One Book One Buncombe

Age Group:

Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Enka-Candler Library
Room: Enka-Candler Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, One Book One Buncombe
Event Details:

Create a unique paper flower bouquet using recycled paper from books, magazines, comics, and maps! Our friend Linda is hosting this fun afternoon of crafting and camaraderie. All supplies are included, no registration required.

Cover of Happy Land, shows a black woman wearing a crown of flowers

One Book, One Buncombe: East Asheville Library Evening Book Club

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
East Asheville Meeting Room A at East Asheville Library

Program Type:

Book Club, One Book One Buncombe

Age Group:

Adult
Library Branch: East Asheville Library
Room: East Asheville Meeting Room A
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, One Book One Buncombe
Event Details:

Join us to discuss this month's pick: Happy Land, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Community Book Discussion

One Book, One Buncombe: "Happy Land" Community Book Discussion

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
North Asheville Meeting Room at North Asheville Library

Program Type:

Book Club, One Book One Buncombe

Age Group:

Adult
Library Branch: North Asheville Library
Room: North Asheville Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Book Club, One Book One Buncombe
Photo of storyteller Ronnie Pepper gesturing to the side where the date and time for the event are noted, background is pink sky over gentle blue mountains

One Book, One Buncombe program The Real Happy Land: Stories from the Kingdom and Its Legacy

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Fairview Meeting Room at Fairview Library

Program Type:

One Book One Buncombe, Story Telling

Age Group:

Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Library Branch: Fairview Library
Room: Fairview Meeting Room
Age Group: Teen (ages 12-18), Adult
Program Type: One Book One Buncombe, Story Telling
Event Details:

Join storyteller and historian Ronnie Pepper for an engaging program exploring the remarkable history of the real-life Kingdom of Happy Land.

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Library Garden Bed Flower Planting

10:00am–2:00pm
Adult, Family (children of all ages)
Library Branch: East Asheville Library
Room: East Asheville Library
Age Group: Adult, Family (children of all ages)
Program Type: Community Service/Service Project, Drop In, Family Fun, Nature/Environment, Physical Activity
Event Details:

The larger community is invited to join our Library Storytime families to help plant sunflower seedlings which have been started by library families, as well as already blooming flowers, in memory of Brandon Autar.

Friends of Leicester Library meeting

5:30pm–6:30pm
Adult
Library Branch: Leicester Library
Room: Leicester Meeting Room
Age Group: Adult
Program Type: Community Collaboration, Community Service/Service Project, Informational
Event Details:

The Friends of the Leicester Library will meet 5:30 pm in the Community Room at the library.  Join us for updates on library programs and garden events. All are welcome.