Week Calendar

Join us at the Buncombe County Sports Park by the lower pavilion near the playground to begin our walk. 

No registration is required, and there is no topic book. We will be discussing all of our favorite books!

Quilters of all ages welcome! Bring your own sewing machine and project or work on a community project. Snacks not provided, but we encourage you to bring a bag lunch. Drop in any time to participate.

Join us for a fun and interactive story time designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years. 

Story time room capacity is 40 people. Please arrive early to secure a spot. 

Join us for a fun and interactive story time designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years.  

Join us for a colorful and quirky show about drawing, painting, magic, and BOOKS! We'll finally find a use for invisible ink, make magic with a purple crayon, draw the worlds greatest picture, and have a hilarious painting competition!

Every Wednesday morning, we open up the children's programming room to give kids and families time for free play with our stash of puppets. Children must be under the supervision of a parent or guardian.

A fun and interactive story time designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years. 

Play with other babies and meet other caregivers! Babies 4 months-18 months and their caregivers are welcome to come play in our Community Room. There will be mats and things to roll on, bounce on, and climb.

An interactive story time for the whole family featuring books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and English.

The Pack Library Book Club is a book discussion group that meets the second Wednesday of each month at 10:30AM  at the library. We read a variety of genres. The book for June 2025 is The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.

Join us for a lively language enrichment story time designed for children ages 4 to 18 months.

Join us for a story time for families and children of all ages as we share books, songs, rhymes, and activities!

A lively language enrichment story time designed for children ages 4 to 18 months. 

Learn to breakdance with B-Boy Greg then practice your moves after the lesson at the free dance!

Special thanks to Greg Garrison, owner of The Hop Handcrafted Ice Cream for hosting.

Join us as we share books, songs, rhymes, and activities designed for children ages 3 to 5 years.

A fun and interactive story time designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years. 

Books, rhymes, and songs in Spanish and in English designed for the whole family.

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.

Enjoy books, songs, and movement activities with Sadie from 10:30-11am. Appropriate for 18 months to 3 years old. Kids and caregivers can stay to play and socialize afterward until 11:30am!

Join us for a fun and interactive story time designed for children ages 18 months to 3 years!

Books, rhymes, songs and activities designed for the whole family. Stay afterward to socialize and play with the large building blocks and other toys. Baby sensory toys are also available.

A lively language enrichment story time designed for children ages 4 to 18 months. 

Join us for stories and fun every Saturday morning! Get ready to dance and sing as well as listen to stories with an accompanying craft happening the second half of Story Time!  All ages are welcome.

Join us for a circle time with stories & songs led by preschool teacher and community partner Graham Carson.

A lively language enrichment story time featuring songs, rhymes, bounces, and books designed for children ages 0-18 months.

Drop in and play. Ball pit, toys, soft slide and structure to climb on and through. For ages 4 to 18 months.

Drop in and play with other babies. Crawl through tunnels, play in ball pits, and enjoy other sensory toys. Caregivers must stay in the room. Ages 4-18 months. 

Summer Stories: A Reading & Screening Series

Learn how to start and care for a vegetable or flower garden from seeds or young plants! Learn about planting in containers or soil, and the importance of watering, fertilizing, composting, sunlight and pests. 

Learn the basics of watercolor painting with June Flowstate artist-in-residence Jerrie Settles.

Open to anyone ages 10 and up. Space and materials are limited, so please register to attend.

Are you a gardener without a plot? Or maybe you want to meet up with like-minded folks and see what grows? If so, this is the club for you. Pack Memorial library has a gardening plot in the Elder and Sage gardens that needs ongoing care.

Discover the hidden histories of buildings along the 700 block of Haywood Road, from the Pure Oil Service Station (784 Haywood Road, now home to Universal Joint) to Grace Baptist Church (718 Haywood Road). 

Our VOICE & Helpmate social workers will be at the Enka Candler Library once a month for information and assistance regarding sexual violence, intimate partner domestic violence, and human trafficking. 

This month we're discussing James by Percival Everett.

En español abajo

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This month we're discussing James by Percival Everett.

Decorate and take home a paper bag crown! Drop in anytime during the program to participate; no registration required. For ages 2-5. 

Join us to celebrate the exhibition “And the green grass grows all around and around and the green grass grows all around” with family-friendly performances and more!

Stories, songs, and activities in the barn at Hickory Nut Gap Farm! 

Bubble Brigade is back! Mountains of soapy foam and fun music create a party atmosphere you don't want to miss!

You will get wet! Please dress appropriately!

Use science to feel like a wizard! Explore concepts like chemical reactions and solubility while using ordinary kitchen materials to make potions that fizz, bubble, and change color or temperature! Open to ages 5 and up. 

Calling all adventurers! Join us at the Swannanoa Library on the second Saturday of every month for Dungeons and Dragons!   

Come down the Pack Memorial Library and play with LEGOs!
Show off your building skills and make new friends with other LEGO maniacs.

Please leave your personal LEGOs at home, because we've got plenty.

Join us for a lively language enrichment story time designed for children ages 4 to 18 months.

Mindfulness is paying attention in the present moment, on purpose, without judgment, as if our life depends on it.

A lively language enrichment story time designed for children ages 4 to 18 months. Older siblings are always welcome. Stay afterward to socialize with other parents and let your baby play with our baby sensory toys.

We will be making animals out of pipe cleaners!

This craft involves wire, scissors, and glue, so please be prepared to assist your young ones as they make their own fuzzy friends.

Kids seem to gravitate to the works of Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. Is it the vibrant colors? The dancing swirls?

Explore physics principles (levers, energy transfer, force & trajectory) while having FUN building and testing catapults to launch projectiles (pop-poms and balls) at a target!

Reading to a dog can help young readers build skills, confidence, and enjoyment in reading! We recommend that participants register in advance for a 15-minute session, and parent/legal guardian must sign a waiver.

Join other veterans in exploring series of writing prompts to help you write about your experiences in the military.

Join us for this educational and fun guided drum session. This class is super fun and no drumming experience is needed. In this hour long session we will establish the foundations of rhythm and experiment with various concepts from there.

Join us for an educational program with the North Carolina Arboretum to learn all about the many different Herptiles that call Western North Carolina their home! What's a Herptile you ask? Herptiles are reptiles and amphibians!

Join us for creative writing online! We meet on Zoom for several rounds of writing prompts.

White lies. Dark humor.

Join local artist Tim Ballard and Librarian Kate for a creative and interactive mini-comic class series!

Calling all adventurous tweens! Join us for Dungeons & Dragons at Pack Memorial Library!

All players aged 10-12 are eligible.

This program is free, but you do need to register.

Our friendly and welcoming Spanish conversation practice group is geared towards people with Intermediate level Spanish skills who are looking for a supportive chance to practice and sharpen their skills.

Space for this program is limited. Registration is required. Please stop by the Weaverville Library or call 828-250-6482 to reserve your space!

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. 

Friends of the East Asheville Library present. . .

The Curious Case of Charles Lindbergh: How one man soared into history and fell into controversy

Fun with fiber! Join others who share your interest and enthusiasm the second Wednesday evening of each month at the Fairview Library.

The TBR (To-Be-Read) Book Club meets every month at the Black Mountain Public Library. Call or email the library for this month's selection.