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Symphony Tickets!

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Off Site
Registration Full
Registration
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Performance
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Event Details:

Dvorak's Cello Concerto & Brahms' First Symphony
Saturday, May 18 @ 7 p.m.

Early Registration for Summer Reading Begins

All Day 5/20 - 5/25
North Shelby
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Register May 20-July 12 through READsquared to participate on our Summer Reading Program.

Visit www.northshelbylibrary.org starting May 20th to register and to get more information.

Mt Laurel Early Registration for Summer Reading Begins

All Day 5/20 - 5/25
Mt Laurel
Library Branch: Mt Laurel
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Register May 20-July 12 through READsquared to participate on our Summer Reading Program.

Visit www.mtlaurellibrary.org starting May 20th to register and to get more information.

Patriotic Wreath

10:00am - 12:00pm
North Shelby
Registration Full
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Mueller Annex Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Join us as we make a Patriotic themed wreath. The signs and the ribbons will be varied for you to choose from. No experience necessary. All supplies provided. 

True Crime Book Club

6:00pm - 7:00pm
North Shelby
Registration Full
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited
Event Details:

More than a book club, The True Crime Club covers true crime books and documentaries.

Libraries Closed

All Day 5/26 - 5/27
All Branches
Closing
Branches:
North Shelby, Mt Laurel, Online, Off Site
Description:

The libraries will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday. Both libraries will reopen Tuesday, May 28 at 10 a.m.

Early Registration for Summer Reading Begins

All Day 5/28 - 6/2
North Shelby
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Event Details:

Register May 20-July 12 through READsquared to participate on our Summer Reading Program.

Visit www.northshelbylibrary.org starting May 20th to register and to get more information.

Language Club

5:00pm - 6:00pm
North Shelby
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

LEGO Competition

06/03/2024 @ 10:00am - 06/21/2024 @ 6:00pm
North Shelby
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Registration required.  All ages (Pre-K through Adult).
Registration and entry photo submission runs Monday, June 3 through Friday, June 21 @ 6:00 pm

Mixed Media painting program

10:30am - 12:30pm
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Mueller Annex Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

Create this batik-style painting! This class will be taught by artist Chris Cruz. 

No experience necessary. All supplies provided. Registration required. Space limited. 

Language Club

5:00pm - 6:00pm
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

Mt Laurel Wreath Making

9:00am - 11:00am
Mt Laurel
Registration
Library Branch: Mt Laurel
Room: Ann Price Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Join Marilyn Chiaramonte to make a patriotic tied ribbon wreath.

Registration required. Adults only, 18 +.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Mt Laurel Library!

Aldridge Gardens French Hydrangeas

10:30am - 11:30am
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults, All Ages
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 150
Event Details:

Aldridge Gardens in Hoover, Alabama is the former estate of Mr. Eddie Aldridge – the plantsman who introduced the ‘Snowflake’ oakleaf hydrangea to the world.

Mt Laurel Book Club

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Mt Laurel
Library Branch: Mt Laurel
Room: Ann Price Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Book Club will be meeting at the library to discuss The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan.

Mt Laurel Book Club

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Mt Laurel
Library Branch: Mt Laurel
Room: Ann Price Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

The Book Club will be meeting at the library to discuss The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan.

Camellia: The Birmingham Connection

10:30am - 11:30am
North Shelby
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Mueller Annex Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Learn how the Birmingham Camellia Society was formed and its contribution to popularizing camellias in the Birmingham area and across the southern states. 

This program will cover the following:

Mt Laurel House Healing

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Mt Laurel
Library Branch: Mt Laurel
Room: Ann Price Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

This program is presented by Jason Kirby

Gelli Printing

10:00am - 12:00pm
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Mueller Annex Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 16
Event Details:

We will be making mixed media prints using Gelli plates and acrylic paint. Come and experiment with this monoprinting process to create unique prints to use in your art projects.

Registration Required.

Language Club

5:00pm - 6:00pm
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

NSL Reads Book Club

10:30am - 12:00pm
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Mueller Annex Classroom
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: Unlimited

NSL Book Club

MEET: Every 3rd Thursday 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

WHERE: Classroom upstairs & via Zoom 

REGISTRATION: Registration required only if you are meeting via Zoom - please include email upon registration so you can receive the Zoom invitation.

For more information: NSL Book Club Page

Check out our bookshelf at GoodReads

Event Details:

Please check out the NSL Book Club page to see what we are reading this month.

The Yarbrough Quilt 1921-1959

6:30pm - 8:00pm
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 150
Event Details:

Ryan Blocker from the Alabama Department of Archives and History will be presenting, The Yarbrough Quilt 1921-1959

Mt Laurel Freshwater Land Trust

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Mt Laurel
Library Branch: Mt Laurel
Room: Ann Price Activity Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Freshwater Land Trust will highlight some of the area's spectacular hiking trails. Light refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by The Friends of the Mt Laurel Library!

 

 

 

LEGO Competition

All Day
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Other
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 100
Event Details:

Registration required.  All ages (Pre-K through Adult).
Registration and entry photo submission runs Monday, June 3 through Friday, June 21 @ 6:00 pm

Alabama Humanities Alliance Presents: It's the Little Things: Five Small objects that connect us to the Dutch Golden Age by Dolores Hydock

10:30am - 11:30am
North Shelby
Registration
Library Branch: North Shelby
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 150
Event Details:

You could hold them all in the palm of your hand: five little things from 400 years ago that helped shape the world we live in today. Think we invented wearable technology and the selfie in the 21st century? Think again!