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In Search of the Ouachitas’ Lost Music
Garland County Library 1427 Malvern Avenue, Hot Springs, AR, United StatesIn Search of the Ouachitas' Lost Music: 3/15 | 12 P.M. | In-Person & Livestreamed The Garland County Historical Society (in association with the Garland County Library) presents “In Search of the Ouachitas' Lost Music." Join us for a conversation about the evolution of early-American traditional music, from the 17th century to today…. from early, […]
Richard Stephens’ Watercolor Workshop
Registration opens Friday, February 25th. This class is a 3-day commitment: March 16-18, and there is a $25 registration fee that must be paid at registration. You must visit or call the library at 501-623-4161 in order to register and pay this fee. Attendees must also bring supplies and materials found at this list: bit.ly/35uA3nJ […]
(V) Master Gardeners Present: Ready, Set, Grow
Program livestreamed at facebook.com/garlandcountylibrary and youtube.com/garlandcolibrary Please tune in for GC Master Gardener’s "Know It to Grow It" on March 16th at 6 P.M. Jamie Wilkerson will be with us for the second installment of our “Homesteading in a Modern World” series with “Ready, Set, Grow." Jamie will discuss how to prepare for your summer […]
Free Tree Friday
When: Friday, March 18th, 10 A.M. - 1 P.M. or until seedlings are gone. What: Free Drive-Thru Bare-Root Hardwood Seedling Giveaway (first come, first served) Where: Garland County Library parking lot What Kinds: Shumard Oak and Bald Cypress
(In-Person) Bingo for Books
The library hosts bingo in-person in the auditorium every month on the 3rd Monday monthly at 1 P.M. To register for any adult bingo programs, send an email to adiggs@gclibrary.com Prizes include various gift cards as well as some gift certificates to the library's Book Sale Room.
(V) Perceptions of Color #7: The Power in the Pen: Celebrating Black Women in Literature
Program livestreamed at facebook.com/garlandcountylibrary and youtube.com/garlandcolibrary Join Marsalis Weatherspoon and his guests for Perceptions of Color, a monthly series that intends to both celebrate and educate about all facets of the African American experience. Weatherspoon, a musician, speaker, and public servant, currently serves as President of the local NAACP branch, Hot Springs Branch #6013. In […]
Adult Gaming Club
This gaming club is for Adults 18+ to get together and play video games, board games, trading card games, chess, and role-playing games. Regular club attendees will bring their own equipment and games and determine what games are popular and played from meet-to-meet. Club meets irregularly. Registration is required to become a member of the […]
(V) Understanding Adult Literacy in Our Community
Program livestreamed at facebook.com/garlandcountylibrary and youtube.com/garlandcolibrary Special Guest Sarah Richardson, Executive Director of The Literacy Council of Garland County will help facilitate a conversation about literacy among the adult population in Garland County. About 11,000 adults in Garland County read below a 3rd grade level. Learn about the impact that has on our community, tips […]
Garland County State and Local Candidate Forum
The Garland County Library will host a state and local candidate forum on Tuesday, April 5th. Doors open to the public for meet and greet at 5:30pm, with the forum beginning at 6pm. All state and local candidates seeking public office have been invited to participate. Each will get time to speak beginning at 6pm. […]
Dark Spell: LIVE with Mara Leveritt and Jason Baldwin @ Benton Event Center
This event will be livestreamed on both the Garland and Saline County Libraries' respective Facebook pages, and will have limited in-person seating at the Benton Event Center. For registration, visit this link: https://saline.libnet.info/event/6191533 Award-winning author and journalist Mara Leveritt and cofounder & Deputy Director of Proclaim Justice Jason Baldwin will discuss their book Dark Spell: Surviving […]
(In-Person) Night at The Legendary Vapors w/ Author David Hill
Reservations required. As part of the first night of the first-ever Hot Springs Book Festival, author David Hill will speak for the first time in person in Hot Springs about his popular 2020 book The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of […]
(In-Person) Book Talk featuring Bitty Martin
Garland County Library 1427 Malvern Avenue, Hot Springs, AR, United StatesReservations required. As part of the second night of the first-ever Hot Springs Book Festival, Bitty Martin, author of the upcoming and highly anticipated Snake Eyes: Murder in a Southern Town gives her debut book talk ahead of release. Hot Springs, Arkansas, was shaken to its core in 1966 after a girl was found dead outside […]