Adult Craft: Diamond Painting Butterflies
2023-06-13 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Let’s gather together this Summer for a fun evening making beautiful Diamond Painting butterfly key chains! Bring a friend or just bring yourself for this stress-busting craft. These butterflies are perfect to commemorate Summer Reading 2023.

Cupcake Wars
2023-06-20 18:00 - 19:00 | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Join us for a night of family fun as we compete to create the most outstanding cupcakes.

Adult Craft: Charming Bookmarks
2023-07-11 17:00 - 18:30 | TN
Adult Craft: Charming Bookmarks ~ Join us Tuesday, July 11th at 5:00 PM to make these adorable charm-ing bookmarks. We will make one to keep and one for a friend! Choose your colors and charms and design your own custom bookmark to use with your library books.
Location: Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room

One-on-One Financial Advice
2023-07-12 17:00 - 19:00 | TN
The Library is offering One-on-One sessions with Anthony Young who is a financial advisor from Thrivent, a nonprofit financial organization. 30 minute sessions are free and private in our meeting room.
Getting your finances in order isn’t always easy or clear. That’s why Anthony is here to provide the expertise and support you need. Whether you’re just starting out or preparing for a meaningful retirement, you deserve personalized financial guidance driven by what’s important to you. Together, we’ll assess your financial picture and explore how you can:
There are 4 sessions available starting at 5:00 p.m. Sessions are free, but limited, please register for a session (only one session per person); if you need to cancel, please let us know so we can contact someone on the waiting list. If you do not get a session this time, the library will be hosting Anthony again on future dates.​ *No products will be sold*
Pre-register today to reserve a spot!

Free One-on-One Financial Advice
2023-07-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
The Library is offering One-on-One sessions with Anthony Young who is a financial advisor from Thrivent, a nonprofit financial organization. 30 minute sessions are free and private in our meeting room.
Getting your finances in order isn’t always easy or clear. That’s why Anthony is here to provide the expertise and support you need. Whether you’re just starting out or preparing for a meaningful retirement, you deserve personalized financial guidance driven by what’s important to you. Together, we’ll assess your financial picture and explore how you can:
There are 4 sessions available starting at 5:00 p.m. Sessions are free, but limited, please register for a session (only one session per person); if you need to cancel, please let us know so we can contact someone on the waiting list. If you do not get a session this time, the library will be hosting Anthony again on future dates.​ *No products will be sold*

Family Origami Art
2023-07-17 17:00 - 18:00 | TN
This Summer we are offering an Origami Art Class lead by Shirley McDonald, a talented local Math teacher, who will teach us the paper arts of making beautiful butterfly creations. Join us Monday, July 17 at 5:00 PM for this fun, hands-on instructional activity.
Location: Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room

D.I.Y. Tote Bags - Family Drop-in
2023-07-18 16:00 - 19:00 | TN
Drop-in from 4:00-7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 18th for our Make-You-Own Book Tote Bag workshop. We supply the canvas totes, stencils and Sharpies and you bring the creativity. Design your own tote bag to hold all of your Summer Reading books this year. This is such a fun program for families, kids, teens and adults.
Location: Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room

CrimeReads Book Club
2023-07-22 15:30 - 16:30 | TN
CrimeReads Book Club will be discussing Daniel Stashower’s American Demon – Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper. An Edgar Award Winning Author!
Location: The Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room
“Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths of the Great Depression, Cleveland had the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.
On September 5th, 1934, a young beachcomber made a gruesome discovery on the shores of Cleveland’s Lake Erie: the lower half of a female torso, neatly severed at the waist. The victim, dubbed “The Lady of the Lake,” was only the first of a butcher’s dozen. Over the next four years, twelve more bodies would be scattered across the city. The bodies were dismembered with surgical precision and drained of blood. Some were beheaded while still alive.
Terror gripped the city. Amid the growing uproar, Cleveland’s besieged mayor turned to his newly-appointed director of public safety: Eliot Ness. Ness had come to Cleveland fresh from his headline-grabbing exploits in Chicago, where he and his band of “Untouchables” led the frontline assault on Al Capone’s bootlegging empire. Now he would confront a case that would redefine his storied career.
Award-winning author Daniel Stashower shines a fresh light on one of the most notorious puzzles in the annals of crime, and uncovers the gripping story of Ness’s hunt for a sadistic killer who was as brilliant as he was cool and composed, a mastermind who was able to hide in plain sight. American Demon reconstructs this ultimate battle of wits between a hero and a madman.” ~ Book Browse

A Day in the life of a zookeeper.
2023-07-25 16:00 - 17:00 | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Chattanooga Zoo presents “A Day in the life of a Zookeeper”.
An educator explores the different aspects of a zookeeper’s daily job tasks and the various roles a zoo plays in conservation.
This program is for all ages and will meet at City Hall West Room. No pre-registration required.

Collegedale Rocks! Family Garden Snake Project
2023-07-26 16:00 - 17:30 | TN
It’s Summer time and we would love your help creating our inaugural rock-garden-art project. Everyone will grab a rock and paint their own unique design. Each rock will be used to create a long “garden snake” that will decorate the library’s flower beds. We would love for you to join us Wednesday, July 26th at 4:00 PM for this slithering good time!
Location: Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room

Summer Reading Party 2023
2023-07-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Collegedale Commons, 4910 Swinyar Dr., Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
It’s the final culmination of Summer Reading 2023: All Together Now! We will celebrate the end of Summer Reading on Sunday, July 30, 2023 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM at the Collegedale Commons.
There will be fun games, crafts, a petting zoo, community project and a Reading Rainbow photo booth, popsicles and our special guest of honor – Chattanooga Magic’s very own Magician!
All readers are invited – no library card required!

One-on-One Financial Advice - Free Service from a Money Management Expert
2023-08-16 17:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
The Library is offering One-on-One sessions with Anthony Young who is a financial advisor from Thrivent, a nonprofit financial organization. 30 minute sessions are free and private in our meeting room.
Getting your finances in order isn’t always easy or clear. That’s why Anthony is here to provide the expertise and support you need. Whether you’re just starting out or preparing for a meaningful retirement, you deserve personalized financial guidance driven by what’s important to you. Together, we’ll assess your financial picture and explore how you can:
There are 4 sessions available starting at 5:00 p.m. Sessions are free, but limited, please register for a session (only one session per person); if you need to cancel, please let us know so we can contact someone on the waiting list. If you do not get a session this time, the library will be hosting Anthony again on future dates.​ *No products are sold*

Crime Reads Book Club
2023-08-19 15:30 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Crime Reads Book Club will be discussing Lawrence Block’s Beggars Can’t Be Choosers!
Location: The Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room
Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers’ Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.
“Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.)
He’s not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man’s apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn’t the killer.
Now he’s really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police — a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn’t do it, who will?”
Meets in the Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room. Refreshments served.

Friends of Collegedale Public Library Local Author Presentation: J. Kasper Kramer
2023-08-20 14:00 - 15:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Friends of Collegedale Public Library’s Local Author Presentation: J. Kasper Kramer’s The List of Unspeakable Fears.
J. Kasper Kramer is the author of the acclaimed novel The Story That Cannot Be Told as well as The List of Unspeakable Fears. She’s an author and English professor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and once upon a time lived in Japan, where she taught at an international school. When she’s not curled up with a book, Kramer loves researching lost fairy tales, playing video games, and fostering kittens. Visit her at JKasperKramer.com.
Meets in the Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room on Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 2:00 PM

Adult Craft: Hoop Embroidery
2023-08-22 17:00 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Thanks to a generous donation, we will learn how to hoop embroidery together. Participants will select an 8” hoop kit of various designs that includes all of the necessary supplies with detailed instructions! This will be a great opportunity for us to work together and learn a new skill at the library. If you’re already a well-versed hoop embroiderer – we would love for you to join us too. We can all learn from each other.

Family Bingo!
2023-08-31 17:30 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
BINGO will play in rounds and is open to all ages! No library card is required. We will play for one full hour and winners will select from an assortment of fun prizes. Everything is provided to play and there is no entry fee. We hope to see you there!
Meets in the Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room.

Books are apple-solutely the best!
2023-09-01 - 2023-09-30 | TN
Don’t forget to sign-up for the September Reading Challenge.
It’s back to school time! Let’s start the school year right by setting goals, getting organized, and, of course, reading! Pick a theme and complete five reading challenges to win a new badge as well as a collectible button and sweet treat. If you complete the five “Fun Extras” reading challenge you will also be entered into a contest to win a prize. (PS: You do not have to be going back to school to participate!)
Not sure what to read for a particular category? Ask any of our librarians for suggestions. Please note that although some books might be a good fit for multiple badges, you must have a different title for each badge that you claim.

Learn Libby Webinar and Staff Assistance
2023-09-06 14:00 - 15:00 | TN
Learn Libby with OverDrive experts! Offering monthly sessions so you can choose a date and time that works for you. This session will stream a webinar on Libby basics to get you set up and teach you the basics. A staff member will be on hand to assist with questions.

September Crime Reads Book Club: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
2023-09-16 15:30 - 16:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Crime Reads Book Club will be discussing On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming.
A Lancia Spyder with its hood down tore past him, cut in cheekily across his bonnet and pulled away, the sexy boom of its twin exhausts echoing back at him. It was a girl driving, a girl with a shocking pink scarf tied round her hair. And if there was one thing that set James Bond really moving, it was being passed at speed by a pretty girl.
When Bond rescues a beautiful, reckless girl from self-destruction, he finds himself with a lead on one of the most dangerous men in the world—Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. In the snow-bound fastness of his Alpine base, Blofeld is conducting research that could threaten the safety of the world. To thwart the evil genius, Bond must get himself and the vital information he has gathered out of the base and keep away from SPECTRE’s agents.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist, and commander in the royal Navy during the Second World War. He was a grandson of the Scottish financier Robert Fleming, who founded the Scottish American Investment Trust and the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co.
Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling his adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. Additionally, Fleming wrote the children’s story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two non-fiction books.

Award-winning author Robert Bailey
2023-09-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Library Welcomes Author of Legal Thriller on September 17
Award-winning author Robert Bailey will discuss his newest release, The Wrong Side, at the Collegedale Public Library beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17. Often described as “Alabama’s John Grisham,” he is the final guest in the library’s 2023 Emily McDonald Local Author Series.
For the past 20 years, Bailey has worked as a civil defense trial lawyer in his hometown of Huntsville, Ala., where he lives with his wife and three children. He received the Beverly Hills Book Award for Legal Thriller of the Year for his novels The Professor and Between Black and White, the latter of which was also a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year.
Don’t miss this opportunity to ask questions about this latest release—or any of the author’s other published titles. Bailey’s prior releases include award-winning titles in the four-part McMurtrie and Drake series of legal thrillers, plus two books in the ongoing Bocephus Haynes series. He joined library patrons in 2021 to discuss his inspirational book, The Golfer’s Carol, and is back by popular demand. Find more information at www.robertbaileybooks.com.

Fall Foliage & Origami Program
2023-09-17 15:00 - 16:30 | TN
Join us for a free Fall activity on Sunday afternoon! Our favorite local math teachers and community friends Ms. Shirley and Ms. Emily will be back to show us how to fold beautiful maple leaves and footballs for this fun Fall Sunday afternoon activity at the library.
Program will meet in the open space tables between the Young Adult books and the Adult Fiction book stacks.

Adult Craft: Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Door Hangers
2023-09-19 17:00 - 18:15 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Welcome Fall! We will be painting wooden pumpkin door hangers for this month’s Adult Craft project. Once we paint and decorate our hangers we will add pretty, decorative Fall ribbon as the finishing touch. These will be great hung inside or outside the home – on a door, a wall hook, a porch or in a cozy cabin. It may still be hot outside – but we can still get in the Fall spirit (in the air conditioning) for this creative activity!

Family Fun Bingo!
2023-09-21 17:30 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Collegedale Public Library’s BINGO game will play in rounds and is open to all ages! No library card is required. We will play for one full hour and winners will select from an assortment of fun prizes. Everything is provided to play and there is no entry fee. We hope to see you there!
Meets in the Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room.

Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
2023-09-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Meet Atreyu! This pup is all ears and ready to hear you read to him during our Paws to Read hour. Pick a book from our shelves and read to Atreyu or visit with him. If you are shy around dogs, you can watch Atreyu while you do the small craft provided. For safety, we will limit the number of people in the room with Atreyu at one time.

Unboxing a Sewing Machine
2023-09-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Have you been considering or are considering purchasing a sewing machine? Or are you simply interested in an overview of sewing on a sewing machine? In this mini-workshop our Assistant Director Sarah will open the box on a new sewing machine the library and show us the steps of setting up the machine, threading the needle, creating basic stitches as well as answer any questions that you may have during the process. This session may potentially help you with the process of buying and setting up a sewing machine.

Fiction Addiction Book Club - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
2023-09-26 18:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Fiction Addiction Book Club will be discussing Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.
After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors–until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

Sign Language Basics
2023-09-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Our Collegedale neighbor and library patron Ms. Sharon will be here to teach us some of the basics of ASL communication. She will demonstrate greetings, basic words and emotions in order to greet our deaf friends in the community. Have you ever wished you could sign welcoming communications when greeting deaf or hard of hearing neighbors, classmates, church friends, etc? If so, join Ms. Sharon for a small taste of ASL communications!
Meets in the Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room

Family Sidewalk Chalk Art - National Good Neighbor Day
2023-09-28 16:00 - 17:00 | TN
In recognition of “National Good Neighbor Day” (September 28, 2023) we invite the community to come by and decorate the sidewalks and parking lot with positive messages and drawings to encourage our neighbors on this community-driven day. Please join us outside the library’s glass entrance doors to gather your chalk and get started on this neighborly community art project.
The “Good Neighbor” Pledge
I pledge to be the “good neighbor.” With the goal of becoming a more connected and caring community, I will be a person who lives with kindness and concern for my neighbors.
I’ll take the first step by connecting with neighbors and introduce myself. I will practice the “good neighbor mindset” to make connections, invitations, stay aware, and be available to my neighbors. Good neighbors make great neighborhoods.

Banned Book Trivia and Scavenger Hunt
2023-10-03 18:00 - 20:00 | TN
Join us for a trivia hour to answer banned book trivia for prizes! Questions will be geared towards ages 13 and up. Trivia will start at 6pm and last until 7pm. Afterwards, while you are here, all ages can complete a scavenger hunt of banned books for prizes. Scavenger hunt is open to be completed all week by all ages.

Free One-on-One Financial Assistance
2023-10-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
The Library is offering One-on-One sessions with Anthony Young who is a financial advisor from Thrivent, a nonprofit financial organization. 30 minute sessions are free and private in our meeting room.
Getting your finances in order isn’t always easy or clear. That’s why Anthony is here to provide the expertise and support you need. Whether you’re just starting out or preparing for a meaningful retirement, you deserve personalized financial guidance driven by what’s important to you. Together, we’ll assess your financial picture and explore how you can.

There are 4 sessions available starting at 5:00 p.m. Sessions are free, but limited, please register for a session (only one session per person); if you need to cancel, please let us know so we can contact someone on the waiting list. If you do not get a session this time, the library will be hosting Anthony again on future dates.​ *No products will be sold*
Pre-register today to reserve a spot!
