Adult Craft: Hoop Embroidery
2023-08-22 17:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | 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, 2023-10-31 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!

Learn 4 Truths About Long Term Care
2023-10-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Learn 4 Truths About Long-Term Care. Let your family care about you rather than for you. If you’re thinking “it won’t happen to me” when it comes to needing help as you age, you aren’t alone. But the need for care often comes anyway. Attend a free workshop, 4 Truths About Long-term Care, and learn how best to prepare for the kind of care you want.

Come have coffee on us and pull up chair for this informative session.

Fall Break Monday Matinee: Hocus Pocus 2
2023-10-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Fall Break is coming to Hamilton County Public Schools! The kids are out of school the second week of October 2023. We will be showing Hocus Pocus II (PG), the 2022 sequel to the well-loved 1993 Disney classic Hocus Pocus. Join us the first Monday of Spring Break at 1:00 PM for popcorn and a movie. Bring a blanket, pillow or whatever cozy seating suits your fancy. We will have chairs also.

Jack-o-Lantern Origami Art Workshop
2023-10-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us for a free Fall evening of learning the art of folding an origami pumpkin! We will “carve,” i.e. decorate his face or you can leave him blank. These would also make super cute place settings that you could personalize for your holiday dinner tables! Ms. Shirley and Ms. Emily will be back to teach us the necessary steps to create our own three-dimensional paper pumpkins.

Sign Language Basics for Adults & Teens/Tweens
2023-10-11 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Crime Reads Book Club: Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
2023-10-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Crime Reads Book Club will be discussing Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER · OPTIONED FOR NETFLIX BY A PRODUCER OF THE BATMAN
GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER
“I loved it.” —Stephen King
From Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak comes a wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, for fans of Stranger Things and Riley Sager, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.
Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy.
Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body.
Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force.
Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.
Jason Rekulak is the author of The Impossible Fortress, which was translated into 12 languages and was nominated for the Edgar Award. For many years, he was the publisher of Quirk Books, an independent press, where he acquired and edited multiple New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Philadelphia with his family.

Adult Craft: Faux Stained Glass Art
2023-10-17 17:00 - 18:15 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
We will be painting Fall faux glass picture frames (5×7). Participants can select a Fall design to create a stained glass style design. These can remain on display in the frame or the glass can be placed in a window to capture the sunlight.
Meets in the Collegedale Public Library Meeting Room.

Collegedale Family BINGO Night
2023-10-19 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! We will play for one hour and winners for each round will win small prizes. We hope to see you there!

Fiction Addiction Book Club: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
2023-10-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
*Note – We normally plan to meet the last Tuesday of the month at 6:00 PM but this meeting has been adjusted to accommodate those who participate in trick or treating on Tuesday, 10/31/23.
For October Fiction Addiction will be reading and discussing Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China—perfect for fans of See’s classic Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and The Island of Sea Women.
According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and loneliness—is being raised by her grandparents to be of use. Her grandmother is one of only a handful of female doctors in China, and she teaches Yunxian the pillars of Chinese medicine, the Four Examinations—looking, listening, touching, and asking—something a man can never do with a female patient.
From a young age, Yunxian learns about women’s illnesses, many of which relate to childbearing, alongside a young midwife-in-training, Meiling. The two girls find fast friendship and a mutual purpose—despite the prohibition that a doctor should never touch blood while a midwife comes in frequent contact with it—and they vow to be forever friends, sharing in each other’s joys and struggles. No mud, no lotus, they tell themselves: from adversity beauty can bloom.
But when Yunxian is sent into an arranged marriage, her mother-in-law forbids her from seeing Meiling and from helping the women and girls in the household. Yunxian is to act like a proper wife—embroider bound-foot slippers, pluck instruments, recite poetry, give birth to sons, and stay forever within the walls of the family compound, the Garden of Fragrant Delights.
How might a woman like Yunxian break free of these traditions, go on to treat women and girls from every level of society, and lead a life of such importance that many of her remedies are still used five centuries later? How might the power of friendship support or complicate these efforts? Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is a captivating story of women helping other women. It is also a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who was remarkable in the Ming dynasty and would be considered remarkable today.
Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, China Dolls, and Dreams of Joy, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.

Trick or Treat at the Library
2023-10-31 15:00 - 19:45 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Stop in the library between 3:00-7:45 PM on Halloween night in your costume or favorite Halloween or Fall shirt to receive a Fall treat bag from your local Collegedale librarians. We hope that each and every one of you has a fun, happy and safe night and we hope to see some of you in the library.
(While supplies last.)

Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub
2023-11-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Have you ever wanted to make your own natural bath products? If so, come out to this Fall program to mix up a small batch of Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub to revive your dry skin during the cooler months. This potion is great for dry skin season as it will help your skin feel soft and more moisturized. This is a great opportunity to try your hand at this sweet-smelling craft and potentially to inspire you to create more home-crafted goods for holiday gifts this year!

Adult Craft: Christmas Tree Cake Earrings
2023-11-07 17:30 - 18:45 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
We will be making replica Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake Earrings to wear and show our holiday spirit this season! Each participant will be able to make one pair of earrings using clay with stainless steel posts or clip on posts.

Sign Language Basics for Adults & Teens
2023-11-08 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Creature Features: Visit from a Baby Kangaroo
2023-11-09 17:00 - 17:30 | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Join us for an exciting event in the west room at city hall! Creature Features will visit us to present their baby kangaroo and teach us about these interesting animals. This event is for all ages, however, there is only room for 35 people so sign up soon! All attendees will need to sign up for a spot, including adults.
