Katie Lamb Public Library

Playtime
2023-11-27 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-28 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-29 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-30 10:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us for playtime! All children age 0-5.

Kids Lego Club
2023-11-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
What’s better than a massive pile of LEGO bricks? Absolutely nothing! Stop by our kid’s LEGO club and enjoy 45 minutes of LEGO free play. Ages 6 to 12.

Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
2023-11-28 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.

Fiction Addiction Book Club: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
2023-11-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
“Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose.”
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.

Paint & Sip Night (Adults and Teens)
2023-11-29 17:00 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us as we welcome local artist Jennifer Kring (https://jennifer94496.wixsite.com/jenniferkring) who will teach us the basics of painting a winter watercolor scene at the library. We will sip sparkling grape juice, listen to holiday music and create a winter painting for you to take home. All materials will be provided and this event is capped at 18 participants so please pre-register here: https://dev.collegedalepubliclibrary.org/event/paint-n-sip-night-adults-teens/?preview=true

Lego Robotics for Kids/Tween/Teen
2023-11-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Kids, Tweens, and Teens are invited to build cool Lego figures and make them move with simple scratch programming! No experience with Lego or coding required. Pre-registration is no longer required!

Library closed for Christmas in Collegedale
2023-12-03
The Library will be closed on Sunday, December 3 for Christmas in Collegedale. Join us for this fun event at the Commons from 3PM to 7PM featuring Santa, food, activities and the tree lighting.

Baby and Toddler Storytime
2023-12-04 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-13 10:30 - 11:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement.

Preschool Storytime
2023-12-05 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-07 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-12 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-12-14 10:30 - 11:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music and movement.

Long Term Forum
2023-12-05 11:00 - 14:00 | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Join the library with Thrivent Financial for a Long Term Care Forum to provide essential information to members of our community on planning for the future including the financial and healthcare aspects of aging. This forum will serve as a “one-stop-shop” to gather info from representatives in the areas of Medicare, nursing, mobility, legal and financial. Location is West Room of City Hall Bldg.

The Great Cookie War
2023-12-05 17:30 - 18:30 | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Our first cookie decorating contest! So bring out the judges and grab the icing and sprinkles for an all out war! Cookies & decorating supplies provided by the Library. Participants will each receive a blank cookie and have a 20-minute timed window to decorate their cookie according to several set themes of their choosing. Members of our Friends of the Library will serve as voluntary judges of the night. This competition is open to all ages!

Kids/ Teens Lego Robotics
2023-12-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States

Crime Reads Book Club: We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
2023-12-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
We Were Never Here” by Andrea Bartz is an involving domestic thriller; there are not too many surprises for anyone who reads a lot in the genre, but a tight plot and taut pacing makes it hard to put down.
Kristen and Emily have been best friends since college. Both had solitary upbringings, and they became uncommonly close at college. They’re now on the brink of their 30s, and still best friends.
But Kristen has moved to Australia for work, leaving Emily in the US. And Emily is starting to think that Kristen’s friendship isn’t enough for her; she wants a romantic relationship, marriage, kids.
The two women meet up in Chile for an off-the-grid holiday. It’s not the first time; they’ve had more than one adventurous holiday together. Towards the end, this one goes horribly awry. Kristen is attacked by a backpacker and has no choice but to kill him. They must cover up the murder to save themselves. After all, he was a bad guy, wasn’t he?
Remember watching movies with your hands over your eyes because they’re scary, but peeping through your fingers because you just have to know what happens? “We Were Never Here” provokes exactly the same feeling.
You know something awful is coming, you have a pretty good idea where it’s coming from, but you can’t step away until you know exactly what the awful thing is. This sense of suspense makes it hard to stop reading, even though the broad strokes of the story are pretty obvious.
Join us on Saturday, December 9th at 3:00 PM to discuss this thrilling mystery by Andrea Bartz while we enjoy hot chocolate and snacks.

Kids Minecraft
2023-12-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Build anything you can imagine with a world of virtual blocks! Come visit the library’s realm and enjoy 45 minutes of freeplay. Eight laptops are available on a first come first come first serve basis – feel free to bring your own laptop if you’d like! This realm uses Java edition. Ages 7 to 11.

Adult Craft: Knotted Ribbon Wreaths
2023-12-12 17:00 - 18:15 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us for our December’s Adult Craft on Tuesday, December 12th from 5:00-6:15 PM. We will be making mini hand-knotted ribbon wreaths in festive holiday ribbon. These are perfect to hang in a window, on a bedroom door or wherever you need to add a little Christmas cheer in your home. All supplies will be provided! If you have a pair of new, sharp scissors or designated fabric-cutting scissors then it will be helpful to bring these for your own personal use as we will be doing a lot of ribbon cutting for this craft.

Taylor Swift Birthday Party
2023-12-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us for a fun time celebrating Taylor Swift’s birthday. We will make bracelets & buttons, play a trivia game while enjoying birthday cupcakes and listening to music.

Origami Workshop: Christmas Ornaments - Part Deux
2023-12-14 16:00 - 17:15 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Back by popular demand! Join us for a free evening of learning the art of folding origami Christmas tree ornaments! We will make a beautiful star that converts to a wreath ornament – plus a stocking with candy cane, etc. Ms. Shirley and Ms. Emily will be back to teach us the necessary steps to create our own beautiful holiday ornaments. If you attended the November date – we will be creating different ornaments at this event. And if you did not attend the November date – please join us as you need not have been present at the first session to participate in the second session. Everyone was so enthusiastic that they asked to make more ornaments in December!

Holiday Book Sale
2023-12-16 - 2023-12-30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Our Friends’ Holiday Book Sale is December 16 – 30. Everything is $2.00 or less and the $6.00 Bag Sale will be the last 2 days!

Happy Winter Solstice!
2023-12-21
Today is Winter Solstice. Happy First Day of Winter! Today, we turn the corner toward longer days and a bit more sunlight. Dec. 21 is the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. On Friday, we’ll start gaining a few seconds of daylight again.

Library Closed for Christmas
2023-12-24 - 2023-12-25
The Library will be closed for the Christmas Holiday on Sunday, December 24 and Monday, December 25. Happy Holidays!

Library Closed
2023-12-31 - 2024-01-01
Library will be closed December 31 and January 1. In observation of the New Year holiday.
