Katie Lamb Public Library

Kids STEAM Experiment: Salt Dough Fossils
2024-03-28 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Let’s learn about fossils and make salt dough fossil cookies! Wait until the end for some EXCAVATION fun! (not edible), Ages 6-12
30 Max Participants, first come, first served basis
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

Library Closed
2024-03-31
The Library will be closed in observance of Easter, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Baby and Toddler Storytime
2024-04-01 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-03 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-08 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-15 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-17 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-22 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.
*This event will be capped at 40 participants.*

Teen Minecraft
2024-04-01 16:30 - 17:30 | 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 free play. Seven laptops are available on a first come, first served basis – feel free to bring your own laptop if you’d like! This realm uses Java edition. Ages 13+

Preschool Storytime
2024-04-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-04 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-09 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-16 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-18 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-23 10:30 - 11:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Preschool storytime is an early literacy program for ages 3 to 5 years old with stories, music, and movement.
*This event will be capped at 40 participants.*

Collegedale Family BINGO Night
2024-04-02 17:00 - 18:00 | West Room City Hall, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37363
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. No entry fee. The library will provide the Bingo playing cards and plastic chips. We hope to see you there.

Kids STEAM: Pinecone Birdfeeders
2024-04-04 16:30 - 17:30 | Imagination Station Pavilion, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, United States
Look up at the sky! Is it a drone? Is it a plane? No! It’s our backyard birds. Join us at the library to make pinecone birdfeeders for our feathery friends. Once we are finished we will hang them up outside the library. If weather permits we will take a hike out to the veterans park and see if we can identify any of our bird friends.
Ages 6-12
30 Max Participants, first come, first served basis
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
2024-04-08 13:30 - 14:30
We will celebrate our partial view of the solar eclipse here in Eastern Tennessee at the library. Participants will receive a pair of solar eclipse viewing glasses (funded by a NASA STEM grant) with an informational handout on safe viewing practices. The community is also invited to enjoy “celestial” snacks, check out some “out of this world” books and create some awesome souvenirs: galaxy jars, commemorative April 2024 Eclipse buttons and velvet bookmarks with silver sun charms.

Teen/Tween Lego Robotics
2024-04-09 16:30 - 17:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Build cool Lego gadgets and make them move with simple scratch programming! If you like building the new Lego sets, this is for you. (9 Sets Available first come, first served basis.)
Ages 10+

Kids Minecraft
2024-04-15 16:30 - 17:30 | 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 free play. Seven laptops are available on a first come, first served basis – feel free to bring your own laptop with the game installed if you’d like! This realm uses Java edition. Ages 8 to 12.

Adult Craft: Spring Harvest Baskets
2024-04-16 17:00 - 18:15 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
We will be assembling and painting wooden berry/fruit baskets for this month’s Adult Craft project. We will also use modge podge to add pretty details onto the baskets to create the effect of hand-painting. Spring starts the fruit harvesting season and these cute little baskets are pretty for displaying fruits/berries, vegetables, candies, etc. as a table centerpiece.

Basic Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers
2024-04-17 14:00 - 14:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join our Collegedale neighbor and library patron Ms. Sharon will be here to teach us some of the basics of ASL communication to toddlers and baby + their parent, grandparent or other guardian. She will demonstrate greetings, basic words and emotions in order to allow our youngest patrons to communicate before developing their verbal skills. Join Ms. Sharon for a small taste of ASL communications! This activity is free to the community and no library card is required for participation.

One-on-One with a Financial Advisor
2024-04-17 17:00 - 20:00 | 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 non-profit 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 PM: 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 6:30. 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. *No products will be sold*
Pre-register today to reserve a spot!

Teen/Tween Terrariums
2024-04-18 16:30 - 18:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
A terrarium is like an aquarium, but for plants instead of fish. Come make your own little world and learn about what it takes to keep your ecosystem flourishing. We will be taking a small walk around Veteran’s Memorial Park to find some plants and other thing you may want inside your ecosystem, Ages 10-17
10 terrarium kits are available first come, first served basis
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

String Theory
2024-04-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Bring any style of needlework project (knit, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery…) to this informal gathering and talk about books, recipes, and whatever else strikes your fancy while you work.

Local Author Visit: Kimberly Brock's The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
2024-04-21 14:00 - 15:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join the Collegedale Friends of the Library as they host local author Kimberly Brock who will discuss her book – The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare.
The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Brought from England on Eleanor’s fateful voyage to the New World, her book was passed down through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it, but her mother’s tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or so Alice hoped. In the waning days of World War II, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter, Penn, in tow. But when Penn’s curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone and shell of the old house and Eleanor’s book is finally found, Alice is forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare. In this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock, the answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that was always waiting to be written. Praise for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare : “From the haunting first line, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare transports the reader to a mysterious land, time and family . . . the captivating women of the Dare legacy must find their true inheritance hiding behind the untold secrets.” — Patti Callahan , New York Times bestselling author
Kimberly Brock is the bestselling author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare and her award-winning debut, The River Witch. She is the founder of Tinderbox Writers Workshop and has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national writing workshops including at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. She lives outside of Atlanta with her husband and three children.
To learn more, visit her website at
https://kimberlybrockbooks.com

Earth Day Park Clean-Up
2024-04-22 16:00 - 17:00
In collaboration with Collegedale Parks and Recreation, we welcome Earth Day! This clean up will focus on educating, encouraging and enabling the community to come together and eradicate litter around our parks. We will supply gloves, trash bags, and a recycled gift during this program. We will also be making seed bombs that are filled with native wildflower seeds. All ages are welcomed!
This will be a sunshine event only.

Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
2024-04-23 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.
