Katie Lamb Public Library

Teen/Tween Hangout: Slime Time-Spooky and Surprising mixtures
2023-10-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
It’s slime time! Join us as we make different kinds of slime to take home, share with your friends, and impress everyone! The only scary thing is how much fun you will have! This program is designed for ages 9-18. This program is part of STEAMFEST. Find more information here: https://www.tnsteam.org/host
DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND WE HAVE MOVED TO THE LARGER MEETING ROOM ACROSS THE STREET IN CITY HALL.

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!

Library Closed at 4:00 pm
2023-10-23 16:00 - 20:00 | TN
The Library will be closed for the Escape Event at 4:00
Open Hours for both days
Monday, October 23 10:00 – 4:00
Tuesday, October 24 10:00 – 4:00

Escape From OZ
2023-10-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Welcome to the Land of OZ where time is all out of sorts. The past, present, and future are all happening at once and everyone is terribly confused. As you travel through OZ your task is to help Dorothy find out what happened to time. Join us for this annual event where the Library becomes a themed escape room and the staff transform into themed characters.
Please pre-register for one slot per family or group.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4FA9AA2BA2FC1-44640657-escape

Library Closed at 4 PM
2023-10-24 16:00 - 20:00 | TN

Playtime
2023-10-25 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-10-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-01 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-02 10:30 - 11:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us in the library for playtime! All children age 0-5.

Lego Robotics for Kids/Tween/Teen
2023-10-26 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!

Outdoor Playtime
2023-10-30 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-10-31 10:30 - 11:00 | Imagination Station Pavilion, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us outside for playtime! All children age 0-5.

Kids Lego Club
2023-10-30 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.

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.)

Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
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.

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!

Tween/Teen Minecraft
2023-11-02 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 12-18

Baby and Toddler Storytime
2023-11-06 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-08 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-13 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
2023-11-07 10:30 - 11:00, 2023-11-09 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.

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
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

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.

Library Closed
2023-11-10 | TN
The Library will be closed for Veteran’s Day, Friday, November 10.

Crime Reads Book Club: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
2023-11-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
In every person’s story, there is something to hide…
The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman’s terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who’d happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just happens that one is a murderer.
Award-winning author Sulari Gentill delivers a sharply thrilling read with The Woman in the Library, an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all.
Once upon a time, Sulari Gentill was a corporate lawyer serving as a director on public boards, with only a vague disquiet that there was something else she was meant to do. That feeling did not go away until she began to write. And so Sulari became the author of the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries: thus far, ten historical crime novels chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist, the Hero Trilogy, based on the myths and epics of the ancient world, and the Ned Kelly Award winning Crossing the Lines (published in the US as After She Wrote Hime). In 2014 she collaborated with National Gallery of Victoria to write a short story which was produced in audio to feature in the Fashion Detective Exhibition, and thereafter published by the NGV. IN 2019 Sulari was part of a 4-member delegation of Australian crime writers sponsored by the Australia Council to tour the US as ambassadors of Australian Crime Writing.
Sulari lives with her husband, Michael, and their boys, Edmund and Atticus, on a small farm in Batlow where she grows French Black Truffles and refers to her writing as “work” so that no one will suggest she get a real job.

Kids Minecraft
2023-11-13 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.
