Katie Lamb Public Library

Intro to Mahjong for Beginners
2024-06-23 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us at the Collegedale Public Library for an introductory meeting of the new game sensation, Mahjong. This tile-based game dates back to 19th Century China with regional variants across Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. It is considered a game of skill, strategy and luck. We are hosting this meeting to allow local novice Mahjong players to be able to connect and introduce those interested but with no experience to the game. If connections are made – the hope is that a group of regular players can start playing rotating meeting locations.
This introductory session is for adult beginners (17+) who would like to learn more about the playing of mahjong. This program is open to anyone in the community with an interest, no library card requirement.

Creature Features: Tortilla the Collared Peccary
2024-06-24 10:30 - 11:00 | West Room City Hall, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37363
Join us for an exciting event in the west room at city hall! Creature Features will visit us to present their Collared peccary and teach us about these interesting animals. This event is for all ages, however, there is only room for 40 people so sign up soon! All attendees will need to sign up for a spot, including adults.
Registration will open June 1st.

Kids Lego Club
2024-06-24 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+

Playtime
2024-06-25 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-06-26 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-06-27 10:30 - 11:00 | TN
Join us for playtime! All children age 0-5.

Paws to Read with Therapy Dog
2024-06-25 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.

Collegedale Family BINGO Night
2024-06-25 17:30 - 18:30 | 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.

Senior Craft: Origami Swans in conjunction with Parks & Rec
2024-06-26 10:00 - 11:00 | City Hall​, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37315, United States
Join us for a morning with community Seniors! Our local origami teacher Ms. Shirley is back to teach us the art of folding origami swans. She is an excellent, patient teacher who will make you feel accomplished by the end of the workshop!

Basic Sign Language for Adults, Teens & Tweens
2024-06-26 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!

Teen/Tween Piñata Party
2024-06-27 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a piñata?
Come to the library to find out! You’ll get to design and create your very own. All while learning where they originated from, and you will get to try some sweet treats from this country.
Ages 11-17
25 kits are available first come, first served basis
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

Origami Workshop: Frogs!
2024-06-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join Ms. Shirley for some fantastic frog folding fun adventures when we make origami jumping frogs and other reptiles during this Summer Reading origami session.

Baby and Toddler Storytime
2024-07-01 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-08 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-10 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-15 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-17 10:30 - 11:00 | TN
This early literacy program for ages 0 to 36 months is designed for activity and movement. *This event will be capped at 40 participants.*

Kids/Tween/ Teens Lego Robotics
2024-07-01 16:00 - 17:00 | 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. (14 Sets Available first come, first served basis.)
Ages 6+

Preschool Storytime
2024-07-02 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-09 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-11 10:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-16 10:30 - 11:00 | TN
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.*

Adult Craft: Beach in Jar
2024-07-02 17:30 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Inflation is high and vacations may be limited this Summer – so join us at the library to create your very own ‘beach in a jar’ to enjoy at home. You may not be able to visit the shore this season or maybe you just want to pretend you are there while you’re counting down the days to your beach trip! We will make a beachy wonderland with all the coastal elements plus fairy lights. Crank up an ocean waves playlist, open your beach read and sit beside your jar and have a “Calgon take me away” moment!
Open to participants 17+ years, first come, first served.

Library Closed
2024-07-03 - 2024-07-04 | TN
The Library will be closed for the Fourth of July on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, and Thursday, July 4,2024. See you on Friday!

Family Event: Kindness Rocks! Rock Painting!
2024-07-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join us for more family Summer Reading program fun! We will paint rocks to encourage reading and/or kindness in our local community. Stop in and paint a rock, or two or three to take with you to hide for your neighbors to find!

ASL for Babies and Toddlers
2024-07-10 14:00 - 14:30 | 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 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!

Intro to Yoga to Relax for Adults and Teens
2024-07-11 17:30 - 18:30 | West Room City Hall, 4910 Swinyar Dr, Collegedale, TN, 37363
Community member Cyndi Allen will be leading us through a beginner yoga class focused on relaxation. Bring your own mat and meet in the west room at city hall.

String Theory
2024-07-13 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.

Origami Workshop: Airplanes!
2024-07-15 17:30 - 18:30 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Join Ms. Shirley for some awesome airplane folding fun adventures when we make origami airplanes and other aircraft during this Summer Reading origami session.

Fiction Addiction Book Club: Beach Read by Emily Henry
2024-07-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Library Meeting Room, 9318 Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN, United States
Fiction Addiction Book Club will be discussing Beach Read by Emily Henry.

A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD! FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION AND BOOK LOVERS!
A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.
Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.
They’re polar opposites.
In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.
Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.

Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read, as well as the forthcoming Happy Place. She lives and writes in Cincinnati and the part of Kentucky just beneath it.

Find her on Instagram @EmilyHenryWrites.
