Greetings and welcome to

August

This month, visit your library to give blood, inspire your children as they learn about artists at the First Friday Art Crawl, learn about credit, fraud, divorce, and college financial aid, visit with authors, learn how to get naturalized, and get information regarding starting your small business! Join us to watch the partial solar eclipse too!
This is just a sampling of what your library offers this month.. for all the details keep reading and feel free to forward this newsletter.

Join us for the preparedness education program for third through fifth graders on Tuesday, August 1st at 11:30 am.

 Cook the Books: A Mystery and Crime Fiction Book Club will meet on Tuesday, August 1st at 4:00 pm in the library meeting room to discuss The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.  For more information please contact Angela Constantino at [email protected]  All are welcome!

Have any old home movies just lying around in the attic, basement, or garage?  Think they might contain footage showing life in Boone, Blowing Rock, or Watauga County?  Bring them on down to the WCHS Home Movie Day, and we'll run them through the projector to see what you've got.  In addition, WCHS will show footage from its own collections, including the 1950 Appalachian Theatre fire and the 1949 Watauga County Centennial Parade.  This event will be held in the meeting room at Watauga County Public Library on August 3rd from 4:30 pm until 7:00 pm.

Give blood.  Help save lives.  A blood drive will be held at Watauga County Library in the Meeting Room on Friday, August 4th from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.  For an appointment, please click here to sign up!

The Youth Services Department will be hosting an "Artist Workshop" for the First Friday event on August 4th from 4:30 pm until 6:30 pm.  We will highlight five artists with an accompanying style of artwork.

• Picasso:  Cubism with pastels
• Seurat:  Impressionism with a pointillism project
• Mondiran:  Neoplasticism bookmarks created with markers
• Kandinsky:  Abstract art created with scissors
• Pollock:  Expressionism with paint

This event is open to ages 5 to 15. 

 

Any family that is struggling to afford the high costs of back-to-school supplies is welcome to attend.  If you normally would not ask for help but need it, please do not hesitate to come.  This event will be held at Watauga High School from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 12th. Arly, our gray fox mascot, will appear around 12 noon!
For more information, please click on the link: https://www.back2schoolfestival.org/.

August is Little Free Libraries Month. The public is encouraged to take a book or two and can return them for others to enjoy.
  Valle Crucis Community Park,
Two Rivers Community School,
Stone Mountain Store, Bethel 
Two new Little Free Libraries have been added at White Laurel Apartments and Leola Street Community Garden. 
For more information, click the following link:  http://arlibrary.libguides.com/friendly.php?s=ARL-LittleFreeLibraries/Watauga.

Make plans now to join us on Monday, August 21st from
1:09 pm until 4:01 pm for an amazing day!  A total eclipse of the sun will be visible in the continental United States for the first time in almost 40 years.  A total eclipse is when the sun is completely hidden by the moon, the sky becomes dark, and the sun's faint appearance becomes visible, like a beautiful halo.  In Boone, we will experience a partial eclipse beginning at 1:09 pm, peaking at 2:38 pm, and ending at 4:01 pm.  We will be making galaxy slime and other solar activities for the kids.  Bring your lawn chair or blanket for the front lawn, and check in at the Youth Services desk to pick up your solar glasses while they last.

"Art, Books, and Children"
Thursday, August 3rd at 10:30 am
Sponsored by the Turchin Center
Location is at the Picnic Shelter at the Old Cove Creek School.  Ages 7-12 are welcome!
Friday, August 25th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Western Watauga Community Center.
Friends of the Library Book Sale and various crafts include pottery, jewelry, wood items, and much more!
For more information, click here.