GROW Trail Opens On June 10th, the Greenways Read Out-loud Walking Trail, or GROW Trail, officially opened with a morning celebration and ribbon cutting at Lake Tomahawk. Read the full story in the Black Mountain News here. Conceived by Melisa Pressley, Manager of the Black Mountain Library, the GROW Trail was supported by the Black Mountain Greenways…
Art in Bloom Features Library Gardens We are excited to again be a stop on the annual Art in Bloom garden tour hosted by the Black Mountain Center for the Arts on Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17 from 10am-2pm. At the Black Mountain Library, we have a Seed Lending Library, a Wildflower Pollinator Meadow, Rain Garden and Community…
Tailgate Market Volunteer Opportunities Do you enjoy meeting new people? Sharing your love of reading and the library with others? If yes, we have a volunteer opportunity for you! We are seeking additional ‘Tailgate Market Greeters’ to work at the Friends of the Black Mountain Library table each Saturday at the vibrant and popular Tailgate…
Centennial Celebration Success – Our First 100 Years More than 100 library supporters, friends and neighbors came together on April 25 to celebrate 100 years of library service to the community. The history of the library was recounted through photographs, objects and stories displayed throughout the Community Room. The library opened in 1922 at the…
New Art in the Library When you next stop in the library, be on the lookout for several new awesome pieces of art. The Friends of the Library acquired two book-related artworks from the Beyond the Binding community art show. A tree grows out of a book in Arborea by Amy Boyd while Laura Williamson created a quilt…
Join Us for the Library’s 100 (Plus 1) Anniversary Party A recent article in the Buncombe County Community News looks back over the 100-year history of our library, and then looks forward to the future. Black Mountain Library Branch Manager, Melisa Pressley, calmly and confidently predicts that “The library will continue to be a gathering space…
Amanda Anne Platt in Concert at the Library We have a few tickets left for this awesome event! Get your tickets at the library or click the button below.
Seed Library is Open for Business The Black Mountain Booms Seed Lending Library opened for the season on Saturday, February 18 to a gathering of happy gardeners! Located towards the library’s rear entrance, the Seed Library, is FREE and open to all. We offer a great assortment of seeds plus “starter kits” while supplies last.…
New Life for Old Books Old books received a new life through a journal making class thanks to our friends and partners at the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League. Artist and instructor, Denise Waldick, led a workshop in which we transformed books into fun and funky journals. Over the course of a morning, we removed the…
Another New Chapter: Card Catalog Donation While library catalogs have gone digital, that doesn’t mean that vintage wooden card catalogs have been tossed to the curb. Indeed, they are collectors’ items with many uses from storing sewing supplies to seed packets. Seeds? Yes, you heard that right. The Black Mountain Blooms Seed Lending Library recently…