Artist Workshop with Eric William Carroll Thursday, April 11, 2024, 3:00-5:00pm Join Buncombe County Special Collections artist resident Eric William Carroll for a hands-on workshop exploring the creative and lasting potential of scrapbooks! Inspired by scrapbooks in the library’s archives, Carroll will lead participants through an updated template for creating scrapbooks, exploring what the visual culture…
Book Club Re-Launch We are excited to announce Book Club is BAAACK! We will have a welcome gathering in the Community Room of the Black Mountain Public Library on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30pm. We’ll decide on selections for the year and distribute copies of the One Book, One Buncombe novel, The Violin Conspiracy by…
Welcome Our New Librarian! Tammy Young is no stranger to the Swannanoa Valley. She has been a resident since she was approximately 2 years old with a couple of stints in Stanly County, North Carolina and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Tammy joined the Buncombe County Public Library System as a substitute approximately 12 years ago. Prior to…
Happy New Year from your Black Mountain Library Staff! Happy New Year to one and all. We hope you read more in 2024! What are your reading goals for 2024? Here are our staff reading goals this year: Laura: My goal is to read a dozen local authors that are new to me, poets included. Michelle: My goal…
WLRL Fair a Success Our second Write Local, Read Local Author Fair is now in the books. On November 11, we hosted 25 authors and introduced them to 85 readers. It felt so good to have 100+ literature-loving people in the library on a dreary Saturday morning! We received positive comments such as: We are looking forward…
NaNoWriMo Come Write-In! November is National Novel Writing Month! What does that entail exactly? The challenge is to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November. The Black Mountain Library is here to keep away writer’s block! We will open our Community Room for all interested writers and we’ll have a…
Remembering Sherri Cronin It is with sadness that we share the news of Sherrie Cronin’s passing. Sherrie was formerly the Secretary for the Friends of the Black Mountain Library and wrote our first newsletter in 2017. She worked with Pam King to re-energize the FOL at that time. She also wrote a NC Humanities Grant…
Author Talk and Workshop: Weaving at Black Mountain College Registration is required and attendance is limited. Sign up here for the Black Mountain Library program. This program is presented in partnership with Buncombe County Special Collections and Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center. Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students is curated by…
A Stitch in Crime – New Tuesday Afternoon Program in October Calling all yarn artists and True Crime fans. Grab your knitting needles, crochet hooks, and embroidery needles and join us at the Black Mountain Library! We’ll listen to a True Crime podcast and work on our yarn projects. This is not intended to be an…
An Evening with Jaki Shelton Green, Oct 3 at 6pm Don’t miss a reading and conversation with Jaki Shelton Green, Poet Laureate of North Carolina on Tuesday, October 3 from 6-7:30pm in the Black Mountain Library’s Community Room. This special event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and is free and open to…