Calling All Creatives for a Collaborative Community Art Show 📚🎨 In another cool collaboration between our library and the art center, everyone is invited to take part in a community art show that will be held February 3-24, 2023 at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts! This show is a fundraiser with the proceeds from the…
Early Entry to December 10 Book Sale for FOL Members The FOL Board is often asked about the benefits of an FOL membership. During recent years there have been few tangible benefits to a membership, but on December 10, all current FOL members will have first pick at the Pop-up Book Sale. Early entrance to the…
The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 2 As mentioned previously, FOL volunteers spend every Tuesday morning sorting the donated books that make their way into the library bookstore or FOL pop-up book sales. And we continue to find things that have been left in donated books. A recent sampling turned up a Russian song…
Calling All Members of the Friends of the Black Mountain Library. Join us for a fun holiday event! Saturday, December 3 we will be decorating our float entry and participating in the parade. Help with the decorating, ride on the float, walk beside the float or just cheer us on. Please click the Holidays! below to let us know…
Did you know that the Black Mountain Library has a magazine exchange and community bulletin board located near the back entrance? We call it the Community Corner and are seeking a volunteer to assist our Library Staff in keeping this area neat, clean and organized. To that end, we are searching for a volunteer who enjoys…
August was National Wellness Month and Fours Sisters Bakery chose the Friends of the Black Mountain Library as their charity. $1,000 or 100% of their walnut brownie sales were raised and donated for library efforts! Co-owner and baker, Dorothy Goodman, believes that “books, reading, imagination and education are key parts to our wellbeing.” After a…
Where do you meet fellow readers? Well of course at the library. Also you may have joined a book club where you enjoy discussing books with other readers. Or you may share books with your neighbors. When it comes to traveling, how do you meet fellow readers? Traveling recently, I was looking for ways to meet people on…
Get Ready! Another awesome book sale is coming!! The FOL will be hosting a book sale on Saturday, December 10, from 10-1 at the library. Fill an Ingles paper shopping bag with books of your choice for $5. Or purchase children’s books for 2 for $1.00. This sale will not be a lot of any…
Cate is our volunteer of the month for November. Cate Crane wears many hats. She travels extensively. Right now she’s ending a six-week-long exploration of western states and national parks. She’s also a prolific writer, including many of the blog posts for the FOL web site and newsletter. You never know what Cate will do…
National Friends of Libraries Week celebrates the work of friends groups nationwide and what better way to celebrate than to support the Friends of the Black Mountain Library? This is a great time to become a member or provide an additional financial gift, or explore other ways to support below. The FOL supports your local…