First Sowing Circle Program of the Season! Our first Sowing Circle program will take place on Friday, March 8 and is truly a program for everyone. We’ll look at everything from ways to “warm up,” accessible garden choices including raised beds and containers and tool choices. We hope you will be able to join us…
Sewing & Mending Repair Event with WNC Repair Café March 14 from 4-7pm The Black Mountain Library is thrilled to join other Buncombe County library branches and host our first WNC Repair sewing and mending repair event this month! Join us at this collaborative event on March 14 from 4:00-7:00 pm in the Community Room…
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…
Sewing & Mending Repair Event with WNC Repair Café, March 14 from 4-7pm The Black Mountain Library is thrilled to join other Buncombe County library branches and host our first WNC Repair sewing and mending repair event this March! Join us at this collaborative event on March 14 from 4:00-7:00 pm in the Community Room…
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…
Growing Green in the Library Next time you’re in the library, stop for a few moments to appreciate all the many thriving plants surrounding you! You’ll find green growing throughout the branch from the front entryway to the children’s section. Lovingly tended by plant fairy, Ms Lulu, the plants bring joy to all and keep Ms. Lulu…
Book Sale Success Well, another successful holiday sale is in the books! Many thanks to our volunteers as well as to our community of readers and shoppers. It was worth it to see so many books go to good homes! The dreary weather did not deter our dedicated readers and repeat buyers who were ready…
Melisa Pressley Wins NCLA Award Black Mountain’s own Melisa Pressley was recently presented with the North Carolina Library Association’s prestigious Leadership Institute Award. This competitive award, announced at the 65th NCLA Biennial Conference, recognized her work developing a program to start a new library association that will represent the western district of our state. In Melisa’s…
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…