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…
Little Free Libraries Tod Bohl built the first Little Free Library in 2009 as a tribute to his deceased mother. Now they are everywhere, including one at the Library of Congress. But do they all look the same? Most that we’re familiar with look like cute little cottages. But take a look at the Little…
With a Buncombe County Library Card you get access to thousands of census records, birth/marriage/death certificates, immigration/travel records and so much more! If you don’t already have a library card, stop by any Buncombe County library branch to get your FREE library card (if you are a Buncombe County resident). If you already have a…
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…
Write Local, Read Local Author Fair Saturday, November 19 from 1:00-4:00 pm in the Community Education Room Connect with local authors and other readers at the first-ever Black Mountain Library Write Local, Read Local Author Fair! Join authors and illustrators as they talk about their books and writing, sell copies of their work, and get to know you,…
The Buncombe County Special Collections Library (formerly the North Carolina Room) is a medium-sized archival facility located on the lower level of Pack Memorial Library in Downtown Asheville. Buncombe County Special Collections specializes in the social, cultural, and natural history of Asheville, Buncombe County, and Western North Carolina. The personal library of Foster Alexander Sondley forms the nucleus…
“They’re here, they’re here!” This is the greeting we receive from the enthusiastic residents of Givens Highland Farms retirement community when we arrive bearing library materials each week. In September, the Black Mountain Public Library staff and volunteers began a pilot outreach program at Givens Highland Farms. The outreach program is known as Helping Our Library…
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…
A Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) debuted in August at our Library. Created by our ever-clever librarian, Melisa Pressley, a Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) debuted in August at our library. Similar to Little Free Libraries in the spirit of giving, the motto of many including our own is “Make art. Take art. Love Art.”…
Michelle is a Library Assistant at our great library, and she wanted to share the following about her favorite genre – a timely anecdote for the Halloween season: My favorite genres are apocalyptic, dystopian, and horror, so a question I get asked a lot is “Why do you like to read that stuff? Isn’t life…