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The Greenwood County Library offers different types of programs for adults that include Book Discussions, Speakers, Crafts, and other enrichment opportunities. All adults, 18 and over, are invited. Some programs require registration and may have a limited capacity as materials need to be purchased and the Library is still practicing social distancing. View our programs below for full details.
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Book Discussion: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Thursday, August 17: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Fredrik Backman's darkly comedic mystery Anxious People. The novel is about a failed bank robbery that turns an apartment viewing into a hostage situation and the subsequent investigation into it. The victims are argumentative and difficult, the bank robber is distraught and the realtor is incompetent, but when a gunshot goes off and the police find an apartment covered in blood, things get serious. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk:
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Introvert Happy Hour
Monday, August 21: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Greenwood County Library, American Veterans Auditorium
Calling all introverts: spend a stress-free hour with us in the American Veterans Auditorium coloring or silently reading for an hour. No pressure to make small talk! Just a time to relax and get lost in a good book or a coloring page. Light refreshments, coloring pages and coloring pencils will be provided. You may also bring your own coloring supplies and your own books (if reading). No registration required. |
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Book Discussion: Verity by Colleen Hoover
Monday, August 28: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Colleen Hoover's popular, psychological mystery/romantic suspense novel Verity. The book focuses on the life of Lowen Ashleigh, a young writer living in New York City who is not living the life she had envisioned for herself until she bumps into a man who will change her life forever. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk:
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Special Guest: Stephanie Turner
Thursday, August 31: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Stephanie Turner, Horticultural Agent with the Clemson Cooperative Extension, will discuss how to prepare for fall vegetable gardening. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk: |
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Special Guest: Stephanie Turner
Thursday, September 7: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Greenwood County Library, American Veterans Auditorium
Stephanie Turner, Horticultural Agent with the Clemson Cooperative Extension, will discuss how to plant bulbs and cool season flowers. Registration is required.
Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk:or online below: Registration FormRegistration is required and opens 8/7/23. |
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Book Discussion: The Scribe of Siena by Melodie Winawer
Thursday, September 14: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Melodie Winawer's historical fiction novel The Scribe of Siena, which takes readers deep into medieval Italy, where the past and present blur and a twenty-first century woman will discover a plot to destroy Siena. Think The Girl with a Pearl Earring meets Outlander. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, August 14. |
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Craft Program: Fall Canvas Painting with EllenBess
Monday, September 18: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Local artist and art teacher, EllenBess Gable, will lead this program in which participants will create canvas acrylic paintings to welcome in the fall season. All supplies are provided and registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, August 21. |
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Book Discussion: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Monday, September 25: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid's historical fiction novel Daisy Jones & The Six, which tells the story of a 1970s band that gives individual interviews leading up to their final show and subsequent breakup as a band. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Friday, August 25. |
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Pumpkin Painting - ALL AGES
Children (1st grade and up), Tweens, Teens, and Adults are all able to attend! Registration is required and opens Wednesday, September 20 *Entries for the Pumpkin Contest can be either painted or carved, but this program will be for painting only. View contest rules and other details about SpookNight here. |
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Spook Night - A Free All Ages Event! Monday, October 9: 5PM - 7:30PM About: We are so excited to announce our second annual Spook Night at the Greenwood County Library! This will be an indoor/outdoor event with a Halloween Costume Contest, Pumpkin Contest, Magician, games, and more! Rainy Day: In the event of bad weather, Spook Night will move entirely into the American Veterans Auditorium. Rules/Disclaimers:
Registration is required for the Costume Contest and Pumpkin Contest. Click here for more information. |
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Book Discussion: The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
Thursday, October 12: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss C.J. Tudor's unsettling horror thriller The Burning Girls, in which an unconventional vicar must exorcise the dark past of a remote village haunted by death and disappearances. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, September 11. |
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Special Guests: Leitreanna and Matthew Brown with Paranormal Team
Monday, October 16: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Greenwood County Library, American Veterans Auditorium
Leitreanna Brown, a paranormal investigator, shaman and storyteller of Family Spirit International (along with Matthew Brown and her paranormal team) will discuss her books and have them available for purchase and signing. She and her team will play some segments of the Hulu show Repossessed and several other TV shows her family has participated in. She will also bring paranormal equipment for demonstration as well as other paranormal support people and vendor tables. Registration is required.
Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, September 11. |
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Introvert Happy Hour
Monday, October 23: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Calling all introverts: spend a stress-free hour with us in the American Veterans Auditorium coloring or silently reading for an hour. No pressure to make small talk! Just a time to relax and get lost in a good book or a coloring page. Light refreshments, coloring pages and coloring pencils will be provided. You may also bring your own coloring supplies and your own books (if reading). No registration required. |
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Book Discussion: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Monday, October 30: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Grady Hendrix's horror novel The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires in which a women's book club must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town. Think Steel Magnolias meets Dracula! Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Friday, September 29. |
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Craft Program: Jewelry Making with Cindy Chesney
Monday, November 6: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Cindy Chesney, Ware Shoals artist and "rockhound" with over fifty years of experience making jewelry, will lead this program in which participants will use a simple technique to create a beaded bracelet. This would make a great present for a friend or family member for Christmas or just keep for yourself! Jewelry making is not a "one and done" so bring your patience and willingness to learn. All supplies are provided, but you may bring your own tools (such as pliers). Program will be upstairs in Conference Room 2 and registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, October 9. |
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Game Night: Classic Board Games
Monday, November 13: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Greenwood County Library, American Veterans Auditorium
Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we play classic board games. Some of the games available will be Monopoly, Clue, Scrabble, The Game of Life and more. Light refreshments will be provided. No registration required. |
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Book Discussion: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Monday, November 16: 12:00 - 1:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me, the biographical true crime book about the infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy. The book explores Rule's unwitting friendship with Bundy after they met in 1971 while working for a Crisis Clinic in Seattle, Washington. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, October 16. |
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Book Discussion: The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
Monday, November 20: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Hallie Rubenhold's The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. The book examines the lives of the five women largely believed to have been killed by Jack the Ripper in the Whitechapel murders. Rubenhold focuses on these women instead of the killer, giving them back their stories. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below:Registration is required and opens Monday, October 23. |
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Book Discussion: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Monday, December 11: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Elle Cosimano's hilarious, cozy mystery Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. When Finlay Donovan, a stressed-out single mother and struggling novelist, is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel with her agent, she’s mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet. Soon, Finlay discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart, as she becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below:. Registration is required and opens Monday, November 13. |
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Book Discussion: Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer
Monday, December 14: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Join us in the American Veterans Auditorium as we discuss Susan M. Boyer's cozy mystery Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island in which Hadley Cooper, a Lowcountry private investigator, finds herself in the middle of a local murder case. This engaging novel is the first in the Carolina Tales series. Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at the Circulation Desk or online below: Registration is required and opens Monday, November 13. |
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