Is your baby turning one soon? Join us in store to celebrate this milestone with free activities, giveaways and great gift ideas for planning baby’s big day. Plus, meet local parents—and their babies, too! Our Baby’s First Birthday events are held the second Saturday of every month! Can’t make it to this one? Be sure to come to the next!
Reserve your spot HERE: https://reserve.babiesrus.com/events.html#/map
Join us the weekend before Halloween for a carved pumpkin contest and a screening of “Hocus Pocus.” Rated PG.
Bring your carved pumpkin for a chance to win a prize! The audience gets to vote for the best pumpkin, during the movie the votes will be tallied for the winner and runner up. After the movie the winners will be announced. If you want to enter the contest, but can’t stick around for the movie, let us know! You can drop your pumpkin off and it can still be eligible to win, leave your name and phone number/ email address with the pumpkin AND if you will be returning to pick it up. Pumpkins will be featured on the Pack Library Facebook Page.
This program is FREE and everyone is welcome! Snacks & Cider complimentary. Held in auditorium downstairs.
***Pumpkins must be carved to enter contest. NO ONE can carve a pumpkin in the library.***
Happy carving!
Join us as we learn how to help scientists study birds at your library and in your own neighborhood! We’ll learn how to recognize some common birds and how you can use colors, sizes, flight patterns and more to identify the variety of birds that call our area home.
Hunting Biltmore & WNC Ghosts with supernatural events historian and sleuth, Tadd McDivitt! Tadd works with Joshua Warren of Haunted Asheville Ghost Tours, seeking the truth behind stories of local haunts and strange occurances. This program is free and for ages 14 and up.
STAR WARS READS DAY will be Saturday, October 21st from 2pm-4pm at the Oakley/South Asheville Library Challenge yourself with Star Wars trivia, design your own glowing lightsaber, meet our Jedi librarian, read Star Wars books and so much more! For kids of all ages.
Tiny Tots Yoga with Brandon Hudson. Free yoga class for crawlers to 3 year-olds.
Stories of Old Swannanoa Valley with local historian and general cut-up Bill Alexander! Be sure to come early for a good seat. The Alexanders were one of the founding families of Swannanoa. Bill knows most of our local history and especially about Grovemont, our community within a community.This program is free and for ages 9 and up.
Join Kari Sager, MScN from Asheville Wellness Counseling for a pre-Halloween talk about nutrition for your children followed by a Q & A. Program is held in auditorium and is FREE.
Sometimes saying “Broccoli is good for you!” just isn’t enough. Navigating nutrition as an adult can be challenging with so many convenient temptations dangling in front of us. So how can we expect our kids not to get caught up in similar marketing traps? Healthy Eating for Kids will focus on childhood nutrition, healthy eating habits, and ways to lay a foundation for a future of healthy choices.
Pack Library is joining forces with Buncombe County Partnership for Children as they bring Adventure Play to downtown Asheville!
What is Adventure Play? Think child directed play using creativity, imagination and recycled materials. This program is designed for all ages and will be fun for everyone.
The event will be outdoors across the street from Pack Library at 68 Haywood Street (aka The Pit). This is a drop in event from 10am-3pm. For more information & weather updates check out the Facebook page at Asheville Adventure Play or contact us at 828-250-4720.