| | | | First Thursday Fiction Book Group
Bring a friend and join us to discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. In early 1900s Korea, prized daughter Sunja finds herself pregnant and alone, bringing shame on her family until a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and move with her to Japan, in the saga of one family bound together as their faith and identity are called into question. Our book groups are a fun way to delve deeper into your love of literature by sharing it with others. Refreshments provided. For more information about the group or this month's selection, visit our website or call 444-7820. Thursday, August 1 at 10 am Fitzgerald Room | | | | Sunday NovelTea Fiction Book Group
Join us to discuss All the Single Ladies by Dorothea Benton Frank over tea and cookies. In the wake of a remarkable woman's death, three middle-aged women bond over their shared grief while evaluating their own shifting prospects. For more information about the group or this month's selection, visit our website or call 444-7820 for more information. Sunday, August 4 at 3 pm Public Lounge/Book Nook | | | | How to Start a Business Learn how to start your own business at this one-stop workshop featuring Damian J. Carson from Operation HOPE and a panel of experts in their given fields. Panelists will discuss business plans, location, taxes, licenses, inventory, and marketing. For more information, call 444-7816. Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Live on the Plaza: Dogwood in Concert
Longtime veterans of Birmingham's rock and blues scene reunite to perform newly recorded material. FREE! For more information, call 444-7821. Wednesday, August 7 at 7 pm Library Plaza | | | | Second Thursday Fiction Book Group
Bring a friend and join us to discuss Every Note Played by Lisa Genova. When Richard, a famed concert pianist, loses his ability to play after being diagnosed with ALS, ex-wife Karen, who blames him for her own abandoned performance career, reluctantly becomes his caretaker. For more information about the group or this month's selection, visit our website or call 444-7820. Thursday, August 8 at 10 am Fitzgerald Room | | | | SOLD OUT Friends of Hoover Library Present: Dolores Hydock: In Her Own Fashion
Dolores Hydock shares stories about the life of Ninette Griffith, a smart, sassy, elegantly ambitious Birmingham woman, who had an eyebrow-raising love affair (or two) in the 1930s, a high-ranking military husband in the 1940s, a high-profile fashion career in the 1950s, and an opinion on everything. Tickets to the event are sold out. Contact The Library Theatre Box Office at 444-7888 for waiting list information and any questions about the performance. Thursday, August 8 at 7 pm The Library Theatre | | | | After Hours @ the Plaza: Library Bingo
Round up your family and friends to compete for great prizes while playing a classic game with a library twist. Free event and refreshments provided. Call 444-7801 for more information. Friday, August 9 at 7 pm Library Plaza | | | | How to Find Grants
Learn to use library resources to find grants for nonprofits and individuals. No reservations required, but seating is limited. Call 444-7816 for more information. Saturday, August 10 at 10:30 am Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Purl on the Plaza
Join old friends and make new ones at this crafty meeting of fiber enthusiasts. We love to see anyone with a portable craft such as knitting, crochet, tatting, or embroidery. For more information about the monthly program, visit our website or call 444-7821. Saturday, August 10 from 1 pm - 5 pm Library Plaza | | | | Documentary Screening: Freedom Summer
Join us for a screening of Freedom Summer, a documentary that highlights the efforts by local and outside activists in Mississippi to organize communities and register black voters in the face of intimidation, physical violence, and death during the summer of 1964. For more information, visit our website or call 444-7840. Monday, August 12 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Helping Hands
Drop in to make newspaper rolls for a local humane society. Teens and adults welcome. Call 444-7840 for more information. Monday, August 12 from 3 pm - 8:30 pm Adult Program Room | | | | Library Closed
On Friday, August 16, the library will be CLOSED for staff training. Regular hours will resume Saturday at 10 am. | | | | Insatiable Readers: I'm With the Band
Feed your need for nonfiction titles and bookish conversations while you enjoy a cup of coffee. For more information, visit our website or call 444-7840. Saturday, August 17 at 10:30 am Fitzgerald Room | | | | Glue Gun Gang: Crepe Paper Flowering Topiary
Create a whimsical tree using crepe paper, buttons, and a variety of other craft materials. Registration is required and class size is limited. Call 444-7840 to sign up, or register online using the links below. FREE! | | | | Nonfiction Book Group
Join us for a discussion of Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre, the story of the Allied invasion of southern Europe and how it was concealed from the Nazis. For more information about the group or this month's selection, visit our website or call 444-7816. Thursday, August 22 at 7 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Room | | | | Trivia Night: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Let's see how much you remember from the fifth grade! Play with a team or go solo and compete for great prizes. For more information, call 444-7821. Thursday, August 22 at 7 pm Library Plaza | | | | After Hours on the Plaza: Game Nite
Team up with your friends and fellow gamers and heed the call of the tabletop! We have a great selection of board games available, but you are welcome to bring your favorite to share. East 59 Vintage Cafe will be open late. For more information, call 444-7821. Friday, August 23 from 7 pm - 10 pm Library Plaza | | | | Write Club
Share your literary works and network with other aspiring writers. Share a five-minute selection and receive feedback from peers. All are welcome. For more information, call 444-7820. Saturday, August 24 at 10:30 am Fitzgerald Room | | | | Pen & Paper RPG Society
Come in for an afternoon of fun as we explore this awesome gaming genre! You'll create larger than life heroes; adventure through dungeons, haunted tombs and forgotten regions of space; and defeat dark elder beings seeking to devour the world. Let us show you an exciting new hobby! No experience needed. For more information, call 444-7820. Sunday, August 25 from 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Monday at the Movies
Join us for Going in Style (2017, PG-13, 96 m), starring Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin. Lifelong buddies decide to buck retirement and step off the straight-and-narrow when their pension funds become a corporate casualty. Free admission and refreshments! For more information, visit our website or call 444-7820. Monday, August 26 at 2 pm & 6:30 pm The Library Theatre | | | | True Crime Book Club
Enjoy playing armchair detective? Fascinated by cold cases? This book club is for you! Join us as we discuss Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. For more information, call 444-7748. Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 pm Adult Program Room | | | | Vintage Videos
A tennis player frames his unfaithful wife for first-degree murder after she inadvertently hinders his plan to kill her in Dial M for Murder (1954). Free admission and refreshments! For more information, call 444-7801. Friday, August 30 at 2 pm The Library Theatre | | | | Computer Classes
Hoover Library offers free computer classes. All classes are located in the Training Center on the Administration level and registration is required. Visit our website or call 444-7477 to sign up. Basic Excel Tuesday, August 13 at 10 am (Part 1 of 2) Wednesday, August 14 at 10 am (Part 2 of 2) Excel Level II Tuesday, August 20 at 10 am (Part 1 of 2) Wednesday, August 21 at 10 am (Part 2 of 2) Basic Excel Thursday, August 22 at 6 pm (Part 1 of 2) Thursday, August 29 at 6 pm (Part 2 of 2) One-on-One Tech Help Saturday, August 24 at 2 pm Saturday, August 24 at 3 pm PowerPoint: Crash Course! Tuesday, August 27 at 10 am Excel: Crash Course! Wednesday, August 28 at 10 am | | | Hoover Public Library 200 Municipal Dr., Hoover, AL 35216 205-444-7800
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