| | | | Computer Classes
All computer classes are located in the Training Center on the Administration Level of the library. Must register to attend. Click on each date for more information and a link to register. One-on-One Tech Help Language Lab PowerPoint: Crash Course! Basic Word (2 parts) Basic Excel (2 parts) Intermediate Excel (2 parts) | | | | Adult ESL Classes
Classes are free and textbooks will be provided. Classes are taught by a TEFL-certified instructor. Placement tests are required. Beginner Level Advanced Level | | | | Online Adult ESL Classes Join us for an online version of our ESL classes. These classes meet weekly for one hour and there are beginner level and intermediate to advanced level classes available. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Level 1 (beginner) Level 2 (intermediate to advanced) | | | | Find a great deal at the Friends book sale! Includes hardbacks, paperbacks, children's books, DVDs, audiobooks, music and more. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Saturday, October 1 from 10:00 am - 5:30 pm The Library Theatre | | | |
Director Emerita of the University of Montevallo's Harbert Writing Center discusses her novel, How Can I Keep from Singing?
Monday, October 3 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | All of Them Witches A wonderfully wicked film series on Mondays in October. All movies will be shown in The Library Theatre. ID will be required for entry to all R-rated movies. Monday, October 3 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Monday, October 10 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Practical Magic (1998; PG-13; 1h 44m) Monday, October 24 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Monday, October 31 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | | | | Alabama Woodworkers Guild Exhibition
See handmade wood creations by local artisans. Annual members exhibition in the Southern Voices Gallery, Friends Gallery and Shakespeare room. | | | | Practice your French and celebrate the culture! All levels, beginner to fluent, are welcome to practice their French. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Adults only, 17+ please. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Tuesday, October 4 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | House of Leaves Book Study: Part 2 Join us for a three-part study of the complicated experimental fiction book House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth, the book eventually made its way to the older generation, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages, but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Wednesday, October 5 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Adult Program Room, Zoom | | | | Read and discuss The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Register to receive a link to the Zoom event. Registration is not required to attend in person. Thursday, October 6 from 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Fitzgerald Room, Zoom | | | | Whether it be 50s or funk, classics or country, mash-ups or modern rock, The Onlys do it all! The Onlys started as a band called The Cruisers when the fellas were in high school in 1980. Under their new name, The Onlys, they are rocking harder than ever today! This is a free performance. Thursday, October 6 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Feed your need for nonfiction and swap titles with other members! This month's topic is "Essays." Saturday, October 8 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Fitzgerald Room | | | | Join old friends and make new ones at this crafty meeting of all fiber enthusiasts. We love to see anyone with a portable craft such as knitting, crochet, tatting, embroidery or other fiber crafts. Saturday, October 8 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Library Plaza | | | | Make a festive porch sign to welcome trick or treaters to your doorstep! Participants will use carbon paper, planks of wood and paint to create their own stencils for signs that say "Trick or Treat" for their doorstep. All materials will be provided. Tuesday, October 11 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Practice your Spanish and celebrate the culture! All levels, beginner to fluent, are welcome to practice their Spanish. Use what you know or expand your vocabulary with the help of our trained facilitator. Adults only, 17+ please. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Tuesday, October 11 from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Adult Program Room | | | | Make a Halloween design on cotton, using stencils and diluted bleach. Please bring your own 100% cotton, black/dark color t-shirt or item (tea towel, washcloth, etc.) to create a fun, seasonal design. This is a come and go event. Recommended ages 8 and older. Stencils and bleach solution provided. Wednesday, October 12 from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Library Plaza Patio | | | | Get simple and straightforward answers at this workshop with Karen Haiflich. Call 205-444-7840 with any questions. Thursday, October 13 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Nonfiction Department | | | | Read and discuss Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang. In Chinese, the word America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian's parents were professors; in America, her family is "illegal' and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. Thursday, October 13 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Adult Program Room | | | | An exciting, hands-on, interactive, rhythm experience. No prior musical experience necessary! Hand drums are provided or bring your own. Ages 16 and older. Thursday, October 13 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm The Library Theatre | | | | How much do you know about Halloween? Test your trivia skills. Winners will be rewarded! Thursday, October 13 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm East 59 Event Room - Lee Branch | | | | In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, a psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Runtime: 101 minutes Friday, October 14 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Library Theatre | | | | TARA, the Greater Birmingham Humane Society's mobile adoption RV, will be parked in the library parking lot with adorable, adoptable dogs. If you'd like to meet one of our friends looking for furever homes, come see us! Saturday, October 15 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Hoover Public Library Upper Parking Lot | | | | Fingerstyle guitarist returns to Hoover! Hiroya Tsukamoto is a one-of-a-kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He began playing the five-string banjo when he was thirteen, and took up guitar shortly after. Hiroya has been leading concerts internationally including several appearances at Blue Note (NYC), United Nations and Japanese National Television (NHK). In 2018, Hiroya won 2nd place in International Finger Style Guitar Championship. Sunday, October 16 from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Our Sunday afternoon book club reads The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. Would you have done anything different, if you had a chance to undo your regrets? Sunday, October 16 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms, Zoom | | | | Stuart Oates, director at Oak Hill Cemetery, will bring us (mostly) historical and (somewhat) spooky tales from Birmingham's oldest cemetery. Tuesday, October 18 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Create a glow-in-the-dark ghost using basic macrame knots and glow-in-the-dark yarn. Register to attend this easy and fun craft. Supplies provided. Thursday, October 20 from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm East 59 Event Room - Lee Branch | | | | Vitaly Beckman: An Evening of Wonders
Vitaly is a world-class illusionist. Brace yourself for a whole new take on magic as art is blended with illusion in this one-of-a-kind visual experience. Tickets cost $32 plus processing fee. The Library Theatre | | | | Halley Cotton, professor of literature and composition at UAB runs a writing workshop to help our local writers kick off NaNoWriMo! Attend in person or on Zoom. Saturday, October 22 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms, Zoom | | | | Nothing says fall like a Halloween cocktail! Learn more about mixing potions for your guests, the history between whiskey and bourbon and instructions on key items to have in your home bar with our Certified Specialist of Spirits, Anne Born. Must be 21+ to participate. Register online or by calling 205-444-7820. Sunday, October 23 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | Teen and adult volunteers can drop in on one Monday each month to roll newspapers for the Humane Society. Monday, October 24 from 3:00 pm - 8:30 pm Adult Program Room | | | | A panel of caregiving agencies, physicians and researchers will answer your questions on just about any dementia topic. Tuesday, October 25 from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Fitzgerald & Shakespeare Rooms | | | | Read and discuss Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit and Obsession by Sarah Weinman. Attend in person or on Zoom. Tuesday, October 25 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Allen Board Room, Zoom | | | | This Halloween, we're going back to the classics. Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man and more! Compete in our trivia night for great prizes. Play with a team or solo! Thursday, October 27 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | At the Pen & Paper RPG Society meetings, you will create larger than life heroes and join forces with fellow gamers as you adventure through dungeons, haunted tombs and forgotten regions of space. Let us show you a new, exciting hobby! No experience needed! Sunday, October 30 from 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Library Plaza | | | | The October meeting of the Friends of Hoover Library Board. Monday, October 31 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Shakespeare Room | | | | |
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