Events – Polk County Public Libraries

Foothills Chess Club 07/22/2019 , 12:30 PM at PCPL Columbus Do you know how to play chess? Players of all ages and experience ranges are invited to join! Learn the basics and then challenge yourself by playing with someone new.
Kids Summer Reading Program 07/22/2019 , 2:00 PM at PCPL Saluda The 2019 summer reading program starts on June 10! Immerse yourself in A Universe of Stories. Thanks to the Friends of Polk County Public Libraries, Local Government Federal Credit Union, The Gorge Zipline, Green River Adventures, Wilderness Cove Tubing, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Hands On! Children's Museum, Green River BBQ, Yoga at the Tree House, The Purple Onion, and The Ice Cream Barn for sponsoring the program. Challenge cards: Beginning June 10, come by the library to register and pick up your SPACE challenge card (if you didn't get one at school). There will be two challenge cards for kids throughout the summer (June 10-July 14 and July 15-August 18). Mark each box when you complete the challenge. Get a prize at the library when you finish five! (The first 60 youth to finish five challenges also get pool party tickets. The pool party is Monday, August 12 from 5-7pm at Gibson Pool in Columbus.) For every additional five you complete, earn a chance to win a grand prize! Programs: Kids programs are at 2pm (some bonus sessions are offered at later times). June 17: Fact or Myth with WNC Nature Center (Bonus session at 3pm) We have some amazing wild neighbors and some equally amazing rumors about who they are, where they live, and what they can do. We will be on our feet and moving around during our wildlife true or false game, where we'll discuss snakes to cougars, black bears to box turtles. July 22: Planet Earth & Beyond with FENCE – LIMITED TO 30 KIDS Learn about the moon, sun, and stars, as well as the rocks and minerals that help form our planet and constellations in the night sky. July 29: Creative Writing Workshop with Britt Hampton Britt Hampton, local author of Emmaline and the Second Summer, will lead this creative writing workshop. We'll discuss different ways to begin a story and then we'll write a story together about an adventure to outer space. We'll practice adding details and dialogue into our story, making it not only an adventure for the characters, but also an adventure to read!

Foothills Chess Club
07/22/2019 , 12:30 PM at PCPL Columbus

Do you know how to play chess? Players of all ages and experience ranges are invited to join! Learn the basics and then challenge yourself by playing with someone new.

Kids Summer Reading Program
07/22/2019 , 2:00 PM at PCPL Saluda

The 2019 summer reading program starts on June 10! Immerse yourself in A Universe of Stories. Thanks to the Friends of Polk County Public Libraries, Local Government Federal Credit Union, The Gorge Zipline, Green River Adventures, Wilderness Cove Tubing, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Hands On! Children's Museum, Green River BBQ, Yoga at the Tree House, The Purple Onion, and The Ice Cream Barn for sponsoring the program.

Challenge cards:
Beginning June 10, come by the library to register and pick up your SPACE challenge card (if you didn't get one at school). There will be two challenge cards for kids throughout the summer (June 10-July 14 and July 15-August 18). Mark each box when you complete the challenge. Get a prize at the library when you finish five! (The first 60 youth to finish five challenges also get pool party tickets. The pool party is Monday, August 12 from 5-7pm at Gibson Pool in Columbus.) For every additional five you complete, earn a chance to win a grand prize!

Programs:
Kids programs are at 2pm (some bonus sessions are offered at later times).

June 17: Fact or Myth with WNC Nature Center (Bonus session at 3pm)
We have some amazing wild neighbors and some equally amazing rumors about who they are, where they live, and what they can do. We will be on our feet and moving around during our wildlife true or false game, where we'll discuss snakes to cougars, black bears to box turtles.

July 22: Planet Earth & Beyond with FENCE – LIMITED TO 30 KIDS
Learn about the moon, sun, and stars, as well as the rocks and minerals that help form our planet and constellations in the night sky.

July 29: Creative Writing Workshop with Britt Hampton
Britt Hampton, local author of Emmaline and the Second Summer, will lead this creative writing workshop. We'll discuss different ways to begin a story and then we'll write a story together about an adventure to outer space. We'll practice adding details and dialogue into our story, making it not only an adventure for the characters, but also an adventure to read!