All programs and events are free and open to the public. CP=Cameron Park, EDH=El Dorado Hills, GT=Georgetown, PP=Pollock Pines, PV=Placerville, SLT=South Lake Tahoe.
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 3:30 pm
The Georgetown library is hosting a teen book club. The club will meet every Tuesday.
The teens will find a way together to decide topics and books to discuss each month.
The Friends of the Library will provide snacks. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library.
Tuesday, Mar. 19, 5 - 6:30 pm
Join other chess fans for an informal evening of chess at the library. All skill levels are welcome.
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 1 - 2:30 pm (1/17/24, 3/20/24, 5/15/24, 7/17/24, 9/18/24, 11/20/24)
Stop by the Friends of the Library meeting to learn more about the ways the Friends, and you, support the Library. The Friends meet every other month starting in January, host large book sales three times a year as well as ongoing lobby book sales, and are fantastic advocates for the important role libraries play in our communities. They also host a monthly speaker series -- stop by the meeting to see how you can be involved! Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2:30 p.m.
All 6th - 12th graders are invited to A.T.L.A.S. (At the Library After School), every Wednesday from 2:30-4:30. The third Wednesday of every month is Snack & Draw, a chance to kick back, relax, and draw or color. Registration is appreciate but not required. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Thursday, Mar. 21, 2:00 pm
Join us at our poetry group, Thursdays at Two. The group meets every 1st & 3rd Thursday at 2:00 here at the library. Patterned after the popular Placerville group, Tuesdays at Two, the Georgetown Library version will be led by Taylor Graham, EDC Poet Laureate from 2016 - 2018. If you love poetry, write poetry, or dream about writing poetry, this group is for you! Assigned subjects will be offered to write poems about and then the poems are brought back to the group. This is not really a critique process but reading poems aloud to the group is a good way to hear what's working and what isn't. Participants also read from a list of established poets or bring poetry to share. There is also a 'word can'. Everyone pulls a word or phrase from the can and then uses them to write a poem in 10-15 minutes. This produces some strange and wild stuff and a lot of laughter!!!! Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .
Thursday, Mar. 21, 4:00-5:00 PM
Y.E.L.L. (Youth Executive League at the Library) is where 8th to 12th grade students are invited on a drop-in basis every Thursday at 4:00PM to plan, promote, and host library programs and events as well as lend a helping hand towards outreach efforts and community service opportunities. It’s also a great place to make new friends! This program counts towards volunteer hours for school and registration is not required.
Come join in the fun!
Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Friday, Mar. 22, 1 - 3 pm
Open to all crafts: knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, and more. Share projects, ideas, and stories. Come and leave as needed, all skill levels are welcome. Please note there are no formal teachers on hand. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Friday, Mar. 22, 2:30-4:30
Join us for some fun on Friday afternoons at the Georgetown Library, Pokemon & LEGO Fridays! Bring your Pokemon cards for some trading and games and/or engineer and build some cool LEGO creations to leave on display at the library. The fun will be every Friday afternoon from 2:30-4:30.
Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .
Saturday, Mar. 23, 1:00- 4:00 pm
In this interactive workshop for all levels and ages, participants will deepen their relationship to the local wetlands, streams and rivers through tasting recipes from native plants, expressing the landscape through art and connecting to nature through writing. Pre-registration is required online or call (530) 333-4724. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .
Tuesday, Mar. 26, 3:30 pm
The Georgetown library is hosting a teen book club. The club will meet every Tuesday.
The teens will find a way together to decide topics and books to discuss each month.
The Friends of the Library will provide snacks. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library.
Tuesday, Mar. 26, 5 - 6:30 pm
Join other chess fans for an informal evening of chess at the library. All skill levels are welcome.
Tuesday, Mar. 26, 5:30 pm
Interested in nature, discovery, exploring outside, and a bit of a challenge? Join Sarah Hockensmith from the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science as she introduces you to the 2024 Tahoe Big Year, a year-long birding event that celebrates the hundreds of bird species that occupy the Tahoe Region, and brings together birding beginners and enthusiasts alike. This presentation will acquaint you with common and unique birds of Lake Tahoe, birding destinations in the Tahoe region, what a bird Big Year is, and how to get involved. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
* This Story Swap is part of our National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read programming centered on Roz Chast's memoir Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Let's get the community talking! This unique event is designed to foster connection across generations. Older adults will sign up to share stories from their lives with our teen volunteers. Topics will be drawn at random by each pairing; they have 5 minutes to discuss before switching conversation partners.
Registration is Required.
The NEA describes Chast's memoir as follows:
"Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, written by Roz Chast, a longtime cartoonist for the New Yorker, is a “tour de force” (Elle), “remarkable” (San Francisco Chronicle), “revelatory” (Kirkus), “deeply poignant and laugh-out-loud funny” (New York Times), and “one of the great autobiographical memoirs of our time" (Buffalo News). A finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Kirkus Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Books for a Better Life Award, the memoir tells the story of Chast’s parents’ final years through cartoons, family photos, found documents, and narrative prose. “So many have faced (or will face) the situation that the author details, but no one could render it like she does” (Kirkus). “Anyone who has had Chast’s experience will devour this book and cling to it for truth, humor, understanding, and the futile wish that it could all be different" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). “I want to recommend it to everyone I know who has elderly parents, or might have them someday" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)."
Sponsored by NEA, Arts Midwest, Arts & Culture El Dorado, and Friends of the Library.
Wednesday, Mar. 27, 2:30 p.m.
All 6th - 12th graders are invited to A.T.L.A.S. (At the Library After School), every Wednesday from 2:30-4:30. The fourth Wednesday of every month is STEAM Society. All supplies and snacks will be provided. Registration is appreciate but not required.
January - Marshmallow Catapults
February - Balloon Cars
March - Brush Bots
April - Paper Circuits
May and beyond - TBA
Thursday, Mar. 28
Our regularly scheduled youth volunteer group is NOT meeting on this day. Please check the next available Thursday to learn more about this program.
Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Thursday, Mar. 28, 1:30-3:30 PM
Knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery and more! Bring a project or start something new with materials from the library's stash. All fiber artists of all skill levels are welcome.
For teens and adults.
Sponsored by the Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library.
Friday, Mar. 29, 1 - 3 pm
Open to all crafts: knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing, and more. Share projects, ideas, and stories. Come and leave as needed, all skill levels are welcome. Please note there are no formal teachers on hand. Sponsored by Friends of the Library.
Friday, Mar. 29, 2:30-4:30
Join us for some fun on Friday afternoons at the Georgetown Library, Pokemon & LEGO Fridays! Bring your Pokemon cards for some trading and games and/or engineer and build some cool LEGO creations to leave on display at the library. The fun will be every Friday afternoon from 2:30-4:30.
Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library .
Friday, Mar. 29, 3:30-4:30 PM
Are you a teen with a love of reading, but can never seem to find anyone to talk about books with? Then this new club is for you!
Hosted by two teen volunteers from our Youth Executive League at the Library, this group aims to provide a fun and relaxed way to read what you love and make new friends in the process.
We'll have a different book to talk about for every meeting, but if you aren't interested in some of the selections, you're free to pick something else and talk about that instead. Plus, we'll have snacks!
10 library copies of the "assigned" book will be provided to participants each month. No registration required!
For ages 13 to 17. In order to create a learning environment appropriate for teens, age limits will be enforced.
Sponsored by Friends of the El Dorado Hills Library and Y.E.L.L..
Tuesday, Apr. 2, 3:30 pm
The Georgetown library is hosting a teen book club. The club will meet every Tuesday.
The teens will find a way together to decide topics and books to discuss each month.
The Friends of the Library will provide snacks. Sponsored by Georgetown Friends of the Library.