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Access your account and search for library books, DVDs, Books on CD and more! See which items you have checked out and due dates, place holds on items from home, create and save lists of your favorite authors!  (Reminder: your pin is the last 4 digits of your phone number.)

Join us in the Community Room Thursday, November 14th at 12noon for Symphony in the City presented by Huntsville Symphony Orchestra! It is FREE to attend!

Join us on Saturday, December 7 from 9:00-4:00 for the Winter Craft Market! Local artists and crafters will showcase unique handmade items just in time for Christmas gift giving; everything from locally harvested honey, pottery, crocheted and quilted items.

At this time, all vendor spots are spoken for. Please fill out the following Google Form to be placed on a reserve list in case a spot becomes available. Spots are $25.00/vendor and we ask that you bring your own table.

Winter Craft Fair Vendor Reserve List

Visit the Beasley Pre-function area to view the Donna Claud Miller Art Exhibit. The exhibit features artwork that focuses on light, shapes, deep color, and positivity. The exhibit will be up through the end of the year!

Challenge yourself to read more this year and join our 24 Books in 2024 reading challenge on Beanstack!  Log the books you read this year through the Beanstack App. Once you have logged 24 books, you’ll be entered to win a $100 gift card!  The challenge runs until December 31, 2024, you must earn the final badge to be entered to win the gift card.

Add these books to your To-Be-Read list! This year we are participating in the Calhoun Community College Common Read.

“Calhoun’s Common Read program is a community reading collaboration with the goal of building bridges within the community through sharing the same stories. This annual effort, akin to a community-wide book club, features events throughout the city that highlight a selected book, story, author, and theme.”

Halloween 2024: Amanda Coleman Reads Scary Stories!

Athens-Limestone County Public Library presents our youth librarian, Amanda Coleman, reading scary stories! Classic tales include Alvin Schwartz’s “The Green Ribbon” and Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady.” Grab your popcorn and prepare for a scare!

Calhoun Community College: Common Read 2024-2025

Calhoun Community College faculty members discuss the Common Read 2024-2025. Dr. Symmetris Gohanna, Bradley Sides, and Brandi Gindhart of the English, Literature, and Composition programs introduce this year’s theme on disability awareness. They highlight programs being held throughout the year to bring students and the community together through the experience of reading a common text. The two books selections for the Common Read are Disability Visibility by Alice Wong and The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. Kick-off event is Sunday, August 18th at the Orion Amphitheater!

Alabama’s Endemic Plants

Master Gardener Emily Clem talks with horticulturist, Katrina Mitchell, from the Huntsville Botanical Gardens about Alabama’s endemic plants. With its diverse ecosystem of mountains, plateaus, valleys, rivers and glades, Alabama boasts over 3000 native plant species. Among those are over 28 endemic plants that grow only in Alabama and nowhere else in the world. Identifying, locating, and conserving these rare and often endangered plants are the topics of this podcast. 

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

This challenge is for children ages 0 to 6. Using Beanstack, parents can track the reading of their children by logging 1000 books before they start Kindergarten.

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