Free Build - Activity Room
2025-07-28 09:15 - 12:00, 2025-07-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-01 09:15 - 12:00, 2025-08-04 09:15 - 12:00, 2025-08-11 09:15 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
All ages.
Our Activity Room will be open and stocked with Lincoln logs, blocks, LEGOs, and more. This is unstructured free play and exploration. Parents are required to directly supervise their children and help clean up. Stop by and see what you can build!

TED Talks Discussion Group - Board Room
2025-07-28 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-04 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-11 13:30 - 15:00
Meets on Mondays in the Board Room to discuss a TED talk of interest. Everyone is welcome.

Movie Mondays for Kids - Giddens
2025-07-28 14:00 - 16:00
Ages 2-12
July 7: Mary Poppins
July 14: Sing 2
July 21: Mr. Peabody & Sherman
July 28: Happy Feet

Teen Crafternoon - Teen Services
2025-07-28 17:00 - 18:00
Ages 13-18:
7/7: Mini Stitched Books
7/14: Locket Tins
7/21: String Art
7/28: Mini Medieval Manuscripts

Toddler Storytime - Activity Room
2025-07-29 10:00 - 11:00
Ages 19 months-3 years.
This storytime is for all of the roamers, movers, and shakers! The program lasts 30-40 minutes, with about 15-20 minutes dedicated to reading, rhyme, and music, and 20 minutes dedicated to play and socialization or crafts and coloring.

Big Kid Storytime - Activity Room
2025-07-29 11:30 - 12:30
Ages 4+ years.
This is a story hour filled with rhymes, music, games, and crafts. Our goal here is to have fun while learning to be a good audience member and developing a love of reading. We’ll read a story and work on a
themed craft or game.

Consanguinity - Giddens
2025-07-29 13:00 - 16:00
To Have and Have Not presented by Mike Wallace

Art Lab - Activity Room
2025-07-29 14:00 - 15:00
All ages.
We provide the supplies, and you provide the creativity! Art Lab is an unstructured program dedicated to artistic expression. We’ll switch up the medium every week so join us every Tuesday at 2pm!

Teen Thing - Teen Services
2025-07-29 17:00 - 18:00
Ages 13-18:
7/1: Little Wars-Table Top Siege Engines
7/8: Live Comic Book Reenactment
7/15: Perler Beads
7/22: Community Ties
7/29: Teen Advisory Board

Teen Clubs - Teen Services
2025-07-30 16:00 - 17:00
Ages 13-18:
7/2: Teen Writing Group
7/9: Teen Sketch Club
7/16: Teen Reads Book Club
7/23: Teen Threads Craft Club
7/30: End of Summer Pity Party

Baby Storytime - Activity Room
2025-07-31 10:00 - 11:00
Ages 0-18 months
This storytime is for our lap-sitters and crawlers. The program lasts approximately 30 minutes, with about 10-15 minutes dedicated to reading and rhyme, and 20 minutes dedicated to tummy time/floor play or socialization for parents and babies!

Tween Scene - Activity Room
2025-07-31 14:00 - 15:00
Ages 8 -12:
Join Ms. Grace for social time and activities just for our tweens, ages 8-12! Each week, we’ll dive into a new and exciting topic. Come make new friends and have some fun during summer reading.

Geek Night - Teen Services
2025-07-31 17:00 - 18:00
Ages 13-18:
7/3: Board Games
7/10: Side Quest-Honey Heist RPG
7/17: Movie Night-Journey to the Center of the Earth
7/24: Side Quest-TrashKin RPG
7/31: Movie Night-Ninja Turtles

Close Knit Knitting Group - Board Room
2025-08-01 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-08 12:00 - 14:00
The Close Knit Circle invites all hand crafters to join them in the Board Room. All experience levels welcome.

Saturday Morning Cartoons - Giddens
2025-08-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-09 10:00 - 12:00
8/2: Trolls Band Together (PG)
8/9: The Bad Guys (PG)
8/16: Dog Man (PG)
8/23: Scoob! (PG)
8/30: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)

Belle Chase HOA - Giddens
2025-08-02 12:30 - 14:30

Genealogy Assistance using FamilySearch.org - Computer Lab
2025-08-05 13:00 - 15:00
LDS volunteers will be available for one-on-one assistance with the use of the Family Search database. Use our computers or bring your own laptop. Reservations are required for this class; please call the Reference Desk at 251-929-1464 to reserve your spot.

Consanguinity - Giddens
2025-08-05 13:00 - 16:00
Brooklyn presented by Alison Knight

Hawthorne Glenn II POA - Giddens
2025-08-07 18:30 - 19:30

Fairhope Environmental Advisory Board - Board Room
2025-08-08 14:45 - 16:15

Estate Planning Class - Board Room
2025-08-11 09:30 - 11:00
Join John Brown, Certified Financial Planner Board Emeritus, financial columnist for the Fairhope Courier, and past President of International Association of Financial Planners at Fairhope Public Library for a comprehensive estate planning course. This course will acquaint you with the ins and outs of multiple estate documents and will include suggestions on how to use them collectively to achieve your estate planning goals. The course will be interactive and held in consecutive sessions in the Fairhope Library Board Room from 9:30-11am:
Monday, August 11th: Will & Trust
Monday, August 18th: Durable Power of Attorney, Alabama Health Care Directive, and the Beneficiary form
Monday, August 25th: Informal Question & Answer session
Registration is required at the Reference Desk in person or by calling 251-929-1464.
John Brown, Certified Financial Board Emeritus holds a B.S. degree from Florida State University in Marketing and Finance. In 1986 he founded Brown Financial Advisory, a fee-only financial and investment firm in Fairhope AL and managed it until he retired in 2010.
During his career he served on local and national professional boards, wrote financial columns for the Fairhope Courier, presented financial/retirement planning seminars for employees of various companies, and taught financial and estate planning classes for USA-BC in the non-credit division.
Since 2010 he has been a volunteer for several local civic organizations is currently a Thomas Hospital Auxiliary volunteer.

Consanguinity - Giddens
2025-08-12 13:00 - 16:00
The Light Between Oceans presented by Jan Walker
