Free Build – Activity Room
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!
Estate Planning Class – Computer Lab
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 [...]
TED Talks Discussion Group – Board Room
Meets on Mondays in the Computer Lab to discuss a TED talk of interest. Everyone is welcome.
Maker Mondays – Activity Room
Come join us every Monday to make a thing! Materials and projects will vary each week. Schedule: 11/4 - Crochet Night: Aspen Leaves 11/11 - CLOSED for Veteran's Day 11/18 - DIY Advent Calendar 11/25 - Pop-up Holiday Greeting Cards
Toddler Storytime – Activity Room
Ages 18 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 block play and socialization or crafts and coloring.
Book Review and Lecture Series – Giddens
Mike Turner – “Crimes, Conspiracies & Conundrums: The ‘Nathan Heller’ Historical Crime Thrillers of Max Allan Collins”
Big Kid Storytime – Activity Room
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.
Mouse House Build – Giddens
Ages 8+ We're bringing back the Mouse Houses! Come prepared to decorate a tiny house, fit for a mouse. The build will take place over three Tuesdays, and we will provide the houses, craft, and art supplies, completely free! Registration is required. Click the link below: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C084AADAE2AA5FDCF8-52323483-mouse
Teen Thing – Activity Room
Need to decompress and have fun to keep a good school/life balance? Teen Thing is here for you with a different activity or focus each week! It’s the perfect opportunity to try something new with your friend group or meet new people. Switch Party
Art Lab: Fingerpaints – Activity Room
All ages. We provide the supplies, and you provide the creativity! Art Lab is an unstructured program dedicated to artistic expression. YOU decide what to make.
NaNoWriMo – Study Room #3
(Only Happening in November) NaNoWriMo: Participate in National Writing Month with us by setting a goal of writing a 50,000-word project and accomplish it with other teens! Some write novels, others write plays, poetry, memoirs...it really doesn’t matter as long as you are writing!
Baby Storytime – Activity Room
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!
Albert Schweitzer and a Reverence for Life: Sharing Love, Mercy and Stewardship at Fairhope, and Everywhere! – Giddens
"A brief introduction to the ethos of a reverence for life, the great humanitarian who brought it to us, and how to put this ethos of love and compassion into practice to address our ecological mess!" Presented by Bob Echols.