Land ho! We’ve been reading together as a community since January to meet our one-million hour Read City goal. So far, we’ve read more than 750,000 hours on this seafaring voyage: Oceans of …
It’s a History Hootenanny!
History is on display this weekend at the first ever History Hootenanny. Come visit the East Tennessee History Center on August 20 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A hootenanny means lots of …
Tools for school at the Knox County Public Library
It’s back to school time which means getting that end of summer haircut and stocking up on new supplies. One of the most important supplies you can get may just be your …
Community event with ‘Dreamland’ author Sam Quinones
The opioid crisis has been through many phases, each seemingly worse than the one before it. With the introduction of synthetic opioids, overdoses accounted for more than 100,000 deaths, surpassing …
Sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
If you’ve heard it before, you’ve heard it a million times: read to your children. But do you know why? Of course, you know the general reason – it’s good …
Library offers options for teens
Teenagers were born to the digital world, much to the consternation of those of us who remember when VHS was an emerging technology. Rotary dial telephones were more our speed.
But …
Used book sale starts Friday
Join the Friends of the Knox County Public Library this Friday and Saturday, July 8-9, from 1-5 p.m. for their Used Book Sale at the Burlington Branch. Proceeds benefit the …
Library celebrates 60 years with Willard Laster
This year marked 60 years of employment at the Knox County Public Library for one Fountain City icon. And he just celebrated another birthday on July 2. There’s no better …