The Marianna Black Library is kicking off another Summer Music Series on Thursday, June 9th, and is proud to present the traditional West African music of Sean Gaskell 7:00 PM. This performance is free to the public and appropriate for all-ages.
The Jackson County Public Library is hosting a musical concert featuring singer-songwriter Heidi Holton on Thursday June 2nd at 7 PM in the Community Room. This program is free of charge.
The Jackson County Public Library is hosting a musical concert featuring Karen "Sugar" Barnes and Dave Magill on Thursday May 26th at 7 PM in the Community Room. This program is free of charge.
May is Mental Health Month and on May 24th at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Jackson County Public Library there will be an information session on mental health services in Jackson County. Co-sponsored by the Library and the Smoky Mountain Center, the panel discussion will include representatives from a variety of local agencies that provide mental health services. They will explain who they serve, how to access those services, and answer questions from the public.
Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Girls and minorities are severely underrepresented. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. Macon County Public Library will host "The Hour of Code" on May 26th at 2pm in the Computer Lab for grades 4 and up.
The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva will offer a free Digital Passwords class on Wednesday, May 18th, at 5:45 PM. The 90-minute class will be taught by JCPL staffer Laura Chapman and Macon County Library staffer Cassie Chambliss.
Many people feel overwhelmed by the number of passwords they have to keep up with. It's hard to invent and remember these long strings of characters, but passwords that are easy to remember are often easy for hackers to crack.
The Jackson County Public Library is hosting a miniature print making workshop at 10:30 AM on Saturday, May 14th in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library.
Choose Privacy Week, celebrated this year May 1-7, is an education and awareness campaign that invites citizens into a national conversation about the right of privacy in the digital age. The campaign by the American Library Association gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives citizens the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy.
Join us at Macon County Public Library in Franklin on Thursday, April 28 for "Stones and Bones" (grades K-6) at 3:30pm and our adult program "Decorus calx immortalis- Beautiful Stone Immortals" at 6:00pm. Richard Hightower will bring fossil specimens and minerals and provide details of how they were found and formed. Hightower and his wife have worked in the field as collectors, preparers, and commercial paleontologists for 25 years.
Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Girls and minorities are severely underrepresented. Good news is, we’re on our way to change this. 
The Jackson County Public Library is hosting a miniature print making workshop at 10:30 AM on Saturday, May 14th in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library.