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Sylva-- The Jackson County Public Library is partnering with Four Seasons for a workshop on Navigating Grief With Music. This workshop will meet on May 9 at 5:30 PM in the Community Room. All are welcome and the event is free of charge.

Sylva-- The Jackson County Public Library is hosting LEGO Club on Thursday, May 11 at 4 PM in the Community Room. LEGO's will be provided for building and creating. This will be a time for kids (and adults) to be inventive LEGO engineers. This program is free and open to the public.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library. For more information, please call the library at (828) 586-2016. The Jackson County Public Library is a member of Fontana Regional Library.

The Marianna Black library has hosted a Community Music Jam in Bryson City for over a decade and the next one will be on Thursday, May 4th, 6:00 PM on the library front patio, if weather permits, or in the library auditorium. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. This is an opportunity for both beginners and veteran musicians to join a traditional “jam circle” and play along with others – learning old time traditional tunes or sharing them with others.

Sylva-- On Tuesday, May 2 at 11 AM, the Jackson County Public Library is hosting Jenna Kranz from Uncomplicated Kitchen for a unique cooking class geared towards senior citizens. This cohort-style program geared towards local area senior citizens will meet once (occasionally twice) a week for six weeks. The program will include hands-on cooking, support from an occupational therapist, grocery and farmers market trips, local food, and so much more. Registration is required.

The Marianna Black Library, in Bryson City, will be hosting local author Laura Lyles Reagan as she presents a workshop titled “How to Talk so Your Teen Listens, How to Listen so Your Teen Talks,” on Thursday April 27th, at 4:00 pm.

The Marianna Black library has hosted a Community Music Jam in Bryson City for over a decade and the next one will be on Thursday, April 20th, 6:00 PM on the library front patio, if weather permits, or in the library auditorium. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. This is an opportunity for both beginners and veteran musicians to join a traditional “jam circle” and play along with others – learning old time traditional tunes or sharing them with others.

Sylva-- On Thursday, April 27 at 6 PM in the Community Room, the Jackson County Public Library is hosting The Center for Domestic Peace and the WCU Peacekeepers for a program about supporting survivors. Come learn what to say when a friend or family member opens up about abuse or sexual assault. Attendees will learn the importance of trauma-informed responses, reasons why people stay in abusive relationships, and how to encourage them to take steps toward safety.

Phases of the Moon with Randi Neff - Wednesday, April 26 at 4 PM in the Storytime Room of the Jackson County Public Library.

Sylva-- The Jackson County Public Library is hosting Randi Neff from the Smokey Mountain STEM Collaborative on Wednesday, April 26 at 4 PM in the Storytime Room. Attendees will be learning about the phases of the moon and also be making an Oreo Moon Phase Calendar, so make sure to bring your appetite! This program is free and open to the public.

Sylva-- On Wednesday, April 19 at 11 AM, the Jackson County Public Library is hosting Jenna Kranz from Uncomplicated Kitchen for a cooking class. Participants will use our new Charlie Cart, a teaching kitchen on wheels, to cook a meal that costs under $10 to make. This month we’ll make Massaged Kale Salad with feta, spring veggies, and fresh herb vinaigrette.

Sylva--  The Jackson County Public Library is hosting the monthly Book Discussion Group on Tuesday, April 18 at 10 AM in the Conference Room. The book to be discussed is An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. In Rivers Solomon's highly imaginative sci-fi novel An Unkindness of Ghosts, eccentric Aster was born into slavery on—and is trying to escape from—a brutally segregated spaceship that for generations has been trying to escort the last humans from a dying planet to a Promised Land.