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The monthly Creating Community Workshop is at 10:30 AM on Saturday, August 13th in the Atrium of the Jackson County Public Library. This program is free of charge.

5 Digital Marketing Strategies for Small Business Owners

If you're not talking to enough customers, join us on Thursday, July 28th from 10am-11am for a FREE seminar, 5 Digital Marketing Strategies for Small Business Owners, in the Macon County Public Library Board Room with GoDigitalMetrics.

85% of buying decisions are based on your online reputation. Like it or not, your business already has a reputation online. And, if you're not managing it, who is? You'll find out at the seminar!

Join the Hudson Library for a special afternoon as author Martha Lemasters reads from and signs copies of her new memoir, The Step: One Woman's Journey to finding her own happiness and success during the Apollo Space Program. 

In partnership with Legal Aid of North Carolina, the Jackson County Public Library is serving as one of many host sites state-wide for free do-it- yourself legal clinics on simple divorce, child custody, and hea

Join us on Wednesday July 27th at 2:30pm, in the Hudson Library's Community Room, “Animal Tracks” with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

The Jackson County Public Library in Sylva is hosting a screening of the documentary The Sad & Beautiful World of Sparklehorse  at 6:00 PM on Thursday, July 28th, in the Community Room. There will be a Q&A after the feature led by Angela Faye Martin who wrote the movie. This program is free of charge.

The Jackson County Public Library will offer a free Excel for Beginners class on Monday, July 25th at 5:45 PM. The Intermediate Excel class will be Wednesday, July 27th also at 5:45 PM. Both 90-minute classes will be taught by retired WCU professor Roger Bacon, assisted by his wife Lisa Bacon and by library staffer Laura Chapman.

In partnership with Wells Fargo, the Jackson County Public Library is hosting a series of banking seminars designed to help the public with banking and money managing techniques. These seminars are free of charge.  

The second seminar will be on Tuesday July 26th at 6:30 PM in the Community Room. The Money Management Tools seminar will teach participants how to make the most of their money by saving more, creating a spending plan, and being a better shopper. It also includes special sections on kids and money and buying a car. This topic includes six lessons:.

The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City will have another LEGO Club meeting on Thursday, July 28th, at 4:00 PM.  The library will provide Legos and Duplos for ages 3 and up.  The only thing area children need to bring is their imagination. 

The Marianna Black Library in Bryson City host a special all ages program called “Animal Tracks,” presented by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science on Wednesday, July 27th, at 11 AM.