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As part of a summer series of music, the Marianna Black Library is proud to present “A Songcatcher’s Notebook: Traditional Music and Storytelling” with Lee Knight on Thursday, August 11th, at 7:00 PM.  Weather permitting, this program will be presented on the front lawn of the library, otherwise it will be moved to the library auditorium.

Macon County Public Library is pleased to resume free computer classes on a variety of topics. The end-of-summer schedule includes basic and intermediate classes--watch for the schedule of classes each month on the library's online calendar. For more information about the library's computer and technology classes, contact Cassie Chambliss at 828-524-3600 or cchambliss@fontanalib.org.

August 2016 Computer and Technology Classes

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:.