Asheboro library to offer ‘E-Stuff’ Open Help Session

Reference librarians at the Asheboro Public Library will hold an E-Stuff Open Help Session at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 6, for anyone who wants to learn how to download free ebooks, audiobooks and magazines from the library’s digital collections.

Bring your tablet, e-reader, smartphone or other digital device for a walk-in, no-appointment-necessary help session. Also bring your library card (or register for one if you don’t already have one), your library PIN, email address and password.

Individual one-on-one help sessions are available at other times by appointment; call the Reference desk at 318-6803.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Asheboro library to offer online genealogy class

Learn how to use the library’s Heritage Quest online resource to learn more about your family’s and your  country’s past in a class at 10 a.m. Friday, March 14, at the Asheboro Public Library.

Heritage Quest is an online treasury of American genealogical resources and is available free through your home computer using your library card.

The class is free but registration is required. Call 318-6803 to sign up.

Heritage Quest is provided to cardholders in North Carolina’s public, university system, community college and private/independent college libraries by NC LIVE, the state’s online library.

The Asheboro library is located at 201 Worth Street.

Bring ‘Angry Birds’ to life at the Asheboro library

Join the Asheboro library TeenZone for a live action version of the Angry Birds video game, noon-2 p.m. Saturday, March 15.

The game will feature a live action slingshot and other opportunities to knock down and rebuild a “piggy fortress.” There also will be Angry Birds themed crafts and additional games

The event, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and teens are invited.

Warren Coble to talk about avoiding scams targeting seniors

Senior Adviser Warren Coble will discuss how to avoid criminal lures and baits that often trap seniors in “By Hook or By Crook,” at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, at the Asheboro Public Library.

Coble also will talk about how to prepare end of life documents to assure that you have in place the people you want managing your affairs.

The program is free and the public is invited. The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Kids to get moving on Fridays at the Asheboro library

“Children’s Music and Movement,” a lively half-hour of songs, rhymes and movement for children ages 2-5, begins at 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, at the Asheboro library, and continues weekly.

Music helps to develop early literacy skills such as memory, patterning, vocabulary and imagination. Group physical activity paired with music can support cognitive, physical and social development.

Each Friday afternoon, children will use instruments such as shakers, rhythm sticks and bells, and movement props such as scarves, flags and bean bags, to keep the beat with a diverse selection of songs, rhymes and fingerplays, including well-known favorites and songs from around the world.

Each session will focus on various characteristics of music and movement (fast, slow, quiet, loud) and invite energetic interpretation of songs and dance.

Children’s Music and Movement is free, and children and their parents/caregivers are invited. For further information, call 318-6804.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday at Asheboro library

Say “Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!” at 4 p.m. Monday, March 3, at the Asheboro library.

Children and families are invited to celebrate the great Dr. Seuss with books, crafts and silly games – and a special appearance by the Cat in the Hat.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, It’s free and the public is invited.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro

Friends bookshop preview canceled; grand opening Saturday to proceed as scheduled

The members-only preview of the Friends of the Library Bookshop scheduled for this evening, Thursday, February 13, has been canceled due to weather conditions.

The grand-reopening, scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, February 15, will go ahead as planned.

A ribbon-cutting will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 4.

Library to offer early childhood literacy workshops for parents

Parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 can learn five easy ways to prepare their kids for reading in an Every Child Ready to Read® Parent Workshop at 5 p.m. Friday, February 28, at the Asheboro Public Library.

The fun, free workshop will show parents/caregivers how they can most effectively incorporate the five activities – talking, singing, reading, writing and playing – as they interact with their children. Employing these techniques has been shown to build pre-literacy skills that will help ensure children will be ready to learn to read when they begin school.

Every Child Ready to Read®, developed by the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Services to Children, is based on research about language, early literacy skills and how children learn.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Library’s Pottery Slam invites teens to make pots with local potters

Teens are invited to throw pots with three local potters in the Asheboro Public Library TeenZone’s 2^nd  Annual Pottery Slam, noon-2 p.m. Saturday, February 15, in the library’s meeting room.

Join local potters Joseph Sand, Betsy Browne and Dawn Tagawa, and get your hands dirty to create your own pottery pieces. Learn from the best how to throw and mold the clay, which you can then glaze in your favorite color. The finished pots will be fired and displayed in the TeenZone. Later, you can keep your creations as your own souvenir.

The program, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and the public is invited.

Learn how to manage your photo collection like a pro in Asheboro library program

These days it’s more important than ever to develop a process for managing your all your digital photos.

Photographer Duane Hall will show you how to organize and store your photos effectively in “How to Manage Your Personal Photo Collection Like a Professional,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 20, at the Asheboro Public Library.

Hall’s talk, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and the public is invited.

A North Carolina native, Hall worked as a photojournalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and is now a freelance photographer based in the North Carolina mountains. His work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including Time, Life and the New York Times.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street.

Arts Incubator Director Jon Spoon to talk about starting an arts-crafts business

Want to start an arts or crafts business?

Jon Spoon, director of the North Carolina Arts Incubator in Siler City, will discuss the opportunities and challenges that face artists who want to start a small business at 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 11, at the Asheboro Public Library.

He also will talk about how the Arts Incubator helps those interested in starting a craft or arts-based business.

Spoon’s appearance, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and the public is invited.

Spoon hold a bachelors degree in art history from UNC-Asheville and a law degree from North Carolina Central University, where he specialized in intellectual property law. He studied pottery at Cole’s Pottery in Sanford, eventually opening his own studio at the Arts Incubator before becoming the organization’s director.

Friends of the Library bookshop to reopen February 15

Book lovers rejoice: the Friends of the Library Bookshop in downtown Asheboro will hold its Grand Reopening at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 15, after being closed for more than a year-and-a-half due to renovation of the neighboring Sunset Theatre.

The bookshop, located at 226 Sunset Avenue, sells used books, DVDs and other items donated by community members or withdrawn from library collections. All proceeds go to supplement Randolph County Public Library book budgets.

“Many people have been anxious to know when we would be open again and keep telling us how much they have missed the opportunity to come and browse and see what new treasures they can find, and we are excited that the day has finally arrived,” says Janet Jones, chair of the Friends of the Library Bookshop Committee.

The shop, entirely operated by Friends volunteers, will resume its former hours, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and will resume accepting donations of books and DVDs in good condition (the shop does not accept encyclopedias, Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, textbooks older than 10 years and VHS videotapes).

A preview for Friends of the Library members will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 13. Light refreshments will be served.

Friends members only will be admitted to the preview, but it’s easy to join: just visit www.tinyurl.com/rcfriends, print and fill out the form provided, and mail or bring it to the Asheboro Public Library, 201 Worth Street, Asheboro, NC 27203. Membership forms also are available at the library.

New memberships will be accepted at the door during the bookshop preview event.

The bookshop had become a hugely successful fixture in downtown Asheboro when it closed in July 2012 as the Sunset renovation got underway. The theatre plan called for dressing rooms to extend into the bookshop’s receiving and sorting area.

The City of Asheboro installed a freight elevator in the bookshop to that upstairs space could be used, and carried out other renovations to the building.

Asheboro library to offer children’s book club

“Max and Imaginary Friends,” a  book club for kids in grades 2-6, will have its first meeting from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, January 22, at the Asheboro library.

The group then will meet on the third Wednesday of every month. Space is limited; visit the Children’s Room or call 318-6804 to sign up.

The first book up for discussion is Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo, a funny story about a girl and the squirrel she rescues from a vacuum cleaner. Copies are available at the library.

Children’s staffer Susan Coltrane will lead the club, which takes its name from a character created by a teen whom Coltrane mentored while working at the Archdale library. The teen, Len, started out a reluctant reader, but became an avid one.

She also liked to draw, and drew a character she named Max as her imaginary friend. Len passed away several months later; her memory inspired Coltrane to create the club and name it in Max’s honor.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Library’s ‘Every Child’ to present early childhood literacy workshop for parents, family fun night

The Randolph County Public Library’s Every Child Ready To Read program continues into the new year with early childhood literacy workshops for parents, and another “Family Fun Night.”

The Asheboro Library invites parents/caregivers of children age 0-5 to a special Early Literacy Workshop at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 22. The session will include tips and activities that you can use to help your child get ready to read.

A storytime for children will be provided while adults attend the workshop. The event is free and open to the public; call 318-6804 to sign up.

Meanwhile, “Move to the Music” during a Family Fun Night at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Asheboro library. Families with children ages 0-5 (and older siblings, too) are invited to learn about music as a reading stepping stone and make your own musical instrument. The event is free and the public is welcome, 318-6804 to register.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Acclaimed illustrator Julie Fortenberry to discuss her work at Asheboro library

Acclaimed children’s book illustrator Julie Fortenberry will show her work and talk about the process of creating art for books  at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 21, at the Asheboro library.

Her appearance, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and everyone’s invited.

Fortenberry will read from her own book The Artist and the King and explain how it was made. She will talk about the difference between illustrating someone else’s words and her own, showing early drafts and galleys from Pirate Boy by Eve Bunting and The Artist and the King.

She’ll also show kids how she can change a character’s facial expression using a flip book, and demonstrate how to make a simple paper hat.

Fortenberry, who lives in Chatham County, holds a MFA in painting from Hunter College in New York City, and has exhibited work at the Whitney Museum of Art. Other books she has illustrated include the Sadie series by James Korngold and Pippa at the Parade by Karen Roosa.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Specialists to help jobseekers at Asheboro library

Beginning in January, specialists from the Randolph County Career Center will be available at the Asheboro Public Library to help individuals complete job applications and create resumes.

Morning sessions will be from 9 a.m. to noon on the second Wednesday of each month beginning on January 8. Afternoon sessions will be held from 1-4 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month beginning on January 15.

              

Help is available on a first come, first served basis. No registration is required.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street.

Marvel artist John Czop to share his art for comics, TV

The Asheboro library TeenZone and the Friends of the Library will present a talk by Marvel comics illustrator John Czop at 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 14.

His appearance is free and all are invited.

Czop has created artwork for comic books including Spider Woman, X-Men and Iron Man, and animated television shows such as Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Family Guy. “His work is nearly everywhere,” says Teen Services Librarian Dave Bare.

During the his talk, Czop will share his experiences, display his work and answer questions.

Czop, who lives in Asheboro, is a Chicago native. He studied art at the Kubert School in New Jersey.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Asheboro library to provide tablet, e-reader help on “E-Stuff UnBoxing Day”

Expecting a tablet, e-reader or smartphone for Christmas, and need help getting started with ebooks and other downloadable resources?

Staff at the Asheboro Public Library will be on hand for “E-Stuff UnBoxing Day” 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, December 27. Librarians will provide one-on-one help for setting up your device and downloading library ebooks, audiobooks and magazines.

It’s free, and first-come first-served.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Break winter break boredom with origami, Legos at Asheboro library

Break the winter break boredom with origami and Lego activities for school-age children and teens at the Asheboro library.

Learn or perfect your origami skills in Origami Tsunami at 3  p.m. Friday, December 27. The library will provide designs and paper; you provide imagination and skill.

Lego Free-Build, at 3 p.m. Monday, December 30, will capitalize on the massive supply of Legos collected for each summer’s Lego Mania. Build anything you can with thousands of blocks. This is not a competition, so no registration required.

Both activities are free. The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Harllee to bring “Mitsy Lou Puppernickel” to life at Asheboro library

Local author and performer Janet Harllee will bring  Mitsy Lou Puppernickel from Frog Holler to life in “Don’t Get Your Tinsel in a Tangle,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 19, at the Asheboro library.

Puppernickel, the main character of Harllee’s book Just a Closer Stumble with Thee, is a tacky Southern hairdresser who shares stories about her zany family and friends in their not-so-steady walk with the Lord. The tales will tickle your funny bone, touch your heart and encourage your holiday spirit. And she sings, too!

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Harllee’s performance is free and the public is invited.

An accomplished storyteller, character actress, speaker and writer, Harllee performs one-woman shows combining story, humor and song through her character.

Her book of Mitsy Lou Puppernickel stories was published in July 2013. She will have copies available to sell and sign.

An Asheboro native, Harllee is Admissions  and Marketing Director at Cross Road Retirement Community in Asheboro. She has been a Guest Columnist for The Courier-Tribune and is former president of the N.C. Storytelling Guild.

For more about Harllee, visit www.janetharllee.net.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Randolph libraries line up Christmas events for kids

There’s lots of Christmas cheer for children at Randolph County libraries in December.

Everything’s free and all are invited. Asheboro events are sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Asheboro and Randleman libraries will have visits from St. Nick. Asheboro will offer Breakfast with Santa at 9 a.m. Saturday, December 7. Children and families are invited to listen to stories and enjoy breakfast treats with Santa and friends, and take pictures with the jolly old elf.

In Randleman it’s Milk and Cookies with Santa at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, December 19.

In Archdale, the library will have Christmas Fun for the Family Craft Time at 10 a.m. Saturday, December  7. Part of Every Child Ready to Read, this event will feature holiday stories with crafts, puppet play, music and refreshments. It’s aimed at children age 0-5 and parents/caregivers, but older siblings are welcome as well. No registration is required.

The Asheboro library is located at 201 Worth Street. The Archdale library is located at 10433 S. Main St.

Randleman library is located at 122 Commerce Square.

Navigators offer Affordable Care Act Q&As at libraries

The Randolph Hospital Insurance Navigation Team will present general information on the Affordable Care Act and answer questions about enrollment, 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, and 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 11, at the Asheboro Public Library, and 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 10 at the Archdale Public Library.

The session is free and open to the public. Call 633-7800 to register.

The Asheboro library is located at 201 Worth Street. The Archdale library is located at 10433 S. Main St.

Asheboro library to host holiday events for children, teens before Carolers concert

The Asheboro Public Library is offering children and teens the opportunity to get into the holiday spirit during festivities on Thursday, December 12.

Children are invited to “Christmas in the Children’s Room,” and teens can make Christmas cards for homebound library patrons.

Both events begin at 5 p.m. and are free and open to the public. They are sponsored by the Friends of the Library, and take place immediately before a 6 p.m. performance by The Carolers of Christmas Past.

“Christmas in the Children’s Room” will feature stories, singing along and dancing to some favorite holiday tunes, and decking the halls with Christmas crafts.

Meanwhile, teens will craft Christmas cards for patrons who are served by the library’s Extension Services department. These patrons are unable to leave their homes or care institutions, and rely on monthly deliveries by librarians.  

Younger kids can join in the card-making as they finish their activities in the Children’s Room.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Library holiday concert to feature Carolers of Christmas Past

The charm of a musical Victorian holiday will take over the Asheboro Public Library as the Carolers of Christmas Past perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 12.

The concert is free and the public is invited. It is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

The a cappella quartet performs traditional songs and holiday carols in authentic, hand-crafted Victorian costume. Their repertoire includes over 70 sacred and secular selections, from Old World to modern.

The Carolers are Jennifer Jordan, soprano; Nate Pendley, tenor; Dennis Ramsey, baritone and Lisa Ramsey, musical director and arranger. Group members have 120 years combined singing experience.

Since their founding in 2001, the Winston-Salem based Carolers have performed at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the White House lawn, and at the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion. They are mainstays at the Dickens of a Christmas Festival in Roanoke, Va., and are performing this holiday season at Old Salem.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.  

Library offers another ‘E-Stuff on the Go’ session

Get help on how to access library ebooks, downloadable audiobooks and e-magazines during an “E-stuff on the Go” open help sessions at 3 p.m. Friday, December 6, at the Asheboro library.

                             

Assistance will be provided on a first-come first-served basis. Sessions are open to all ages and are free.

More than 5,300 downloadable electronic titles are available with a library card. The digital content is compatible with computers and major devices such as iPads, Android tablets, smartphones Kindles, Nooks and other portable devices.

Call 318-6803 or visit www.randolphlibrary.org for more information. The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Safe driving for seniors topic of Asheboro library program

Challenges faced by older drivers and strategies for improving driving are topics of “Still Safe Behind the Wheel” with occupational therapist and certified driver rehabilitation specialist Cyndee Crompton, 3 p.m. Thursday, November 21 at the Asheboro library.

The talk, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and the public is invited.

Crompton’s one-hour presentation focuses on helping aging drivers understand changes that may affect safety on the road, and on strategies for maximizing independence behind the wheel.

She also will discuss obtaining a driver evaluation and the “right time” to give up the car keys.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Asheboro library to host Thanksgiving events for kids

Turkey Time and a Turkey Tea at the Asheboro library will give children the opportunity to learn about Thanksgiving.

At Gobble Gobble Turkey Time, 3:30 p.m. Friday,  November 22, kids can enjoy turkey stories both fiction and nonfiction, and learn about the first Thanksgiving, thankfulness and sharing.

There will be a Thanksgiving/turkey-related craft as well. It’s free and all are invited; no sign-up is necessary.

The Asheboro Children’s Room also will host a Turkey Tea for mothers and daughters to celebrate the season in a more formal way from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, November 23.

Repeating the popular spring Tea for Two mother/daughter tea, real china is used and families are encouraged to dress formally to enjoy tea, hot apple cider and holiday finger food provided by the Friends of the Library.

Space is limited; visit the Children’s Room or call 318-6804 to sign up. Those on the waiting list for last spring’s Tea for Two will be offered first registration for this event.

Both the Turkey Time and the Turkey Tea are sponsored by the Friends of the Library. The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Liberty library concert to feature The Adequates barbershop group

Asheboro’s celebrated and award-winning musical group The Adequates will perform holiday tunes and barbershop standards, along with a special salute to veterans, in the Liberty Public Library’s Holiday Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 10.

The Adequates are Allen Holt, Charles Loggins, Don Monroe, Philip Shore III and Tom White. The group has won top honors in the Senior Games talent show, and is much in demand for local performances.

The concert is free and the public is invited. Refreshments will be provided. The Liberty library is located at 239 S. Fayetteville St. in Liberty.

Library talk to feature Pottery Center director Lindsey Lambert

Find out about the North Carolina Pottery Center and N.C. pottery in general with center Executive Director Lindsey Lambert at 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 12, at the Asheboro Public Library.

The program, sponsored by the Friend of the Library, is free and the public is invited.

Lambert will talk about the center, its mission and its role in promoting awareness of the history, heritage and ongoing tradition of pottery-making in the state through educational programs, collection and preservation, and research and documentation.

Prior to joining the pottery center in 2013, Lambert served as director of Greensboro College’s museum and archives.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Asheboro Library to host Hunger Games movie premier event

With the release of the movie version of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire just a few weeks away, the Asheboro library TeenZone will host a craft event and book discussion of The Hunger Games trilogy  from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, November 14, at the library.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the event is free and the public is invited.

Participants are invited to bring a dark t-shirt to use in creating a spray bleach silhouette designs, and will make Hunger Games themed buttons.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Author Spence to debut WWII historical novel at Asheboro library

Author and Asheboro native Christian Strayhorn Spence will introduce her novel General Pershing’s Other Daughter at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 7, at the Asheboro Public Library.

Her appearance, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free and the public is invited.

The novel focuses on Julia, an American orphan sent to live in Austria during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the years preceding World War II.

Spence holds a masters degree in history from the University of Nebraska-Kearney, and teaches history in Greensboro.

Warren Coble to present “Medicare and You” at Asheboro library

Join Certified Senior Advisor Warren Coble for “Medicare and You” at 2 p.m. Friday, November 8, at the Asheboro library.

Coble will discuss all aspects of Medicare open enrollment, including Parts A, B, C and D; costs for high income recipients; help for low income recipients; and supplements.

The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. It is free and the public is invited.

Halloween haunts library events for kids

Some Halloween goings-on for children and families will haunt the Asheboro and Archdale libraries during the last week in October.

Every Child Ready to Read will host a Monster Mash Family Fun Night from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 29, at the Asheboro Public Library. It’s free, and aimed at children age 0-5 and their parents/caregivers, but older siblings are welcome too.

There will be talking, singing, reading, writing and playing all about monsters. Visit the Children’s Room or call 318-6804 to sign up.

The Archdale library’s Annual Halloween Party for children and families is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 29. Enjoy spooky stories, games and refreshments. It’s free and costumes are welcome. Call 431-3811 for more information.

On the day before Halloween, treat the kids to a Not-So-Spooky Halloween, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 30, at the Asheboro library. Read some fun Halloween stories, sing some silly songs and make a not-so-scary Jack-o-lantern to take home. Kids are invited to wear their costumes; no sign-up is required.

The Asheboro library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro. The Archdale library is located at 10433 S. Main St. in Archdale.

Author Terrance Zepke to share NC ghost stories at Asheboro, Liberty libraries

Hear about headless ghosts, mischievous specters, boo hags, conjurers, swamp specters, strange phenomena, superstitions and more — and all close to home — as author Terrance Zepke tells scary tales at the Asheboro and Liberty libraries.

Zepke will present “N.C. Ghosts Galore: Spooky Tales for All Ages” at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 24, at the Asheboro library, and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 29, at the Liberty library.

Her appearances are free and the public is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

In Asheboro, the event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library and will open with a costume contest, which Zepke will help judge. Attendees are invited to don their most inventive and creative Halloween costumes.

The Liberty library invites children to wear their costumes.

Zepke is author of 19 books about ghosts of the United States, the southeast and the Carolinas, as well as books about pirates and lighthouses. Her Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel is in its second edition and was praised by The Washington Post, the Associated Press and CNN.

She holds a masters in mass communications from the University of South Carolina. She has traveled every continent and lived all over the world, but says she always returns to the Carolinas.

The Asheboro library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro. The Liberty library is located at 239 S. Fayetteville St in Liberty.

Get help with ebooks, e-audiobooks and e-magazines at library’s ‘E-Stuff on the Go’ sessions

Asheboro library staff are offering “E-stuff on the Go” open help sessions during October and November to demonstrate how to download ebooks, e-audiobooks and e-magazines from the library’s digital collections.

                             

Sessions are open to all ages and will take place a follows:

· Friday, October 4, 10 a.m.

· Tuesday, October 24, 4 p.m.

· Thursday, November 7, 4 p.m.

· Saturday, November 16, 10 a.m.

Assistance will be provided on a first-come first-served basis.

More than 5,300 downloadable electronic titles are available with a library card. The digital content is compatible with computers and major devices such as iPads, Android tablets, smartphones Kindles, Nooks and other portable devices.

Call 318-6803 or visit www.randolphlibrary.org for more information. The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.

Library to celebrate Johnny Appleseed’s birthday

Learn about apples in America as the Asheboro library Children’s Room celebrates Johnny Appleseed’s birthday, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, September 26.

Appleseed himself will make an appearance. There will be stories and factual information about the pioneer and his work, along with apple-related crafts.

The celebration is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. It’s free and the public is invited.

The library is located at 201 Worth Street in Asheboro.