Storytimes near Aiken - Bamberg - Barnwell - Edgefield Regional System

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Amigurumi is a Japanese artform that involves making crocheted or knitted stuffed toys. Learn amigurumi crochet basics and make your own dinosaur! This class is intended for tween and teen crocheters who are new to amigurumi. You must be proficient with single crochets. Supplies will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer. Please contact Amanda (amandab@abbe-lib.org) with any questions about suitable supplies or skill level.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Work on your current project in a welcoming environment, chat with other yarn crafters, and get peer support and inspiration! This is not an instructional program, but all skill levels are welcome. Bring your own supplies. No registration required. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Movies to Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary! Fridays at 3PM June 5 - Hamilton June 12 - 1776 June 19 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington June 26 - The Patriot July 10 - Hidden Figures July 17 - Apollo 13 July 24 - Lincoln (2013)

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

You are cordially invited to a royal and roaring tea party. Join us for snacks, crafts, and an appearance from some special guests. Please register all that will be attending, including adults.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join us for Beginning Spanish! We will help you get to the conversational level. This class will build on the basics of introductions that we learned on June 13 & 20. We will discuss what we are wearing and where we are from. We will cover Ser & Estar (the forms of To Be) and use them in sentences in group practice. Note that we meet in the Creative Lab for this date, not the Meeting Room. This is on the 1st floor next to the vending machines.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room, Aiken County Public Library

Sip lemonade with professional artist Nong Von B as she guides you in creating a piece of art.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Ages 0-5 are invited to drop in and learn through play while caregivers learn how to promote early literacy.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room

This popular monthly event, co-hosted by Tamell "Big" Bailey and CathyB, is a great opportunity for adults and young adults to practice performance skills in front of a small audience, receive feedback, and get inspiration for creating new works. Except for the featured artist, individual performances are limited to 3 minutes and may be on any “radio friendly” topic. If time allows, additional performances may be invited. July Theme: HIGHER POWER Featured Performer: JUKWAN BROOKS Open mic signup begins at 5:30pm. Feature act begins at 6:00pm. Featured Poet Jukwan Brooks is an entrepreneur, author, and poet from Thomson, GA. He recently released his second novel The Adventures of a High School Scholar. From being a High School dropout at 15, GED graduate at 17, and graduating from College at 20. Jukwan is living proof that you can be successful -- no matter where you come from or what you have been through in life. UPCOMING August Theme: GROWING PAINS Feature: TARIKA HOLLAND

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Movies to Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary! Fridays at 3PM June 5 - Hamilton June 12 - 1776 June 19 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington June 26 - The Patriot July 10 - Hidden Figures July 17 - Apollo 13

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join us for our monthly Tabletop Game Club! Hang out with and get to know other tabletop game enthusiasts, as you enjoy games like D & D, Avatar Legends, Mazes, and more! Have fun, and enjoy some refreshments. For ages 9 - 18.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join our rincón (Spanish word for little corner/retreat) to practice your Spanish skills with passionate and kind individuals. Our group is open to everyone from the community who is interested in learning about the Spanish language and its cultures. All levels are welcome to come and participate. There is no fee to attend, and no minimum Spanish knowledge is required. Our conversations include a wide range of learning activities such as games, readings, cultural projects, and much more! Registration is for head count only. Check the calendar for other dates. This program will be held in the Bank of America Meeting Room on the 1st floor of the Aiken County Public Library. 314 Chesterfield St. S Aiken, SC 29801

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join us for Beginning Spanish! We will help you get to the conversational level.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room, Aiken County Public Library

Sip lemonade with professional artist Nong Von B as she guides you in creating a piece of art.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room

The July discussion will focus on the book THE DOG STARS by Peter Heller. A riveting, powerful novel about a pilot living in a world filled with loss - and what he is willing to risk to rediscover, against all odds, connection, love, and grace. Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life - something like his old life - exists beyond the airport. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return - not enough fuel to get him home - following the trail of the static-broken voice on the radio. But what he encounters and what he must face - in the people he meets, and in himself - is both better and worse than anything he could have hoped for. Narrated by a man who is part warrior and part dreamer, a hunter with a great shot and a heart that refuses to harden, The Dog Stars is both savagely funny and achingly sad, a breathtaking story about what it means to be human.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Ages 0-5 are invited to drop in and learn through play while caregivers learn how to promote early literacy.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Movies to Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary! Fridays at 3PM June 5 - Hamilton June 12 - 1776 June 19 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington June 26 - The Patriot July 10 - Hidden Figures July 17 - Apollo 13 July 24 - Lincoln (2013) July 31 - Harriet (2019)

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join our rincón (Spanish word for little corner/retreat) to practice your Spanish skills with passionate and kind individuals. Our group is open to everyone from the community who is interested in learning about the Spanish language and its cultures. All levels are welcome to come and participate. There is no fee to attend, and no minimum Spanish knowledge is required. Our conversations include a wide range of learning activities such as games, readings, cultural projects, and much more! Registration is for head count only. Check the calendar for other dates. This program will be held in the Bank of America Meeting Room on the 1st floor of the Aiken County Public Library. 314 Chesterfield St. S Aiken, SC 29801

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join us for Beginning Spanish! We will help you get to the conversational level.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Ages 0-5 are invited to drop in and learn through play while caregivers learn how to promote early literacy.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join us as we discuss Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn, eat snacks, and do an activity based on the book. For ages 9-12. Registration required at the 1st floor circulation desk.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Movies to Celebrate America's 250th Anniversary! Fridays at 3PM June 5 - Hamilton June 12 - 1776 June 19 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington June 26 - The Patriot July 10 - Hidden Figures July 17 - Apollo 13 July 24 - Lincoln (2013) July 31 - Harriet (2019)

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room

Join us for adult coloring! Bring your felt pens and coloring pencils. Call 803-642-2020 ext. 3 to register. Coloring books and coffee will be provided.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join our rincón (Spanish word for little corner/retreat) to practice your Spanish skills with passionate and kind individuals. Our group is open to everyone from the community who is interested in learning about the Spanish language and its cultures. All levels are welcome to come and participate. There is no fee to attend, and no minimum Spanish knowledge is required. Our conversations include a wide range of learning activities such as games, readings, cultural projects, and much more! Registration is for head count only. Check the calendar for other dates. This program will be held in the Bank of America Meeting Room on the 1st floor of the Aiken County Public Library. 314 Chesterfield St. S Aiken, SC 29801

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Join us for Beginning Spanish! We will help you get to the conversational level. Please sign up for each date you plan on attending.

Aiken County Public Library

With discussions led by USC Aiken Humanities scholars, Let’s Talk About It is more than your average book club. Participants will read, watch, and then compare the novels to the movie. Books are first come, first serve. Book sign out starts Tuesday, August 11, 2026. These books are also available via our digital library providers, Hoopla and Cloud Library and for check out from most of our ABBE branch libraries. MOVIE - The Water is Wide - Tuesday, September 1, 6:00pm BOOK DISCUSSION - The Water is Wide Tuesday, September 8, 6:30 pm with Dr. Tom Mack. MOVIE - The Great Santini - Saturday, September 12, 12:00pm & Tuesday, September 15, 6:00pm BOOK DISCUSSION - The Great Santini Tuesday, September 22, 6:30pm with Dr. Andrew Geyer MOVIE - The Prince of Tides - Saturday, October 10, 12:00pm & Tuesday, October 13, 6:00pm BOOK DISCUSSION - The Prince of Tides Tuesday, October 20, 6:30pm with Dr. Matt Miller TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 – DAY TRIP Chaperoned by Dr. Tom Mack to Beaufort, SC and St. Helena Island. Pat Conroy's sister, Kathy Conroy Harvey, will give us a tour of the Pat Conroy Center. Afterwards we will lunch at Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant followed by a visit to the Pat Conroy grave site on St. Helena Island. We leave the library on a chartered bus at 8:00am and return in the evening. There will be a $25 fee to participate in the Beaufort trip, which will help mitigate the transportation fees. If this fee presents a barrier, please speak to the library manager, Jessica Christian at 803-642-2020, ext. 5. Payment for the trip must be made by September 1st. No refunds will be issued, but you may transfer your spot to another person.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room, Aiken County Public Library

Learn about impact craters with an interactive activity! Please note, we will be going outside for part of this program and using refillable water balloons. The topic and activity are subject to change in case of inclement weather. Please register everyone that will be in the room.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room, Aiken County Public Library

Work on your current project in a welcoming environment, chat with other yarn crafters, and get peer support and inspiration! This is not an instructional program, but all skill levels are welcome. Bring your own supplies. No registration required. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month.

Aiken - Creative Lab / Davis Family Room

The August discussion will focus on the book VERA WONG'S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties. Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady—ah, lady of a certain age—who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing—a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn’t know what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would do a better job than the police possibly could, because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands. Vera knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one among them is the killer. What Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen, will she end up having to give one of her newfound chicks to the police?

Aiken - Table near or in lobby, Aiken County Public Library

In partnership with the library, The Aiken Soil and Water Conservation District will host a Pop-Up Seed Event to distribute free vegetable, herb and flower seeds to residents. Packets will be limited to 3 per patron.

Aiken - Meeting / Bank of America Room

This popular monthly event, co-hosted by Tamell "Big" Bailey and CathyB, is a great opportunity for adults and young adults to practice performance skills in front of a small audience, receive feedback, and get inspiration for creating new works. Except for the featured artist, individual performances are limited to 3 minutes and may be on any “radio friendly” topic. If time allows, additional performances may be invited. August Theme: GROWING PAINS Featured Performer: TARIKA HOLLAND Open mic signup begins at 5:30pm. Feature act begins at 6:00pm. FEATURED POET Tarika Holland is a performing artist from Augusta, GA. Her talents range from spoken word/poetry, acting, modeling... to dance. She’s the author of two book, Through the Eyes of Isolated Beauty,” and Becoming the Artist: Volume One. Tarika is a passionate storyteller who uses art not only as self expression but as a form of activism. UPCOMING September Theme: TBA Feature: TBA