A rendering of the Cleveland Bradley County Public LibraryUPCOMING EVENTSTuesday• Preschool Story Time, 10:30-11:15 a.m. For ages 3 to 5.Wednesday• Tween Arts Zone, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Crafts and music for ages 7-12.Thursday• Baby Bookworms, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Storytime for children up to age 3.• Teen Zone Creations, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Craft program for teens 13-17 in the Young Adult area.• Family Reading Night, 7-8 p.m. Stories and crafts. The first 30 children receive a free book.Friday• Preschool Story Time, 10:30-11:15 a.m. For ages 3 to 5.Saturday• Family Story Time, 2-2:30 p.m. Stories for the whole family with special crafts
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Cleveland Bradley Public Library is celebrating National Library Week (April 8-14) with a host of programs steeped in culture, arts and technology.
This week the Cleveland Bradley Public Library offers a number of events for families, including story readings, crafts and music. The library also offers workshops for those interested in learning more about computers, digital book reading devices and the Internet.
"Today's libraries provide a wide range of opportunities for people with diverse needs and interests," said library director Andrew Hunt in a news release. "That means providing their communities with tailor-made collections and services for people of diverse backgrounds, language abilities and technological skills."
Story times for preschool children (3 to 5 years of age) will be held on Tuesday and Friday mornings at 10:30 a.m.; story time for "Baby Bookworms" (children up to 3 years of age) will be offered at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Family reading time and story time will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, respectively.
Older children will have opportunities to explore arts and crafts with the Tween Arts Zone (7 through 12 years of age) on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. and Teen Zone Creations (ages 13 through 17) on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
In a recent library board meeting, members praised the library's youth programs and activities, which drew about 19 attendees on average. The last 37 children's events drew an overall attendance of 696, according to board member Barbara Stone.
The library will also offer five computer technology classes during the week. Basic Internet will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday; Intermediate Computers will be taught at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday; and Android ebook reading devices will be presented at noon on Friday. Technology classes require advance registration.
It is the library's goal to get people through the door and into these classes to help them fully experience the potential the library has to offer, according to previous statements made by David Ingram, the library's technology coordinator.
Beyond the books and audio-visual materials on its shelves, the library offers a gateway to what Ingram called a "virtual collection" -- numerous databases and downloadable digital books.
For more information regarding library programming, call 423-472-2163.