The Gantt Center and Charlotte Mecklenburg Library are partnering to bring you a great day highlighting the link between literature, history, and art. Show your library card at the Gantt Center's Guest Services desk and receive free admission. Explore the Center's current exhibitions, participate in story time, and create your own keepsake in a workshop led by author Kelly Starling Lyons! Book displays and a session on special resources offered by your library system will round out this great day. 

 

Sat., February 15, 11am - 2pm  | Learn more 

Have you ever wanted to build your own website? What about developing your own app?

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library now offers access to Treehouse, a FREE online video and interactive learning platform that teaches people how to design and develop websites and mobile apps. Classes include coding languages like HTML, CSS, PHP, and Ruby, as well as creating iPhone and Android apps. Access is available with your Charlotte Mecklenburg Library card at www.cmlibrary.org/online/treehouse.asp.

Treehouse offers unlimited access to more than 1,300 videos, covering topics from basic HTML coding to JavaScript to app development for iPhones, iPads, and Android smart phones. Learning with Treehouse is project-based, so you learn by doing. Projects are taught through a combination of short videos, code challenges, and quizzes to maximize engagement. You keep track of your accomplishments through gamification - earning badges to mark your progress.

 

In addition to projects, Treehouse also has Learning Adventures that has curriculums designed to get students job ready.

Register now for FAFSA Day, Saturday, February 22, 2014. Get FREE help from financial specialists and college aid professionals to complete and submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) electronically. Visit CFNC.org/FAFSAday or call toll free 866-866-CFNC for information or to register at a location near you. 

 

Every Child Ready to Read: For Me, for You, for Later™ 

Come learn about the five early literacy practices, along with interactive math activities you can use to help your child learn financial literacy skills. Parents and caregivers come prepared to play and learn together with your child. This program was made possible thanks to the generous support of PNC's national Grow up Great initiative. Lunch will be provided.

• 2/11/2014 at 10:30 AM: University City Regional    Learn More

Whether you already love the book or want to watch the movie before reading it, join us for the film adaptation of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. See the story brought to life! This movie is rated PG-13.

 

Writing Group: New Adult (for ages 18-25) 

Writers of all experience and skill levels are encouraged to join this group to share work, exchange ideas and feedback, and meet other local amateur writers.

Come join our new Main Library book club, meeting the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Enjoy a diverse selection of books and lively discussions! Pick up a copy of this month's selection & register in person, online or call 704-416-0101.

• 2/12/2014 at 5:30 PM: Main Library    Learn More

Library selects Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel 

Fahrenheit 451 for 2014's community read.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury has been chosen as Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's One Book community read with events planned for April 13-19, 2014, to coincide with National Library Week. The Library will be encouraging adults and teens throughout the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community to read the same book and to come out to readings, book discussions and other programs that bring the book's themes to life. We'll share more details in future issues of this newsletter as activities are planned, and you can always find the latest updates at ww.cmlibrary.org/onebook.