
Upcoming Events
BC Library – Tween Library Council Application 2025-2026
The Baxter County Library Tween Library Council (TwLC) involves our tween patrons in furthering the mission of the library to engage our patrons. By attending monthly meetings, the tweens are involved in promoting reading, making new friends, and having fun! Students in 4th-6th grade are eligible to apply. For more information go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/tween-library-council-application-2025-2026-24816
Find out more »BC Library – Diamond Art
Have fun with Diamond Art! REGISTRATION REQUIRED For more information and to register go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/diamond-art-24510
Find out more »BC Library – Clay Works with Dawn Lagerstedt
Participants with use glaze to add color to small bowls and ornaments. REGISTRATION REQUIRED For more information and to register go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/clay-works-dawn-lagerstedt-24513
Find out more »BC library – Crafting Food Creations – Breakfast Sandwiches
Enjoy making a breakfast sandwich! REGISTRATION REQUIRED For more information and to register go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/crafting-food-creations-breakfast-sandwiches-24478
Find out more »BC Library – Green, Purple, Blue – Herbs for You
This summer Color Your World with herbs. Learn about herbal teas and syrups with Robin Moore The Walking Stick Herbalist. REGISTRATION REQUIRED For more information and to register go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/green-purple-blue-herbs-you-24234
Find out more »BC Library – Crafting Food Creations – PB Granola Pinwheels
Enjoy making a yummy peanut butter granola pinwheel. REGISTRATION REQUIRED For more information and to register go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/crafting-food-creations-pb-granola-pinwheels-24514
Find out more »BC Library – Origami
Learn how to fold paper and create different origami creations. REGISTRATION REQUIRED For more information and to register go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/origami-24515
Find out more »BC Library – Eating the Rainbow: Healthy Meal Prep
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/beating-blues-color-your-world-22806 Color Your World by learning ways to get more healthy food into your diet and that of your family. We will try to fit an entire rainbow of food into the healthy, and sometimes sneaky, recipes we talk about in this fun summer program. We will focus on meal planning and meal prepping to make better use of your time and help you have healthy food ready for busy…
Find out more »Eating the Rainbow: Healthy Meal Prep
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/beating-blues-color-your-world-22806 Color Your World by learning ways to get more healthy food into your diet and that of your family. We will try to fit an entire rainbow of food into the healthy, and sometimes sneaky, recipes we talk about in this fun summer program. We will focus on meal planning and meal prepping to make better use of your time and help you have healthy food ready for busy…
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Eats – Pizza Bagels
Have fun making food with Family and Consumer Science Agent LeeAnn Blevins from the Baxter County Extension Office. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/colorful-foods-24618
Find out more »Teen Eats – Pizza Bagels
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/colorful-foods-24618 Have fun making food with Family and Consumer Science Agent LeeAnn Blevins from the Baxter County Extension Office. Pizza bagels, sand bucket trail mix, summer charcuterie boards, pretzel in a bag, and quesadillas are on the menu!
Find out more »BC Library – Issues & Viewpoints
We meet on the 1st Wednesday of every month except December. Books are available at the Circulation Desk. For more information go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/issues-viewpoints-22655
Find out more »BC Library – Open Maker Space
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/open-maker-space-21791 Our Maker Space, Studio 300, will be open so register now and bring your supplies in to work on your latest creative endeavor.
Find out more »BC Library – Artistic Vibes: Art and Music Afternoon
We will be joined by harpist Tracy Connelly as well as artist and teacher Jerry Preator and 3 of his art students, Vecla Sanders, Dorothy Harp, and Laurie Irwin for this Articstic Vibes. Drop in and listen to the harp music, see their colorful watercolor art which is brightening our library through August. Ask questions and get inspired to create your own art.
Find out more »BC Library – Christmas in July – Sublimation Ornament
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/sublimation-mug-24136 Christmas in July! Create sublimation ornaments of your very own!
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Eats – Sand Bucket Trail Mix
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/teen-eats-24619 Have fun making food with Family and Consumer Science Agent LeeAnn Blevins from the Baxter County Extension Office.
Find out more »BC Library – Diamond Art Keychain
Put some bling on a keychain with diamond art! REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/diamond-art-keychain-24868
Find out more »BC Library – Bird Beaks presented by Bull Shoals-White River State Park
Bird Beak Adaptation – Why do different bird beaks look different? What does a beak say about a bird? What does your mouth say about you? Join a Bull Shoals-White River park interpreter to discover what birds live in the area and what their beaks help them do! A park interpreter will discuss the different types of beaks that birds have and what the beak tells us about the bird.
Find out more »BC Library – Origami for Tweens
Have fun learning how to fold and create origami. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/origami-24870
Find out more »BC Library – Crafting Food Creations – Pizza Bagels
Learn how to make a yummy pizza bagel. This event is for registrants grade 4th Grade to 6th Grade. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/crafting-food-creations-pizza-bagels-24872
Find out more »BC Library – Color Your World – Craft tutorials with Creativebug
Do you enjoy making things? Color your world with crafting tutorials. Learn how you can sign up for Creativebug to explore over a thousand art, craft, and even cooking tutorials. Sewing, cooking, knitting, crocheting, calligraphy, drawing, painting, and more. Creativebug is free when you sign up with your Baxter County library card. This program will teach you how to get started with Creativebug.
Find out more »BC Library – Adult Lego Challenge Night
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/adult-lego-challenge-night-23227 Get your team together for a Lego Challenge. The first 20 minutes your team will build a tower to keep Rapunzel in. After the timer goes off we will switch towers and it will be your job to build a way for Rapunzel to escape. Will your tower withstand the onslaught? Will your Rapunzel escape to freedom? Have fun!
Find out more »BC Library – Crafting Food Creations – Pizza Bagels
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/crafting-food-creations-pizza-bagels-24873 Learn how to make a yummy pizza bagel.
Find out more »BC Library – 4-H Maker Monday – Scrapbook Page
Learn how to make a scrapbook page. Enter your craft into the county fair! REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/4-h-maker-monday-23956
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Introduction to Guitar
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/introduction-guitar-24840 A four-week introductory course for beginning guitarists seeking to get their feet wet in music-making with this versatile instrument. By the end of the course, you will learn how to tune your guitar, basic chords, and how to play a song.
Find out more »BC Library – Origami for Teens
Have fun learning how to fold and create origami. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/origami-24875
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Eats – Summer Charcuterie Board
Have fun making food with Family and Consumer Science Agent LeeAnn Blevins from the Baxter County Extension Office. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/teen-eats-24620
Find out more »BC Library – All Booked: Book Club
An easy-going book club that reads mostly fictional titles featuring romance and mysteries with some biographies thrown in! Join us on Zoom or at the Library for All Booked – one of our two Library book clubs! Everyone is welcome! For more information go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/all-booked-book-club-21779
Find out more »BC Library – DIY Vinyl T-Shirts
Pick out a design, cut on the Cricut, and heat press onto your shirt. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/diy-vinyl-t-shirts-24876
Find out more »BC Library – Color Your World with 3D printed Key Chains
Stop by Studio 300 and print your own keychain with your name on it. Watch the Bambu A1 minis in action. For more information, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/color-your-world-fast-and-fun-3d-printing-24545
Find out more »BC Library – Game Scene Investigation presented by Bull Shoals-White River State Park
Game Scene Investigation – How observant are you? Get the chance to solve a mystery in nature! Join a park interpreter from Bull Shoals-White River State Park and identify tracks and use clues and become a part of a game scene investigation! Participants will have the opportunity to look at a scene from nature and determine what is happening in the scene. They will try to identify the tracks on the scene and what the animals were doing while making…
Find out more »BC Library – Color Your World with 3D printed Key Chains
Stop by Studio 300 and print your own keychain with your name on it. Watch the Bambu A1 minis in action. For more information, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/color-your-world-3d-printed-key-chains-24806
Find out more »BC Library – Summer Saturday Show – Young Actor’s Workshop Play
Join the Twin Lakes Playhouse at the Library and the Young Actor’s Workshop to watch the play performance, “Poultry in Motion”.
Find out more »BC Library – Summer Concert Series: Batterton and Edwards
Joe Batterton and Mark Edwards are an acoustic blues duo from North Central Arkansas. Their sound is centered around the acoustic Delta Blues of the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta. Even their original songs have a grounded, organic feel to them reminiscent of a time long gone but somehow still very relevant. They have been performing together for nearly two decades and in that time they have had the privilege of playing several legendary blues venues and festivals including Ground Zero…
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Introduction to Guitar
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/introduction-guitar-24840 A four-week introductory course for beginning guitarists seeking to get their feet wet in music-making with this versatile instrument. By the end of the course, you will learn how to tune your guitar, basic chords, and how to play a song.
Find out more »BC Library – Make It! Crafty Card Making: Christmas in July
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/make-it-crafty-card-making-23571 Christmas in July? Register to make an ornament out of book pages. This fun paper craft class will fill up fast so register as soon as possible!
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Eats – Pretzel in a Bag
Have fun making food with Family and Consumer Science Agent LeeAnn Blevins from the Baxter County Extension Office. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/teen-eats-24621
Find out more »BC Library – Tie-Dye T-Shirt
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/tie-dye-t-shirt-24879 Get ready to add some color to your summer! Join us for a hands-on tie-dye workshop where you’ll create your very own colorful T-shirt. Learn all about the history of tie-dye and the cool techniques behind this awesome art form. All supplies are provided, so just bring your creativity and get ready to make something totally unique!
Find out more »BC Library – Art History
Discover how paintings preserve the stories of history – post office murals, Norman Rockwell, George Washington crossing the Delaware, and more! REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/art-history-24880
Find out more »BC Library – Tween Rock Painting
What does your rock look like – a car, a flower, a frog, or something else? Paint and create on a rock. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/rock-painting-24881
Find out more »BC Library – Self Defense Basics
Join Baxter County Deputy Clay Maple and learn the basics of self defense. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/intro-self-defense-24453
Find out more »BC Library – Puzzlepalooza
Teams compete to see who can assemble a 300-piece puzzle first in the 90-minute timeframe. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/puzzlepalooza-24882
Find out more »BC Library – Think and Dance Seuss! with Kathleen Marleneanu
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/think-and-dance-seuss-kathleen-marleneanu-24883 Jump into the world of imagination, dancing and learning with Seuss stories. Read Oh, the THINKS You Can Think and other books by Dr. Seuss, meet the Cat in the Hat, explore creative movement and jazz dance, examine the roles of author/illustrator, find rhythms, create shapes and letters, connect emotions and colors, and freestyle to rhymes (tennis shoes and comfortable clothing recommended).
Find out more »BC Library – Think and Dance Seuss! with Kathleen Marleneanu
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: Jump into the world of imagination, dancing and learning with Seuss stories. Read Oh, the THINKS You Can Think and other books by Dr. Seuss, meet the Cat in the Hat, explore creative movement and jazz dance, examine the roles of author/illustrator, find rhythms, create shapes and letters, connect emotions and colors, and freestyle to rhymes (tennis shoes and comfortable clothing recommended).
Find out more »BC Library – Teen Introduction to Guitar
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/introduction-guitar-24840 A four-week introductory course for beginning guitarists seeking to get their feet wet in music-making with this versatile instrument. By the end of the course, you will learn how to tune your guitar, basic chords, and how to play a song.
Find out more »BC Library – Beating the Blues: Resiliency for All
Life can be stressful and difficult. In this 2 hour workshop learn about resiliency. What is resiliency, how can it help you beat the stress induced blues, and how to model it for teens and youth in your life so they can benefit as well with Holly Ridenour with the Arkansas Department of Health.
Find out more »BC Library – Camouflage presented by Bull Shoals-White River State Park
Camouflage: Blending in to Stay Alive – Camouflage is an important survival strategy in the animal kingdom. Whether animals are hunting for their meal or trying to avoid being eaten, blending into their environment is important! Join a Bull Shoals-White River State Park interpreter to learn more about camouflage! A park interpreter will discuss what camouflage is and that it’s an adaptation that helps animals survive in their habitat. At the end, participants will have the opportunity to look for…
Find out more »BC Library – Sticker-Palooza!
Color your world with stickers! Stickers are fun for all ages. You can personalize your water bottle, laptop or notebook. You can use them for prizes and for arts and crafts. A sticker on your envelope will personalize it, and a sticker on a shirt makes a child smile. It is easy to get a bunch of stickers and pick out your favorites, but what do you do with the rest? Sticker-Palooza is a community sticker trade. Stickers have been…
Find out more »BC Library – 4-H Maker Monday – Roscoe the Book Worm
Paint a rock to help build Roscoe the bookworm. Enter your rock into the county fair! REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/4-h-maker-monday-23958
Find out more »BC Library – 4-H Yoga
Yoga class for children, tweens, and teens! Join Amanda, the 4-H Extension Agent, for gentle stretches and exercises. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/4-h-yoga-23959
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