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Upcoming Events

June 2025

BC Library – Tween Library Council Application 2025-2026

June 1 - July 28

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

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July 2025

BC Library – Young Actor’s Workshop Meet & Greet

July 8 @ 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Get your scripts and meet your fellow characters! REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/drama-camp-library-twin-lakes-playhouse-22418

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BC Library – Christmas in July – Sublimation Ornament

July 8 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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!

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BC Library – Teen Eats – Sand Bucket Trail Mix

July 8 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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.

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BC Library – Diamond Art Keychain

July 9 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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

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BC Library – Bird Beaks presented by Bull Shoals-White River State Park

July 10 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am

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.

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BC Library – Origami for Tweens

July 10 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Crafting Food Creations – Pizza Bagels

July 10 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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

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BC Library – Color Your World – Craft tutorials with Creativebug

July 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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.

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BC Library – Adult Lego Challenge Night

July 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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!

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BC Library – Crafting Food Creations – Pizza Bagels

July 11 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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.

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BC Library – Bluey Pajama Party

July 12 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Celebrate the joy of reading with Bluey! Wear your pajamas or costume for a Bluey: Sleepytime storytime. Snack, craft, and meet-and-greet with Bluey herself!

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BC Library – 4-H Maker Monday – Scrapbook Page

July 14 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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

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BC Library – Yoga with 4-H Agent

July 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Enjoy stretching and participating in youth yoga with Amanda, the 4-H Extension Agent. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/4-h-yoga-23960

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BC Library – Teen Introduction to Guitar

July 14 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
Every 0 weeks on Monday until July 28, 2025

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.

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BC Library – Origami for Teens

July 15 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Teen Eats – Summer Charcuterie Board

July 15 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

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BC Library – All Booked: Book Club

July 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

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BC Library – DIY Vinyl T-Shirts

July 16 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Color Your World with 3D printed Key Chains

July 17 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

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

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BC Library – Game Scene Investigation presented by Bull Shoals-White River State Park

July 17 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am

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…

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BC Library – Color Your World with 3D printed Key Chains

July 17 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Summer Saturday Show – Young Actor’s Workshop Play

July 19 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 pm

Join the Twin Lakes Playhouse at the Library and the Young Actor’s Workshop to watch the play performance, “Poultry in Motion”.

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BC Library – Summer Concert Series: Batterton and Edwards

July 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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…

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BC Library – Teen Introduction to Guitar

July 21 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
Every 0 weeks on Monday until July 28, 2025

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.

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BC Library – Make It! Crafty Card Making: Christmas in July

July 22 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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!

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BC Library – Teen Eats – Pretzel in a Bag

July 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Tie-Dye T-Shirt

July 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

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!

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BC Library – Art History

July 24 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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

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BC Library – Tween Rock Painting

July 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Self Defense Basics

July 25 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

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

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BC Library – Puzzlepalooza

July 26 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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

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BC Library – Think and Dance Seuss! with Kathleen Marleneanu

July 28 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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).

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BC Library – Think and Dance Seuss! with Kathleen Marleneanu

July 28 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

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).

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BC Library – Teen Introduction to Guitar

July 28 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)
Every 0 weeks on Monday until July 28, 2025

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.

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BC Library – Beating the Blues: Resiliency for All

July 29 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

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.

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BC Library – Teen Eats – Quesadilla

July 29 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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-24622

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BC Library – Camouflage presented by Bull Shoals-White River State Park

July 31 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am

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…

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American Red Cross Blood Drive

July 31 @ 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

Donating blood can save lives. The Baxter County Library will provide library fine forgiveness of up to $25 for your donation. If you do not have fines you can “pay it forward” by taking your card to the circulation desk and asking them to pay it forward. They will apply the fine forgiveness to child’s account which has fines. Registrations are encouraged, but walk ins are welcome. Go here to register to give blood: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=BAXTERLIBRARY

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August 2025

BC Library – Sticker-Palooza!

August 2 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

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…

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BC Library – 4-H Maker Monday – Roscoe the Book Worm

August 4 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

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

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BC Library – 4-H Yoga

August 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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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BC Library – Make It! Mini Terrarium

August 5 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Make a simple mini Terrarium. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/make-it-22591

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BC Library – Issues & Viewpoints

August 6 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

We meet on the 1st Wednesday of every month except December. August book: The Wall: Rome’s Greatest Frontier by Alistair Moffat Books are available at the Circulation Desk.

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BC Library – Staying out of the Red

August 7 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Color your world with tips and tricks to help you stay out of the red. Budgeting, savvy shopping, fun money saving challenges, price books, affordable meal planning, and more.

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BC Library – Treats & Trivia: Jane Austen

August 9 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

2025 is the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Born on December 16th 1775 in Steventon Hampshire, her books have inspired countless authors and film makers. Join us for some Georgian Era Treats and Trivia. Feel free to dress up if you so desire. The winner will receive a Jane Austen inspired prize.

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BC Library – Intro to Coin Collecting and Grading

August 14 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Try something New! Coin collecting is a popular hobby and may be just what you are looking for. Join the Baxter County Coin Club and learn the basics of coin collecting and grading. Take off in your coin collecting adventure.

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BC Library – LEGO® Challenge

August 16 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Bring your team or come by yourself, and see if you can rise to the challenge! Small prizes given. Please do NOT bring your own LEGOs from home. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/legor-challenge-24885

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BC Library – FOL Book Sale

August 21 @ 9:00 am - August 23 @ 5:00 pm

Thursday: 9:00am to 5:00pm Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm Saturday: 10:00am to 1:00pm (Saturday Special: 50% off all items in the morning, followed by a $2 per bag sale starting at noon!) Find incredible deals while supporting your Library! Don’t miss the chance to shop from a wide variety of gently used books at our quarterly sale. You’ll find hardcover books for under $3, paperbacks for under $1, and DVDs for just $2.00! Best of all, every purchase helps fund the…

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BC Library – Open Maker Space

August 21 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Our Maker Space, Studio 300, will be open so register now and bring your supplies in to work on your latest creative endeavor. We have a limited number of Maker Space equipment you can also sign up to use. (A1 Bambu Mini 3D printers, 3D scanner, Sewing machines, Sizzix and Cuttlebug embossing and cutting machine, a Cricut, a small heat press, an iron, a heat gun, various hand tools, etc…) For more information and to register, go to:…

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BC Library – Make It! Crafty Card Making: Pinwheel Cards

August 26 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/make-it-crafty-card-making-23572 Class fills up quickly, so be sure to register as soon as possible!

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BC Library – Sourdough Pizza Crust

August 27 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Register to join another fantastic sourdough class with LeeAnn Blevins and Anna Harlan Baxter (Stone County Extension Offices). We will be learning to make Pizza crust using our sourdough starter. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information and to register, go to: https://www.baxtercountylibrary.org/event/sour-dough-24853

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