Aurora Public Library District

10/13/2026

Get creative at our Teen Craft Collective! Each month we’ll provide supplies to create hands-on project. Bring your imagination, try something new, and hang out with fellow crafters!

Ages 13-19 welcome! Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Thursday, October 22nd @ 4 pm
Aurora Library

10/13/2026

10/12/2026

Interested in joining a book club? Try our Between the Lines Book Club! We have three different sessions including afternoons and an evening to ensure there’s a time that works for you! Did we mention there’s FREE refreshments?

This month we’ll be discussing “James” by Percival Everett! Stop by the Aurora or Dillsboro Library to pick up your copy today!

Aurora: Thursday, October 22nd @ 1 pm
Dillsboro: Friday, October 23rd @ 1 pm
Aurora: Tuesday, October 27th @ 6 pm

10/12/2026

Through its “Lowe’s Heroes” program, Lowe’s Home Improvement stores encourage employees to complete volunteer projects to benefit their local communities. When a project is approved by the corporation, a team of volunteers is assembled and led by a Pro, with all equipment and materials provided by Lowe’s.

Thanks to this program, residents of and visitors to Dillsboro have been able to enjoy events on “The Porch” at the Dillsboro Arts Friendship Gallery for the past 8 years. For news on events and exhibitions, visit https://dillsboroarts.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/dillsboroarts

10/11/2026

Do you know how quicksand works? Here's an answer from World Book! "Quicksand is a soft mass of wet sand that yields easily to pressure. It usually forms on the bottoms of streams and on sand flats along seacoasts. Quicksand behaves like a fluid because water flowing through the sand grains forces them apart and prevents them from settling. In this condition, the sand loses its firmness and cannot support heavy weight. Thick layers of quicksand can trap and even kill people or animals that sink into them. People caught in deep quicksand should fall flat on their back with arms stretched out from the body. In this position, the body should float on the sand. The person should roll slowly off the quicksand to firm ground."

Learn more about quicksand (and many other things!) for FREE with your library card here: http://www.worldbookonline.com/?subacct=L8072

10/10/2026

We are inviting some special guests to Storytime in September and October! Jascia Robinson will be bringing her therapy dog, Frannie, to join us for a story!

Friday, October 16th @ 10:30 am
Aurora Library

10/10/2026

Today is Let Freedom Read Day, so now is the best time to take at least one action to help defend books from censorship and to stand up for the library staff, educators, writers, publishers, and booksellers who make them available! Check out some ways you can spread the word below!

10/10/2026

Thank you to for an astonishing adventure over Fall Break!

10/09/2026

If you like edgy stories and a variety of genres, join us for our next discussion! Pick up your book at the Aurora or Dillsboro Library. This month we’re discussing “Horrorstör” by Grady Hendrix.

Anyone 18+ is welcome to attend!

Thursday, October 15th @ 6:30 pm
The Depot