August                                                                                           2025
“The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” - Sue Monk Kidd
Passport Acceptance Fair
 August 2nd, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
 
No Appointments Necessary
 
Don’t have a passport and need to see the world? The HCPL Special Passport Acceptance Fair can get you there. You can apply in-person and meet with passport acceptance agents without needing an appointment. This event is for first-time applicants and children who must apply in-person using Application Form DS-11. Both parents of a minor applicant aged under 16 must be present. One parent must be present for applicants aged 16 and 17.
 
Agents will also be available to schedule future appointments, review passport application documents and answer questions. For more information, call 270-826-3712. ext. 217 or click below to find out what you need to bring.
       
 U.S. Constitution
August 5th, 12th, & 19th, 6:00 PM
 
Three-Part Series
 
Retired Henderson Community College History Professor Lorie Maltby presents a three part series on one of our nation's essential documents, the United States Constitution.  Although a series, you can attend one or more of the session as you like.
 
Session 1 - (Aug. 5th) Overview of the Constitution, Article I, and the Bill of Rights
Session 2 - (Aug. 12th) Article II and related amendments
Session 3 - (Aug. 19th) Articles III through VII
 
 
Casey McQuiston
August 20th, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
 
Signing her new book, The Pairing
 
Bring an appetite for sizzling drama as we welcome New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston. Best known for her romantic comedy, Red, White, and Royal Blue, the author is back to turn up the heat in her brand-new book, The Pairing.
 
This will be a virtual author visit with all attendees of the watch party entered to win one of ten copies of her new book. Register early and you can submit questions for the author to answer. Click below to register.
 
 
Flashback Book Fair
August 22nd, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Night of Nostalgia
 
Remember the magic of the school book fair? We’re bringing it back, but with a grown-up twist! Spend your Friday night at the Flashback Book Fair, designed for adults 21+. You’ll enjoy a cash bar, DJ, games, and great food! All set against the familiar (yet grown-up) backdrop of a classic school book fair. Yes, pencils and fun erasers will be available! Think retro tunes, lively conversation, and a chance to check out our hottest new books.
 
Featuring:
Boucherie Winery
Henderson Brewing Co.
Chicho's Mobile Kitchen 
Music by DJ Wink
Friends of the Library exclusive merch store
A book fair stationary table where you can grab your favorite erasers, pens, and bookmarks
 
 
Join a Community Based on your Interests
True Crime
Mystery Novels
Creative Writing
Lethal Library
August 4th, 6:00 PM
Plot Twist
August 7th, 6:00 PM
Write-Minded
August 18th, 6:00 PM

Tai Chi for Beginners
August 14th, 6:00 PM
 
NEW DAY: 2nd Thursdays
 
Join us every second Thursday of the month for Beginner Tai Chi! Practiced around the world, Tai Chi is an art of slow movement done with controlled breathing that has been shown to improve health in many ways. Benefits of Tai Chi are:
 
☯️ Improved Mood
☯️ Stress Reduction
☯️ Better Sleep
☯️ Reduce Falls
☯️ Weight Loss
☯️ Heart & Bone Health
 
This class is aimed at beginners and requires no previous experience. Come try Tai Chi and see how it has improved the minds and bodies of practitioners all over the world, and how it can do the same for you!
Makerspace

Don't forget the library's Makerspace can bring you ideas to life! Plus, our Makerspace librarian can help you see your project from beginning to end.
 
 
 
  • 3D Printer
  • Poster Printer
  • Vinyl Printer
  • Engraver
  • Cricut Maker 3
  • Sound Booth
Stories Set in Summer!
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares
 
The first novel in the wildly popular #1  New York Times  bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, from the author of The Whole Thing Together and  The Here and Now. Some friends just fit together.   Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on to do great things. This is the story of the four friends—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—who made it possible.
 
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury

Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. 
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
 
Set in South Carolina in 1964,  The Secret Life of Bees  tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's most vicious racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon, South Carolina—a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna who presides over their household.
The Last Song
by Nicholas Sparks

Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. 
Duma Key
 by Stephen King

A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast.
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