Discovery Day Are you interested in learning more about the planets and solar system? If so, please come to the library on February 24 . From 4:30-5:30 p.m., we’ll read stories about space and discuss the various planets. At the end, we’ll make a craft project. Ages 5-9. Registration required. Please call 270-769-6337 or stop by the library  to reserve your place today!

Movies at the Library Join us on February 15 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. to watch the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs created by Sony Pictures. The movie tells the story of a man who tries to end world hunger by creating a machine that changes water into food. The invention malfunctions, and soon food is raining from the skies! Soda and popcorn will be provided by the library.  The movie is rated PG. Ages 9+. Registration required.

Event at the North Branch in Radcliff Valentine Cards Too cold to go outside? Come join Ms. Betty on Saturday, February 13th at noon. Make your very own Valentine  card for that special  person in your life.  Open to all ages. Please call 270-351-9999 for more information.

Fresh Start Club! Children 17 and under may "read off" their fines anytime. (Parents, siblings, and friends can read to young children.) And, readers can earn credit for future late fees with this program too! For every 15 minutes you read, you can reduce your fines by $1.50 ($.10 a minute)...or "bank" monies for future use!
*Check-in at the Main Circulation Desk to participate in this program, please!

Story Hour 2009-2010! Story hour classes will begin the week of August 10, 2009 and run concurrent with the Hardin County School calendar. Sign-ups are required for Preschool Story Hour and Baby and Me Story Hour. Please click the Kids button in the upper right corner of this page to see the full schedule of Story Hour classes.

Toddler Time! Calling all toddlers to the Hardin County Public Library! Every Thursday during the school year, Ms. Marsha will host a drop-in storytime for children ages 2-3. The classes will begin at 11:00 a.m. and last until noon. No registration is necessary! Please call 270-769-6337 for more information.

Tai Chi Easy meets Saturday mornings at the Hardin County Public Library. The free classes begin at 10: 00 a.m. This gentle movement is easy to learn, easy to apply, requires no special knowledge or training and can be practiced by all people. The practice leader is Carol Appler, certified by the National Wellness Institute and Roger Jahnke, OMD. Join us on Saturday mornings, February 6, 13, 20, and 27. Everyone welcome.

Hardin County Public Library is pleased to announce a special performance by the Central Hardin and North Hardin High School Drama Clubs. A compelling scene from a new production, adapted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, will debut at the library. Music & lyrics by Roger Miller, Book by William Hauptman. Join us at the library on Tuesday evening, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. for your front row seat!!

Movie Matinee on Friday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m.  Scandal, seduction, blackmail and murder. Thanks heavens their husbands aren’t alive! Join us for a special showing of Widow's Peak, starring Joan Plowright, and Natasha Richardson.In this quaint Irish comedy about a remote town populated almost entirely by widows, Mrs. Doyle-Counihan (Joan Plowright) reigns over all. New in town, Mrs. Edwina Broome (Natasha Richardson) is a beautiful young English widow who begins to shake things up! The original photography of the Irish countryside, resplendant in greens and blues, is simply gorgeous. Join us for a delightful afternoon visit to the emerald isle.

Evening Book Discussion Thursday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m. Join our discussion of I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frost. In 1985, archeologists in downtown Toronto discovered what would become the most highly publicized dig in Canadian history: the remains of a house belonging to former slaves Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, who, as it turns out, were key figures in the Underground Railroad, from Louisville, KY. What a story!! In honor of Black History Month.

Mystery Madness! Amateur sleuths and other mystery buffs report to Hardin County Public Library on the second Tuesday of each month at 3 PM for crime solving fun!!! Adults only, please!

"Reading From the Heart" Romance Readers Group The North Branch in Radcliff has a NEW BOOK CLUB! Come discuss your favorite book and authors. Meet authors, publishers, web site owners, editors and agents at the meetings and stay for the author panels and special events. *Meeting fourth Saturday of each month at 11 a.m.

Upcoming Programs for Adults. Many new programs are "under construction." Times and dates will be announced. *Watch this site!