Spring Break Puppetry Workshop

Wedding Planning workshop this Saturday!

Bernadette Ramirez, professional wedding planner from Bowties and Frills, gets your started planning your dream day without spending a fortune! Learn tips for budgeting, making some of your decorations, and more!

Saturday, October 23

2-3:30

Soap Making Workshop- Sat. Oct. 2

Handcrafted soap is naturally full of glycerin, and is fragrant, bubbly, and amazingly softening to your skin. Create your own soap in this 4 hour class that teaches the basics of Cold Process Soap Making. Instructor Claire Grasse has been a soap maker both professionally and as a hobbyist for ten years. She is the owner of The Barefoot Gypsy soap company. Please wear old clothes and closed-toe shoes.

Register by calling 254-953-5491

Saturday, October 2 -- 1:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m.

Every Child Ready to Read Caregiver Workshop

On Saturday, February 27 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the Harker Heights Public Library is offering an exciting workshop designed to help get “Every Child Ready To Read®.” This workshop will explain what skills children need before entering kindergarten, why the skills are so important, demonstrate how to help children learn the skills, provide titles of high-interest books that are age appropriate, and will send you home with early literacy activities to incorporate into your daily routine. Space is limited and going quickly. Please call 953-5491 to reserve your spot.

Young Authors and Illustrators Conference

Central Texas Reading Council Young Authors and
Illustrators Conference
Saturday, February 13, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
For children and teens 1st - 12th grades
At the University of Mary Hardin Baylor
Parker Academic Center in Belton, TX

Sharpen your illustrating and writing skills with this full day conference. Enjoy workshops on mysteries, poetry, comic book art, storytelling, using technology, and more! Bring your own works to share with other illustrators and authors your age! Meet published authors and illustrators Vuthy Kuon and Salima Alikhan!

This year attendees will have a chance to submit their works for publication in a Young Authors and Illustrators Conference book published by Vuthy Kuon!

$30.00 per child; $20.00 for additional children in the same household; Children 2nd grade and below must have a
chaperone, but all chaperones and other adults are
welcome to attend with a child or children at no charge.
$20.00 per child for groups of 10 or more
$30.00 for each adult who is not accompanying a child or not volunteering at the event

For additional information or registration, please e-mail Teresa Hough at though3@netzero.com or call the Harker Heights Public Library at 254-953-5942.

Scrapbook Workshop

6 p.m., Tuesday, September 8

Beginners can learn basic techniques while advanced scrapbookers get inspiration at this scrapbook workshop. Bring pictures and leave with beautiful scrapbook pages! Also, don't miss the Family Scrapbook Workshop at 11 a.m., Saturday, September 12.

FREE fall gardening workshop

Get ready to plan your fall vegetable garden 6 p.m., Tuesday August 4 with Bell County Master Gardeners Judy Herrmann and Ursula Nanna. Learn what plants grow best in our soil and how to get the most value out of your garden space. Contact Meghan at 953-5496 for more information.

Adult programs at the library

The library has many exciting programs for adults this summer -- come check us out! No signups required for any of these fun activities.

• Bring your lunch and join us Tuesday at noon for a brown bag book discussion of The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton.
• Get ready to plan your fall vegetable garden 6 p.m., Tuesday August 4 with Bell County Master Gardeners Judy Herrmann and Ursula Nanna

See all our programs on the AdultSpace on our website, and remember each program attended gets you one entry into a drawing for a tote bag filled with books!

Digital Photography Class

Photographer Linda McMurray is teaching this great photography series. Come learn how to use your camera, take great photos and use your computer to edit your pictures. Don't forget to bring your camera!

What: Basic Digital Photography Class
Who: Instructor: Linda McMurray, photographer and past president of the Killeen Civic Art Guild
When: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21 and 28
Where: The NEW Harker Heights Public Library and Activities Center
400 Indian Trail

TheirSpace Workshop

Spaces are still available for teachers and parents for Saturday's workshop, TheirSpace: Understanding MySpace, Facebook and Social Networking.
Learn how to use technology with your teens and children at home and in the classroom. Call the library at 699-5008 to sign up.