Adult Events

Programs and Events for Adults

March Programs for Adults

Prepare to Care Workshop Series

Having Important Conversations (Advance Care Planning)

Friday, March 8th | 10:30-11:30 AM | Carnegie Library Center

Justin Magnuson from the UofL Trager Institute will bring everything together and provide tips and strategies about how to have conversations with the person you are caring for about advance care planning, legal issues, and end-of-life wishes.

Shelby County Historical Society Presents My Blessed, Wretched Life: Rebecca Boone’s Story by Sue Kelly Ballard

Tuesday, March 19th | 6:30-8:30 PM | Carnegie Library Center

In collaboration with the Shelby County Historical Society, author Sue Kelly Ballard will discuss her book My Blessed, Wretched Life: Rebecca Boone’s Story. Sue Kelly Ballard was born in Kentucky and has lived in several states and overseas. She now resides in Elizabethtown with her husband, Jimmie. Ballard received the state DAR Women in the Arts Award for My Blessed, Wretched Life: Rebecca Boone’s Story.

My Blessed, Wretched Life: Rebecca Boone’s Story is Ballard’s imaginatively creative portrayal of the life of Daniel Boone’s wife, Rebecca. “She captures every mood and moment of Rebecca’s life in the backwoods and on the frontier with accuracy and passion, authenticity and beauty, and at a pace that keeps the reader diving headlong into each new page, eager to swallow up what happens next” (Jones, Randell, 2024).

Come relive the history of one of Kentucky’s most famous women! No registration is required to attend this program.

SCPL March Madness Final Four Puzzle Competition

Saturday, March 23rd | 10:30 AM | Carnegie Library Center

March Madness brings us to the Final Four in our puzzle competitions. The four winning teams will face off to determine the ultimate Puzzle Competition Champions.

The Back Page: An Evening with Byron Crawford

Thursday, March 28th | 6:00-7:00 PM | Carnegie Library Center

Join us for a special evening with Shelby County’s very own Byron Crawford. Since 2011, Crawford has written the back page of Kentucky Living magazine, the state’s most widely circulated publication, and each month, readers enjoy his unique gift for “finding the little story within the big story,” as he puts it. In his new publication, The Back Page, he shares stories about Kentucky’s rural people and places, ranging from the playful to the poignant to the profound. Read tales of panther sightings, snake crossings, and haunted happenings. Reminisce about country stores, telephone operators, and pool halls. Hear quiet voices of sacrifice, courage, service, and love.

Books will be available for purchase. No registration is necessary.

April Programs for Adults

Exploring Solar Eclipses with Dan Price

Thursday, April 4th | 6:00-7:00 AM | Carnegie Library Center

One of the most impressive sights ever witnessed by human eyes will be just a short drive away on Monday, April 8th. This is your last chance to see a total solar eclipse in the U.S.A. until 2045 – are you ready?

Join NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Dan Price as we prepare for the upcoming total solar eclipse. On April 4th, 2024, Price will discuss solar safety, what solar eclipses are, and how and why they happen. Price will also highlight the current and historic solar science and why eclipses offer unique insight into the sun and the moon.

Solar eclipse viewing glasses will be available at this program. No registration is needed.

Recycling 101

Tuesday, April 16th | 6:00-7:00 PM | Carnegie Library Center

Recycling is a great way to reduce waste and conserve energy, but knowing what’s okay to recycle and what’s not can be challenging. If you’re scratching your head about what to do with that pizza box or glass jelly jar, don’t worry. A representative from the Shelby Recycling Center will talk us through the basics of what you can put in the recycling bin and what to do with the things you cannot.

No registration is required to attend this program.

The Life of a Secret Service Agent

Tuesday, April 23rd | 6:30-8:30 PM | Carnegie Library Center

In collaboration with the Shelby County Historical Society, Paul Sims will share the stories of his career as a Secret Service Agent, including traveling all over the world serving on Bill Clinton’s Secret Service detail.

Recurring Monthly & Weekly Programs for Adults

Book Clubs

Happy Bookers

2nd Monday of the month from 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM in the Carnegie Library Center

If you love discussing plot twists and talking about characters like they’re real people, then this new book club is for you! Join Whitney and Amanda for some refreshments and time to focus on one of your favorite obsessions: good books!

How it works:

Pick up a copy of this month’s book at the Front Desk of the Main Library.
Come to book club for a fun discussion!
Return your book at the meeting, and pick up the next one.

Do you have a book suggestion? Please email the Library at admin@scplibrary.net.

Brown Bag Book Club

2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:00 PM in the Carnegie Library Center

What is Brown Bag Book Club?

It’s a group of ladies who enjoy chatting about all things book-related, hosted by Pam Federspiel and Whitney Wooters.

It’s called Brown Bag Book Club because when the book club started in 1992, everyone brought their own lunch in a brown paper bag. Now, the library serves refreshments! Also, if the book club likes the books they read, they are turned into book kits that anyone can check out to use for their book club, and they are kept in brown bags.