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Story Time
2025-05-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Pike County Public Library, 126 Lee Avenue, Pikeville, KY, 41501, United States
tory Time is for children ages 5 and under and features books, action/movement, songs, and a craft. Story Time is held Thursdays at 11:00 and 2:00 and Saturdays at 11:00.

Besides being fun, Story Time also helps develop early literacy and school readiness skills through reading, singing, listening, playing, and social interaction. This program lasts approximately 30 minutes, and caregivers and children are encouraged to linger in the library afterwards to further socialize and choose books to take home.

Kids Guitar Class
2025-05-08 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-15 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-22 15:00 - 16:00
Beginner guitar lessons for children ages 8-12. This class meets weekly on Thursdays at 3:00. Please bring your own instrument.

Registration required. Please call the library at 606-437-6001 to check availability.

Music Theory for Guitarists
2025-05-08 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-22 17:00 - 18:00
Understanding how music works will give you the tools you need to write riffs, songs, and solos, and learn to improvise in a friendly hands-on environment.

Class is held weekly at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Ave) every Thursday at 5:00.
No previous knowledge of music theory or reading music is necessary, but this class is for adults and teens who already know how to play a little bit.
Registration required. Please call the library to check availability. 606-437-6001.

Dungeons and Dragons
2025-05-08 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-22 17:00 - 18:00
Dungeons and Dragons Group meets every other Thursday at 5:00 at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue). Beginners and experienced players alike are welcome.

Dungeons and Dragons is a role playing game (RPG) where a single player plays as the Dungeon Master, creating a world that the players interact with. Players act as a group of adventurers working together to complete quests, slay monsters, and achieve their own personal goals. The game uses a series of dice to help simulate how successful characters and monsters are at achieving their various goals.

Quilters Group
2025-05-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-24 11:00 - 13:00
Pike County Public Library Quilters Group is a quilting social that also teaches quilting and needlework. Participants exchange patterns, quilting ideas, and sewing projects.

Both beginners and experienced quilters are welcome! Quilters Group meets alternating Saturdays at noon at the Pike County Public (Lee Avenue) Library.
No registration required.

Guitar Scales and Technique Class
2025-05-10 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-24 16:00 - 17:00
Enhance your playing with a focus on scales, finger exercises, and technique-building drills.
This class will help you improve speed, accuracy, and fretboard knowledge while incorporating practical applications for soloing and improvisation. Perfect for players looking to refine their skills and expand their musical vocabulary. Must bring your own instrument.
Guitar Scales and Technique Class will be held on alternating Saturdays at 4:00 at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Ave) beginning April 12.
Registration is required; please call the library at 606-437-6001.

Music Theory for Guitarists (Homeschool Group)
2025-05-12 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-26 14:00 - 15:00
Understanding how music works will give you the tools you need to write riffs, songs, and solos, and learn to improvise in a friendly hands-on environment.
Registration required. Please call 606-437-6001.
Class begins Monday, April 14 at 2 pm and will be held alternating Mondays at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Ave).
No previous knowledge of music theory or reading music is necessary, but this class is for students who already know how to play a little bit.

Teen Activity Club
2025-05-12 16:00 - 17:00
Teen Activity Club is a craft group for kids ages 13-18. Teen Activity Club meets at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue) on alternating Mondays at 4:00.

Adult Guitar Class
2025-05-13 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-20 17:00 - 18:00
Beginner guitar lessons for patrons ages 18+. This class meets weekly on Tuesdays at 5:00. Please bring your own instrument. Registration required.

Call the library at 606-437-6001 to check availability.

Book Talks Book Club
2025-05-13 17:00 - 18:00
Book Talks is a book club that meets for discussion at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue). No registration required.

Basic Computer Skills
2025-05-14 10:30 - 11:30
Learn technology basics like e-mail, smart phones, social media, and more. Meets alternating Wednesdays at 10:30. No registration required.

Teen Guitar Class
2025-05-14 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-05-21 16:30 - 17:30
Beginner guitar lessons for patrons ages 13-17. This class meets weekly on Wednesdays at 4:30. Please bring your own instrument. Registration required.

Please call the library at 606-437-6001 to check availability.

Author Visit: Nicki Jacobsmeyer
2025-05-16 16:30 - 17:30
Author Nicki Jacobsmeyer will be at the library with copies of her new book “Kentucky’s Packhorse Librarians” on Friday, May 16th from 4:30-5:30!

Nicki Jacobsmeyer writes fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She has a forthcoming nonfiction middle grade book, The Ghostly Tales of St. Charles (Arcadia Children’s Books, September 2025), and several other books including, Kentucky’s Packhorse Librarians (Arcadia Publishing, 2025), Surviving the Iditarod, You Choose: Surviving Extreme Sports (Capstone Press, 2017), and Images of America: Chesterfield (Arcadia Publishing, 2016). She is represented by Senior Agent Heather Cashman of Storm Literary.
She is the Co-Host and Partner of the Way-Word Writers Podcast, a community that supports and encourages established writers. Nicki is a PBParty Annual Contest Honorable Mention winner among 1100 entries (April 2024), the 3rd place winner of the Institute of Children’s Literature Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Contest (December 2023), and honor recipient of the 2021 SCBWI Works of Outstanding Promise (WOOP) Grant.
Besides reading and writing she loves to travel, knit, the outdoors, sunsets, family barbeques and watching a storm come in from her front porch.
More about Kentucky’s Packhorse Librarians:
Making the ridgelines and hearts of the Appalachians during the Great Depression, packhorse librarians delivered hope, one book at a time. When the Great Depression started, folks stumbled on hard times. Many lost their jobs and homes, and they struggled to support their families. But people craved hope for the future, and hope arrived with the packhorse librarians through President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1933. Each week, children, families, and schoolhouses celebrated when their packhorse librarian arrived at their doors with books. After being handled by many cherished hands, reading materials needed to be taken out of circulation. The librarians constructed scrapbooks and filled them with beloved items-recipes, quilt patterns, pictures, and stories. Challenges awaited the librarians at every pass. From muddy creeks to snow hillsides, the packhorse librarians delivered books and hope to their patrons. Although the program ended in 1943, the lasting effects on literacy and the communities these packhorse librarians visited can still be seen today.

Chess Group
2025-05-17 16:00 - 17:00
Chess Group meets alternating Saturdays at 4:00 at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue).
All ages are welcome and no experience is required. Learn how to play chess or play against other enthusiasts.

Astronaut for a Day
2025-05-20 16:30 - 18:30
Want to know what it’s like to be an astronaut? What they eat and how they eat it? What they do for fun? How they train for life in space? Find out at our Astronaut for a Day program!
Presented by the Challenger Learning Center, participants will also get to build their own rocket and launch it outdoors. This program is for children ages 5-10 and lasts approximately two hours.
Astronaut for a Day will take place at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue) on May 20th from 4:30-6:30. No registration required.

Author Visit: Tiffany Hopkins
2025-05-24 17:00 - 18:00
Local author Tiffany Hopkins will be visiting the Pike County Library on Saturday, May 24th at 5:00 with her inspirational book, “What He Built from Broken: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Redemption.”

About the Author: Tiffany Hopkins is a Kentucky-born author, mother of three, and passionate storyteller who writes with raw honesty, heartfelt emotion, and an unwavering faith in God’s redemptive power. Her debut memoir, What He Built from Broken, is a powerful and uplifting journey through pain, healing, and hope — reminding readers that even in life’s darkest moments, beauty can rise from the ashes.
Tiffany didn’t come into her faith until later in her story, which makes her testimony all the more relatable for those still navigating their own path. Through her writing, she hopes to reach the ones who feel unseen, overwhelmed, or broken — showing them they are not alone, and that God is still in the business of restoration.
Her heart is for people, her passion is for truth, and her mission is to lead others to the love of Jesus Christ.

What He Built from Broken: A Story of Faith, Hope, and Redemption
We all carry pieces of brokenness—fragments of pain, heartbreak, and questions we’re afraid to ask out loud. In What He Built from Broken, Tiffany Hopkins invites you into the raw and redemptive journey of a woman who faught her entire life for peace only to discover that God can rebuild a life more beautifully than she ever imagined.
This faith-based memoir is a deeply personal account of love, loss, motherhood, and the relentless pursuit of healing. With honesty and vulnerability, Tiffany opens up about her battles with insecurity, mental illness, and the aching search for worth in people, relationships, and worldly validation. From teenage rebellion and heartbreak to the unraveling of her marriage and rebuilding her life after, Tiffany’s story doesn’t shy away from the hard places. But woven through every page is the steady presence of grace.
More than a memoir, this is a testimony—a reminder that no matter how far we fall, no matter how shattered our lives may seem, God is in the business of restoration. He doesn’t just mend what’s broken. He builds something entirely new from the rubble.
Inside these pages, you’ll find:
A powerful story of transformation rooted in faith
Honest reflections on motherhood, mental health, and healing
A message of hope for anyone who’s felt forgotten, unworthy, or alone
The beauty of God’s timing, mercy, and the people He sends to walk beside us
Whether you’re in the middle of your own storm or on the other side of it, What He Built from Broken will remind you that healing is possible, purpose can rise from pain, and you are never too far gone for redemption. Every chapter is a reflection of the God who never lets go—and the strength He gives us to keep going.
If you’ve ever wondered whether beauty can come from your brokenness… this book was written for you.

**Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the reading, as well as on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Both ebook and paperback available.**
