Teen Guitar Class 2
2025-12-18 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-25 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Pike County Public Library, 126 Lee Avenue, Pikeville, KY, 41501, United States
Beginner guitar lessons for patrons ages 13-17. This class meets weekly on Thursdays at 4:00. Please bring your own instrument. Registration required.

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

Music Theory for Guitarists
2025-12-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-25 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
2025-12-18 17:00 - 18:45
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.

Chess Club: Beginner's Theory
2025-12-19 16:00 - 17:00
New to chess? Learn the basics of the game in a fun, beginner-friendly setting!

We’ll cover piece movement, rules, simple tactics, and opening strategies to help you build a strong foundation. No experience needed!
Meets alternating Fridays at 4:00 at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue).

Story Time
2025-12-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-25 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-25 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-15 14:00 - 15:00
Story 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.

Story Time begins the first week of September and ends the first week of May.

Quilters Group
2025-12-20 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.

Christmas at The Library
2025-12-20 13:00 - 16:00
Celebrate the season with Christmas at the Library! Join us on Friday, December 20, from 1:00–4:00 PM at the Pike County Public Library for an afternoon full of holiday cheer.
Kick off the fun on the third floor of the library with a Christmas Magic Show at 1:00, where you’ll see a magical chimney that suddenly fills up in an instant, a 10-foot candy cane that appears from thin air, appearing lights, stars, puppets, songs and much more!
From 2:00-4:00 in the field behind the library you’ll find the Nativity Petting Zoo, featuring 9 animals, including goats, sheep, an alpaca, a cow and a miniature donkey, plus a camel! Hand sanitizer and grain will be available to feed the animals.
Also stationed outside is our Holiday Bounce House!
When it’s time to warm up, head back inside the library to visit the hot cocoa station and listen to the live band, Coaltown Dixie, as they conduct a Christmas Sing-Along. And keep your eyes peeled—Santa himself just might make a special appearance!
This free family event is presented in partnership with the Pike County Community Early Childhood Council. No registration required.

Holiday Piano Recital
2025-12-20 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for an afternoon of holiday music as our library piano students showcase their talents! Enjoy performances from beginners to advanced players in a celebration of learning and creativity.

Music Theory for Homeschoolers
2025-12-22 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-29 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.

Class is held every Monday at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Ave) at 2:00.
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.

Alibis at The Book Club
2025-12-22 17:00 - 18:00
Alibis at The Book Club meets every other Monday at the Pike County Public Library (Lee Avenue). Join us for mystery, thrills, and lively discussion!

Adult Guitar Class 1
2025-12-23 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-30 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.

Adult Guitar Class 2
2025-12-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-31 14:00 - 15:00
Beginner guitar lessons for patrons ages 18+. This class meets weekly on Wednesdays at 2:00. Please bring your own instrument. Registration required.

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

Teen Guitar Class 1
2025-12-24 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-31 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.

Teen Time
2025-12-29 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-12 16:00 - 17:00
Teens ages 13-17 are invited to hang out, get creative, and have fun at Teen Time, meeting alternating Mondays at 4:00.

Join us in the Teen Room for a mix of crafts, games, video game tournaments, snacks, and more. It’s a great chance to relax, meet new friends, and try something new each week. No registration needed.

Music Theory Class
2026-01-12 14:00 - 15:00

Author Visit: Dan Conti
2026-01-13 17:00 - 18:00
On January 13th at 5:00, author Dan Conti will visit the Pike County Library with his new book, “Pikeville.” Copies will be available for purchase.

Set in 1924, the mysterious death of a coal miner leads Sheriff Ben Laurel to pursue possible links to a girlfriend’s family, fellow miners, the coal company and the Ku Klux Klan. His probe ruffles feathers during the Prohibition Era and his campaign for re-election.
As the story develops, Pikeville is undergoing rapid population growth, construction of new roads and rail lines, its first hospital and a luxury hotel. Sheriff Ben Laurel’s pursuit of justice is shaped by his family’s legacy, his experience in World War I, race relations in the military and the recovery from a global pandemic that killed 50 million people.
Although Pikeville is a work of fiction, the novel explores several aspects of its actual historical significance, such as the city’s role in the Civil War, the place where one of America’s first racially-integrated cemetaries was established, and a community in which the KKK chose to march and rally in July, 1924.
Dan Conti’s career spanned more than 40 years as a broadcast news reporter, anchor, and producer in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. He won more than 35 awards from the Associated Press, including honors for seven documentaries. Pikeville is Conti’s second novel. The first, Nittany Lion (2023-24), is about a Vietnam veteran who returns to Pennsylvania in 1970 and the struggles endured by his young family. URlink called the book “a quiet triumph” and Books to Life Marketing described it as “a powerful, intimate portrait of a family trying to hold itself together as the world around them fractures.” He currently resides in Morehead.

Adult Guitar Class
2026-01-14 14:00 - 15:00
Beginner guitar lessons for patrons ages 18+. This class meets weekly on Wednesdays at 2:00. Please bring your own instrument.

Teen Guitar Class 1
2026-01-14 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.
