2025 Winter Book Sale

Smyrna Public Library
Downstairs Meeting Room
100 Village Green Circle
Smyrna, GA 30080

Saturday, January 25, 2025
10 am to 4:30 pm
Sunday, January 26, 2025
1 pm to 4:00 pm

Cash, Check, PayPal & Venmo
Accepted for Payment

Volunteer Book Sale Duties

Art/Craft Adult Workshop Series

January Art/Craft Adult Workshop
Friday, January 10, 2025
Time 10:30
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

Cancelled Due to Snow Storm.

The Adult Art/Craft Workshop Series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

First Sunday Lecture Series

Tunis Campbell: Reconstruction Politician
by William Marchione
Sunday, February 2, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

Tunis Campbell was the highest-ranking and most influential African American politician in nineteenth-century Georgia. Born to free black parents in New Jersey in 1812, Campbell worked as an abolitionist often sharing a stage with Frederick Douglass. After the Civil War, he worked for the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia and served as vice president of the Republican Party of Georgia. As a justice of the peace, a minister, and a politician, he worked to protect the rights of freed African Americans during Reconstruction.

The Sunday Lecture Series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

Adult Art/Craft Workshop Series

Celebrating Black History Month
February Art/Craft Workshop
Friday, February 7, 2025
Time 10:30 am
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

Celebrate Black History month by creating a Basquiat-inspired mixed media art piece using chalk and acrylic paint. Jean-Michel Basquiat, a neo-expressionist and graffiti artist was known for blending graffiti with a distinctive painting style.

Instructor: Sophia Yee is a Graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in Fine Arts. Ms. Yee is a certified art teacher with a passion for bringing creative experiences to the community.

The Adult Art/Craft Workshop Series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

KID-CON 2025

KID-CON 2025

WHO: All ages

WHEN: Saturday, March 8, 10:00AM – 1:00PM

WHERE: Smyrna Community Center, Big Gym and Magnolia Room
1250 Powder Springs St, Smyrna, GA 30080

WHAT: A morning of crafts, games, character appearances, and fun for the whole family!

HOW MUCH: free admission

First Sunday Lecture SPECIAL EVENT

Photo Credit: Andreoli

Mrs. Lincoln: The First “First Lady”!

Starring Laura F. Keyes, as Mary Todd Lincoln
Sunday, April 13, 2025
3 pm
Smyrna Community Center, Magnolia Room
1250 Powder Springs St, Smyrna, GA 30080

Tickets are $35 and include an Afternoon Tea Service.

BUY TICKETS on Eventbrite

Tickets are also available at the Smyrna Public Library Circulation Desk.

Mary Todd Lincoln lived a life filled with triumphs and tragedies, but few people know her story. Now, librarian Laura Keyes shares Mary’s story in an entertaining and educational program entitled “Mrs. Lincoln: The First ‘First Lady,’” focusing on the life and losses of Mrs. Lincoln, set on April 14, 1865.

This program depicts an extraordinarily important time in our nation’s history from a point of view that is not often explored. Learn how Mary Lincoln influenced monumental events in her lifetime and why her story is still relevant today.

Biography: Laura Keyes graduated from UW-Madison with a Master’s Degree in Library Studies, and is Director of the Dunlap Public Library. Laura is a lifetime member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters, and recently won the Mary Todd Lincoln Oratory Contest at the Lincoln Days celebration in Hodgenville, KY.

If you are interested in volunteering for the event planning committee, please email FOSLvols@gmail.com

The Sunday Lecture Series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

Photo Credit: Andreoli

First Sunday Lecture Series

Coins & Currency in Times of Strife
by Jeff Jones
Sunday, May 4, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

This lecture supports the "Coins & Currency in Times of Strife" exhibit that will be on exhibit in the 2nd Floor Display Gallery for the months of May and June.

The impacts to coins & currency due to the major events between 1900 and 1970 will be discussed on the following topics:

Lead-Up to WWI 1900 to 1913
   o European Nationalism and Asia-Pacific Conflicts
   o Colonial Empire Competition

WW1 1914 to 1919
   o War in Europe
   o Aftermath of Treaty of Versailles

Interwar Years 1920 to 1939
   o Roaring 20s for Victors - Hyperinflation for Losers
   o Rise of Imperial Japan & Fascism in Europe
   o Colonial Empires

WW2 1939 to 1952
   o WWII
   o Allied Occupation (Europe, Japan)

Postwar Years 1953 to 1970
   o Western Europe Post War Prosperity Commemoratives
   o Eastern Europe Post War Iron Curtain
   o Collapse of Colonial Empires
   o Cessation of Minting of Silver Coins

Light refreshments will be served.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library

2025 Spring Book Sale

Smyrna Public Library
Downstairs Meeting Room
100 Village Green Circle
Smyrna, GA 30080

Saturday, May 17, 2025
10 am to 4:30 pm
Sunday, May 18, 2025
1 pm to 4:00 pm

Cash, Check, PayPal & Venmo
Accepted for Payment

Volunteer Sign-Up

Volunteer Book Sale Duties

First Sunday Lecture Series

To Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, June 1, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

Check back soon for more information.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

First Sunday Lecture Series

To Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, July 13, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

Check back soon for more information.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

First Sunday Lecture - Author Appearance

Author Appearance
by To Be Announced
Sunday, August 3, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Reed House
3080 Atlanta Rd SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
Light refreshments will be served.

Check back soon for more information.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

2025 Summer Book Sale

Smyrna Public Library
Downstairs Meeting Room
100 Village Green Circle
Smyrna, GA 30080

Saturday, September 13, 2025
10 am to 4:30 pm
Sunday, September 14, 2025
1 pm to 4:00 pm

Cash, Check, PayPal & Venmo
Accepted for Payment

Volunteer Sign-Up

Volunteer Book Sale Duties

Adult Art/Craft Workshop Series

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
September Art/Craft Workshop
Friday, September 19, 2025
Time TBD
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room

Link to Register Coming Soon

The Adult Art/Craft Workshop Series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

First Sunday Lecture Series

To Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, October 5, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

Check back soon for more information.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.

First Sunday Lecture Series

To Be Announced
by To Be Announced
Sunday, November 2, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Smyrna Public Library, Meeting Room
Light refreshments will be served.

Check back soon for more information.

The Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library.