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Movement to Music Fitness Class

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)
Fitness Class, high energy:

Get moving with this instructor-led fitness class.  Get ready to raise your heart rate with a faster pace aerobic and full-body workout to improve your strength and flexibilit...

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Sit & Be Fit!

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This class focuses on therapeutic exercises that make everyday activities easier to perform, including core strengthening, balance work, stretching and relaxation.

Weights, ball, brace, and sneaker standing ready for a workout

Lean with Jolene

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)
Fitness Class, seniors:

Get moving with this instructor-led fitness class.  Gentle stretching and movements are suitable for participants looking for a slower pace.  Please dress comfortably.

Jolene will provide nutrition instruction as well as an exercise class for seniors looking for whole body wellness and fitness. 

Conversational Spanish for Adults

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Join us each Thursday for casual conversational Spanish!

Open Mic Night in the Kiln!

Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social
Age Group:
Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Open to the Hancock County community, you are welcome to perform a poetry reading (yours or a favorite poet), short story, original song, dance, comedy routine, play soliloquy, or something else, no more than 10 minutes long. 

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Strength and Flexibility

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Get moving with this instructor-led, seated fitness class. Gentle stretching and movements are suitable for participants looking for a slower pace. Please dress comfortably.

Crafts and Conversation

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Bring your own crafts to work on while meeting new friends in a group setting.

Hancock Community Archive

Hancock Community Archive: Community Scan

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, History & Genealogy
Age Group:
Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years)
Hancock Community Archive:

The Hancock Community Archive is an initiative of the HCLS Digital Archives—aimed at capturing and preserving the cultural heritage and local history of Hancock County, Mississippi...

Set a resolution to organize your personal paper and digital files!  Come learn tips and tricks for personal archiving and learn more about our community archiving initiative.

 

Open
Registration Required

Happy Stitchers/Sew Your Own

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 11:00am - 9:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

Happy Stitchers - Knitting and Crocheting

Sew Your Own - work on your own sewing projects

"Read What You Want" Diamondhead Book Club

Monday, January 26, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Join us every second and fourth Monday at 2pm for our new "Read What You Want" book club! This low pressure book club has no assigned reading, and invites you to join an open discu...

East Hancock Library
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Lean with Jolene

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)
Fitness Class, seniors:

Get moving with this instructor-led fitness class.  Gentle stretching and movements are suitable for participants looking for a slower pace.  Please dress comfortably.

Jolene will provide nutrition instruction as well as an exercise class for seniors looking for whole body wellness and fitness. 

Author Liz Moore with book cover for The God of the Woods: A Novel

Liz Moore Virtual Author Talk

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Cultural & Social
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)
Virtual Author Talk:

Enjoy a range of talks from bestselling authors, brought to you live and online by our partners at the Library Speakers Consortium.  All author talks are recorded and availabl...

 
REGISTER TODAY & Submit Your Questions in Advance

 

Virtual Event
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Movement to Music Fitness Class

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 9:00am - 9:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)
Fitness Class, high energy:

Get moving with this instructor-led fitness class.  Get ready to raise your heart rate with a faster pace aerobic and full-body workout to improve your strength and flexibilit...

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Sit & Be Fit!

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This class focuses on therapeutic exercises that make everyday activities easier to perform, including core strengthening, balance work, stretching and relaxation.

Weights, ball, brace, and sneaker standing ready for a workout

Lean with Jolene

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)
Fitness Class, seniors:

Get moving with this instructor-led fitness class.  Gentle stretching and movements are suitable for participants looking for a slower pace.  Please dress comfortably.

Jolene will provide nutrition instruction as well as an exercise class for seniors looking for whole body wellness and fitness. 

Conversational Spanish for Adults

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Join us each Thursday for casual conversational Spanish!

Night Out at BSL Little Theater

Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Cultural & Social
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

Details TBD

This is a free screening of Bay St. Louis Little Theater's upcoming production. Refreshments will be served. 

Offsite Event

HOMEGROWN: A Writers' Exchange

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Business & Workforce Development, Community Outreach, Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest

HOMEGROWN 2026

Hancock County Library System and Harrison County Library System have partnered with the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park Campus to present a full-day literary arts conference focused

Offsite Event
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Strength and Flexibility

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Get moving with this instructor-led, seated fitness class. Gentle stretching and movements are suitable for participants looking for a slower pace. Please dress comfortably.

Crafts and Conversation

Friday, January 30, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Bring your own crafts to work on while meeting new friends in a group setting.

Tiny Tots Early Childhood Workshop

All Day
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This event will offer a virtual CE program providing CEUs to early childhood teachers and professional development credits to daycare workers.

HOMEGROWN: A Writers' Exchange

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Offsite
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Business & Workforce Development, Community Outreach, Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning
Age Group:
Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest

HOMEGROWN 2026

Hancock County Library System and Harrison County Library System have partnered with the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park Campus to present a full-day literary arts conference focused

Offsite Event

Happy Stitchers/Sew Your Own

Monday, February 2, 2026 at 11:00am - 9:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

Happy Stitchers - Knitting and Crocheting

Sew Your Own - work on your own sewing projects