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Happy Stitchers/Sew Your Own

Monday, April 20, 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

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Lean with Jolene! Nutrition, Wellness, & Exercise Program

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This Program will give you a New Start in your overall Heath and well being

N  – Nutrition

E  – Exercise

W - Water

The Stitch Buddies

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
EH Makerspace at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest
GOOD to KNOW!:

Embrace lifelong learning with the GOOD to KNOW! program series featuring guest presentations and workshops.

Happy Stitchers/Sew Your Own

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 1:00pm - 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

Stitch Buddies 2

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest
GOOD to KNOW!:

Embrace lifelong learning with the GOOD to KNOW! program series featuring guest presentations and workshops.

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Lean with Jolene! Nutrition, Wellness, & Exercise Program

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This Program will give you a New Start in your overall Heath and well being

N  – Nutrition

E  – Exercise

W - Water

Happy Stitchers/Sew Your Own

Monday, April 27, 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

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Lean with Jolene! Nutrition, Wellness, & Exercise Program

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This Program will give you a New Start in your overall Heath and well being

N  – Nutrition

E  – Exercise

W - Water

Arm extended over a garden plot holding a basket of harvested vegetables

Garden Talk

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Gardening & Outdoors, Life Skills
Age Group:
Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years)

Join us as we talk about all things gardening. Share your experiences, ideas and even plants with people who love to work in the garden. You may even go home with a new plant or three!

The Stitch Buddies

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
EH Makerspace at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest
GOOD to KNOW!:

Embrace lifelong learning with the GOOD to KNOW! program series featuring guest presentations and workshops.

Happy Stitchers/Sew Your Own

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 1:00pm - 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

Stitch Buddies 2

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
EH Meeting Room at East Hancock Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years), General Interest
GOOD to KNOW!:

Embrace lifelong learning with the GOOD to KNOW! program series featuring guest presentations and workshops.

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Lean with Jolene! Nutrition, Wellness, & Exercise Program

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This Program will give you a New Start in your overall Heath and well being

N  – Nutrition

E  – Exercise

W - Water

South MS Crochet Group

South MS Crochet Group Meet-up

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural & Social, Life Skills
Age Group:
General Interest

Join our crochet group every other Saturday at BSL to meet fellow crocheters or learn the basics of crochet: stitches, tension and chaining, hook holding, and more. 

 

 

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Lean with Jolene! Nutrition, Wellness, & Exercise Program

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This Program will give you a New Start in your overall Heath and well being

N  – Nutrition

E  – Exercise

W - Water

Older adults in a fitness class stretching arms across torsos

Lean with Jolene! Nutrition, Wellness, & Exercise Program

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 10:00am - 10:45am
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Health & Wellness, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

This Program will give you a New Start in your overall Heath and well being

N  – Nutrition

E  – Exercise

W - Water

Woman demonstrating technique to a student in front of a sewing machine

Sew and Chat

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 12:30pm - 4:30pm
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Life Skills
Age Group:
General Interest

Bring your sewing and craft projects and work on them while chatting with new friends.

Author Vivienne Ming with book cover for "Robot-Proof: When Machines have all the Answers, Build Better People"

Dr. Vivienne Ming Virtual Author Talk

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Virtual
Program Type:
Author Talks & Book Clubs, Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Life Skills, Science & Technology
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
South MS Crochet Group

South MS Crochet Group Meet-up

Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:00am - 12:00pm
BSL Meeting Room at Bay St. Louis Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural & Social, Life Skills
Age Group:
General Interest

Join our crochet group every other Saturday at BSL to meet fellow crocheters or learn the basics of crochet: stitches, tension and chaining, hook holding, and more. 

 

 

Hancock County Library System tall logo

Election Day Set up

All Day
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

Election officials will use the meeting room to set up voting machines for Tuesdays election. No one can use the meeting room until after the election once voting machines are set up.

Hancock County Library System tall logo

Election Day

All Day
WV Meeting Room at Waveland Library
Program Type:
Community Outreach, Life Skills
Age Group:
Adults (19+ years)

Hancock County School Board Election

Youth holding computer circuit board with teens in the back working with robot parts

Hancock County Homeschool Meetup!

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Cultural & Social, Education & Lifelong Learning, Life Skills
Age Group:
Preschool & Kindergarten (3-5 years), Children (6-9 years), Tweens (10-13 years), Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years), General Interest

Come one, come all, to the Kiln Library to "meetup" and socialize with homeschool students (ages 5-19) in our area! This is an opportunity for homeschool families to meet and network about everything homeschool and more.

Observance - Memorial Day

All Day
Bay St. Louis Library, East Hancock Library, Kiln Library, Pearlington Library, Waveland Library

All HCLS library branches will be closed for a State Holiday—Memorial Day

Closing
Arm extended over a garden plot holding a basket of harvested vegetables

Garden Talk

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
KN Meeting Room at Kiln Library
Program Type:
Education & Lifelong Learning, Gardening & Outdoors, Life Skills
Age Group:
Teens (14-18 years), Adults (19+ years)

Join us as we talk about all things gardening. Share your experiences, ideas and even plants with people who love to work in the garden. You may even go home with a new plant or three!