Upcoming Adult Grieving Workshop by Lee Pratt

Please join us on Tuesday, May 7 at 10 am at the Smyrna Arboretum Gazebo for "Grief Brief: Nature & Grieving".  

Description:

Lee Pratt will offer her nature-based GPS: Grief Processing Support, outside Smyrna Library on May 7. Participants will practice skills to process grief, outdoors. Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a beach towel to sit on. Some chairs will be available.

Speaker Bio: 

Lee Pratt is a Grief Guide who specializes in connecting grieving people to each other and back to nature. She has traveled and lived on five continents, working in the fields of Education, Sustainability, and Senior Care. Lee's goal is to build community-based grief care with a focus on healing in nature.

Annual Spring Book Sale Results

Thank you, Volunteers & Shoppers, for taking a break from the beautiful weather over the weekend and supporting the Friends of Smyrna Library Annual Spring Book Sale.  

We raised almost $1,500 and the proceeds will be used to purchase new titles for the Youth Services collection.  

Smyrna Public Library Hosts Eclipse Party

The Smyrna Public Library hosted an Eclipse Party at the new Downtown Greenspace yesterday.  

The partial solar eclipse peaked at 3:05 pm.  A total solar eclipse was viewable in parts of the United States. Smyrna experienced 80% occlusion, so more than three-fourths of the sun was blocked.

Attendees brought blankets and snacks, and spread out on the new greenspace lawn while enjoying the celestial show.  The Smyrna Public Library Staff provided eclipse-themed crafts and the Friends of Smyrna Library purchased the eclipse sunglasses for 250 families.

Upcoming First Sunday Lecture: Keeping the Chattahoochie

Sunday Lecture: "Keeping the Chattahoochee" by Sally Sierer Bethea

Sunday, April 7

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Smyrna Library Meeting Room

Light refreshments will be served.

Sally Sierer Bethea was one of the first women in America to become a “riverkeeper”—a vocal defender of a specific waterway who holds polluters accountable. 

In Keeping the Chattahoochee, she tells stories that range from joyous and funny to frustrating—even alarming—to illustrate what it takes to save an endangered river. Her tales are triggered by the regular walks she takes through a forest to the Chattahoochee over the course of a year, finding solace and kinship in nature.

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

 

Women's History Month Lecture: Notable Women of Smyrna: Part II

Museum Manager Jennie Eldredge and Smyrna Library Director Mary Wallace Moore presented Notable Women of Smyrna: Part II as the Women’s History Month featured lecture.  They explored the lives of prominent women from Smyrna's past. This lecture was a follow up to last fall's presentation with all new women profiled from the past and present. The selection included women in politics, entertainment, and philanthropy, including Maryline Blackburn, Sarah Sentell Scott, Dorothy Bacon, and Julia Roberts.

Speaker Biographies:

Jennie Eldredge (pictured) is the Manager of Smyrna History Museum on Atlanta Road. Mary Wallace Moore is the Director of Smyrna Public Library. They are the authors of Smyrna, Georgia: "The Jonquil City": Celebrating 150 Years.

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

Women’s History Month Proclamation

At the Monday, March 11, 2024, Smyrna City Council meeting, a proclamation was presented in recognition of Women’s History Month. It was accepted by Smyrna Public Library Director, Mary Wallace Moore.  

Pictured: Left to right are Councilmember Latonia P. Hines – Ward 2, Mary W. Moore - Smyrna Library Director, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson – Ward 5 and Mayor Derek Norton.

Friends of Smyrna Library Bookstore Reopens

Our Friends of Smyrna Library Bookstore is back in business! The new shelves arrived this week and they were set up. Thank you, Lawrence & Shannon! They are stocked with some initial books that we need to sell.

Stop by, check them out along with the magazine rack, and pick up some great bargains. We’ll have a ribbon cutting with more selections soon. Our bookstore is located behind the left staircase when entering the Atrium from the parking lot. It is open during library business hours and Cash, PayPal, and Venmo are accepted for payment.