Summer Reading Registration
We’re All Together Now for our Summer Reading Program (SRP) at the Tifton-Tift County Public Library! Register from the comfort of your own home with this online form but don’t forget to come by TTCPL for your official SRP bag, reading log, event calendar, and more! Official SRP bags will be given out to participants starting at our Kick-Off Glow Party on June 3rd and running through July 27th.
Book Sale Price Drop
Grab your bags/boxes/wheelbarrows/shopping carts/car trunks/pickups/u-hauls and come get these books! $5 for whatever fits in your container! We refill the book sale daily as the books sell down so there is always something new in there! This sale ends May 31st, and as always, educators (including homeschool families) shop for free.
Glow Party
The Tifton-Tift County Public Library is kicking off the annual Summer Reading Program on June 3rd from 7–9 PM and would love for you to join the block party! It’ll be a night of family-friendly fun, late night snacks, games, karaoke, & more! Join the fun and pick up your official SRP bag with a reading log and SRP calendar!
Storytime
Join us on May 26th at 10 AM for our new Spanish Storytime! Children ages 0-5 and their caregivers will enjoy stories, songs, and crafts with new friends!
Nacho Normal Book Club
We don’t have boring book clubs at the library, as we have the Nacho Normal Book Club! The Nacho Normal Book Club will meet in the library board room on Tuesday, May 23rd 5–6 PM to discuss The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and enjoy some delicious goodies from Taqueria Hermanos Chavez.
Let’s Play
This is a drop-in program on Tuesday, May 23rd from 10 AM to noon where kids ages 0–5 (and their caregivers, of course) can explore different sensory stations, hone fine and gross motor skills through interactive play, and make new friends in a fun environment. You can come and go as you please, but caregivers must stay with their little ones.
Cats on Mats
The library’s fur-tastic yoga program is back! Bring a yoga mat, enjoy some yoga, pet some cute kitties, and leave with a new yoga buddy (the cats are adoptable as well as adorable). The cats are provided by the Tifton Animal Shelter and the yoga is led by Rachel Strom. Cats on Mats meets Friday, May 26th at 7:30 PM.
Roblox
Do you like to play Roblox? So do we! Join us Tuesday, May 23rd from 5–6 PM and we can all play together!
Closed for Memorial Day
The library will be closed Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.
Anime Club
The teen Anime Club will meet at 5 PM on Thursday, May 25th to watch some anime!
Mornings at the Library
Introducing “Coffee and a Book” our new book club for adults who love to rise early and share their love of books over a cup of coffee. For those who don’t care for coffee, we will also have another beverage option. For the first meeting (Thursday, June 15th at 10 AM), choose your own book and share your thoughts. We will decide as a group if we want to continue with “choose your own book” or if we want to go in another direction. Sign up at the Circulation desk or call us 229-386-7148. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Event Calendar
Children's
Let’s Play – Tuesday, May 23rd 10 AM–noon. Sensory stations and interactive play in a fun environment. Ages 0–5 and their caregivers.
Reading Rascals – Thursdays @ 10 AM. Songs, stories, and a simple craft for kids ages 0–5.
Teen
Roblox – Tuesday, May 23rd @ 5 PM. Do you like to play Roblox? So do we!
Anime Club – Thursday, May 25th @ 5 PM. Watch some anime together.
Adult
Nacho Normal Book Club – Tuesday, May 23rd @ 5 PM. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and Mexican food.
Beginner Computer Class – Fridays 10–11 AM in the boardroom. Get answers to your questions about technology.
Cats on Mats – Friday, May 26st @ 7:30 PM. Yoga amid cute (and adoptable) felines.
Financial Literacy Initiative
Tifton’s Financial Literacy Initiative “strives to better equip a population to make good decisions on credit and better position assets and resources that are effective and productive, resulting in significant personal, household-level, small business and community-wide impact.” The Initiative will be holding events throughout the year.
The next event will be Creating Wealth on Tuesday, June 20th 5:30–7:00 PM at the Leroy Rogers Senior Center in Tifton. The library will be there to provide a storytime for kids, too!
If you have questions, call (229) 391-3868 or email ttift@tifton.net.
Murder & Mimosas
We love true crime, and you love true crime, so let’s get together and obsess! Join us for Murder & Mimosas as we dive into solved, unsolved, and unexplained murder cases. We meet on the last Saturday of the month — our next meeting is Saturday, May 27th. You must be 21 or older to attend, and an ID will be required at check-in.
Sewing Program Alterations
Attention Sewers! As part of the 2023 Summer Reading Program, the sewing class is splitting it into two groups: youth (13–17) and adults. Youth sewing will retain the name Sewing Friends-y and meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in June and July from 4:00–5:45 PM. The adult sewing, now the Library Sew-cial Circle, will meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, also from 4:00–5:45 PM. Registration is required for both classes.
Each class is limited to the number of machines available. The library has 8 machines. If you have a portable machine to bring, please let us know on the pre-registration form: Sewing Friends-y registration or Library Sew-cial Circle Registration.
The youth sewing project is a blue denim bag made from recycled jeans. Precut denim pieces will be provided. Participants will need to provide ½ yard of cotton or cotton blend fabric of their choice for lining. Lining fabric should be brought to the first class on June 7th.
The adult sewing class is moving toward a class project. If you have been attending, bring your individual, in-progress project to finish. On August 9th, The Library Sew-cial Circle will begin a class project. On the pre-registration form, you will see the suggested first sewing projects. Returning members and new members need to indicate their project preference. The project with the highest number of choices will be selected. We will notify participants to let you know which project we will be doing and how much fabric you will need to bring with you to class on August 9th.
Fiddlin' Dan
Enjoy an afternoon of musical fun with Fiddlin’ Dan the Mountain Man on Thursday, June 8th at 2 PM. Sing along to songs inspired by the Appalachian Mountains accompanied by a variety of musical instruments and listen to stories about animals, kids up to mischief, and the great outdoors. It’s sure to be a knee-slappin’ good time!
Paranormal Talk
Set your reminders for this super fun presentation by FUN Channel America’s Hayward Fowler on bigfoot, aliens, and the paranormal on Friday, June 9th at 7 PM! Featuring many individuals with personal experience stories, it will be full of shocking stories! We are grateful for our many community partnerships this summer, and this is just one of the many special opportunities coming your way! This program would be suitable for ages 13+ and is considered part of our adult summer reading offerings.
Musical Munchkins
Get ready to rock & roll! Explore different musical sounds, learn the rhythm and get movin’ and groovin’ with other Musical Munchkins on Tuesday, June 6th at 10 AM!
Art Club
We’re painting the town this summer at our All Ages Art Club on Mondays at 10 AM but this year we are adding a twist! Once a month, we will meet in Fulwood Park for some Art in the Park. Participants are encouraged to dress for a mess!
Pisciotta Painting
Join us at Pisciotta Painting (located at 215 2nd St. in Downtown Tifton) for a paint party on Tuesday, June 6th at 5 PM! This program is limited to 20 participants and requires registration. You can register on using our Summer Reading Adult Programming Registration Form, which covers all adult Summer Reading programs that require registration.
Artful Mornings
The library’s adult arts and crafts program will be making summer sun catchers on Wednesday, June 7th at 10 AM. Registration is required, and you can do it with our Summer Reading Adult Programming Registration Form .
Mother Goose Memaws
Ya’ll get ready for an intergenerational Saturday storytime this summer with our local memaws! Join us and the ladies from the GFWC Tifton Woman’s Club every Saturday at 11 AM starting June 10th for stories, songs, and crafts and more.
Games from Scratch
This summer the library’s Scratch group will be making a platformer game! No previous experience is necessary — we’ll walk you through it from start to finish. Games from Scratch will meet at 4 PM on Thursdays from June 1st through July 22nd and is appropriate for ages 10 and up. Try to make it every week for the best experience!
Reading Rascals
Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts at our weekly community storytime on Thursdays at 10 AM. It should be no surprise that Reading Rascals will be meeting all summer! For ages 0–5 with a caregiver.
Robotics
Here’s the perfect program for all the young tinkerers out there! Meeting Mondays at 4 PM starting on June 5th, the summer Robotics program will be building all sorts of nifty robot kits — robots that walk, roll, paddle, and more. This program is designed for kids 8 years old and up.
Table Top Gaming
In the olden times of yore, before digital devices were a twinkle in an inventor’s eye, playing games was a more tactile experience, and “multiplayer” meant more than one person at the table. Board games remain as popular as they ever were, and the library has just the program for teens who enjoy them on Tuesday, June 6th at 5 PM.
Author Visit
Georgia author Rebecca Hagan Lee will be at The Camellia House (1020 College Ave) at 2 PM on Friday, June 9th for an author visit.
About the Author
After arming herself with a degree in fine arts and experience in radio, television, and film, Rebecca Hagan Lee wrote her first novel GOLDEN CHANCES. Since then, she’s published numerous bestselling and award-winning novels and three novellas.
She’s won a Waldenbooks Award, a Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award, several Romantic Times awards, been nominated for an RWA Rita Award and has been published in nine languages.
She currently lives in Georgia with her husband, her two beloved Quarter Horses, and a miniature schnauzer named after literary icon Harper Lee. Her current “Borrowed Brides’’ series has been an Amazon bestseller since its release.
STEAM Team
Say goodbye to boring lectures and hello to a new way of learning! Join us as we explore concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math through interactive experiments and games on Tuesday, June 6th at 5 PM.
For kids ages 6–11.
Gaming
Have fun, visit with and make friends, and prove who is the best at the library’s gaming program, running this summer at 2 PM on Fridays from June 9th through July 14th. Ages 6–18 are welcome.
Click Here to view the Tifton-Tift County Public Library Newsletter May 22 – 27, 2023
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