We have a BIG week ahead next week with new operating hours beginning Monday, October 31st [see below]. All three Friends groups and Public Library Foundation are in a busy season with your annual membership/donation drives and hosting special events in the next few weeks.
Here’s what the week looks like: Bluffton events are in BOLD – click on links for more information:

- Monday, October 31st
- Day of the Living Dead at HHI, 9am
- Trick or Treat at Lobeco, 10am
- Technology Drop-In at St. Helena, 10am
- Storytime at St. Helena, 11am
- Storytime at HHI, 11am
- Trick or Treat at HHI, 2:30pm
- D&D Club (Dungeons & Dragons) at Beaufort, 4pm
- Trick or Treat at Bluffton, 5pm
- Tuesday, November 1st
- Hoopla Book Club at Virtual (Beaufort), 9am (Online registration required)
- Come Write In! at Bluffton, 9am
- Storytime at Beaufort, 10am
- Crafty Creations at Bluffton, 10:30am
- Storytime at Bluffton, 10:30am
- Classic Novels Book Club at HHI, 2pm
- Knitting/Crochet Club at Beaufort, 2:30pm
- LEGO Robotics at HHI, 3:30pm (Registration required)
- Teen Art Club at Beaufort, 4pm
- LEGO Club at St. Helena, 4:30pm
- Wednesday, November 2nd
- Coffee & Conversation at Beaufort, 9am
- Library Compass: Tour, Menu, & Services at Bluffton, 10am
- Storytime at Beaufort, 10am
- Storytime at HHI, 10am
- Storytime at Lobeco, 10:30am
- Storytime at HHI, 3:30pm
- Teen Makerspace at St. Helena, 4pm
- Teen Video Game Club at Beaufort, 4pm
- Kids Book Club at St. Helena, 5pm
- Thursday, November 3rd
- Come Write In! at Bluffton, 9am
- Storytime at Bluffton, 10:30am
- Storytime at Lobeco, 11:15am
- SC Works Job Coaching at St. Helena, 2pm
- Technology Drop-In at St. Helena, 3pm
- Line Dance Class at Beaufort, 3:30pm
- Chill Skills: A Building Families Workshop at Lobeco, 4:30pm (Registration encouraged)
- End of Life Issues SC Bar Law Talks at St. Helena, 5pm (Registration encouraged)
- Friday, November 4th
- Autumn Art at Bluffton, 11am
- Friends of the Beaufort Library annual book sale at Waterfront Park begins
- Saturday, November 5th
- Come Write In! at Bluffton, 9am
- Real Estate and Foreclosure Law Talk at Lobeco, 10:30am (Registration encouraged)
- Chess Club at St. Helena, 1pm
- Gender and the Decorative Arts in Jane Austen’s Novels, with Kristen Miller Zohn, Executive Director of the Costume Society of America at Bluffton, 2pm (Registration required)
- Friends of the Beaufort Library annual book sale at Waterfront Park (Day 2)
- Sunday, November 6th
- Friends of the Beaufort Library annual book sale at Waterfront Park ends

*New hours: here’s the link: https://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/single-post/library-hours-to-expand
Beginning October 31, the Beaufort, Bluffton, Hilton Head, and St. Helena branch libraries will be open until 7:00 pm Mondays through Thursdays. Below is the full list of future expanded hours:
Beaufort, Bluffton, and Hilton Head Branch Libraries
Monday – Thursday 9am – 7pm
Friday – Saturday 9am – 5pm
Closed Sundays