Calendar

New Year, New Card

January 2, 2019 - January 31, 2019 @ Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library

If you need a replacement card for any reason, January is the month to get it! All month long the replacement fees will be waived so you can get a shiny new card to celebrate the shiny new year! (Must get new card in person. Parents can get new cards for dependent children.)

Home School Coding

January 16, 2019, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Homeschool Coding at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Note: This is the same program as our regular Code Club and Code Club Jr. but offered during the day and geared towards homeschooling families. (Ages 9 and up)

Code Club Jr.

January 16, 2019, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Maybe the next Zuckerberg sleeps in your house. Code Club at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Not only could they become the next tech billionaire, but they'll learn valuable critical thinking skills at the same time. Bring your own laptop if you have one, but it is not required. (Ages 8-9)

Imagination Lab

January 17, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

Code Club

January 17, 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Maybe the next Zuckerberg sleeps in your house. Code Club at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Not only could they become the next tech billionaire, but they'll learn valuable critical thinking skills at the same time. Bring your own laptop if you have one, but it is not required. (Ages 10 and up)

Pre-School Story Time

January 18, 2019, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

Join us for an interactive and engaging preschool program that is sure to delight and entertain. The Monday and Friday programs are different, so feel free to come to one or both! (Ages 0-5)

Brick Builders Club

January 19, 2019, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

If you love creating with Lego bricks, then this is the place to be! Open to all ages, but geared towards school-aged children, your creativity will take the spotlight as you build whatever you can imagine. Lego bricks provided.

Walk-in Tech Help

January 19, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library

Have Tech Questions? Need to start an email account or get help with an online job application? Do you get a headache trying to download an eBook? We can help with that! Drop in every Saturday between 3pm and 4pm OR make an appointment for a time that works better with your schedule! For more info or to book your appointment, call 334-705-5380 or email library@opelika-al.gov

Library Closed for MLK Day

January 21, 2019, All Day @ Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library

Bossy Pants Book Club

January 22, 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM @ Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library > Cooper Library Meeting Room

If you love spiky humor, quick wit and brutal honesty, this new book club is perfect for you! We meet at the Library on the fourth Tuesday of the Month at 6:30 P.M. Snacks will be provided by the Friends of the Library. January: Bear Town by Fredrik Backman February: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman March: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin April: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Home School Coding

January 23, 2019, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Homeschool Coding at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Note: This is the same program as our regular Code Club and Code Club Jr. but offered during the day and geared towards homeschooling families. (Ages 9 and up)

Code Club Jr.

January 23, 2019, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Maybe the next Zuckerberg sleeps in your house. Code Club at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Not only could they become the next tech billionaire, but they'll learn valuable critical thinking skills at the same time. Bring your own laptop if you have one, but it is not required. (Ages 8-9)

Imagination Lab

January 24, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

Code Club

January 24, 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Maybe the next Zuckerberg sleeps in your house. Code Club at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Not only could they become the next tech billionaire, but they'll learn valuable critical thinking skills at the same time. Bring your own laptop if you have one, but it is not required. (Ages 10 and up)

Pre-School Story Time

January 25, 2019, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

Join us for an interactive and engaging preschool program that is sure to delight and entertain. The Monday and Friday programs are different, so feel free to come to one or both! (Ages 0-5)

Brick Builders Club

January 26, 2019, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

If you love creating with Lego bricks, then this is the place to be! Open to all ages, but geared towards school-aged children, your creativity will take the spotlight as you build whatever you can imagine. Lego bricks provided.

Walk-in Tech Help

January 26, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library

Have Tech Questions? Need to start an email account or get help with an online job application? Do you get a headache trying to download an eBook? We can help with that! Drop in every Saturday between 3pm and 4pm OR make an appointment for a time that works better with your schedule! For more info or to book your appointment, call 334-705-5380 or email library@opelika-al.gov

Pre-School Story Time

January 28, 2019, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

Join us for an interactive and engaging preschool program that is sure to delight and entertain! They won't even know they are learning! (Ages 0-5)

Board Game Hangout

January 28, 2019, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Lewis Cooper Jr. Memorial Library

From Monopoly to Betrayal at the House on the Hill to Sushi Go, Monday is for board games. BYOB (that’s Bring Your Own Board game) or play one of ours. Board Game Hangout is geared towards ages 16 and up.

Tuesdays at Two: Frances Robb

January 29, 2019, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Frances Robb: “Talking About Tallulah” Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), Alabama’s most celebrated actor, was a talented performer, Jazz Age celebrity and a determined champion of racial equality. This presentation has three parts. The first presents Bankhead’s most notable achievements. The second describes Bankhead’s personal life, including her noted Alabama political family, her difficult upbringing, success on the English stage, early appearances in film and stage, and her emergence as a talented actress. The third documents Bankhead’s work for racial tolerance and equality, including her encouragement of black sports figures and musicians, her showcasing of black entertainers on The Big Show , and her forthright views that talent has no color bar and that racial equality was long overdue.

Imagination Lab

January 31, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Cooper Library Children's Room

Code Club

January 31, 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ Cooper Library Meeting Room

Maybe the next Zuckerberg sleeps in your house. Code Club at the Lewis Cooper Jr Memorial Library is going to teach your kids how to make website, apps, and games in a fun environment. Give them much needed exposure to STEM education and let them get ahead of the crowd. Not only could they become the next tech billionaire, but they'll learn valuable critical thinking skills at the same time. Bring your own laptop if you have one, but it is not required. (Ages 10 and up)

A Korean Cinderella Story

January 18, 2019, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Opelika Center for the Performing Arts

2019’s Korean Cultural Experience presents A Korean Cinderella Story, starring performing artists of the Musical Kong-Na-Mul Group. This performance puts an Eastern twist on a classic tale and highlights the interaction between humans and and mythical creature, as well as good and evil. Audiences will be treated to unique elements of traditional Korean folklore, and traditional and modern dance and music in this comedy showcase.

MLK Holiday Hours

January 21, 2019, All Day @ Opelika Sportsplex & Aquatics Center

The Opelika SportsPlex will be open from 5:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All other Parks and Recreation facilities will be CLOSED

Planning Commission Meeting

January 22, 2019, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Works Facility