145 Rockford Street
Mount Airy, NC 27030
Phone: 336-789-5108
Fax: 336-786-5838
mta@nwrl.org
Mon-Fri: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
Free WiFi available 24/7
Additional parking can be found behind the building in the City Hall Parking lot or at the Post Office.
The Mount Airy Public Library will be operating out of Haymore Memorial Baptist Church (319 Rockford Street) from four to six months due to massive renovations at our 145 Rockford Street location. If you will turn down Patterson Avenue and then make the first left into the back parking lot, you will find us at the first door. We will have a book drop soon.
We have four computers available for public use and a limited selection of books to check out. Most of our collection is in storage, but we can borrow books from all across the state and help you with e-books.
Due to our renovations, all events will take place at the Surry County Senior Center, 401 Technology Lane, Ste 100.
Thursday, May 15th, beginning at 2:00 pm – Botanical Books in Bloom – Please bring a hardback intact book at least 300 pages. Class instructor will help you transform your book into a vase. Flowers are not provided, but you may bring them to class and we can arrange together. The example will be given away in a drawing! Surry County Senior Center 401 Technology Lane Mount Airy, NC 27030 Suite 100 All materials are provided. Craft instructor is Emily Lyon from the Mount Airy Public Library. Call to register. 336-789-5108 -Library 336-415-4225 – Senior Center.
Hooked – Wednesdays at 3 p.m. – Join our crochet and knitting club, Open for all skill levels. Bring your own yarn and make the group project, or bring your own project to work on. Join our crochet and knitting club, Open for all skill levels. We meet at Pages Books & Coffee.
Tai Chi – Fridays at 10 a.m. – Experience meditation in motion. All skill levels are welcome. We meet at Surry County Senior Center at 401 Technology Lane, Suite 100.
Copies of all book club books are available at our temporary location.
Pre-Teen Book Club – April 17 at 4 p.m. – We will read, “Louisa May’s Battle: How the Civil War Led to “Little Women.” by Kathleen Krull. Copies of the book will be available for pickup at Haymore Baptist Church, Mount Airy & Charles H. Stone Memorial Library, Pilot Mountain. We will meet in the Community Room at the Charles H. Stone Memorial Library in Pilot Mountain.
Teen Book Club – April 24 at 4 p.m. – We will be reading “A Kids’ Guide to America’s Bill of Rights” by Kathleen Krull. Copies of the book will be available for pickup at Haymore Baptist Church, Mount Airy & Charles H. Stone Memorial Library, Pilot Mountain. We will meet in the Community Room at the Charles H. Stone Memorial Library in Pilot Mountain
Saturday, May 3rd, beginning at 9:00 am – Library Fun Day in the Park – Gather your friends, family, and loved ones for a delightful morning filled with stories, activities, and lots of fun. Come listen to a book and then complete five activities to get a voucher for a free book. When the library has its grand reopening, bring your voucher to the library. For children 8 and under. Children must be accompanied by their caregivers at all times. At Riverside Park. The event is free, but we would appreciate donations to help us complete our renovations.
Toddler Time Storytime – Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. – (ages 2 and 3) – Join us for stories, songs and movement. We will meet at Pages Books & Coffee.
May 7 – Mother Knows Best
May 14 – All About Crickets “It’s George Selden’s Birthday”
May 21 – Chips and Salsa ”It’s National Salsa Month”
May 28 – Ducklings “It’s National Duckling Month”
Book Babies Storytime –Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. – (ages birth to 24 mos.) Join us for stories, songs and movement. We will meet in the Kidz Klub Room at Reeves Community Center.
May 1 – Nursery Rhymes
May 8 – I Love My Mama
May 15 – C is for Cookie
May 22 – Eggs, What’s in Them?
May 29 – Ducklings “It’s National Duckling Month”
Preschool Storytime – Thursdays at 11 a.m. – (ages 4 & 5) -Join us for stories, songs and movement. We will meet in the Kidz Klub Room at Reeves Community Center.
May 1 – National Mother Goose Day
May 8 – Mother, May I?
May 15 – National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
May 22 – It’s a Mystery “Sherlock Holmes Day”
May 29 – Composting Day
Rana Southern, MLIS – Branch Manager
Cara Maynard – Assistant Branch Manager
Emily Lyon – Library Programs Assistant, Adult Programming
Lori C. Johnson – Library Programs Assistant, Youth Programming
Jennifer Gentry – Library Assistant
Susan Miller – Library Assistant
Cindy Nichols – Library Assistant
Steven Scott, Chair
Emily Loftis, Co-Chair
Kelly Merritt*, Secretary
Cathy Akers
Hattie Brintle
Becky Keesler
Ron Niland
Jane Tesh
*Regional Library Board Representative
1st Tuesday of March, June, September, and December at 1 p.m.
