2023 Art as Healing Exhibit – March 6-11

Next week the Pottsville Free Public Library will be hosting one of the more meaningful art exhibits of the year: the 6th Annual Art as Healing Art Show, in partnership with the Schuylkill Hope Center for Victims of Domestic Violence. This exhibit is done every year...

This week: Read-In and Mini Golf!

Join us on Thursday evening for the 2023 Read-In, and on Friday or Saturday for Mini Golf in the Pottsville Library! Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Read-In, individuals will take turns reading sections of books, short stories, and poems by African American...

National Heart Health Month and Black History Month

Two important topics are featured in the month of February: Black History and National Heart Health, although you don’t have to limit yourself to learning more about both to just this month. Learning more about both topics will benefit both you and your...

Putting Fore Pottsville Library

Join us on Friday, Feb. 24 or Saturday, Feb. 25 for our annual mini golf event at the Pottsville Free Public Library! Ticket prices include 18 holes of mini golf inside the Library, and age-appropriate food and drinks at the 19th Hole. Try your hand at putting around...

One Week Until “Light in the Darkness” exhibit opens!

The “Light in the Darkness” art exhibit will open next Wednesday, Feb. 1, from 4-7 pm. Art will be on display in both regular lighting and in the black light area, and much of it will be available to purchase. For more details visit the event page here on...

Deppen Pie Sale at Pottsville Library

The Pottsville Library is once again accepting orders for Deppen Pies! Who doesn’t like colorful, yummy pie on chilly, gray days? Choose from 12 different flavors: No Sugar Apple, Lemon Sponge, Coconut Custard, Shoofly, 3 different double crusts and 5 different...

Theatre Junction presents “Treasure Island”

TREASURE ISLAND is one of the most beloved works of adventure in English literature. The author of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson had literally invented the pirate story – even the famous “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum” was written by him. Ever since...

Tax Form Season is Here

It’s time for tax forms, and they have arrived at the Pottsville Library! Forms 1040 and 1040-SR (a large print version for senior citizens who fill out their forms by hand) and the instruction book are available. From the Circulation Desk, turn right, go...

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Want to learn more about #MartinLutherKingJr? Born on January 15, 1929, #MLK was an American Baptist minister and one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement. Many of the issues he spoke against are still causing problems today. Explore...

Do you have broadband internet service at home?

Are you able to get broadband internet service at home? Some parts of Schuylkill County are able to get really fast internet speeds at home, and others cannot. The FCC wants to hear from those who are not able to get speeds above 25 Mbps download. There is a...