Cobb Libraries Provide Free, Fun-Stuffed Applications for Winter Break Week

Cobb County Public Library places are go-to Winter Break locations for a packed calendar of free participating and inventive in-person packages for younger kids, college students, and adults, organizers say. School is out February 16-20 for college students and educators within the Cobb County and Marietta City college districts, and for a lot of unbiased colleges and homeschool households.

A featured program for pre-Winter Break weekend is the well timed Saturday Family Fun Winter Olympics occasion 11 a.m. Feb. 14 at West Cobb Regional Library, 1750 Dennis Kemp Lane, Kennesaw 30152. The program will embody Olympics-inspired, library-scale curling, determine skating, ski leaping and extra. All ages welcome.

The fashionable African Cultural Fest is 1 p.m. to three:30 p.m. Wednesday on the Charles D. Switzer Library, 266 Roswell St. in downtown Marietta. Organized as a Black History Month celebration for all ages, the Feb. 18 occasion is a day of cultural enrichment and African heritage. The family-friendly program options performances by the Switzer Library Teens, together with African drama and masquerade; a style present, dwell music and dance, and African delicacies with servings of African jollof rice. For extra info, name 770-528-2320.

Doors open 2 p.m. Thursday for the Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse Craft-Along and Viewing Party at South Cobb Regional Library, 805 Clay Road, Mableton 30126. Popcorn might be supplied and contributors will make spider crafts to take house. The Feb. 19 movie-and-more program is for kids of all ages and their caregivers.

Gritters Library’s Medieval Storytime is 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The program presents an opportunity for kids ages two by means of 9 and collaborating caregivers to return wearing princess, knight, renaissance or dragon costumers and expertise tales of knights confronting fire-breathing beasts. Participants within the Feb. 19 program can even work on a particular craft. The library is situated at 880 Shaw Park Road, Marietta 30066.

Inside the Mind, a Pope High School scholar group, will current a screening of the Pixar film Inside Out 1 p.m. Friday at Mountain View Regional Library, 3320 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta 30066. The Feb. 20 Family Movie Day program can even embody giveaways, snacks and writing exercise. For extra info, name the library at 770-509-2725.

Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, the Year of the Horse. A Lunar New Year Button Pin Making program is Monday at 1 p.m. at Vinings Library, 4290 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta 30339. To register, go to cobbcounty.org/library. A Paper Lantern-making session for the vacation is 4 p.m. Tuesday at Sweetwater Valley Library, 5000 Austell-Powder Springs Road, Suite 100, within the City of Austell Threadmill Complex.

Board Game Day is Monday, 2 p.m. to three p.m., at Switzer Library. The enjoyable and video games program is for all ages. For extra info, name Switzer Children’s Department at 770-528-2331.

Family Board Game Night is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at North Cobb Regional Library, 3535 Old 41 Highway, Kennesaw 30144. Family-friendly board and card video games might be out there within the Children’s Department.

Trivia Night with Jeopardy! star and trivia whiz Raymond Goslow is 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Switzer Library. Team and solo contributors play trivia utilizing the Kahoot app. 

For info on the complete lineup of Winter Break week packages at Cobb County libraries, go to cobbcounty.gov/library.