Meet Me at the AJ: A behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the iconic building
The Read City Explorer Pass takes to the stage.
The curtain is coming up on several theatre productions in our area, and Knox County Public Library is excited to help provide access to some of them through the Read City Explorer Pass program.
Both dragons and readers took flight this summer at the library
We tried something different this year, and it was clearly an epic hit.
Edward and Nannie Kline
Read City Adventure Begins
With 500+ kids screaming at the top of their lungs, you’d think the Beatles were in the house—or Taylor Swift. The enthusiasm was real, but the star of the show was books and reading.
Stella DeVault’s gingerbread and Malinda Russell’s A Domestic Cookbook
This year, recipe books and cards in the McClung Collection’s annual holiday cooking display feature Stella DeVault and Malinda Russell, local bakers who honed their culinary skills and business acumen during the days before the Civil War.
Adolph Ochs and the First Presbyterian Haunting
Rare Screening of The Signal Tower (1924) with live score by Roger Miller of Anvil Orchestra
When the Clarence Brown Film Festival takes place this fall, audiences will have the rare chance to see one of Brown's most renowned silent films, which had ostensibly gone missing for over 50 years.
Teen Advisory Board to host its first College Fair
Knox County Public Library will host its first college fair organized by teens on Thursday, March 2, 2023, 3:30–5:30 at the Powell Branch Library.
Zygmunt J. B. Plater Papers (MSC 1022)
The McClung Historical Collection is happy to make available the newly processed Zygmunt J. B. Plater Papers.
Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! Learn the story of our hometown and its ties to Hollywood
Library Management System status
Get to know Knoxville's literary giants
Inaugural Storybook Trail unveiled in West View Park
Over 200 students from West View Elementary School made the trek to their neighborhood park to help cut the ribbon on the Library's inaugural Storybook Trail on Friday, Sept. 16.
New Digital Collection featuring the Appalachian Expositions
An ongoing project at the Calvin M. McClung Collection recently led to the discovery of the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Appalachian Exposition supplements.