Closing Early

Our Haunted Harvest event is scheduled for Saturday, October 11th. The main library will close at 4pm.

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Haunted Harvest

Haunted Harvest

Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Join us for our fifth annual HAUNTED HARVEST CELEBRATION! Enjoy all things Halloween, with crafts, candy, popcorn bar, costume contest, door prizes, scavenger hunt, Monster Trail (that you can vote on!) and much more!

October

GCPL’S SILENT BOOK CLUB

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Adult Book Club
Event Details:

Silent Book Club’s are nationally recognized book clubs designed to take the pressure off reading, while still maintaining the feeling of a club. There’s no reading assignments and no discussion questions (unless you WANT to discuss with others)!

The Exorcist

Classic Movie Night-THE EXORCIST (1973)

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

SCARY MOVIE EDITION

Join us for a classic movie, snacks and drinks provided!

THE EXORCIST (1973)

Literary Conversations

Author Talks: Finding My Way with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion and Signing, Presentation, Virtual
Event Details:

Register Here

Make Applesauce

Let’s Make Homemade Applesauce

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Registration Required
Event Details:

Give little ones kitchen experience in a safe and mess friendly way while also discussing the science of cooking.

Secret Book Search

Secret Book Search

All Day 10/27 - 10/31
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Children's Area
Age Group: Tweens, Teens
Event Details:

Some books have secrets hidden in their pages. Secrets that lead you to treasure. Can you figure out the riddles and hunt down the secret treasure stash at the end?

 

Rosemary's Baby

Classic Movie Night-ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

SCARY MOVIE EDITION

Join us for a classic movie! We will have snacks and drinks, with a Halloween theme!

ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

Philippa Gregory

Author Talks: Courtly Intrique and Whispers as Weapons

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion and Signing, Presentation, Virtual
Event Details:

Register Here

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Halloween Movie: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Everyone
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Daffy, cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit become heroes and stop a crime spree.

Teacher's Pet

Classic Movie Night-TEACHER’S PET (1958)

Monday, November 3, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

Gruff city editor chases journalism instructor. Starring Clark Gable and Doris Day. Rating; N/A.

Snacks & drinks provided!

Literary Conversations

Author Talks: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity with Award-Winning Journalist Joseph Lee

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentation, Virtual, Adult Book Club
Event Details:

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Story Time

Story Time

Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children
Program Type: Storytime
Story Time

Story Time

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children
Program Type: Storytime
Literary Conversations

Author Talks: The Search for Truth and the Persistence of Love Across Time with Novelist Amanda Peters

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentation, Virtual, Adult Book Club
Event Details:

Register Here

Literary Conversations

Author Talks: Unlock the Secret Language of Connection with Supercommunicator Charles Duhigg

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Virtual
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Presentation, Virtual, Adult Book Club
Event Details:

Register Here

Story Time

Story Time

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Babies, Children
Program Type: Storytime
It Happened on 5th Ave

Classic Movie Night (CHRISTMAS EDITION): IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)

Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movie
Event Details:

IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947)

Filters
Age Group

NAACP Group

10:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Meeting

Lunch Book Club

12:00pm–1:00pm
Adults
Adult Book Club
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Book Club
Event Details:

The Lunch Book Club meets every 4th Monday of the month unless the library is closed. We discuss various genres of books.

Christmas

All Day 12/24–12/25
Closing
Branches:
Graves County Public Library

Lighthouse Board Meeting

3:30pm–5:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly Board Meetings

New Year's Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Graves County Public Library

Night Book Club

6:00pm–7:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly Book Club

Piecemakers

9:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Graves County Public Library

Lighthouse Board Meeting

3:30pm–5:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly Board Meetings

Presidents' Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Graves County Public Library

Piecemakers

9:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Lighthouse Board Meeting

3:30pm–5:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Monthly Board Meetings

Piecemakers

9:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Piecemakers

6:00pm–7:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Good Friday

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Graves County Public Library

Mayfield Electric & Water Systems

5:00pm–8:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Meeting

Piecemakers

9:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Piecemakers

6:00pm–7:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Piecemakers

9:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Piecemakers

6:00pm–7:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Memorial Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Graves County Public Library

Piecemakers

9:00am–3:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers

Lunch Book Club

12:00pm–1:00pm
Adults
Adult Book Club
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Small Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Adult Book Club
Event Details:

The Lunch Book Club meets every 4th Monday of the month unless the library is closed. We discuss varius genres of books.

Piecemakers

6:00pm–7:00pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Graves County Public Library
Room: Large Community Room
Purpose of Meeting

Piecemakers