This is an in-person class for English language learners.

This class is designed for adult English language learners. Improve your English reading skills, vocabulary and grammar by using a wide range of civics-related subject matter including US education, healthcare, history and governmen

Join other adults who knit, crochet, embroider, and sew, in an open forum for creating, conversing, sharing, and learning. 

This class is designed for adult English language learners. Practice speaking skills in a supportive environment. Students read one short story each week and discuss it in class.

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Ages 3-6; 30 min.

For children who are ready for an independent class that includes creative expression, listening comprehension, and early reading skills.

Ticket required.

Ticket required.  Tickets will be available at the children's desk 15 minutes before class.
 

Ticket required.  Tickets will be available 15 minutes before class.

Tickets required. Tickets issued 15 minutes before the beginning of class.

Ages Infant-23 months with adult; 45 min. 

Songs, bounces, and rhymes for babies. Open play time with fun toys included.

Ticket required.  Tickets will be available at the children's desk 15 minutes before class.
 

Ages 8-11; 45-60 min. Registration Required.

Practice STEAM skills by attempting various LEGO build challenges. 

Ages 3-5, 30 minutes.

Registration encouraged, drop-ins welcome! 

For children who are ready for an independent class that includes creative expression, listening comprehension, early reading and math skills.

Teen Time at HCLS East Columbia Branch is an initiative for neighborhood teens that enhances student academics in a fun, welcoming, after-school environment.

Back by popular demand, we are highlighting the cuisine of China again this month, however, with a change in venue.

Discover how to create illustrations using an iPad Pro and the drawing apps, Sketchbook and Procreate!  Use the various tools in these apps to design, draw, and color your own dynamic illustrations.

Improve your ability to communicate and interact in German in a fun and casual setting.

Meet via Zoom every second and fourth Thursday of the month. 

AV Lab
Drop-in to use the equipment in the A/V Studio! Record and mix music or create and edit movies with the help of a HiTech Instructor.
No registration required. Grades 6-12.

This is a class for adult English language learners.  Practice conversational skills and discuss topics ranging from small talk and common interests to life, work and current events. This is an in-person class that meets

Ticket required. Free tickets will be available 15 minutes before class.

Ages 8-10. 45 minutes. Ticket required. Tickets available 15 minutes prior to class.

There’s a poem in your head just shouting to come out! Discover the tools poets use to create verses that sparkle and shine!

The call of free land offered Black Americans a welcome reprieve from a cycle of poverty driven by sharecropping and racialized violence in the South.

Please join us for a lively discussion of all things murderous, mysterious and mischievous. Sometimes it's fiction, sometimes non fiction, but always interesting! 

The title for February is Revival by Stephen King

Discuss LGBTQ-related books and make new friends in a queer- & trans-affirming group setting. All identities and all ages (18+) are welcome. 

Immigration attorney Tedeisha Rowe, principal attorney and owner of the American Immigration Center, will discuss the steps to citizenship, the challenges individuals might face and ways to deal with these issues.  Both attorney Rowe and her

These classes are designed for adult English language learners who are in high intermediate and advanced levels. Classes meet twice a week on Tue. & Thur., 7-9PM.

This class is designed for English language learners who are interested in taking the U.S.