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EVENTS

Upcoming Events

  • Seed and Plant Cutting Library
    Seed and Plant Cutting Library
    Thu, May 01
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Come add to your home garden!
  • New Home Ownership 101
    New Home Ownership 101
    Thu, Jul 17
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Looking to buy a home? We have a Regions mortgage officer available to answer questions and provide the knowledge you need to become a discerning home owner.
  • Let's Celebrate the Public Library!
    Let's Celebrate the Public Library!
    Wed, Jul 23
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Special guest speaker: Dolores Hydock!
  • Coffee and Crafting - July 2025
    Coffee and Crafting - July 2025
    Mon, Jul 28
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Join us for this month's craft: the Japanese art of Suminagashi! All materials will be provided by the Library.
  • Adult Summer Reading Wrap-Up
    Adult Summer Reading Wrap-Up
    Thu, Jul 31
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Color Your World with an Ice Cream Social on July 31! Bingo, Prizes, Coloring, Music- and Ice Cream! Sugar-free and Dairy-Free options will be available.
  • Community Oral History Project
    Community Oral History Project
    July & August
    Bessemer Public Library
    Contribute your stories! Topic for July & August: "Life in Bessemer, Alabama" See flyer below for more details.
  • Adult Summer Reading Program Begins!
    Adult Summer Reading Program Begins!
    June 2nd-July 31st!
    Bessemer Public Library & Your Home!
    Color Our World Summer Reading: June 2-July 31. COLOR YOUR WORLD THROUGH READING AND MAYBE WIN SOME PRIZES ALONG THE WAY! Come in or call for more details: 205-428-7882
  • Coffee and Crafting - June 2025
    Coffee and Crafting - June 2025
    Mon, Jun 30
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    This month's craft will be Rag Wreaths for your Fourth of July celebrations! All materials will be provided by the Library.
  • A Look at History Through Old School Scrapbooking
    A Look at History Through Old School Scrapbooking
    Tue, Jun 24
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    with the Alabama Historical Society's Jim Baggett!
  • Healthy Minds and Bodies
    Healthy Minds and Bodies
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, May 28
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Come and join us this May for wellness activities and presentations! May 28th from 10:30-2:00.
  • Coffee and Crafting - May 2025
    Coffee and Crafting - May 2025
    Mon, May 19
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    This month's craft will be Quilt Squares! All materials will be provided by the Jefferson County Memorial Quilt Project and the Bessemer Public Library.
  • History Talks: Alabama Quilts & Their Stories, with Historian Beth Hunter
    History Talks: Alabama Quilts & Their Stories, with Historian Beth Hunter
    Wed, Apr 23
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Alabama is filled with beautiful quilts, old and new, each with their own story. Using quilts as a medium, historian Beth Hunter will discuss the people and places that make up the fabric of the state.
  • New Home Ownership 101
    New Home Ownership 101
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Apr 03
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Looking to buy a home? We have a Regions mortgage officer available to answer questions and provide the knowledge you need to become a discerning home owner.
  • Recognizing Women's Health
    Recognizing Women's Health
    Wed, Mar 26
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Come and have your health concerns addressed! Women’s health presentation, along with questions and answers with a physician.
  • Coffee and Crafting - March 2025
    Coffee and Crafting - March 2025
    Mon, Mar 24
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    This month's craft will be Colorful Tissue Paper Lanterns! All materials will be provided by the library.
  • Women's History Program
    Women's History Program
    Thu, Mar 13
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    What Black Women Want You to Know: The Literary History of Art and Racial Healing in Alabama. Presented by 2023-2025 Birmingham Poet Laureate Salaam Green.
  • Coffee and Crafting - February 2025
    Coffee and Crafting - February 2025
    Mon, Feb 24
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Come and join us as we learn to create a different craft each month. No prior skill necessary! All materials will be provided by the library.
  • Black History Month Programming at Bessemer Public Library
    Black History Month Programming at Bessemer Public Library
    Wed, Feb 05
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    February 26th, reFraming: African American Female Landowners in the Alabama Black Belt, with Dr. Allison Upshaw.
  • Adult Crafting - January 2025
    Adult Crafting - January 2025
    Thu, Jan 23
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    Come and join us as we learn to create a different craft each month. No prior skill necessary! All materials will be provided by the library.
  • Medicines & Medical Practices in Early Jefferson County
    Medicines & Medical Practices in Early Jefferson County
    Wed, Jan 15
    Bessemer Public Library Large Auditorium
    A fascinating talk with Jim Phillips on the history of medical practices in Jefferson County, Alabama from 1880-1915
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© 2020 Bessemer Public Library

WHEN WE'RE OPEN

Monday           9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.​

Tuesday          9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.​
Wednesday    9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.​

Thursday​        9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday              9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sat​urday        10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Sunday           Closed

WHERE TO VISIT US

400 19th Street North
Bessemer, AL 35020

CONTACT US

Telephone 205-428-7882
FAX 205-428-5479

Email bessemerlibrary@gmail.com

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