Barton College’s Friends of Hackney Library and the Friends of the Wilson County Public Library are cooking up a feast for their jointly-sponsored Fall 2018 Dinner/Lecture. The featured speaker at the event will be Vivian Howard, Kinston chef, restaurateur, New York Times bestselling author, and star of PBS’s award-winning television show, A Chef’s Life. The event will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 5:30-8 pm, in Wilson Gym on the campus of Barton College. For more information follow this link!

Our 13th annual Open House will take place Thursday, August 23, 4-6 pm in Hackney Library! The event will feature build-your-own ice cream sundaes, free t-shirts* and other giveaways, plus door prizes and much more. . . .

The Friends of Hackney Library association is pleased to welcome writer Drew Perry as featured speaker at its Spring 2018 Dinner/Lecture program on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. The event will be held in Hardy Alumni Hall on the campus of Barton College. For more information follow this link!

On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, Hackney Library and the Friends of Hackney Library will sponsor a reception and program featuring Former Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) championship-winning tennis coach and AC alumnus Tom Parham. The event will take place in Hackney Library's Learning Commons on the campus of Barton College. A reception (with refreshments) will begin at 5:00 pm, followed by Parham's talk, 'Hartsock, Dylan, and 50 Years,' at 5:30 pm. For more information follow this link!