Schedule of Events:

Tuesday, Februray 21, 2023

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Meet the Artist: Sara Garden Armstrong

Sara Garden Armstrong is a visual artist whose decades-long practice embraces a wide range of scales and techniques, such as site-specific sculpture, works on paper and artist books. A recent recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant, Armstrong has exhibited nationally and internationally for over 40 years and her work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, among others. The monograph SARA GARDEN ARMSTRONG: Threads and Layers published in 2020 coincides with a traveling exhibition currently touring the southeastern US that incorporates site-specific art for each location.

Lecture begins at 5:45 pm in The Library Theatre, with the reception to follow.

Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

This event is free and open to the public

Thursday, February 23, 2023

7:30 pm: Music: Miko Marks

Miko Marks made her way to Music City in 2003 playing CMA Fest year after year and fully immersing herself in the country music community. While Marks received well-deserved accolades as “Nashville’s Hottest New Country Star” by People Magazine and “Best New Country Artist” by New Music Weekly, her efforts to be fully embraced by the industry in return proved to be elusive. Back with a new album in 2021, Our Country refuses to be put squarely into one box. Rooted in country, blues, soul and roots, and woven together by her distinctive vocals, Marks’s powerful sound is blazing an unprecedented trail in the music industry.

Cost: $30

Friday, February 24, 2023

7 pm: An Evening with Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand is the author of 28 novels, including her latest The Hotel Nantucket. She is a proud 1991 graduate of Johns Hopkins University where she majored in Writing Seminars. In her senior year at Hopkins, Elin had her first short story, "Misdirection," accepted for publication in Seventeen Magazine. After a short stint working in publishing and teaching in New York City, she moved to Nantucket permanently in 1994. She attended the University of Iowa writers workshop and earned her MFA in 1998, and published her first novel, The Beach Club, in the summer of 2000. Her 2019 novel, Summer of '69 was her first novel to debut at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. She is the mother of three children and loves riding the Peloton, cooking, and going to the beach. She will retire with her summer of 2024 book and plans on becoming a book influencer.

Cost: $40 per person

Location: The Library Theatre

Saturday, February 25, 2023

9 am - 4 pm: Author Conference

Cost: $45 per person

Location: The Library Theatre (Reserved Seating)

Lunch on your own

You may preorder a boxed lunch from East 59 Café by calling 205-518-6264 or by visiting www.east59.net by February 25 at noon.

Fest Date: February 21 - 25, 2023

Location: The Hoover Public Library, 200 Municipal Drive, Hoover, AL 35216

Click here for more information.