​Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is gathering flash fiction stories from community members with the theme: what community means to you. This collection is aimed at helping library staff understand what the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community truly means to the local writers and authors, and how this meaning can be incorporated into the new Main Library. Includes a form.

Eight novels with an emphasis on suspense, mystery or thrill.

Looking to share a poem? Want to hear something new? Bring something you've been working on or just lend an ear for this lunchtime poetry meetup. Each meeting will have a new, interesting topic of discussion that could bring out the poet in anybody!

Dr. Tom Hanchett, Historian-in-Residence of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, takes a look at the achievements, life and legacy of one of North Carolina's most heroic Civil Rights activists, J. Charles Jones.

What happens when Steele Creek Library and Southwest Middle School team up? Positive outcomes.

Did you know that Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers customers FREE access to lynda.com's expansive library of instructional videos?

It's been an incredible summer reading, learning and exploring with everyone. See you next year!

Children's Services Leader Jesse Isley shares six back-to-school titles for kids, teens and adults.

Baseball season is upon us, but do you know the history of the Charlotte games or leagues? Here's a starting point with tales of Charlotte's baseball past from the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room.

Midwood Elementary reached its prime in the 1950s. Several decades later, the school began to fall into disrepair and closed, but in 1985 seventy workers brought Midwood Elementary back up to code in a speedy three days, changing the trajectory of the school and what it meant to the community forever.