Events: Learn about ships in a bottle Sept. 17 at Steele Creek library

Learn about library mobile apps for free e-books, movies and music with a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library card. Audience: Adults. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800 or tinyurl.com/st-adults.

Charlotte debut of the new musical comedy written by two North Carolinians, best-selling author Clyde Edgerton and composer Mike Craver, a member of the Red Clay Ramblers. Directed by Steve Umberger, founder and artistic director of Charlotte Repertory Theatre. Runs Sept. 17-Oct. 4. Tickets: $10-$42. Booth Playhouse, Charlotte. lunchatthepiccadilly.com.

Learn from Jim Goodwin about the “Ships in Bottles” exhibit on display at Steele Creek Library. Goodwin has achieved worldwide fame with his work, and has appeared in films and on television. See a demo and enjoy refreshments. Audience: Adults, children ages 5-17. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800 or tinyurl.com/st-adults.

Featuring local band Every Now and Then. Doors open at 6 p.m. with food available for purchase at 6:30 p.m. Show is free, but love offering accepted. Shows held first and third Thursday of every month, except July and the second Thursday in December. Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, York.

Commission meeting; public welcome. USDA Service Center, 1460 E. Alexander Love Highway, York. 803-684-3137.

Presented by the Catawba River Art Guild through Nov. 1. Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 2-4 p.m. Sunday. The Center for the Arts Perimeter Gallery, 121 E. Main St., Rock Hill. 803-328-2787.

Coyotes have migrated to the North Carolina Piedmont and are appearing in local neighborhoods. Learn how to identify coyotes, understand coyote behavior and comply with coyote laws. Speaker: Melissa O’Lenick, manager of McDowell Nature Center. Audience: Adults, children ages 5-17. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800 or tinyurl.com/st-adults.

Practice Spanish speaking and listening skills on Mondays in a relaxed group environment. No lectures, just conversation. Audience: Adults. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800 or tinyurl.com/st-adults.

Learn the skills needed to successfully navigate the online application process. Audience: Adults. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800 or tinyurl.com/st-adults.

Stock up on bargain books and support York County Libraries at the Friends of the Library book sale at the Fort Mill Public Library, 1818 2nd Baxter Crossing. Choose from hardcover fiction, paperbacks and children's books, priced from 50 cents - $2 each. For more information, call 803-981-5837 or visit www.yclibrary.org.

Shop for traditional wheel-thrown and hand-built, functional and decorative works in clay created by Carolina potters. At 11 a.m. learn about regional history of pottery and contemporary Catawba Indian pottery. At 1 p.m. Buddy Wingard will present his awarding-winning documentary film about the work and life of a slave potter from Edgefield: “Discovering Dave: Spirit Captured in Clay.” Take guided tours of the plantation’s antebellum houses; see blacksmiths at work, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. the Contreras will play bluegrass music in the Oak Grove. Enter a free drawing to win pottery. Barbecue and more will be available for purchase. Admission: adults $6, seniors $5, youth $3. Historic Brattonsville, 1444 Brattonsville Road, McConnells. 803-684-2327. chmuseums.org/.

Stock up on bargain books and support York County Libraries at the second day of the Friends of the Library book sale at the Fort Mill Public Library, 1818 2nd Baxter Crossing. Choose from hardcover fiction, paperbacks and children's books, priced from 50 cents - $2 each. For more information, call 803-981-5837 or visit www.yclibrary.org.

Christina Baker Kline, author of the novel “Orphan Train,” will discuss the history of orphan trains in the United States. Trains, nicknamed orphan trains because of their passengers, were used from 1854-1929 to transport orphaned or abandoned children from the eastern cities of the United States to Midwestern farms to begin new lives. “Orphan Train” was selected as a Target book club pick and was on five national bestseller lists, including the New York Times. A book sale and signing will follow the program. Seating is limited; registration required. York County Library, Rock Hill. 803-981-5845; yclibrary.org.

Learn about library mobile apps for free e-books, movies and music with your Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library card. Audience: Adults. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800 or tinyurl.com/st-adults.

This story was originally published September 11, 2015 at 2:51 PM with the headline "Events: Learn about ships in a bottle Sept. 17 at Steele Creek library."