Events: Steele Creek Library offers job seeking help Sept. 23

Learn the skills needed to successfully navigate the online application process. Audience: Adults. Steele Creek Library, 13620 Steele Creek Road. Register: 704-416-6800. 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. 803-981-5837. yclibrary.org.

Nine-day event - Sept. 25-Oct. 3 - opens with “Finder Keepers” at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas in Steele Creek. Carolina Cinemas in Charlotte is a host venue during the event. Times vary. More than 50 films were chosen from submissions to this year’s festival. The selections will make up more than half of the screenings at this year’s event. Categories include Narrative Features, Documentary Features, Narrative Shorts and Documentary shorts. 704-807-0435. charlottefilmfestival.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. 803-981-5837. yclibrary.org.

The Hinson Girls, four sisters from Lancaster, are bluegrass state champions who play old-time music with millennial appeal. Tickets: $10, available at the door or by calling 803-909-7313.McCelvey Center’s Lowry Family Theater, 212 E. Jefferson St., York. 803-909-7244. chmuseums.org.

York Recreation Department will show “We are Marshal.” Evening includes bounce houses activities at 5:30 p.m. Free; concessions for sale. Children must be accompanied by a adult. Bring a chair or blanket. York Recreation Complex, 74 Fourth St., York.

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.

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 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 22, 2015 at 11:39 AM with the headline "Events: Steele Creek Library offers job seeking help Sept. 23."