Want to make a difference in your community? Then grab a spot on one of our many advisory boards - these volunteers get to have their say in everything from public art to park planning to public safety...that's a lot of P's! But we need a lot of public support to pull off all the town does!

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Don't miss your chance to meet award-winning and New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Grace Lin at special FREE events THIS Thursday, Oct. 24. REGISTER NOW!

Never before has Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library been able to welcome a nationally-known author! Lin has won the t... Read More

You'll find the best book bargains around at THIS week's Friends of the Library's Fall Book Sale at Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library! 

Who can pass up on a whole grocery bag of books for less than the cost of one new hardback! Don't need a whole bag? Individual ha... Read More

"A Universe of Stories!"
Summer Reading Program
June 8-July 26, 2019

This summer, Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library is joining libraries across the country to celebrate "A Universe of Stories!"- a Summer Reading program inspired by space exploration!  We hope to ... Read More

Five FREE Concerts!
Grab a blanket or chair & enjoy a night on Town Square!

You'll find the best book bargains around at THIS week's Friends of the Library's Spring Book Sale at The Clayton Center! You read that right – we have so many books, we've moved out of the library and are holding the sale in the vast Council Chambers of The Clayton C... Read More

UPDATE: We're bringing the popular Rags to Riches Theatre back to The Clayton Center, but we need to reschedule the free event until a new date in January. The performers are snowed in and will not be able to make the Dec. 11 appearance. We'll share the new date as soon as possible!&nbs... Read More

Special Event Coordinator
Town of Clayton 150th Anniversary Celebration

The Town of Clayton is seeking a successful and enthusiastic event planner/company to lead community planning efforts to produce the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Clayton’s founding. The position would start as soon as pos... Read More

Music is the name of the game for 2018! Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library will be holding music-themed events for our adults, teens, and children this summer!

Join us for the Clayton Library Summer Reading Program Kickoff on Saturday, June 16 from Noon-2 p.m. Enjoy music-themed snacks, activitie... Read More

We hope you will join us 6 p.m. Monday, May 21 for the Clayton Town Council meeting at The Clayton Center/Town Hall, 111 East Second Street in Downtown Clayton.

You can view the full agenda packet online here, or click here to download a PDF copy. Here are the highl... Read More