Week Calendar

Do you want to practice typing on a keyboard to increase your speed and accuracy? Attend this class and watch your confidence grow as your fingers fly through some exercises. Adults. Registration required.

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and hands-on activities. Ages 6-24 months with caregiver. Registration is required. 

Join us for a StoryWalk® featuring Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson's The Undefeated. Walk through this powerful poem while taking time to reflect on the curated information on each page.

Enjoy a small-group storytime designed to allow children to explore a variety of sensory experiences.

Enjoy a casual chat about popular books. Talk about titles you like and hear what others enjoy. Swap favorites old and new or spread the word about your favorite reads. 

Bond with your infant in a face-to-face rhyme time and build early language skills through rhymes, repetition, music and baby sign. Children are introduced to quality board books and one-on-one book sharing. Ages 3-12 months with caregiver.

Practice creative problem solving, and language skills while engaging in imaginative play! All materials are provided. Ages 3-5. Registration is required.    

Calling all train lovers! Join us for a fun train themed storytime. We will read books, sing songs and make a train themed craft, followed by some open play with trains. Ages 2-5 with caregiver. Online registration is required.

Book Title:  The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood

Build early language and large motor skills through rhyme, songs, baby sign, and hands-on activities. Ages 3-24 months with caregiver.

Registration is not required.

We emphasize alphabet and letter recognition and activities that support independence and confidence building. This storytime includes books, rhymes and literacy activities to help children enter school ready to learn to read.

Learn new lullabies and share some of your family's favorites. PJs encouraged. Registration is required. 

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Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 6 to 24 months with caregiver.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This program is for both caregiver and child, and is not a structured program. Ages 3 to 24 months with caregiver.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Join the LEGO Club! Use your imagination to build LEGO creations inspired by different themes each month. Come meet and work with fellow LEGO fans. Grades 3-5. No registration required.

Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. Please note: This is a social event for both caregiver and child, as opposed to a traditionally structured program.

Join us! Let us learn about those wonderful penguins.  We will sing, dance, read stories, and take home a craft. PreK - 2nd Grade with caregiver.  Registration is required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults 18+. Registration is not required. 

Join us for an afternoon of conversation as we get to know one another and explore the changing nature of work and technology. Adults. Registration is required.

If you are a non-native English speaker, join us to practice your conversational English in a friendly setting. Each week we discuss a different topic and do fun activities!

Adults. Registration is not required.

Bring your craft, your supplies and your passion! Meet other crafters and creators, share your ideas and get new ones! Adults. Registration is not required.

It's a paint party! Create a unique painting through paint pouring.  All supplies provided. Grades 6-12 and Adults. Please fill out a separate registration for each individual attending. Registration is required.

Hang out at the library, play some games with fellow Nintendo Switch lovers, and have fun! Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in anytime!

Students work with a Young Audiences of VA professional Teaching Artist to create their own comic strips.

In celebration of Black History Month, let us explore the Afrofuturism genre. Join us in this month-long journey to explore black speculative films.

This week we will watch Fast Color.

Adventure awaits! Join an in-person Dungeons & Dragons campaign with other interested teens under the direction of an experienced Library Game Master. No prior experience required. On-going campaign, new players welcome!

It's a paint party! Create a unique painting through paint pouring. All supplies provided. Grades 6-12 and Adults. Please fill out a separate registration for each individual attending. Registration is required.

Drop in for a fun weekly craft in our Children’s Room! 

Families/All Ages.  No registration required.

Rotating competition is organized by the club coordinator.  Knowledge of chess rules is required; limited instruction may be provided for beginners.  Chess equipment has been generously donated by Virginia Chess Federation, private donor

Join us Tuesday nights for teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week.

Grades 6-12. Registration is not required, drop in any time!

Weekly Themes:

Bring your Pokemon cards and games to trade, battle, and more with other local players. Hang out, chat with other fans, and make a craft.

Come in for an hour of board games and video games. Grades 9-12. Registration is not required; just drop in!

Get those fingers working! Build eye/hand coordination and muscles in your child's hand. Practice skills like cutting with scissors, writing, and drawing with fun learning activities. Ages 3 - 8. Registration is required. 

Join our  monthly club in a lively discussion of the sequel to The Wild Robot! In The Wild Robot Escapes, Roz is living on a farm and making friends with two children and of course, the animals.

Use your imagination to build LEGO creations inspired by different themes each month. Grades K-5. Registration is required.

Celebrate Black History Month with a test of your knowledge and compete with others!

Bring science and fantasy together as we retell beloved fairy tales with a twist of science. Explore Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts, and Math in this interactive program. Grades K-2. Registration is required. 

Hang out at the library and watch anime! Snacks and activities will be provided. Grades 6-12. Registration is not required. Drop in’s welcome!

Teen Times:

Week 1: Gaming!

Join us as we watch Green Book a biographical drama of an extraordinarily talented black musician who was chauffeured by a white driver but still had to navigate the unspoken rules of the 1960’s Jim Crow South.

Join us Wednesdays for teen-only activities. Enjoy movies, games, crafts, and more, with different selections each week. Grades 6-12. Registration is not required; drop in any time!

Combine your love of pop culture and Black History with some fun trivia and games. Grades 6-12. Registration required. 

Hang out at the library, try something new, and have fun! Join us Thursday nights for teen-only activities.  Take time to unwind on the fourth Thursday of the month with activities to calm your mind, relax your body, and de-stress.