Come work on your spooky projects the last two Thursday evenings before Halloween when the Williamsburg Library's Makerspace stays open two extra hours! Put the finishing touches on your costumes, cut out decorations for your party using our Cricut machines, and anything else your imagination can dream up.
Masterworks Concert 2 GLORY AND GRANDEUR Guest Artist: Rex Richardson, trumpet October 20th, at 7:30 p.m. Williamsburg Community Chapel Pieces: Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger Arutiunian - Trumpet Concerto Rex Richardson, trumpet Tchaikovsky - Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 In-Person and Livestream Option Available Tickets: $10-60 williamsburgsymphony.org
Learn how to use the library’s one-stop shop for ebooks and eaudiobooks. Please bring the mobile device you want to read or listen on (smartphone, tablet, ereader). You will need to know your library card number, your password for downloading apps, and your Amazon password if using a Kindle device. We will also go over...
The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This family - friendly event includes a 3 mile Walk route as well as a 1-mile Walk route. Register at www.alz.org/walk.
This series of workshops is an introduction to electronics, microcontrollers and programming. Learn about the Arduino electronics platform and how to use it to bring your ideas and inventions to life. Arduino is a stepping stone to the world of electronics, microcontrollers and programming. It’s a great hobby, a lot of fun and maybe a...
Come and learn how to navigate WRL digital resources for students anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Other activities will be available—such as the Makey Makey Piano and S.T.E.M learning fun. Join WRL’s Bookmobile every Saturday for something to make, do, learn, and play at Abram Frink Jr. Community Center. First Saturday: Maker Saturday...
Join us for a relaxing day of family friendly activities on the lawn of Amblers House, overlooking the Jamestown Beach waterfront. Activities include storytelling with renown storyteller Dylan Pritcworkshops, rock painting, caricature drawings, and engaging community discussions. Vendors will be on-site.
Join us for a relaxing day of family friendly activities on the lawn of Amblers House, overlooking the Jamestown Beach waterfront. Activities include storytellng with renown storyteller Dylan Pritcworkshops, rock painting, caricature drawings, and engaging community discussions. Vendors will be on-site.
These STEAM activities – science, technology, engineering, arts, and math – focus on the breaking part of making! Get hands on with a variety of tech by taking it apart and seeing what’s inside, make some upcycled art, and enjoy creative play in the Kiwanis Kids Idea Studio at the James City County Library.
From brushstrokes to drips and palette knives to spray cans, this lecture explores the role of the artist’s mark in several iconic paintings from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art’s 20th- and 21st-century collection. While abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, whose bold, energetic, and seemingly messy applications of paint are...
Come meet some fellow readers and join the conversation. This book club is designed for ages 9-12 and is limited to 15 members. Call Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 4 to register starting September 1 and receive a free copy of this month’s book.
You know how to read a book, but do you know how to find where it lives in the library? In the first session of this two–part series, kids in 2nd to 5th grade and their caregivers will learn how to “read” a book for more than its story, take a tour through the children’s...