Meet the animals that live in your own backyard, but you might never have seen up close before. The Alliance of Wild Animal Rehabilitators and Educators will be bringing their ambassador animals to the library, and will teach us how to safely co-exist with our wild friends. All ages welcome! Bring an optional donation to...
Come paint, draw, create, and explore at the Open Art Studio at the James City County Library.
Kathy Hornsby, photographer, and Connie Desaulniers, painter, will exhibit their art at their show COLORS at the Stryker Center, 412 N. Boundary Street, Williamsburg, VA from April 9 to May 28, 2022. Opening Weekend is Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10, from Noon - 5 PM. Both artists will be selling and showing their photographs and...
Presenting COLORS, a collaborative show of art by photographer Kathy Hornsby and painter Connie Desaulniers. These two longtime friends share their love of color saturation in their art forms. Florals that are abstracted by water and light embody Hornsby’s ethereal “Flower Disarrangement” photographic series. Desaulniers’ fanciful paintings conjure stories designed to spark the viewer’s imagination....
Legendary creatures are flying in to the library! Wings of Fire Fest celebrates the dragon fantasy series by Tui T. Sutherland. Join Williamsburg Regional Library for a dragon’s hoard of crafts, games, and activities all about the magical world of Pyrrhia and Pantala. Test your trivia knowledge, try out rainforest fruits, hunt for dragon eggs,...
Join a unique community-based book group for adolescents and adults with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each week we’ll meet to read together, talk about different worlds and interesting characters, and learn about exciting new things. To find out more, please contact Linda from Williamsburg Regional Library at lniedzwick@wrl.org.
The Colonial Italian American Organization (CIAO) presents Il Postino (1995). When exiled Cuban poet Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret) arrives on a tiny Italian isle, there’s so much new mail that Mario (Massimo Troisi), an unemployed, uneducated layabout, is hired as a postman. His job is simply to deliver Neruda’s daily mail. Mario soon becomes a...
Learning to read is an exciting time, and we’re here to celebrate it! This Williamsburg Regional Library book club is designed to support the emerging literacy of our youngest elementary-aged kids. Each month we’ll read, play games, and participate in fun activities based on another awesome early reader book. At the end of the program,...
Kathy Hornsby, photographer, and Connie Desaulniers, painter, will exhibit their art at their show COLORS at the Stryker Center, 412 N. Boundary Street, Williamsburg, VA from April 9 to May 28, 2022. The two longtime friends share their love of color saturation in their art forms. Florals that are abstracted by water and light embody...
Apr 11-14, 2022 Whitework Embroidery $440 includes all materials April 11-14, 2022 Whitework Embroidery A Four day course in whitework embroidery. This is key to beautiful embroidered trousseau heirloom linens for the home. The class will focus upon particular stitches and perfecting techniques used to embellish fine linens and clothing. We will also explore...
Need to hem a pair of pants, stitch a rip, or shorten sleeves? Bring that project to the Williamsburg Library Maker Space and use our sewing machines and workspace to get it done. Library staff will assist with sewing resources and machine use for your project. Join us for a social way to work through...
Special Agent Dante Robinson, Virginia State Police, will speak about Counter-Terrorism and Criminal Interdiction (CCI) at the April 12 luncheon of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. The CCI Section of the State Police is responsible for interdicting all threats of criminal activity occurring in the Commonwealth of Virginia, providing assistance to localities...