Learn the basics of word processing in Microsoft Word, including working with documents and formatting text. Prerequisite: ability to use a mouse and keyboard, some familiarity with Windows. Seating is limited, please call Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300 and choose option 2 to sign up.
Aura CuriAtlas Physical Theatre returns to Williamsburg for live performing on May 10 and 11 at 7:30 pm. The company will present some old favorites from DREAM LOGIC as well as the pandemic-delayed return of The Fool and The World. We will be in the intimate space of Adair Hall Dance Studio on the William...
Fellowship in a Ring is a Williamsburg Regional Library book group dedicated to science fiction and fantasy books, films, television, and pop culture. A suggested reading list is provided prior to each meeting. Readers are also welcome to share other science fiction or fantasy titles or simply join in the group conversation. Contact nhollands@wrl.org or...
PG-13 ‧ 2015 ‧ Drama/Romance ‧ 1h 57m Young Irish immigrant Eilis Lace (Saoirse Ronan) navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance...
This month we’re discussing “The Best We Could Do” by Thi Bui. Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by reading this evocative memoir about Bui’s family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970’s and the challenges ahead as they build a new life for themselves. This Williamsburg Regional Library...
North Sea Gas is one of Scotland’s most popular folk bands, with great vocals and shimmering three part harmonies. Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, harmonica, whistles, bodhrans, banjo, and good humour are all part of the entertainment. Their show consists of traditional, contemporary, and self-penned material put together in a style that’s all their own. Tickets:...
The Community Pickleball Challenge is a fun opportunity for our community to enjoy pickleball while raising awareness for The Arc of Greater Williamsburg, which has proudly served adults with disabilities since 1976. First-round events will take place at various community courts between May 14-21, and the final-round event is scheduled for Sunday, May 22 at...
Join Williamsburg Regional Library at the Stryker Center for an afternoon of multigame play for tweens, teens, and adults! Multiple game leaders will lead single-meeting campaigns for ages 9 through adult. Choose to play with teens & adults or tweens & families. Register by May 7 by emailing teens@wrl.org.
Reading is even more fun when you can share it with a fluffy, four-legged friend, and it’s a great way for beginning readers to practice with a patient audience. Drop in at the Williamsburg Library to read a story to trained therapy dogs, no registration required.
This series features indie, foreign, art house, and documentary films. All films are shown in the Williamsburg Library Theatre, doors open 1 hour before show time. Join Williamsburg Regional Library to watch Parallel Mothers (2021) Pedro Almodovar directed this Spanish drama about two women (Penelope Cruz, Milena Smit) who both discover that they are unexpectedly...
The Coelacanth is a fish thought to have gone extinct more than 65 million years ago, until a living specimen was caught by commercial fishermen in 1938 in South Africa. In the more than 80 years since its discovery, scientists have learned a great deal about this living fossil. Join Dr. Eric Hilton, Curator of...
Explore classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction from around the world. This group will sample critically acclaimed and prize-winning titles with open and inclusive discussion. Join us in-person or virtually for this month’s discussion of Beloved by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison’s controversial novel follows the life of Sethe, an enslaved woman who freed herself at...