After the Hurricane, by Leah Franqui Santiago Vega escaped his poor and emotionally abusive Puerto Rican family through hard work. A stellar student, he went to Stanford and Yale Law, and on to a successful career. But mental illness and a move back to San Juan alienate him from his daughter Elena. After his disappearance...

Join us in celebrating Betty White's 102nd birthday! For those who love a good challenge for a great cause, come to the Betty White trivia night at Alewerks. It starts at 7 PM and the questions will be: General Knowledge, Betty White, Golden Girls, and Animals. Donations will be collected through the event and Alewerks...

Learn the basics of navigating a web page, including how to bookmark so you can find pages later. Seating is limited, please call 757.741.3300 and choose option 2 to sign up.

2024 marks the 30th year of the publication of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first entry in Laurie King’s wildly popular series featuring Sherlock Holmes and his young mentee, Mary Russell, who became his staunchest and most indispensable ally in crime-fighting, joining him for 17 more adventures (and counting). Laurie King is celebrating this milestone with...

Use the library’s Ancestry subscription to find your family in census records; birth, marriage and death records; passenger lists; high school yearbook photos, and more. Seating is limited; please register by calling 757.741.3300, option 2.

Drop in for board games and Nintendo Switch video games including Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Mario Kart 8, and more. For ages 9-12.

Join us for weekly relaxed conversation to practice and improve your English skills. Newcomers always welcome. For ages 16 through adult.

Real People/Real Stories meets the third Thursday of each month to explore the best in nonfiction history, biography, science, nature, and the arts. This month’s title is Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. In 1783, John Jacob Astor moved to the United States and parlayed his...

Now in its 21st year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. January Theme: MANuary (manly men doing manly things) January 18: Bullitt (1968) PG Steve McQueen plays a way-cool, lone-wolf police lieutenant relentlessly pursuing the hoods who shot the witness he was protecting. This tough, taut...