The second annual Spring in Bloom online auction opens on April 18. Place your bids for a wide variety of gift baskets, gift cards and more! Our themed gift baskets are blooming with surprises for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, National Nurses Week--or any spring occasion. All proceeds benefit the homeless animals at...
Apr 25-28, 2022 Traditional Hand Monograms French Monogramming 9 am - 3 pm Tuition: $440 A four day course in mastering the art of the monogram. Day I: A primary sampler will be furnished with 3 styles of fancy initials found typically in French hand monograms. You will be introduced to the primary stitch techniques...
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 and receive a free copy of this month’s book.
Novel Ideas explores classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction from around the world. This Williamsburg Regional Library book group will sample critically acclaimed and prize-winning titles with open and inclusive discussion. Join us in-person or virtually as we discuss The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey. Please find the virtual meeting details in the event...
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. Register by calling Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 2.
Newport News YouthBuild helps eligible young adults ages 18-24 earn their GED, learn Carpentry, HVAC, Plumbing, and Electrical trades training to acquire skills to land and keep a great job. Participants in this six-month program earn money, gain academic and vocational experience, and continue to employment or post-secondary education. A representative will present information about...
The New Horizons Youth Workforce Center offers free services for eligible young adults ages 16-24 on the peninsula. From tutoring to training to paid work experience, the purpose of the In-School and Out-of-School program is to prepare students for post-secondary education or employment! Join representatives from the Youth Workforce Center for an information session about...
Williamsburg, VA – James City County Williamsburg Master Gardener Association (JCCWMGA) is hosting a plant sale on Saturday, April 30 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden (WBG) located within Freedom Park at 5537 Centerville Road. This long-awaited sale runs only on Saturday, April 30, rain or shine. Admission to the...
Williamsburg, VA – James City County Williamsburg Master Gardener Association (JCCWMGA) is hosting a plant sale on Saturday, April 30 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden (WBG) located within Freedom Park at 5537 Centerville Road. This long-awaited sale runs only on Saturday, April 30, rain or shine. Admission to the...
Join Williamsburg Regional Library for an open house where you can learn all about drones from local experts. Take one for a test flight, and, weather permitting, watch them put through their paces outdoors. Whether you’re new to drones or own one yourself, there will be something for everyone!
To the art community: collectors, connoisseurs, and especially those who subscribe to the school of "I don't know art but I do know what I like when I see it." St Martin's Episcopal Church will be sponsoring an art show for member artists and their guests. The date is Sunday, May 1 from 11:00-5:00 with...
“My Asian-American Dream,” an All Together Production, presents the life stories of three generations of Asian Americans. It was filmed and edited in Williamsburg in 2021 by Truman Ruberti, a Korean-Italian film studies student at W&M. Three generations of Asian Americans talk about their struggle to fit in. Satoshi Ito, professor emeritus in Sociology at...
Baby Lapsit Storytime is a Williamsburg Regional Library storytime program especially for babies from birth to 18 months and their caregivers. This storytime includes 15 minutes of songs, fingerplays, and lap games. This storytime will feature the same songs and activities every week; this repetition of rhymes and songs forms a foundation for learning for...
Toddler Storytime is a Williamsburg Regional Library program designed for toddlers aged 18 months to 3 years and their caregivers, featuring brief stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities.
Join Williamsburg Regional Library virtually for this informative presentation with a Social Security public affairs specialist highlighting scam awareness, elder abuse, and identity theft, plus get answers to all of your questions on best methods to avoid Social Security fraud. Please find the meeting link and details in the event listing at wrl.org.
Toddler Storytime is a Williamsburg Regional Library program designed for toddlers aged 18 months to 3 years and their caregivers, featuring brief stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities.
Preschool Storytime is a Williamsburg Regional Library program designed for preschoolers from 3 to 5 years old and their caregivers featuring stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities.
Join Carina Brackin, our Associate Director of Music, for the final concert of the season! The concert will explore the seven sacraments of the Church through many different styles of music. Works will include pieces by Bach, Mulet, Hakim, Smyth and more! The free concert will be held Wednesday, May 4th, from noon to 1...
Preschool Storytime is a Williamsburg Regional Library program designed for preschoolers from 3 to 5 years old and their caregivers featuring stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities.
Now in its 19th year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. May Theme: The Right Stuff (95th anniversary of Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic) May 5: The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), 2:00-3:15 p.m. Jimmy Stewart plays Charles Lindbergh in this recreation of his life and heroic solo flight from New...
Create a card using this relaxing technique of rolling paper to make beautiful designs. For ages 13 through adult. Register by calling Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 2.
Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage month with this fun craft. Listen to a short presentation on Chinese spring customs, then practice your brush calligraphy skills by writing a decorative character for you to take home. For ages 13 through adult. Seating is limited, please call 757.741.3300 and choose option 2, sign up at either...
With incredible energy and personalities to match, the dancers of Illstyle & Peace demonstrate that by perseverance and focus, you can reach your highest goals. Tracing hip hop dance styles from the late 70’s through today, this acclaimed ensemble teaches positive messages, including “Think It—Do It—Become It.”
Muriel Anderson is a guitarist/harp-guitarist and composer, embracing music from all over the world with grace, joy and humor. Muriel is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. Her CD, “Nightlight Daylight”, was chosen as one of the top 10 CDs of the decade by Guitar Player Magazine, and her “Heartstrings”...
CPQG promotes appreciation, interest, and learning for all things quilting. Meetings are usually on the first Saturday morning of each month in Williamsburg from 9:30 to about noon and we invite you to be our guest at your first meeting! Check www.colonialpiecemakers.com and click on the HOME button to see what's in store for the...
The Avalon Classic is back, this year with a simultaneous event for families and non-golfers! The tournament has a 1 pm shotgun start followed by dinner. From 11:30 am-5 pm, our community day will feature music, food trucks, vendors, a bounce house, cornhole, and much more!
Visit with Meredith Collins and Darrin King at Barnes & Noble for their book signing session for their new book, Darrin & Me.
Learning to read is an exciting time, and we’re here to celebrate it! This 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, participants will get...
A wonderful evening featuring songs from broadway musicals such as “ My Fair Lady”, “She Loves Me”, “West Side Story” and more! Performed by local vocalist, Kait Gallagher.
Cantori Choral Ensemble will present its 2022 spring concert, live and in person once more! The concert will consist of beautifully lush musical settings of poetry emphasizing the need for music in our lives, something we all desperately missed during the long months of the pandemic.
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...
Need to hem a pair of pants, stitch a rip, or shorten sleeves? Bring that project to the Williamsburg Library Makerspace 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 your...
Wondering how to get started working with a Cricut? In this class from Williamsburg Regional Library, we are teaching the basics to Cricut Design Space, the software you use to make your creations!
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...
Learn how to open, save and input data in Microsoft Excel. Prerequisites: ability to use a mouse and keyboard. Seating is limited. Please register by calling Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 2.
The Peninsula Concert Band will perform a variety of music including march, classic, and popular music. The band is made up of volunteers and has been performing in the Tidewater area for sixty-six years. Their mission is to educate, entertain, and enrich the community. Free admission, no tickets required.
The Virginia Beer Company will be our host as three VIMS graduate students give 5-minute fast-talks on the important research they are conducting. Talks will take place every 20 minutes. Drop in, interact with the students, and enter to win door prizes and discounts. Students will have posters of their research and be available to...
Real People/Real Stories explores the best in nonfiction history, biography, science, nature, and the arts. Join us for this month’s discussion of Red Notice by Bill Browder. Financier Browder invested in Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union, but his exposure of corruption among the government elite led to his expulsion and the murder...
Killer whale vs. great white shark! Tyrannosaurus rex vs. velociraptor! Alligator vs. python! Who would win these amazing animal match-ups? Fans of the Who Would Win series are invited to a friendly competition based on these non-fiction books. Can you stay alive in the trivia contest? Can you best your opponent in a series of...
Wondering how to get started working with a Cricut? In this class we are teaching the basics to Cricut Design Space, the software you use to make your creations!
If you just got a new iPhone or iPad and are stumped about how to use its many features, then this class is for you! It will cover several of the basic features including how you can download & use WRL apps to access ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines. Even if your i-device is not...
Hampton Roads jazz icon Jae Sinnett returns to the Library Theatre stage with his trio. This time he’s bringing back his good friend, the incomparable pianist Cyrus Chestnut as his very special guest. Cyrus has long established himself as one of the most explosive, soulful and swingin'-est pianists to grace world stages. The Sinnett/Chestnut collaboration...
The Force will be with you as you solve problems using science, technology, engineering, and math! Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars character and make a lightsaber, Yoda ears, and folded flyers. Plus, turn our Sphero robots into droids, learn how to decode a Star Wars quote, and assemble S.T.E.M. kits to take home....
Enjoy a special screening of Encanto (rated PG) in a sensory-friendly environment at the James City County Library. The lights will be on, the movie volume turned down, and attendees are free to move around, and dance, walk, and sing. Fidgets and some inflatable chairs will be available. Enjoy some popcorn or bring your own...
The Makerspace is open to those looking to draw a design and to have the Glowforge laser it onto a cool pin! For ages 13 through adult. Spots are limited so call 757.741.3300, option 2 to register.
The power of God’s love is the greatest agent for bringing needed change and healing into the world. We live in a world where millions of people are striving to make change for the better. So, in this world, how do we make sure that such change actually happens? “Meaningful change: How God’s love can...
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...
Novel Ideas explores 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 to discuss Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris. Cilka is 18 years old when she is liberated from Auschwitz, but the Russians consider her...
Since 2013, Hospice House of Williamsburg has raised over $600,000 through its annual Hike for Hospice House. Hospice House of Williamsburg offers care, comfort, and compassion through and beyond end of life as well as bereavement support to all free of charge. Funding raised through events like Hike for Hospice ensures that all service to...
Since 2013, Hospice House of Williamsburg has raised over $600,000 through its annual Hike for Hospice House. Hospice House of Williamsburg offers care, comfort, and compassion through and beyond end of life as well as bereavement support to all free of charge. Funding raised through events like Hike for Hospice ensures that all service to...
Join us monthly for Nintendo Switch gaming, popular board games, card games, and more. For teens 13+. May 31: James City County Library
Now in its 19th year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience. June Theme: Adventures at Sea June 2: The Sea-Wolf (1941), 2:00-3:45 p.m. Three castaways are in for a rough voyage when they are rescued by a ship captained by a brutal skipper (Edward G. Robinson)....
This series features LGBT stories in celebration of June’s Pride Month. Films are every Friday in June. June 3: The Birdcage (1996) A gay cabaret owner (Robin Williams) and his drag queen companion (Nathan Lane) agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée’s conservative parents....
Women’s Business Symposium (WBS) is the PREMIER event committed to EQUIPPING Small Business Owners of diverse backgrounds with the tools to be successful in business. WBS is the “Equipment and Demonstrational” movement versus the “empowerment” and “motivational” movement. Although participants leave feeling empowered and motivated, the ultimate goal of the movement is to EQUIP its...
CPQG promotes appreciation, interest, and learning for all things quilting. Our meetings are held the first Saturday of the month (except for July - summer break) in Williamsburg from 9:30 to about noon and we invite you to be our guest at your first meeting! Check www.colonialpiecemakers.com and click on the HOME button to see...
Join this free kids yoga class for the ultimate zen of the littlest minds and bodies. Kids will enjoy yoga through storytelling, playful sequences, traditional sun salutations, breathe work and savasana (meditation) for even the most wiggly of kids. Specially curated playlists and personal attention is also part of the class led by yoga instructor...
Join Williamsburg Regional Library's Bookmobile every Saturday for something to make, do, learn, and play at Abram Frink Jr. Community Center. First Saturday: Makerspace Second Saturday: Pop-N-Play Third Saturday: FunFest Fourth Saturday: Digital Navigation
Join us for an afternoon of manga, Japanese culture, and all things anime! Special guests include River City Taiko Drumming, VSU Animation Instructor Ahn Do, Game Truck Richmond, W&M Japanese Studies professor Michael Cronin, local Cosplay artists, and a variety of local vendors. Join us for a manga swap, cosplay contest, screenings, and more! All...