Adult

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book recs, local authors, poet laureate, public programs, reading suggestions, urban fiction, writing workshop

Experience urban fiction at its finest with New York Times Best-Selling Author Nikki Turner, Richmond Poet Laureate Roscoe Burnems, and other notable urban fiction authors. This free program features author […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Events

MUSIC OF THE MONTH IS A MONTHLY ROUND-UP OF RPL’S MUSIC-RELATED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES.   Gellman Room Concerts The 2021-2022 Gellman Room Concert season is here! You can always watch […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with anarchists, bombings, capitalism, corporations, corruption, Goddess of Anarchy, Haymarket, I.W.W., Jess Walter, labor rights, Labor unions, law, Lucy Parsons, radicals, socialists, strikes, William D. (“Big Bill”) Haywood, Wobblies, workers, working conditions

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen

Have you been enjoying our VolunTEENs’ book reviews? We hope so! Teen nonfiction lovers will definitely want to check today’s post out. These reveiws were written by Jennings C., Age […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Phil Shepard

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Families, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with banned books, beards, book recommendations, celebrations, classical music, courtesy, currentevents, encouragement, Fiction, Grandparents, gratitude, HBUCs, library cards, make your bed, neighbor, new releases, nonfiction, online learning, positive thinking, procrastination, reading suggestions, reflexology, resumes, self care, sewing, talk like a pirate, voter registration

THERE ARE HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH — SO MANY REASONS TO CELEBRATE! I’M NOT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE CAKE EVERY DAY, BUT I’M NOT SAYING THERE […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen

Our VolunTEENs have been hard at work reading and writing a ton of awesome reviews for you this summer!  Here are two more written by Isabelle R., age 16. Book […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult

  Music Of The Month is a monthly round-up of RPL’s music-related programs and resources. The 2020-2021 Gellman Room Concert season is complete, but you can always watch past concerts […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events, Families

Please join the Law Library during the month of August as we commemorate the ratification and adoption to the US Constitution in 1920 of the 19th Amendment whereby women won […]

Posted about 5 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, book reviews, booksforteens, byteensforteens, ireadya, teenreads, volunteen

Welcome back to our latest installment of By Teens, For Teens. This blog post series consists of all teen-generated content. This time we have two book reviews, both written by […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events | Tagged with Amanda Gorman, Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Fairfax Resolves, George Mason, Joe Biden, pandemic, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Declaration of Rights

What Does July 4th Mean? Some might say it is a holiday, a time for fireworks and grilling. Other people might reply “it’s when the Declaration of Independence was signed.” […]