Events

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Children's, Events, Health and Wellness, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #bekind, #worldkindnessday, #worldkindnessday2020

World Kindness Day takes place every year on November 13th. If you weren’t previously aware of this holiday, it’s time you get acquainted! This international holiday was started back in […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Events | Tagged with Folklife Center, Library of Congress, McGuire VA Medical Center, national parks, Veterans Day, Veterans History Project

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines armistice as “temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents.” In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction | Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights

Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]

Posted about 5 months ago by Kathy Coker

Posted in Events, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with Emancipation Proclamation, Freedom Day, Holiday, Independence Day, Juneteenth

News of Slavery’s End Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, is the oldest national celebration of slavery’s end in the United States. On June 19, 1865 Union Major General Gordon Granger […]

Posted about 7 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, Events, Inform * Enrich * Empower | Tagged with 19th Amendment, Constitution, law, Law Day, May 1, Representative democracy, rule of law, Vote, Women's Suffrage

What is Law Day? Law Day was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 as a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law in the United […]

Posted about 10 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Events, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Black History Month, richmond

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, Events, Poetry, Reading Recommendations

I admit it, I am the sort of person who shares YouTube videos of favorite authors talking and reading at university lecterns, or hanging out in nice chairs on stages […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Events, Reading Recommendations, Writing | Tagged with authors, novels, writing

Welcome to NaNoWriMo! I promise, that’s not gibberish. It stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel from November 1st to 11:59pm November […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Children's, Events | Tagged with cooking, food, kids, summer

Hiya folks! We’re in the home stretch for summer reading now. There’s still a few events left to attend, not to mention our closing bashes on August 10th. You’ve still […]

Posted about 1 year ago by Naomi D'Archangel

Posted in Book Reviews, Children's, Events | Tagged with picture books, Summer Reading

Hello friends! Summer is in full swing now and our libraries are hopping with fun activities! From Lego Robotics Club and Mandalas to Candy Sushi and Puppet Shows, there’s something […]