Events

Posted about 5 years ago by Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Adult, Children's, Events, Families, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with adults, book discussions, children, halloween, programs, public programs, teens

The last two weeks of October are undoubtedly the spookiest time of the year. Each day, the sun goes down earlier and earlier. The wind seems to follow us down […]

Posted about 5 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events, Families

“Of all the Cherokee origin narratives, the most famous is that which tells the tale of a time when everything was covered by water.” Gregory Smithers “Stories matter. Stories tell […]

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 Ben Himmelfarb

Posted in Book Reviews, Events, Reading Recommendations

First Chapters is about building reading skills and community. On the last Wednesday of each month at 12:00 pm online via Zoom, we read the first chapter of a recent […]

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 Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with book recommendations, book recs, Fiction, nonfiction, reading suggestions, september11

This year, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Richmond Public Library is proud to host an educational exhibit made available by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This exhibition […]

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 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 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.” […]