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Spotlight on: ALAN MOORE-Graphic Novelist

Posted about 1 year ago by Alfreda Payton

Posted in Adult, Book Reviews, Comics, diverse reads, Film, Graphic Novels, Hoopla, humor, mystery, Reading Challenge, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with 100 Greatest Novels, Alan Moore, Comic Books, graphic novels, RippleCon

We’re one day away from Richmond Public Library’s first RIPPLECON. Set for Saturday, June 24th at RPL’s Main Branch (101 East Franklin St Richmond, VA), the convention is dedicated to all things […]

By Teens, For Teens – Around the World in 80 Days & Coming of Age Movies

Posted about 3 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Fiction, Film, Movies, Teens | Tagged with adventuremovie, byteensforteens, comingofagemovies, movierecs, teenmovies, volunteen

Welcome back for our latest installment of By Teens, For Teens! This week is for our movie lovers! Max K., age 15 shares his review of the 2004 updated classic […]

HARRIET TUBMAN, INSPIRING AMERICAN HERO

Posted about 3 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Biographies, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Children's, Events, Fiction, Film, Graphic Novels, History and Preservation, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Movies, nonfiction, Picturebooks, Reading Recommendations, Teens, Women's History | Tagged with #bookrecommendations, Abolition, African Americans, Black History Month, children, Civil Rights Activist, Civil War, Courage, Emancipation, Escape, Freedom, graphic novels, Harriet, Hero, Humanitarian, law, Law Library, Liberation, nonfiction, picture books, reading suggestions, Slavery, Spy, Suffragist, Underground Railroad, Women's History

Harriet Tubman (c. 1820-1822 – March 10, 1913) is an icon of courage, a true American hero. Born Araminta “Minty” Ross, she was enslaved at birth in Maryland. In 1849 […]

Do you HOOPLA?

Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Adult, Audiobooks, Children's, Comics, Families, Film, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Manga, Movies | Tagged with Hoopla

Do you HOOPLA? Hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service that allows Richmond Public Library card holders to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows – up to […]

COMMEMORATING THE 19TH AMENDMENT

Posted about 3 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Biographies, Events, Families, Film, History and Preservation, Inform * Enrich * Empower, Law Library, Women's History

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 […]

Only the Lonely

Posted about 3 years ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Fiction, Film, Health and Wellness, Holidays, holidays; celebrations, Inform * Enrich * Empower, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with bekind, cheerup, cheerupthelonelyday, loneliness, onlythelonely, reading suggestions, smile, spreadkindness, unlonely, unlonelyproject

lonely definitions(from Merriam-Webster online) 1 – a: being without company: LONE // too many lonely nights at home. b: cut off from others: SOLITARY // the train stopped frequently at […]

Binge on DVDs

Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Film, Reading Recommendations

At the Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, and now that we’ve moved back a phase to curbside pickup, you need […]

Positively Witchy: Books and Movies

Posted about 5 years ago by Nico D'Archangel

Posted in Children's, Film, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with book recommendations, movies, witches

Here are a handful of books and movies depicting witches in a positive light.

Robert’s picks: French Film Festival

Posted about 6 years ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Film

Bonjour (or bonsoir, depending on what time of day you’re reading this)! Time again for the French Film Festival, hosted by the Byrd Theatre as it has been for over […]

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