The Heimat-Handley Quartet will be performing chamber music at Handley Library on October 19th, February 22nd at the Barns of Rose Hill with Clarke County Library, and April 25th at Bowman Library. Each performance begins at 2PM. The Heimat Quartet was founded during the fall of 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. All avid chamber musicians, each player brings a wide array of experience and renewed energy to both the music and the group playing violin and cello.
PBS film Dark Money will be screened on October 17th at 6:00PM at Handley Library. The movie showing is free and open to the public and a discussion will follow. Dark Money examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. The film takes viewers to the front line in the fight to preserve fair elections nationwide. The screening is sponsored by the Friends of the Handley Regional Library System.
The Friends of the Handley Regional Library System announce the Fall Used Book Sale at Bowman Library. The sale runs October 8-12 and features thousands of gently books, DVDs, sheet music, and more. Prices are between .50 cents and $2.00. Payment is accepted in cash, check, or credit card. Inventory is restocked daily so you can shop all 5 days. Donations cannot be accepted during the sale. The hours are the same as Bowman Library; October 8-10, 10AM-8PM and October 11-12, 10AM-5PM.
The Winchester Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and the Friends of Handley Regional Library System are co-sponsoring a Candidates’ Forum for candidates who are running for the Virginia House of Delegates from the 10th, 29th, and 33rd Districts and for the Virginia Senate in the 27th District. The public forum will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Handley Library Robinson Auditorium. This is not a debate; the purpose of the forum is to allow voters to learn more about the candidates and their positions.
Friends of the Handley Regional Library Announce Genealogy and Local History Bus Trip to DC on September 25th. Researchers and sightseers will have a choice of three destinations – The DAR Library, The National Archives, or the National Gallery of Art. The Schrock Tour and Charter Bus will depart from Solenberger’s on Berryville Avenue (Rt. 7) in Winchester and will leave promptly at 8:00AM, arriving back in Winchester around 5:30PM. The cost of this trip is $25 a passenger and is open to the public.
The Friends of the Handley Regional Library System announce the Winchester Arts and Music Festival in September partnership. Free and open to the public, the festival runs multiple dates in Winchester at Handley Library and surrounding venues on September 7th and September 20-23.
Special Preview Night
September 7th is a special preview day exclusively at Handley Library with a reception at the Fellowship of the Tea for festival attendees.
About the Festival
Handley Regional Library System, along with the Friends of the Handley Regional Library System, announce the next book drop-off date at Bowman Library on August 17th from 9AM-12PM. Participants can bring gently used books, CDs, DVDs and electronic games. Donations will become part of the Fall Used Book Sale in October. Volunteers will be onsite to assist.
We have a special program reflecting on the history of John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and the impact of race relations. John Brown: Monuments and Mythology will be on August 3rd at 2PM at Handley Library in Winchester.
The new logo is now one color and has the word “system” added to it to represent how the non-profit group supports the entire library system - Bowman Library, Clarke County Library, and Handley Library - through funding of materials, programs, and services for patrons.