Chess Champs

Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.

Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.

We gather once a month to play casual and blitz chess games.

Enjoy an early literacy program for the entire family who will learn through stories, rhymes, songs and more. Program is intended for Ages 0-6 and their caregivers.

The Handley Library branch tour will take you behind the scenes to all floors of the building.  Come learn about the architecture and history. Walk on the famous glass floors, and see the well under the stage.  

Get your brick on in this weekly building challenge. Program is intended for Ages 6+.

Have you ever wanted to catch a leprechaun?

Let's share and tell stories about leprechauns and "a wee bit of green" to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

The puppets perform fun songs as we sing and dance along.

Come to the Clarke County Library for a story and a craft! Celebrate the beginning of spring.

It's Paws for Reading!

Read a favorite book to a four-legged reading tutor.
These canine listeners are patient and love kids.
Come meet our Therapy Dog International-certified therapy dogs.

This bimonthly workshop series is designed to prepare teens and young adults for the future of adulthood and the workforce.

The author,  Rita Finch Pettit will be talking about Always, Never, Still, her second novel. It’s the sequel to Chrysalis, the first novel in her Shenandoah Stories series.

A talk about the role of the "living room bed" in the life cycle of traditional Appalachian families. The bed was used for birthing, healing, and dying.