Upcoming Events

This week's Live Music on Thursdays at the Bowman Library Amphitheater features

Bryan Stutzman

Join us for an interactive dance and sing-along program. Meet the puppets afterwards!  All Ages.

Game night for adults is back by popular demand!

Join us on the second Fridays of the month to test your luck in a game with other adults. We have lots of basic and more complex board games, card games, and even trivia games.

Chess enthusiasts come and play!

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

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

Experience yoga for the whole family as we move, stretch, and read together! Bring a yoga mat or towel and wear comfortable clothes. Then, stay for a mindful activity/craft. All ages/levels welcome.

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 peer down the well built into the stage. Meet on the Lower Level.

Get your brick on in this weekly building challenge. Program is intended for all ages.

We celebrate everyone's summer reading successes through music, crafts, puppets, book readings, local authors and awarding prizes.

Drummer Uncle Devin leads everyone in celebrating a summer of reading.

Are you ready for a challenge? Listen to a story and complete a creative, engineering challenge inspired by the book. Then, take home a Grab-and-Go Kit that includes all supplies and extension activities to do later.

It’s time to play! Join us for a variety of playtime activities each week as we take a Storytime Break.

Middle Grade Book Spotlight:  Looking for a new and exciting book to read?  Join us 2nd and 4th Monday afternoons as books geared toward upper elementary and middle schoolers are presented and shared; each week is centered around a diffe

Want to read a "good" book and have no idea where to start?

Bring your imaginations and join us every week for a different building challenge!! All children ages 6 & up are invited to come out; no registration is needed. Our theme this week is...Superheroes

Let your little tinker and problem solve in this multisensory program based on a theme. Wear clothes you don't mind getting messy in! Ages 0-3.

Come to the Clarke County Library Children's Room for stories and fun! Miss Bonnie will share a new adventure with early readers and their families each week. All are welcome!

Trit Trot to Bowman is an early literacy program for infants, 0-18 months, and their families and caregivers. Introduce your babe to the joys of books, language, movement, and music!

Join us for a chat and playdate with La Leche League NSV. This month's topic is supporting better sleep.

Hooks and needles and fiber, oh my!

Whatever you craft (knit, crochet, embroidery, latch hook...), we invite you to bring your work in progress of any kind and enjoy the company of other crafters!

Hooks and needles and fiber, oh my!

Whatever you craft (knit, crochet, embroidery, latch hook...), we invite you to bring your work in progress of any kind and enjoy the company of others!

No registration required. 

FAQs

*  FREE!!!

*  Teams can have up to six people. Please register each member individually!

*  Drinks and themed snacks provided

*  Win themed prizes

Join us for a special thematic early literacy storytime out in your community at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley's Garden House.

Hooks and needles and fiber, oh my!

Whatever you craft (knit, crochet, embroidery, latch hook...), we invite you to bring your work in progress of any kind and enjoy the company of others!

No registration required. 

Join us for a special thematic early literacy storytime out in your community at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley's Garden House.