Williamsburg Regional Library Activities This Week
Youth Events:
10/25 & 10/26 — Baby Storytime Baby Storytime is a storytime program for babies from birth to 18 months and their caregivers featuring 15 minutes of songs, fingerplays, and lap games. For the safety of staff and attendees, storytime programs may be held outside in September.
10/25: 10 a.m., Williamsburg Library
10/26: 10 a.m., James City County Library
10/26 & 10/27 — Toddler Storytime Toddler Storytime is a storytime program for toddlers from 18 months to 3 years and their caregivers, featuring brief stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities. For the safety of staff and attendees, storytime programs may be held outside in September.
10/26: 10 a.m., Williamsburg Library
10/27: 10 a.m., James City County Library
10/27 & 10/28 — Preschool Storytime Preschool Storytime is a storytime program for preschoolers from 3 to 5 years old and their caregivers featuring stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities. For the safety of staff and attendees, storytime programs may be held outside in September.
10/27: 10 a.m., Williamsburg Library
10/28: 10 a.m., James City County Library
10/30 — “My Body” Storytime and Craft Come join us for a storytime which features songs and stories all about the body from head to toe! Sing and read along, then trace and decorate a life-size self-portrait on giant paper. Pick up a ticket at the Youth Services desk starting an hour before storytime to save your spot. 2 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/31 — Chess Open Play Whether you are an experienced player or new to the game, drop in to play and learn in this casual weekly chess program. Chess will be held outdoors in City Square as weather allows. 2 p.m., Williamsburg Library
StoryWalk™ Take a walk outdoors and read a story at the James City County Library’s new StoryWalk™. We invite families to walk from page to page in the green space behind the library. Sponsored by the Friends of WRL All Day, James City County Library
Daily — Read the Room Follow our treasure map to your next favorite book! Pick up a map of the Youth Services area at either library (or download them here: Williamsburg Library & James City County Library), and read your way around five collections. Kids will expand their reading interests, get to know the library space, and win a prize for completing the map. All Day, Both Libraries
Teens & Adults
10/25 — Cinema @ Scotland Street: The Courier (2021)Rescheduled from last week, this espionage thriller is based on the true story of how MI-6 and the CIA recruited a British businessman (Benedict Cumberbatch) to gain crucial intelligence from the Soviets during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. PG-13. 6 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/28 — American Experience: War of the Worlds (2013)This documentary explores the true story of the creation of Orson Welles’s 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast and the controversy it generated. NR. 12:30 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/28 — Thursday Afternoon Film Series: Frequency (2000)Dennis Quaid plays a fireman who discovers a way to communicate with his son (Jim Caviezel) 30 years in the future. They purposely disrupt the natural timeline and then must scramble to undo the deadly consequences of their tampering. PG-13 2 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/28 — Pet Sematary Book Discussion When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to a house in Maine, he’s overcome by unease about how fast the trucks drive on the road by his house and the pet cemetery generations of kids have buried their pets in. Come join us for a discussion on this Stephen King classic. 6 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/29 — Teens’ Night Out Teens ages 13-18 are invited after hours to enjoy gaming, music, food, and activities hosted by the Teen Advisory Group for some seasonal fun. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes! 6-8 p.m., Stryker Center
10/29 — “The War of the Worlds” Live Radio Show Performance Exactly 83 years since the original broadcast, Williamsburg Old Time Radio Hour will perform the original 1938 script “The War Of The Worlds.” Hear the news bulletins! Watch this frightening story unfold! Listen to the horrible sounds of the Martian attack! Costumed actors and live sound effects will transport you back to that fateful night when thirty-two million radio listeners feared for their lives. 7:30 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/31 — Film Screening: Pet Sematary (2019) We’re celebrating Halloween by showing the newest adaptation of Pet Sematary, starring Jason Clarke and John Lithgow. If you read the book, this will be an interesting comparison! Rated R. 2 p.m., Williamsburg Library
Daily — WCAC Member Show The Williamsburg Contemporary Art Center (WCAC) will be exhibiting Member Art. WCAC is a non-profit, volunteer driven organization whose mission is to Enrich our Community through Contemporary Art. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, through 11/30, Stryker Center
Book Clubs
10/26 — Teen Book ClubThis month we’re discussing The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard. Place a hold on one of our multiple copies of this spooky graphic novel, pick it up at your preferred WRL location, then join us online! For ages 13+.6 p.m., Virtual
10/26 — In BeTWEEN the Pages Tween Book Club Come meet some fellow readers and join the conversation, now back in person! For ages 9-12.This book club is limited to 15 members. Call 757.741.3300, option 4 to register and receive a free copy of this month’s book.6 p.m., Williamsburg Library
10/27 — Novel Ideas: A Contemporary Book Group This month we’re discussing Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty by Tim Sandlin. Sandlin’s comedy is an examination of aging in our society. Put in a nursing home filled with aged baby boomers, Guy Fontaine navigates between people still divided by where they were in the Summer of Love. When an illicit pet triggers a revolt among the residents, the lessons learned in the Civil Rights era come in handy. 2 p.m., James City County Library with a Virtual Option
11/2 — WhoDunnits: A Mystery Book Group Join us as we embark on a year of historical mysteries! This month we’re discussing Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis. Davis’s first novel tells the familiar story of a hard-boiled detective whose rescue of a young girl on the run gets him involved in murder, theft, corruption, and an attempt to bring down the government. The twist is that the loquacious, indomitable detective is the informer Marcus Didius Falco, and the government the Roman Empire under Vespasian. 6:30 p.m., James City County Library
11/6 — Next Chapter Book GroupJoin a unique community-based book group for adolescents and adults with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each week we’ll meet to read together, talk about different worlds and interesting characters, and learn about exciting new things. To find out more, please contact Linda at lniedzwick@wrl.org. 2 p.m., Williamsburg Library
11/10 — Fellowship in a Ring: A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book GroupFellowship in a Ring is a group dedicated to science fiction and fantasy books, films, television, and pop culture. A suggested reading list is provided prior to each meeting. Readers are also welcome to share other science fiction or fantasy titles or simply join in the group conversation. Contact nhollands@wrl.org or anorfolk@wrl.org for a suggested reading list. 6:30 p.m., James City County Library
11/16 — Turning Pages: A Contemporary Book GroupThis month we’re discussing Americanon by Jess McHugh. How was our vision of a “good American” created? Jess McHugh looks at 13 books from American history and the lessons they taught us. Titles such as The Old Farmer’s Almanac, McGuffey Readers, and Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book, among others, showed a vision of an ideal America, and we responded by turning them into mega-bestsellers.6:45 p.m., Williamsburg Library with a Virtual Option
James City County Library
7770 Croaker Road,
757.259.7770
Williamsburg Library
515 Scotland Street,
757.259.4040
Stryker Center
412 N Boundary St,
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Abram Frink Jr. Community Center
8901 Pocahontas Trail, Williamsburg, VA, 23185
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