FREE MOVIE! Lo Scopone - In Italian with English Subtitles
2022-03-20 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
An old American millionairess comes to Rome every year with her chaffeur to play a game of cards with a destitute ragman Peppino and his wife Antonia. The rite has repeated itself over the years and each time the lady has won shattering their dream of winning a large sum off her. Once again however the old lady wins. It will be Cleopatra, the couple’s daughter, who will take a terrible revenge on her. Not Rated.

April 2022 Traditional Needlework Classes - Williamsburg School of Needlework - Beginner's Monogramming
2022-03-21 09:00 - 2022-03-22 15:00 | VA
Apr 21-22, 2022
Introduction to Monograms
Beginners Hand Monogramming
9am – 3pm
Tuition: $250
A two Day introduction class to fine hand monogramming techniques.
This class is a perfect opportunity to take your new basics skills to the next level. Our introduction class will teach you the foundations for creating a beautiful hand monogrammed initial.
A beginner’s class in learning the art of fine trousseau hand monogramming. This ribbon monogram is from a Parisian embroidery house – this traditional motif dates back to early – mid 20th century.
Your own personalized hand towel will be provided. You will learn the basic and simplified stitching that will enable you to create your own personalized linens and other items. Please indicate your initial preference. Additional towels can be purchased for you to monogram.
Pre-requisite: Basic Embroidery
Williamsburg School of Needlework
3204-C Ironbound Road
Williamsburg
Call 757.259.9400 to pre-register
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Preschool Storytime at the James City County Library
2022-03-21 10:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Preschool Storytime is a Williamsburg Regional Library program designed for preschoolers from 3 to 5 years old and their caregivers featuring stories, rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other activities.

Baby Storytime at the Williamsburg Library
2022-03-21 10:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Baby Storytime is a lapsit storytime program from Williamsburg Regional Library especially for babies from birth to 18 months and their caregivers. This storytime includes 15 minutes of songs, fingerplays, and lap games. It will include the same songs and activities every week; this repetition of rhymes and songs forms a foundation for learning for your baby and strengthens the language connections in the brain.

Mending Monday
2022-03-28 18:00 - 20:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Need to hem a pair of pants, stitch up a rip, shorten sleeves, or correct a set of curtains? Bring that project to the Williamsburg Library Maker Space and use our sewing machines and workspace to get it done. Librarian Rachael will assist with machine use and resources and guide you in your project. Join us for a social way to work through your mending pile.

Spring Art Classes & Workshop
2022-03-29 00:00 | The Torggler @ CNU, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA, 23606, United States
Beginning March 29th, spring classes for adults, Spring Break Classes for kids, and a wizarding Wand Workshop!

Teen Book Club
2022-03-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual on Zoom
This month we’re discussing Delicious in Dungeon, vol. 1, by Ryoko Kui. For teens 13+.
After his sister is devoured by a dragon and all their supplies are lost in a failed dungeon raid, Lyos and his party are determined to save his sister before she gets digested. Completely broke and having to resort to eating monsters as food, they meet a dwarf who introduces them to the world of dungeon meshi, delicious cuisines made from ingredients such as the flesh of giant bats, walking mushrooms, and screaming mandrakes.
Join us virtually to talk about the shared title or simply join to geek out about what you’re reading. Additional copies of the books have been ordered for you to check out on your own. Titles alternate monthly between traditional and graphic novel formats. Please find the meeting link details in the event listing at wrl.org/events.
Please find the virtual meeting details in the event listing at wrl.org/events.

In BeTWEEN the Pages Tween Book Club
2022-03-29 18:00 - 19:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Come meet some fellow readers and join the conversation! This book club is designed for ages 9-12 and is limited to 15 members. Call Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 4 to register and receive a free copy of this month’s book.

Virginia529 College Savings
2022-03-29 18:30 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
For more than 20 years, Virginia529 has helped millions of families plan and save for future college expenses. Now, its tax-advantaged 529 savings programs can help you save for all future higher education expenses, K-12 tuition at private and religious schools, student loan repayment and more
Please join this information session to learn a variety of ways to achieve your higher education savings goals with Invest529. In just one hour, you’ll learn how to:
Save for tuition and other college costs, such as housing, textbooks and more
Save for private or religious K-12 education
Take advantage of tax-free earnings and the Virginia state tax deduction
Meet your savings goals

Ewell Concert Series and Dewey Decibel Concerts: Rev. Cora Harvey Armstrong and The Harvey Family
2022-03-30 19:00 | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
The Ewell Concert Series and Dewey Decibel Concert Series present Rev. Cora Harvey Armstrong and The Harvey Family.
Born in King and Queen County, Virginia, Cora Harvey Armstrong is a singer, songwriter and recording artist who has been playing the piano for more than 60 years. Cora and her sisters and nieces, Clarissa Jackson, Kimberly Young, and Ruth Young, now sing together as “The Harvey Family.” They have performed at many folk festivals and shows across the country as well as ministered in numerous churches near and far. For more information, visit https://events.wm.edu/event/view/music/126902.
Free admission.

April 2020 Classes: Williamsburg School of Needlework - Basic Embroidery
2022-03-31 10:00 - 2022-04-02 16:00 | VA
BASIS EMBROIDERY
A Three Day Class exploring the Basics for fine hand embroidery. The class will focus upon particular foundation stitches used in fine hand embroidered motifs found in home decor & embellishment for clothing. You will receive two samplers to work from + a bonus motif to practice your new skills. All Materials are included.
Excellent Class for Beginners – Intermediate
Call 757.259.9400 – Pre Registration is required
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VIMS After Hours: Deepwater Horizon
2022-03-31 19:00 - 20:00 | VA
Michael Carron (VIMS PhD ‘80), Director of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI), reviews the results of 10+ years of research funded by the GOMRI in response to the major deep-water oil blowout of 2010. Dr. Carron will present an innovative model for industry-academia research response to significant man-made environmental threats, and discuss challenges and major findings as well as lessons learned in preparation for possible offshore drilling on the East Coast. After Hours lectures are designed for an adult audience. Registration required for all After Hours presentations. A Zoom link will be included in confirmation e-mail for optional remote attendance.

Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild
2022-04-02 09:30 - 12:00 | King of Glory Lutheran Church, 4897 Longhill Rd., Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
CPQG promotes appreciation, interest, and learning for all things quilting and sponsors charitable activities. Meetings are usually on the first Saturday morning of each month in Williamsburg from 9:30 to about noon and we invite you to be our guest at your first meeting! In April, we will host a local talent, Martha Berry, who will give a presentation about long-arm quilting. Check www.colonialpiecemakers.com and click on the HOME button to see what else is in store for the month or to apply for membership. Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/341871902686716/

Open Art Studio
2022-04-02 11:00 - 16:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Come paint, draw, create, and explore at the Open Art Studio at the James City County Library.

Easter Egg Decorating
2022-04-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Stryker Center, 412 N. Boundary St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Do you like to decorate eggs, but hate the preparation and mess? Drop in any time from 1-3 p.m. to color your eggs with Williamsburg Regional Library! Children of all ages are invited to paint, dye, and decorate. We will supply the eggs and everything you need to decorate them—you supply the creativity! Limit two eggs per child.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
2022-04-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Compete in Williamsburg Regional Library’s 1 v. 1 bracketed tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate supremacy! Trophies and prizes will be awarded for first, second, and two runners-up. For ages 13 through adult.
Email teens@wrl.org to register, or sign up at https://challonge.com/WRL_April_2022.

Chess Open Play
2022-04-03 14:00 - 16:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Whether you are an experienced player or new to the game, drop in to play and learn in this casual weekly drop-in chess program from Williamsburg Regional Library. Instructors will not be present every week.

W&M Theatre Presents: "The Chinese Lady"
2022-04-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
The Asian Centennial and W&M Theatre proudly present Lloyd Suh’s award-winning play on the life story of Afong Moy, who at 14 years old was brought to the US from Guangdong Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on US soil, she is put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event, she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, The Chinese Lady is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of the exotified reclaiming their agency.
This is a free ticketed event. Tickets can be picked up at the Williamsburg Library, Program Services desk.

Make a Miniature Garden
2022-04-04 08:00 - 17:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd., Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Enjoy the spring weather and pick up all the supplies you need for a miniature garden with a real succulent plant, from Williamsburg Regional Library. Plant your succulent and decorate with gnomes, dinosaurs, and more. Take a kit home or work on it outside in the City Square — available while supplies last.

Williamsburg Senior Softball League
2022-04-05 | VA
Softball has never been more fun!
You are invited!
The Williamsburg Senior Softball League
You have found the best softball experience possible for older adults.
Remember.
Remember the glisten of sweat that forms on your body by the second inning.
Remember the grass, the dirt, the musty smell of an aging leather glove.
The sounds of the smack of a bat hitting a slow-pitch strike.
Remember the delicious feeling as a fly ball lands perfectly in the pocket of your mitt.
We, in a way, re-live our youth.
And we re-live our great heroic, unbelievable, historic plays
in dreams the night after the game.
Learn.
Make no mistake, we play competitive softball, and we do so by carefully matching the teams, cheering and offering tips to our teammates. Each team has experienced and quite talented players as well as inexperienced players. Rookies and veterans!
Half of our players are over 65.
So do not let age stop you.
Inside, we are all 12 years old.
Our league is different.
Everyone on the roster plays. Less experienced may play positions that do not require advanced skills. But everybody improves as the season progresses.
A great time!
Starting in April and through October, we play twice a week, usually 9:00 and 10:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Quarterpath Park near Colonial Williamsburg. This is a social bunch, so after the 10:30 game, we usually have a crowd for lunch at one of our sponsor restaurants nearby.
Plays are recalled.
Stories told.
Legends made.
The pictures on our website (www.wsslva.org) say it all. Everybody is having a great time!
Ask any member of WSSL. There is great competition. And great fun, great friendships, and a sense of sportsmanship you may have never seen before.
So, register right now! www.wsslva.org
Softball has never been more fun!
The annual fee is $75 which includes your uniform shirt and hat
and all games Spring, Summer and Fall.

WhoDunnits: A Mystery Book Club
2022-04-05 18:30 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
This month we will discuss The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton.
It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.
But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Strange symbols appear on the sails. Livestock is slaughtered.
And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.
With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger onboard. A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.
WhoDunnits is a discussion group devoted to mysteries that follows a yearlong program of books and movies around a single topic. This year it’s historical mysteries.

Rainbow Puppets: The Wondrous Wetland Revue
2022-04-06 10:00 | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Fiddler crabs play a hoedown, a giant toad tells a ghost story, and a long-legged blue heron leads the big band as the fantastic performers of Rainbow Puppets tell the story of the wetlands.
This event is bought to you by Williamsburg Regional Library.

Trinity Organ Concert
2022-04-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Saint Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Organist Raymond Hawkins from Marblehead, MA will present a concert of Lenten meditations. The program will feature works by J. S. Bach, Dieterich Buxtehude, César Franck, Isadore Freed, Florence Price, and Louis Vierne. This free concert will be held on Wednesday, April 6th, Noon, at Saint Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road in Williamsburg and will be available both in-person in the Nave and online at www.facebook.com/MusicofSaintBede. For more information, call (757) 229-3631, or visit www.bedeva.org/concerts.

Learning @ the Library Enrichment
2022-04-06 14:00 - 15:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Library learners will discover something new from this series of enrichment programs, recommended for elementary and middle school students, as part of our new Learning @ the Library space. Explore a new topic every first and third Wednesday of the month. Registration is required; please call Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 4 for more information or to sign up.
April 6: Mad Science presents Optical Illusions (ages 6–12)
April 20: Make Your First Podcast with StoryCorps
May 4: Make a “Steady Hands” wire circuit game (ages 6+)
May 18: Mad Science: Bugs workshop (ages 6–12)

Intermediate Word
2022-04-06 14:00 - 15:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Take the next step in your Word knowledge with this Intermediate level class.
Seating is limited. Please register by calling Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 2.

Introduction to Libby
2022-04-07 10:00 | James City County Library, 7770 Croaker Rd, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, United States
Learn how to use the library’s one-stop shop for ebooks and eaudiobooks. Please bring the mobile device you want to read or listen on (smartphone, tablet, ereader).
You will need to know your library card number, your password for downloading apps, and your Amazon password if using a Kindle device. We will also go over using Libby on a desktop computer.
Seating is limited; please register by calling Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, and select option 2 to sign up.

April 2022 Traditional Needlework Classes - Williamsburg School of Needlework - Basic Embroidery
2022-04-07 10:00 - 2022-04-09 16:00 | VA
April 7-9, 2022 Basic Embroidery Class
A Three Day Class exploring the Basics for fine hand embroidery. The class will focus upon particular foundation stitches used in fine hand embroidered motifs found in home decor & embellishment for clothing. You will receive two samplers to work from + a bonus motif to practice your new skills. All Materials are included.
Excellent Class for Beginners – Intermediate
Williamsburg School of Needlework
3204-C Ironbound Road
Williamsburg
Call 757.259.9400 to pre-register

Throwback Thursday Film Series
2022-04-07 14:00 | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Now in its 19th year, the Throwback Thursday Film Series screens a variety of classic movies for an adult audience.
April Theme: April Fools
April 7: Heaven Can Wait (1978), 2:00-3:45 p.m.
Warren Beatty directs and stars in this appealing romantic comedy about angels, an accidental death, and getting a second chance at life and love. The film costars Julie Christie, Buck Henry, and James Mason. PG
April 14: This is Spinal Tap (1984), 2:00-3:30 p.m.)
This hilarious “rockumentary” follows the disastrous American comeback tour of a middling British heavy metal band named Spinal Tap. Rob Reiner directed with Michael McKean and Christopher Guest playing two of the hapless band mates. R
April 21: Local Hero (1983), 2:00-3:55 p.m.
An epic culture clash ensues when a Texas power company executive is sent to a tiny seaside village in Scotland with orders to purchase local rights for oil exploration. This droll Scottish comedy stars Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster under the direction of Bill Forsyth. PG
April 28: No film this week
Free admission. Doors open 1 hour prior to showtime. The Throwback Thursday Film Series is brought to you by Williamsburg Regional Library.

Video Editing for Teens
2022-04-07 16:00 | Stryker Center, 412 N. Boundary St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
Learn to use simple software to edit your videos for social media, school, or your very own YouTube channel! Special guest Ellie Voorhis from the College of William and Mary leads an interactive workshop including techniques for sound, transitions, and more. Participants encouraged to bring their own device, but devices will also be provided. For teens 13+, register by calling Williamsburg Regional Library at 757.741.3300, option 2.

Ford's Colony Dance Band: A Festival of Latin American Music
2022-04-07 19:30 | Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg, VA, 23185, United States
The Ford’s Colony Dance Band, with its 17 musicians, will perform a “A Festival of Latin American Music” at the Williamsburg Library Theatre. They will be kicking off a week-long celebration leading up to Pan American Day on April 14th. That’s the day when the Organization of American States was founded in 1930. Its purpose is to provide opportunities for the 35 member countries, including the U.S., to establish mutually beneficial relationships. Its founding is celebrated with parades, plays, and concerts. Tonight, you’ll hear the many different styles of Latin American music with songs like: “The Girl From Ipanema” (Bossa Nova), “Frenesi” (Rumba), “Green Eyes” (Beguine), and “Tequila” (Latin Rock).
Admission is free – donations are accepted.
