Real People/Real Stories meets the third Thursday of each month to explore the best in nonfiction history, biography, science, nature, and the arts. This month’s title is Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. In 1783, John Jacob Astor moved to the United States and parlayed his...

Join us for weekly relaxed conversation to practice and improve your English skills. Newcomers always welcome. For ages 16 through adult.

2024 marks the 30th year of the publication of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first entry in Laurie King’s wildly popular series featuring Sherlock Holmes and his young mentee, Mary Russell, who became his staunchest and most indispensable ally in crime-fighting, joining him for 17 more adventures (and counting). Laurie King is celebrating this milestone with...

Cena con Cuentos es un programa de lectura en español para familias hispanohablantes con niños de 0 a 10 años de edad. Se ofrece dos veces por mes: el primer martes (menos en enero) en Grove Christian Outreach Center (8800 Pocahontas Tr) y el tercer martes en el Stryker Center (412 N Boundary St), de...

Power in the Panels meets on the second Thursday of every month. This group is for graphic novel enthusiasts (18+, please) who want to read and talk about independent graphic novels. January 11: In January we will be reading Hayao Miyazaki’s manga “Shuna’s Journey” in its first ever English publication. Shuna is a prince searching...

Join historical fiction author Janis Robinson Daly as she reveals how the secrets of our past can surprise, delight, educate, and inspire the writing of a novel. While researching her family history, Daly learned that her great-great-grandfather had an active role in the founding of the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. Inspired by this discovery,...

Join us for weekly relaxed conversation to practice and improve your English skills. Newcomers always welcome. For ages 16 through adult.

What do you get when you add balloons and bubbles to music? A fantastic preschool dance party! Put on your dancing shoes and join us for an exciting hour of songs, movement, rhymes, and just plain fun. Parents, it’s a great time for you to share your best moves with your little ones as well.

Register by December 27 by emailing anorfolk@wrl.org Join us for an afternoon of multigame play for tweens, teens, and adults! Multiple game leaders will lead single-meeting campaigns for ages 9 through adult. Choose to play with teens & adults or tweens & families.

Learn how to store, organize, edit, and share your photos using cloud-based platforms, such as Google Photos, Amazon Photos, Flickr, and Shutterfly. Also covered: how to create photo albums, slideshows, collages, and other projects using cloud photo tools.

Stop by the Stryker Center for fun winter crafts and activities for children and enjoy William & Mary Libraries Special Collections’ special exhibit ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: An Exhibition of Christmas Critters.

Bestselling and award-winning author, Naomi Alderman will join us virtually to talk about her new book, The Future. This new novel delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. By turns thrilling,...