Event List

Join the Friends of HRLS as we close out our 2025/26 season! Enjoy light refreshments, literary door prizes, and a celebration of all things books.

Welcome to Play and Explore! 

Join us for Third Thursday Book Club at 11 am at the Clarke County Library!

Virginia Works is hosting this event, which provides a focused opportunity for you to meet and connect directly with multiple local and regional employers who are actively hiring.

Join us in the Children's Room for a time of dropping everything and reading!  Bring your blankets, climb into one of our reading tents, or sit where ever you feel comfy and go on your own reading adventure.

Join us at Clarke County Library for Nature Surprises, a nature-based educational program for children led by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Northern Shenandoah Valley Master Gardener's Association! 

Looking for a chance to flex your card skills or your prowess in Apple to Apples?

Hooks and needles and fiber, oh my!

Join us at Clarke County Library every Friday at 11 am for an interactive and creative playtime just for toddlers! Wooden blocks are perfect for smaller hands and help develop coordination and creative thinking. Fun for kids of all ages!

Enjoy unstructured playtime with your baby as we bring out soft blocks and colorful balls. The babies can explore while the adults chat, and everyone will have a chance to make a new friend.   For ages 0-2 years.

Chess enthusiasts come and play! Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play. Ages 6-Adult

Come and build as a family! Duplos, blocks, Keva planks, and more will be provided.

Want to learn how to play Dungeons and Dragons? Curious about how to play a certain class? Come in for a one-shot workshop/game. Each week we look at a new class. Barbarian? Rogue? Fighter? Check online to see that session’s class option.

The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives is partnering with Blue Leaf Prints, a local artist, to bring you a cyanotype workshop! Cyanotypes are a creative and fun way to preserve memories and make art. Join us to explore the cyanotype process!

IT'S SHOWTIME!

Join us for a family movie event complete with snacks and drinks to enjoy together.

Today's show is...Moana 2

Join us at Handley Library for Game on Saturdays with the Handley Library Teen Time. We will have Nintendo Switch or Xbox games loaded and ready to play along with board and card games.

The stitch-ins are open to anyone who loves stitching! All skill levels are welcome – come stitch, chat, and be inspired. Bring your stitching project and connect with fellow embroidery enthusiasts in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.