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Week Calendar

On narrow displays, the weekly calendar is wider than the screen. You can side-scroll within this table to view events and reservations for the whole week.

Time	Sun (9/21)	Mon (9/22)	Tue (9/23)	Wed (9/24)	Thu (9/25)	Fri (9/26)	Sat (9/27)
10 am		This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Preschool Time 10:30am–11:00am Children, Ages 0-5 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Storytime Nook Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5 Program Type: Storytimes Event Details: This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Handley Sit and Stitch 10:30am–12:30pm Teens (12+), Adults, Families Handley Library This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Benham Gallery Room Age Group: Teens (12+), Adults, Families Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: Starting in September 2025, Handley's morning Sit and Stitch program is moving to Monday morning from 10:30- 12:30. Hooks and needles and fiber, oh my!	This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Baby Time 10:30am–11:00am Children, Ages 0-5 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Storytime Nook Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5 Program Type: Storytimes Event Details:	This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Sounds and Stories 10:30am–11:00am Children, Ages 0-5 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Storytime Nook Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5 Program Type: Music & Movement, Storytimes Event Details:	This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Toddler Time 10:30am–11:00am Children, Ages 0-5 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Storytime Nook Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5 Program Type: Storytimes Event Details:	This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group This event is in the "Families" group Dance Party 10:30am–11:00am Children, Ages 0-5, Families Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group This event is in the "Families" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: HL Children's Room Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5, Families Program Type: Music & Movement Event Details:	This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group How-To Fest 10:00am–1:00pm Children, Teens (12+), Adults, Families Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Age Group: Children, Teens (12+), Adults, Families Event Details: Want to learn 30 things in 3 hours? Join us at Handley Library for our How To Fest, a “how to human” event for ages 0 to 99 where you can learn a little about a lot. This event is in the "Adults" group How to Join the Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Societies 10:30am–12:00pm Adults Handley Library This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Handley Robinson Auditorium Age Group: Adults Program Type: History & Genealogy Event Details: As part of our library's How to Day celebrations, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives will be holding a workshop on applying to Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution lineage societies.
11 am			This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Family STEAM Lab 11:00am–12:00pm Children, Ages 0-5 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Benham Gallery Room Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5 Program Type: STEAM, Storytimes Event Details:	This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Family STEAM Lab 11:00am–12:00pm Children, Ages 0-5 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Benham Gallery Room Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5 Program Type: STEAM, Storytimes Event Details:		This event is in the "Adults" group Tea & Tai Chi 11:00am–12:00pm Adults Handley Library This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Benham Gallery Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Music & Movement Event Details:
12 pm
1 pm
2 pm					This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Behind the Scenes Tour at Handley Library 2:00pm–3:00pm Adults, Families Handley Library This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: HL Rotunda Age Group: Adults, Families Program Type: Library Tour Event Details: 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 in the Rotunda.		This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group The Growth of Young George Washinton in Lord Fairfax's Wilderness Lands, author talk with Peter Stark 2:30pm–5:00pm Teens (12+), Adults Handley Library This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Handley Robinson Auditorium Age Group: Teens (12+), Adults Program Type: Author Talk, History & Genealogy Event Details: Two decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire in the vast wilderness of Western Virginia and the Ohio Valley.
3 pm							This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 6-11" group Games Galore 3:00pm–4:00pm Children, Ages 6-11 Handley Library This event is in the "Children" group This event is in the "Ages 6-11" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: HL Children's Room Age Group: Children, Ages 6-11 Program Type: Gaming Event Details:
4 pm
5 pm			This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Handley Sit and Stitch 5:00pm–7:00pm Teens (12+), Adults, Families Handley Library This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group This event is in the "Families" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Benham Gallery Room Age Group: Teens (12+), Adults, Families Program Type: Arts & Crafts Event Details: 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.	This event is in the "Adults" group Adventures Through Grief 5:30pm–7:00pm Adults Handley Library Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Benham Gallery Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Gaming Registration Required Event Details: Are you or somebody you know working through grief or loss? Are you between the ages of 18 and 26? Have you ever wanted to try out Dungeons & Dragons or any other tabletop roleplaying games?			This event is in the "Adults" group Friends Members Only Event-Handley Library After Hours 5:30pm–7:30pm Adults Handley Library This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: HL West Reading Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Friends Events Event Details: The Friends of Handley Regional Library System will host this members-only event. Meet author Peter Stark, who has written Gallop Toward the Sun, Young Washington and Astoria.
6 pm					This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group Yellow Fever: Its impact on American History 6:00pm–7:00pm Teens (12+), Adults Handley Library This event is in the "Teens (12+)" group This event is in the "Adults" group Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Handley Library Room: Handley Robinson Auditorium Age Group: Teens (12+), Adults Program Type: Friends Events Event Details: The Friends of HRLS are pleased to welcome back Dr. Dianne Murphy, who will speak on the fascinating—and chilling—history of Yellow Fever. This deadly disease has shaped the course of U.S.