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Chess Champs come and play!
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every week on Saturday mornings to play casual chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Instructors are present when their schedule permits.
Sponsored and affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
Chess enthusiasts come and play!
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every week on Saturday mornings to play casual chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Instructors are present when their schedule permits.
Sponsored and affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
Join us in participating in the "All the Feels" Youth Winter Reading Challenge located on our library website and on Beanstack.
In this emoji-themed reading challenge from January 1–31, readers of all ages will explore how reading helps process and express emotions with mindfulness by logging reading, completing activities, and writing book reviews. Each completion receives a badge and fills in a space on the virtual bingo card.
From reading and listening to writing an emoji-only book review…
We’re heading to the forest this week to find some fall animals friends. First stop, the library!
Search our catalog for the tag: #woodlandanimals for great books to place on hold or come into the library and see all that we have to offer! You can check out books such as, Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert, Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around by Claudia Rueda, Forest Tracks by Dee-Dee Duffy, Over in the Forest by Marianne Berkes, and The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri. Scroll…
Chess Champs come and play!
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every week on Saturday mornings to play casual chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Instructors are present when their schedule permits.
Sponsored and affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
Winchester Tales author Mike Robinson will be talking about the genesis of his popular book series and the importance of social media in its success. Mike will also share Then and Now, a new visual project that is in development.
Mike Robinson, a Winchester, Virginia resident, attended Ferrum College, George Mason University, and Shepherd University. The mission in writing the Winchester Tales book series was to try and make the stories relatable to young and old. By making them more personal…
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather each week to play casual and blitz chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a student volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Free!
Sponsored by the Teen Advisory Board at Bowman Library; affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
Chess Champs come and play!
Play chess to learn or strengthen your skills of the game.
Players of all ages and strengths are welcome to come and play.
We gather every week on Saturday mornings to play casual chess games.
Chess at Bowman Library is a volunteer-run program.
Chess sets and space are provided. Instructors are present when their schedule permits.
Sponsored and affiliated with the Stephens City Chess Club and the Shenandoah Valley Chess Club.
As we head towards a full moon this week, type #moonlight magic into the search bar above to start your journey on a thematic week of moonlight magic! You’ll find many wonderful books to read by the light of the moon (and your lamp!) such as Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett, I See the Moon by Jacqueline Mitton, By the Light of the Moon by Fran Preston-Gannon, and Moon River by Johnny Mercer.
Place the books on hold with your…
We have an ocean of books this week! Enter the Land of the Ocean Deep this week for your summer reading!
This week, we'll focus on the Land of the Ocean Deep Activity Badge and all of the virtual programs that accompany this. You will find these on Beanstack when you log into your account and click on the tab for Activity Badges. If you aren't registered, there is plenty of time and we have links below to help you navigate the summer reading challenge.
If you have a…