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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 for Brown Bag with Books. Our August discussion is on The Fourth Child by Jessica Winter.
We always have an interesting and fun discussion. All welcome!
To check out the book, click here.
To check out the audiobook, click here.
Book summary: Book-smart, devoutly Catholic, and painfully unsure of herself, Jane becomes pregnant in high school; by her early twenties, she is raising three children in the suburbs of western New York State. In the fall of 1991, as…
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.
Lights have played an important role in celebrations for many cultures throughout history. This weekend the Bowman Library will be highlighting the Diwali Festival of Lights at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 26th. As we head towards this weekend's festivities, we'll look at this and other family traditions, the comfort and symbolism of light, and cultural celebrations during our storytimes.
To find books to check out, type in #festivaloflights into the catalog search. You can find picture…
In this installment of the Pushing My Shelf blog series, Todd talks about finding just the right kind of magazine.
This month we thought we would do a blog series for the Push Your Shelf Bingo Challenge. The challenge is to complete Bingo squares that “push your shelf.” In other words, read or try something that you might not ordinarily consider; something not typically found on your bookshelf. Find out more here.
To cheer you on some participating staff members* are contributing short blogs…
Volunteers will be on hand to collect your gently used books (in good, clean condition), DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks on CD and electronic games in the Bowman Library parking lot. We wish we could accept every book that is donated, but we simply don't have the space! Many books we receive cannot be sold and it takes time and energy to deal with these donations. The Friends of HRLS is run on volunteer power, so please go through your donations before bringing them to us and discard items…
John Lewis was an amazing man; one of the key participants in the Civil Rights movement.
We mourn his death and look to his life for inspiration. If you would like to learn more about his life and accomplishments, the Handley Regional Library System has his graphic novels, the March trilogy, available at Handley and Bowman Libraries. There is also a signed set in the Stewart Bell Jr. Archives. He reached a new generation through these graphic novels.
There is a children’s book, Freedom Riders…
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 are expanding out popular Wonderbook collection for patrons at all 3 library locations – Bowman Library, Clarke County Library, and Handley Library. A Wonderbook is a print book with a built-in audiobook player where kids can listen to the story as they read along. The additional books are made possible through a grant from the American Woodmark Foundation to the Friends of the Handley Regional Library System, the official non-profit 501c3 for the library system that helps…