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The international best-selling author Frances Mayes gives an illustrated talk about her new book “See You in the Piazza” Sunday, March 31, at 3 p.m. at the Washington County Public Library, Abingdon, Virginia. The event is part of the annual Sunday with Friends literary series. It is free and open to the public. Many people […]
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21mar10:00 am6:00 pmMarch Madness Book Sale10:00 am - 6:00 pm Main Library
It's time for the Friends of the Library's March Madness Book Sale. Come check out
It’s time for the Friends of the Library’s March Madness Book Sale. Come check out all the bargains and support our Friends group.The spring book sale features thousands of high-quality used books in many genres, including
Most books are priced from 50¢ to $2. Some collectible, vintage, first edition and signed books are individually priced.
The sale is refreshed with new books daily, so visit often.
A preview sale for Friends only is Sunday, March 17 from 2-5 p.m. Memberships are available at the door for $10. Scanning devices are not permitted at the preview sale.
Sale hours are:
Monday, March 18 through Thursday, March 21: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, March 22 & 23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 24: 1-5 p.m. (Bag Sale)
MasterCard, Visa and Discover are accepted.
All proceeds of this sale support programs and services of the Washington County Public Library System.
21mar6:00 pm7:30 pmAdult Craft: Alcohol Ink Coasters6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Glade Spring Library
Adults and teens 15 and older are welcome to join a night of creative expression - making alcohol ink coasters.
Adults and teens 15 and older are welcome to join a night of creative expression – making alcohol ink coasters. Use at home or as a gift.
Materials supplied. Free.
22mar10:00 am5:00 pmMarch Madness Book Sale10:00 am - 5:00 pm Main Library
It's time for the Friends of the Library's March Madness Book Sale. Come check out
It’s time for the Friends of the Library’s March Madness Book Sale. Come check out all the bargains and support our Friends group.The spring book sale features thousands of high-quality used books in many genres, including
Most books are priced from 50¢ to $2. Some collectible, vintage, first edition and signed books are individually priced.
The sale is refreshed with new books daily, so visit often.
A preview sale for Friends only is Sunday, March 17 from 2-5 p.m. Memberships are available at the door for $10. Scanning devices are not permitted at the preview sale.
Sale hours are:
Monday, March 18 through Thursday, March 21: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, March 22 & 23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 24: 1-5 p.m. (Bag Sale)
MasterCard, Visa and Discover are accepted.
All proceeds of this sale support programs and services of the Washington County Public Library System.
22mar2:00 pm3:00 pmSTEAM for Homeschoolers2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Glade Spring Library
Join us for a STEAM program dedicated to one of the following: science, technology, engineering, art or mathematics. This is a program
Join us for a STEAM program dedicated to one of the following: science, technology, engineering, art or mathematics. This is a program for homeschoolers, but all students are welcome.
Call our winter weather hotline, 276-492-2222 to check on library hours in case of inclement weather.
23mar10:00 am5:00 pmMarch Madness Book Sale10:00 am - 5:00 pm Main Library
It's time for the Friends of the Library's March Madness Book Sale. Come check out
It’s time for the Friends of the Library’s March Madness Book Sale. Come check out all the bargains and support our Friends group.The spring book sale features thousands of high-quality used books in many genres, including
Most books are priced from 50¢ to $2. Some collectible, vintage, first edition and signed books are individually priced.
The sale is refreshed with new books daily, so visit often.
A preview sale for Friends only is Sunday, March 17 from 2-5 p.m. Memberships are available at the door for $10. Scanning devices are not permitted at the preview sale.
Sale hours are:
Monday, March 18 through Thursday, March 21: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, March 22 & 23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 24: 1-5 p.m. (Bag Sale)
MasterCard, Visa and Discover are accepted.
All proceeds of this sale support programs and services of the Washington County Public Library System.
24mar1:00 pm5:00 pmMarch Madness Book Sale1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Main Library
It's time for the Friends of the Library's March Madness Book Sale. Come check out
It’s time for the Friends of the Library’s March Madness Book Sale. Come check out all the bargains and support our Friends group.The spring book sale features thousands of high-quality used books in many genres, including
Most books are priced from 50¢ to $2. Some collectible, vintage, first edition and signed books are individually priced.
The sale is refreshed with new books daily, so visit often.
A preview sale for Friends only is Sunday, March 17 from 2-5 p.m. Memberships are available at the door for $10. Scanning devices are not permitted at the preview sale.
Sale hours are:
Monday, March 18 through Thursday, March 21: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, March 22 & 23: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 24: 1-5 p.m. (Bag Sale)
MasterCard, Visa and Discover are accepted.
All proceeds of this sale support programs and services of the Washington County Public Library System.
25mar11:00 am11:30 amFamily Story Time11:00 am - 11:30 am Main Library
Family story time features stories, songs, rhymes and fun for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers. Free and
Family story time features stories, songs, rhymes and fun for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers.
Free and open to the public. Story times are held at the main library at 11 a.m. on Mondays, 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and 11 a.m. on Wednesdays.
No registration is required.
26mar10:00 am10:30 amFamily Story Time10:00 am - 10:30 am Main Library
Family story time features stories, songs, rhymes and fun for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers. Free and
Family story time features stories, songs, rhymes and fun for children of all ages and their parents or caregivers.
Free and open to the public. Story times are held at the main library at 11 a.m. on Mondays, 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and 11 a.m. on Wednesdays.
No registration is required.
26mar5:00 pm6:00 pmDIY Spa Treatments5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Damascus Library
Join us to create DIY Spa Treatments. We get together and make or learn about herbal remedies and personal
Join us to create DIY Spa Treatments.
We get together and make or learn about herbal remedies and personal hygiene care. We talk and listen to soothing music and let the cares of the world just slip away. Come join us in the fun.
26mar6:00 pm7:00 pmPassawatami Book Club6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Glade Spring Library
The Passawatami Book Club meets at the Glade Spring branch library the last Tuesday of the month at 6
The Passawatami Book Club meets at the Glade Spring branch library the last Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join in the discussion.
28mar6:00 am7:00 pmAmazing Hummingbird6:00 am - 7:00 pm Glade Spring Library
Join us as Randy Smith tells us about the Amazing Hummingbird. We'll learn about the biology and flight characteristics of nature's flyer
Join us as Randy Smith tells us about the Amazing Hummingbird. We’ll learn about the biology and flight characteristics of nature’s flyer wonder. you’ll also learn to attract them to your property.
All attendees receive a packet of information about these amazing tiny birds.
28mar5:00 pm5:30 pmSpring Craft for Teens5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Mendota Branch Library
Learn how to use the Cricut machine to cut out spring words of your choice. Those cut-outs will then be transferred to wood blocks to create a spring display.
Learn how to use the Cricut machine to cut out spring words of your choice. Those cut-outs will then be transferred to wood blocks to create a spring display.
31mar3:00 pm4:00 pmSunday with Friends: Frances Mayes3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Main Library
Sunday with Friends hosts Frances Mayes, author of "See You in the Piazza." About the book: This travel narrative crisscrosses Italy, discovering the hidden
Sunday with Friends hosts Frances Mayes, author of “See You in the Piazza.”
This travel narrative crisscrosses Italy, discovering the hidden secrete, the enchantment of the backstreets and the hubbub of the markets where tourists rarely go. An additional pleasure is finding inventive new recipes that celebrate Italian cuisine.
Mayes’s new novel (April, 2018) “Women in Sunlight” delves into possibilities women face as they grow older. Three southern women meet at orientation at Cornwallis Meadows, an active lifestyle retirement community. They become friends and decide to leap out of what is forecast for them and take on life in Italy. Their story is told by Kit, an American writer already ensconced on a Tuscan hillside. They’ve all had their share and more of heartache but this is their year. Mayes wrote the novel as a tribute to all the women she has met who have traveled to a foreign country in quest of enlightenment.
She has always adored houses, and when she saw Bramasole, a neglected, 200-year old Tuscan farmhouse nestled in five overgrown acres, it was love at first sight. Out of that instant infatuation came four hugely popular, books: international bestsellers “Under the Tuscan Sun,” “Bella Tuscany,” “Everyday in Tuscany,” “In Tuscany,” a collaborative photo-textbook with her husband, the poet Edward Mayes, and photographer Bob Krist, and “Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy,” another collaborative book with Edward Mayes and photographer Steven Rothfeld. They are about taking chances, living in Italy, loving and renovating an old Italian villa, the pleasures of food, wine, gardens, and the “voluptuousness of Italian life.” She was awarded the Premio Casato Prime Donne for a major contribution in the field of letters in 2009.
Her first novel, “Swan,” a family saga and mystery, returned Mayes to her childhood home of Georgia. She is also the author of the travel memoir entitled “A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller,” which debuted as a New York Times bestseller in 2006. Working again with Steven Rothfeld, she published “Shrines: Images of Italian Worship,” also in 2006. A film version of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” starring Diane Lane, was released in fall of 2003.
Prior to “Women in Sunlight,” Mayes published “Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir,” set in her hometown, Fitzgerald , Georgia. Her work has been translated into more than 50 languages.
A widely published poet and essayist, Mayes has written numerous books of poetry, including “Sunday in Another Country,” “After Such Pleasures,” “The Arts of Fire,” “Hours,” “The Book of Summer” and “Ex Voto.” Her work “The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems” is widely used in college poetry classes.
Formerly a professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University, where she directed The Poetry Center and chaired the Department of Creative Writing, Mayes now devotes herself full time to writing, traveling, restoring an historic garden. She and her husband divide their time between North Carolina and Cortona, Italy.
Join us in Hayters Gap for our STEM for Homeschoolers program.