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May the Fourth Be With You: Star Wars Movie Night Celebrate all things Star Wars during our May 4th event where we'll be watching the original "Star Wars: A New Hope"! Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Location: East End Branch |
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Garden Learning Day Join us for an afternoon of presentations from the Richmond Master Gardeners! They'll discuss various garden-related topics, including native plants and invasive species. It's sure to be a day of good "green" fun! Date: Saturday, May 7, 2022 Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM Location: Main Library - Library Park (behind the library) |
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Anime Club Do you love anime and manga? Then be sure to join us every second Wednesday of the month for East End Library's Anime Club, when we'll be watching anime, chatting about our favorite series, and munching on popular Japanese snacks (Pocky, anyone?). Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 PM Location: East End Branch
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Get Crafty Together: DIY Seed Bombs Celebrate spring by planting seeds wherever you might roam with these easy DIY seed bombs! With just water, biodegradable paper, and flower seeds you can craft the perfect vessel to turn even the most drab yard into a colorful wildflower garden. Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 PM Location: East End Branch |
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Teen Advisory Group (TAG)
Current and prospective TAG members, join us for our monthly meeting held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Help us plan teen programs, give feedback on the YA collection, edit our teen zine and have your voices heard concerning all things TEEN at RPL.
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: East End Branch
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Urban Fiction Experience 2022 The Urban Fiction Experience 2022 is a fun, social way to connect with authors and readers who love the genre and supporting each other. There will be performances, readings, author talks, and chances to connect 1-on-1. Featured guests include Breeze the Poet, Haikeem Stokes, and Silk White! Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022 Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Location: Main Library |
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Gaming Teen Alliance (GTA) Get ready for East End's very first video game book club, the Gaming Teen Alliance (GTA)! Join us as we discuss our favorite video games, watch YouTube and Twitch streamers, and play some games of our own (Among Us, anyone?). Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 PM Location: East End Branch
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Broad Rock Comix Club
Love comic books, graphic novels, and/or manga? Want to try your hand at making your own? Come to the Broad Rock Comix Club for fun, creative prompts, and to discuss your favorite comics! Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022 Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm Location: Broad Rock Branch |
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Theater Games & Improv for Teens Join us for the special workshop series taught by Virginia Rep teaching artists! Anyone ever tell you you’re a drama llama? Then this program is for you! Come join us in theater games and improv workshop for teens. No experience is necessary to take part in this program — everyone is welcome! Come learn to take risks, have fun and learn to think on your feet! Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022 Time: 4:00pm - 5:15pm Location: Main Library
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New Books to Get Excited About |
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What We Harvest
by Ann Fraistat
With a quicksilver blight poisoning the farms of Hollows End, Wren turns to her ex, Derek, and together they delve into the town's history to find the source of this pestilence, only to expose a dark truth that could destroy them all.
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Practical Demonology
by Clare Rees
When plague strikes the citadel, Non and the other students are evacuated to the ruined Cirtop Castle, and while there, she has the chance to study the demons that infected and killed her mother
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A Forgery of Roses
by Jessica S. Olson
A portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies, Myra, when her gift is discovered by the governor's wife, is forced to complete a special portrait resurrecting the governor's dead son, which brings her face-to-face with a killer.
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Love, Decoded
by Jennifer Yen
When the friend-matching app she co-created for an app-writing contest goes viral and leads to scandal, top student Gigi realizes her desire to be the best could cost her the people she cares about.
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This Might Get Awkward
by Kara Mcdowell
Rescuing her long-time crush, Beau Booker, from the water, 17-year-old Gemma, with Beau in a coma, is mistaken for his girlfriend and, pulled into his warm, boisterous family’s orbit, wants to keep them in her life despite everything being built on a lie.
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Wave
by Diana Farid
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
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