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National Library Week 2025 National Library Week is a time to celebrate our nation's libraries and highlight the valuable role they play in their communities. First observed in 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA). |
MRSPL Foundation Fundraiser In honor of National Library Week, The Original Pancake House (on Lee Highway) will donate 15% of sales on Thursday, April 10, 2025, to the MRSPL Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting our library's programs and services. So grab a great meal and help support the library! |
Concert: Crooked Sparrow Registration Required Crooked Sparrow is the combination of award-winning singer songwriters Valeria Stewart and Kevin Dudley. They are joined by fiddler Jenny Smith. There is never a dull moment with the blend of Texas, Latin America, Folk and Americana roots in this trio’s music. |
Registration Required Join Master Naturalist Amy Bolton and learn how to incorporate basic needs of wildlife in your outdoor space. |
Drop-In There is nothing more divine than Paris in the springtime! Join Rick Steves for this month's travel video from the comfort of your chair. |
Improv Workshop: Registration Required Come unleash your imagination, embrace the unexpected, and experience the thrill of improv with Nikki Frias! |
Registration Required Join Amoula the Doula at the library! Whether you are trying to conceive, expectant parents, parents, or have had experience with infant or pregnancy loss, you are invited to participate in some birth art. |
Registration Required Celebrate National Poetry Month by experiencing a poetry reading enhanced by a musical response! Heather and Chris will highlight a few poetic forms and demonstrate the process of their call and response. |
Registration Required On the fifteenth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, come listen to a talk by acclaimed author Sharon Wishnow on her novel The Pelican Tide, which deals with a Louisiana family whose lives are upended by an oil spill. |
Registration Required At this workshop, veteran writing guide Colette Thomas Worm will share her checklist and process for creating a dynamic resume. Listen and take notes, or bring along your resume and laptop to make edits as she goes! |
Registration Required Join VCE Master Gardener Amy Crumpton to discuss how to identify a number of invasive vines and fast spreading invasive perennials and ways to remove them. |
Registration Required This talk will briefly examine characteristics of highly sensitive and highly empathetic people, identify their unique strengths, introduce approaches to improving HSP self-care, and give attendees an opportunity to connect with others from the local area. |
The first Sunday of the month Drop-In Great Books Discussion Virtual Program / Email for Zoom invite |
New Yorker Discussion Group Virtual Program / Email for Zoom invite Spanish Conversation Group Registration Required English Conversation Class Mindfulness Meditation Please note no meeting 4/9 & 4/16 Registration Preferred Drop-In |
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Grades K-5 / Drop-In Join Emily to sing songs from a wide range of musical styles accompanied by bespoke sing along tracks. |
This month's crafty café activity will be paper quilling! |
Calling all Master Builders to come and create at the library! |
Grades K-8 / Drop-In Join us for an hour of sampling new chapter books! A librarian will read aloud the first chapter of a few new chapter books to help you decide if you want to check it out! |
Signing Storytime with Ages 0-4 / Drop-In, Limited Space Sing, sign, dance, and play with Kathy MacMillan, author of the Little Hands Signing series. Gather the whole family for the fun as we learn American Sign Language vocabulary through stories, songs, and more! |
Pre-K-5 and their families / Drop-In
Join us for Coloring Club! We will have crayons, coloring sheets, blank paper, and fun music. |
Grades K-5 / Registration Required
Grab your favorite people and join us for a screening of Trolls. |
Hip-Stangs Reading Club Grades K-5 / Registration Required The Hip-Stangs Reading Club is a reading buddy program led by high school volunteers. Kids will practice reading aloud with the support of their high school buddy. |
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Ages 0-24 months / Drop-In, Limited space Join Ms. Ingrid Christina for a short lapsit with a story, songs on the ukulele, and rhymes. Stay and play with toys designed just for babies and mingle with other families. |
Tuesday Morning Book Discussion |
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 Booklist ReaderPick up a copy of the April 2025 issue of Booklist Reader while supplies last -- or browse it online! |
 MRSPL ePickThere are no waitlists to check out the eBook & eAudiobook edition of Rufi Thorpe's Margo's Got Money Troubles when you borrow from Libby or Overdrive. Through April 30! |
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Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 N Virginia Ave., Falls Church, Virginia 22046
703-248-5030 (TTY 711)www.mrspl.org |
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