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December 2023

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December 2023

12 Days of Richmond Public Library

Featured Resource - Magzter

What's Happening - Winter 2023

12 Days of Richmond Public Library

Richmond Public Library is your public library. Although books are in our DNA, public libraries of today are so much more. In the spirit of holiday giving, we are presenting (see what we did there?) a series of blog posts highlighting all of the resources available to you — in the library, or at home — to become a Richmond Public Library power user. All you need is a library card.

Check out our Shelf Respect Blog every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for new tips and info! We've already posted a few to get your started:

Books and Reading

Let's Get Digital!

Job Seekers

Featured Resource - Magzter

Looking for the most popular magazines and newspapers from around the world? They’re all on Magzter, the world’s largest and most-loved digital newsstand. Magzter features thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. It is available as an app on Apple iOS , Android (Google Play) and Amazon Appstore, and a website for browser-based reading.

Here are a few popular picks for December:

Raising Her Game – Vogue US features Nicki Minaj in a contemplative mood. Dive into her thoughts on marriage, motherhood, and creativity. Exclusive interview in Vogue’s December issue.

TIME 100 CLIMATE: Voices of Change! Explore the insights of influential leaders driving business climate action in TIME's exclusive cover story. Discover their impactful journeys toward a sustainable future.

Delve into the transformative period of Reconstruction and its lasting consequences on America's racial landscape. Explore the challenges and triumphs of this era, and gain insights into the unfinished business that continues to shape American society today.

Read the latest issue of The Atlantic and learn from America's past to shape a brighter future.

What's Happening - Winter 2023

Our Winter 2023 edition of What's Happening is here and available at all Richmond Public Library locations! Find information on events at all nine of our locations, learn about our digital resources, or read about volunteer opportunities.

Featured in this issue:

Winter's Most Anticipated Titles
Black History Month
2024 YAVA Award Nominees
Winter Horrorland Film Festival
and RVA Reads

Prefer a digital version?

Curated Winter Reads

Check out our Libby app from Overdrive for specially curated lists for your winter reading pleasure. Our Best of the Best 2023 list highlights all the most popular titles according to Amazon, Publisher's Weekly, TIME, Barnes and Noble, Book Riot, and Oprah Daily.

Interested in reading something more off the beaten path? Peruse Long Reads for Long Winter Nights. These hefty titles will keep you warm and entertained for hours!

A Christmas Carol

Join us for this 30 minute outdoor performance extravaganza as two actors attempt the grueling and stage defying act of recreating Charles Dickens’s classic tale of redemption. The actors will transform themselves into multiple characters of all ages, gender and spectral variety, putting themselves in psychological harm's way as they expose their inner souls to the full range of emotions needed to transport their audience from laughter to pity to shock to love to despair to hope. The thespians will perform this feat of theatrical wizardry on the stage of the Virginia Theatre Machine with full production values: lights, sound, sets, props, puppets, costumes, & special effects. For ages 3-93. Standing room is available, or bring your own outdoor chair!

Westover Hills Branch

December 2

10:00 AM

Ginter Park Branch

December 13

5:00 PM

Access Materials

Your Library at Your Fingertips: Always Open Online!

With your library card, you can check out tens of thousands of digital books, audiobooks, magazines, movies, and TV shows and explore more than 30 databases. But what if you don't have a card? Don't worry, the e-card is here to save the day!

Click this link or the images to the right for more information. Answer a few questions and you'll instantly be given access to a treasure trove of materials, enough to keep you busy, entertained, and enlightened.

Holiday Closings

All Richmond Public Library locations will be closed the following dates this month:

WINTER HOLIDAY/CHRISTMAS

Thursday, December 21, 2023 – All libraries close at 5:00 PM
Friday, December 22, 2023 – All libraries closed
Saturday, December 23, 2023 – All libraries closed
Sunday, December 24, 2023 – Christmas Eve – All libraries closed
Monday, December 25, 2023 – Christmas Day – All libraries closed

NEW YEAR'S DAY

Sunday, December 31, 2023 – Broad Rock Branch closed
Monday, January 1, 2023 – All libraries closed

Moment of Calm

"To Winter"

By Claude McKay

Stay, season of calm love and soulful snows!
There is a subtle sweetness in the sun,
The ripples on the stream's breast gaily run,
The wind more boisterously by me blows,
And each succeeding day now longer grows.
The birds a gladder music have begun,
The squirrel, full of mischief and of fun,
From maples' topmost branch the brown twig throws.
I read these pregnant signs, know what they mean:
I know that thou art making ready to go.
Oh stay! I fled a land where fields are green
Always, and palms wave gently to and fro,
And winds are balmy, blue brooks ever sheen,
To ease my heart of its impassioned woe.

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