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Atumpan: Tales of the Griot
Published on May 20th, 2011
0 comments Trek to West Africa to the beat of the talking drum with storytellers Corey and LaQuita Marie Staten. They come to Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries arrayed in lavish costumes and brimming with...
Jonathan Austin
Published on May 20th, 2011
0 comments Jonathan Austin: Juggling, Unicycling, & Comedy!   Jonathan Austin defies physics with juggling, unicycling, and comedy. He can juggle anything—canoe paddles, rubber chickens,baseball bats (...
Kim and Jimbo Cary World Music
Published on May 20th, 2011
0 comments Kids of all ages are invited to join the revelry at Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries with world music from Kim and Jimbo Cary. The audience is invited to play along with an Irish jig, a Mexican...
Larsen’s Amazing World of Reptiles
Published on May 20th, 2011
0 comments The Larsen family invites kids of all ages to slither up close and personal to a dazzling array of lizards, frogs, turtles, and even snakes—oh my! Caution: Holding, petting, and greeting eye-to-eye...
Zephyr the Magician
Published on May 20th, 2011
0 comments Kids of all ages will be amazed, astounded, astonished, and have a really great time with Zephyr the Magician at Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries. His magic show is filled with music, comedy,...
Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra
Published on May 20th, 2011
0 comments Kids of all ages can dance to the home-grown sound of musicians with dirt under their fingernails at Jefferson-Madison Regional Libraries.  Band members from the Richmond Indigenous Gourd...
Family Fun at the Library
Published on May 11th, 2011
0 comments The whole family is invited to join the fun at Northside Library. We’ll tell stories, sing songs, and make crafts the whole family will enjoy. Today’s adventure is Feathered Friends Bird Fun....
Manga Manga Manga
Published on May 11th, 2011
0 comments Central Library is going manga crazy this summer. Teens in grades 6-12 can join the club. Registration is required and ongoing. Stop by the Reference Department at the Central Library to pick up your...
Snap: Sunset at Crozet Library
Published on Mar 14th, 2010
1 comments The Crozet Library gleams in the afternoon light of February 28. For a while, there was a plan to replace the former railroad depot with a mammoth new library nearby. Although a house was demolished...
Big Read, great gumbo: A recipe before reading
Published on Mar 1st, 2010
1 comments Gaines PUBLICITY PHOTO As part of the Big Read’s promotion of Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying, the folks at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library are turning fiction into fact, or rather...
Torn pages: Scottsville, Crozet libraries could close
Published on Jan 19th, 2010
31 comments Library trustee Timothy Tolson and director John Halliday listen to grim words from Anthony Townsend. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER Not only is Crozet not getting the mammoth new library it was expecting,...
So far: No terrorists or FBI sighted in libraries
Published on Jul 4th, 2002
0 comments The FBI can march into a library and demand the records of patrons suspected of terrorist activities, thanks to the Patriot Act that President Bush signed last October in the wake of the September 11...