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Keep up-to-date with the latest news about the Central Rappahannock Regional Library.
04/09/2009 - 2:06pm
Music on the Steps: June & July Lineup Announced!

It may feel like winter has come back for one last chilly embrace, but soon it'll be time for flip flops, cookouts, and ... Music on the Steps! The CRRL's popular summer concert series kicks off on Monday, June 1, with The Sensations playing live on the library steps.
See the June and July lineup now!

04/06/2009 - 3:01pm
April Book Sales

Spring BIG Book Sale at Headquarters: Saturday, April 18 - Wednesday, April 22
Preview Party: Friday, April 17, 7-9pm, for Friends of the Library
(Join or update your membership at the door!)
Thousands of books, audio visual materials and so much more. The prices can't be beat!
Find out more!

Don't miss these book sales at our branches:
Porter Lobby Book Sale: Friday, April 3 - Thursday, April 9
Salem Church Lobby Book Sale: Friday, April 17 – Thursday, April 23
Snow Lobby Book Sale: All day, every day!

04/06/2009 - 3:02pm
CRRL Presents: Shirley Heim, Educator and Humanitarian

This interview airs beginning April 8.
Shirley Heim has already been recognized for a lifetime of achievements, but she hasn’t stopped yet. Debby Klein talks to Shirley about her love for and dedication to education and worldwide community service.

05/03/2010 - 4:03pm

The library's Virginiana Room and other historic research centers, sites, and organizations need volunteers. Come to the Fredericksburg Area Museum's 2009 Volunteer Job Fair on Monday, April 6, to learn more about volunteer opportunities in history and other fields such as health and human services, education, environment, and the arts. For more information on opportunities to volunteer your time to help with preserving the past, check out our article, Helping with History.

09/04/2009 - 10:23am

Teens, help celebrate National Poetry Month by submitting your original poetry!

03/23/2009 - 10:17am
C-SPAN's Civics Bus

In a nod to the historic first 100 days of the new presidential administration, C-SPAN's Civics Buses launched its "100 Days, 100 Schools" tour, visiting 100 middle and high schools, universities, and communities beginning January 21. Their Bus 2 is visiting the 'Burg on March 26.  You can step on the bus at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Headquarters, between 2 and 4 p.m.

04/01/2009 - 3:09pm

Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Fréjus, France, have been sister cities, promoting cultural exchange, since 1980. The Central Rappahannock Regional Library and the Fredericksburg Sister City Association, in the two cities' first exchange between libraries, this week welcome the Fréjus municipal library's Catherine Lecat, director, and Christine Ortuno, manager of the adult reading room and rare books collection, for a week of Libraries, American Style. 

03/20/2009 - 12:52pm

Libraries are all about access to information, so this seems an appropriate place to point you to the Virginia Coalition for Open Government's call for nominations for their Freedom of Information awards.

"Do you know someone who works hard to keep government open and accountable? Have you read an article, seen a television show or heard a radio program that helped you understand the importance of government records and meetings? Has someone in local or state government demonstrated a real commitment to citizen access to government information?"

03/19/2009 - 9:37am

Louisa May Alcott did not write because she had the need to get the stories out. Louisa May wrote for one reason: she wanted her family to be rich.

03/24/2009 - 3:22pm
Atrium Gallery: Joni Ulman Lewis

Collage Artist Joni Ulman Lewis is a dumpster diver, a flea market fiend, and a confirmed pack rat. Nostalgia and repurposing are important elements in her work. View her work through March in the Headquarters Atrium Gallery.
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