Busy Beavers

Tue · Nov 17·10 AM – 12 PM·Richard Byrd Library — Richard Byrd Conference Room · Springfield

Polish Conversation Group (Richard Byrd Library, Springfield) — Practice Polish with a native speaker in a drop‑in session, adults only, ages 18 and up.

Tue · Nov 17·7 PM – 9 PM·Richard Byrd Library — Richard Byrd Conference Room · Springfield

Free English conversation practice for beginners with a volunteer in the Richard Byrd Library conference room, drop‑in style, for ages 18 and up.

Tue · Nov 17·10:15 AM – 11:15 AM·Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library · Alexandria

Storytelling, music, and movement activities at Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, with supplies provided by the Friends of the Burke Library, for ages 3–12.

Tue · Nov 17·10:15 AM · 11 AM·Central Library — Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium · Arlington

Read-aloud stories, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and flannel boards engage families at Central Library’s Barbara M. Donnellan Auditorium, with first-come, first-served seating, all ages.

Sun · Nov 15·10 AM – 11:30 AM·Hidden Pond Nature Center Location, 8511 Greeley Blvd., Springfield, VA 22152

Bird identification discussion introduces park's birds and basic spotting skills at Hidden Pond Nature Center, for ages 12 and up.

Sat · Nov 21·10:30 AM – 11 AM·Richard Byrd Library · Springfield

Storytime in the children’s area at Richard Byrd Library offers books and songs for families with children birth to five, ages 5 and under.

Wed · Nov 25·10:30 AM – 11:15 AM·Richard Byrd Library — Richard Byrd Meeting Room 1, Richard Byrd Meeting Room 2 · Springfield

Hands‑on STEAM introduction with tinkering, learning and imagination activities in Richard Byrd Library meeting rooms, for ages 3–5.

Fri · Oct 30·12 PM – 5 PM·Riverbend Park Location, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA 22066

Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.

Fri · Oct 30·5 PM – 6 PM·Hidden Oaks Nature Center Location, 7701 Royce Street, Annandale, VA 22003

Spooky Dry Ice Science (Hidden Oaks Nature Center) — bubbling concoctions, screaming spoons, and Boo bubbles demonstrate states of matter, for ages 5 and up.