Experience the joy of live jazz with the Windmill Jazz Collective! This storytime will be held inside in the Large Meeting Room. Ages 0-5 with an adult. Stop by the Children's Desk for a ticket for entry. They will be distributed starting at 10:30 am.
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Experiment painting with pinecones, acorns, and leaves creates new patterns and textures in the Sherwood Meeting Room, Alexandria, registration required, for ages 3–10.
Read aloud to Asiago the dog in John Marshall Library’s Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, registration required, for ages 5–10.
Monthly horror fan meet at Kate Waller Barrett Library offers rotating DIY projects—black‑cat painting, clay jack‑o‑lanterns, haunted‑house terrariums—and horror media discussion for ages 13+.
Rachael Yamagata performs intimate, cinematic alternative pop with Will Dailey at The Birchmere Music Hall, tickets $39.50.
Stories, songs, and movement fill the library’s outdoor Reading Garden; yoga mats provide seating and tickets are given at the Children’s Desk, for ages 0‑5 with an adult.
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.
Preschool stories and songs in the Martha Washington Library meeting room, for ages 3–5 (18‑36 months with adult), registration required.
Jamie Novak teaches virtual yard‑sale planning, covering item selection, pricing strategies, and leftover handling, ages 13 and up.
Amy Strauss leads a workshop at James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library exploring six intuitive archetypes through stories, reflection, conversation, and experiential exercises, for ages 18 and up.
Stories, songs, and rhymes about forest animals in John Marshall Library’s Meeting Rooms 1 and 2 for ages 3–5, with adult assistance; registration encouraged, walk‑ins welcome.
Shop over 10,000 books, CDs, and DVDs at the Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, with a $10 bag sale on Saturday, all ages.
French conversation practice at Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, adults engage in real-life dialogue without formal instruction, ages 18 and up.
