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Drop in to make bracelets, necklaces, and new friends! (Ages 6-12)

Drop in to make bracelets, necklaces, and new friends! (Ages 6-12)
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Make bracelets and necklaces while meeting new friends at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, for ages 3–12.
Make bracelets and necklaces while meeting new friends at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, for ages 3–12.
Make bracelets and necklaces while meeting new friends at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, for ages 3–12.
Make bracelets and necklaces while meeting new friends at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, Alexandria, for ages 3–12.
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.
Songs, games, movement activities and bubbles fill the Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library for ages 0–23 months.
General Election (Alexandria) — Voters cast ballots for local and national offices, all ages.
Learn to knit with experienced knitters, all supplies provided, meeting weekly on Wednesdays, participants may start any week, for ages 3–18.
Make and play with custom‑colored play dough, mixing and kneading from scratch before free play, at Sherwood Regional Library’s meeting room, registration required, for ages 3–5.
Parent & Child Crochet (Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library) — Learn crochet basics and create a project with materials supplied, registration required, for children 8+ and their grown-ups.
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.
Discussion of Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief, meeting at Bunnyman Brewing, Alexandria, for ages 18 and up.
Reading and crafting on the Carlyle House front lawn at Carlyle House Historic Park, open to all ages.
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.