September is nearly here and we are coming off of a very successful series of summer programs. While the Summer Reading Program and our Solar [non-]Eclipse Party will be difficult to compete with, we have a couple of programs this month that are sure to give them a run for their money! Writers in Conversation, [...]
Or is it? Join us on Thursday, August 17, to learn more about the upcoming solar eclipse, and again on Monday, August 21, to celebrate it! At noon on August 17, “Astro Bob” King, of Arrowhead Astronomical Society and Duluth News Tribune fame, will present a program on the eclipse. Topics covered include the whys [...]
The winning name is Mallery, with eleven votes. The name Iris had 9 votes, Petunia had 3, and there were 5 other names suggested. Please join us further in wishing Mallery the best of luck when her babies hatch.
It is time for the spring book and media sale! Twice each year, the Friends of the Virginia Public Library come together to organize books and media items in order to raise funds for items and programs which they help the library to provide. Most of the items in the book sale used to be [...]
Paint your own piece of Minnesota art with Minnesota artist Sarah Guy-Levar. Sarah will teach us about cold press ground while we create our own unique designs in watercolor. Minnesota Woodcut This event is at noon on Thursday, April 10th. Call the library for more information. This project was funded in part or [...]
Most of you have already heard that there will be a total solar eclipse on August 21 of this year. Yes, Virginia, Minnesota is too far north to experience totality, but we will still be able to view part of it: About 60% of the sun will appear covered from NE Minnesota. Image from [...]
Kim Johnson, of the Going to Pieces Quilt Guild, and Pamella Schultz, of the Lyric First Stage Gallery Visual Arts Group, have loaned us some of their art for the month of March. Come on in for the big picture! Pamella Schultz' Fish Fifty Squares for Fifty Years
Have the small tastes of spring over the past weeks ruined winter for you? Are you ready for spring fun to begin? Join us on Thursday, March 16, at noon for a Brown Bag Lunch on shed antler hunting. Joe Shead, Two Harbors author of Shed Hunting: A Guide to Finding White-Tailed Deer Antlers, will [...]
Do you ever wonder how materials in the library are organized? Do the letters and numbers on the books' spine labels confuse you? Do you marvel at how easy it is for library staff to find the book that you searched all over for? If you answered any of these questions in the affirmative, you [...]
Hot Reads for Cold Nights When the weather is cold, it’s time to find a hot read and join Virginia Public Library’s annual “Hot Reads for Cold Nights” reading program. This is the 19th year that "Hot Reads for Cold Nights" is being sponsored by the Friends of Virginia Public Library. Area residents over 18 are invited to [...]