Name: Making Connections: From Enslavement to Empowerment, A Musical Performance
Start: 2025-02-22T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-22T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Essex Public Library

Text Reading The Journey from Enslavement to Empowerment A Musical History Performance with the Harvey Family of Newtown superimposed over a map of upper King & Queen County.

Making Connections: From Enslavement to Empowerment, A Musical Performance

Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Performance, Special Event

Age Group:

Everyone

Event Details:

Joseph Young and family present From Enslavement to Empowerment: A Musical Performance, in which they recount their family’s journey from slavery to today. From Enslavement to Empo...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Performance, Special Event

Event Details:

Joseph Young and family present From Enslavement to Empowerment: A Musical Performance, in which they recount their family’s journey from slavery to today.

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Text that reads "Stitch It!" with pink and blue yarn border

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

Friends of the Library Meeting

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Genealogy Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

FOL meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Genealogy Room

Purpose of Meeting

FOL meeting

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Storytime

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Preschool, Babies

Preschool Storytime:

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Preschool, Babies

Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

After School Crochet Club

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens

Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from ...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from Knot Naughty Kids, a local yarn business, to help you get the hang

Text reading "Making Connections through Indigenous Storytelling, Food & Art" on a blue sky with clouds background and pictures of a plate of foods made from indigenous recipes and painted bottle gourds as well as the text Sky Woman and Muskrat

Sky Woman and Muskrat: Making Connections through Indigenous Storytelling, Food, and Art

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Other, Special Event

Age Group:

Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Event Details:

Sharing new foods and ideas can be a fun way to connect with friends, new and old! Join us for part 1 of an exploration of storytelling, traditional art forms and Native food...

Open

Required

Open

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Other, Special Event

Required

Seats Remaining: 12

Event Details:

Sharing new foods and ideas can be a fun way to connect with friends, new and old!

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Storytime

Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Preschool, Babies

Preschool Storytime:

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Preschool, Babies

Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Wild Pages: Plants

Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Workshop

Age Group:

Children, Tweens

Event Details:

Too cold to go outside? Children ages 5-12 are invited to explore nature in the meeting room of the Library through interesting books, fun exploratory activities and hands-on proje...

Waitlist

Required

Waitlist

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, Tweens

Program Type: Workshop

Required

Seats Remaining: 0

Event Details:

Too cold to go outside?

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, March 10, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Author Talk - Power of Reset and How to Change What’s Not Working with Author Dan Heath

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Online at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Author Talk, Virtual Event

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Are you ready to for a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives? Join us for an enlighten...

Virtual Event

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event

Event Details:

Are you ready to for a revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in our daily lives?

Storytime

Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Preschool, Babies

Preschool Storytime:

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Preschool, Babies

Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

AARP Tax Aide

Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11:00am - 4:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others wh...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Do you like to knit or crochet? Join us for a friendly, informal gathering of crafters. Get help with a project, share ideas and inspiration, or just enjoy the company of others while you knit or crochet together.

After School Crochet Club

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens

Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from ...

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Tweens, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

The library meeting room is open for young people to gather and crochet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. If you are just a beginner, we have two volunteers from Knot Naughty Kids, a local yarn business, to help you get the hang

AARP Tax Aide

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Purpose of Meeting:

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-4...

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are available to provide free tax preparation assistance by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Essex Public Library staff at 804-443-4945.

Storytime

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Community Meeting Room at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Storytime

Age Group:

Preschool, Babies

Preschool Storytime:

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Community Meeting Room

Age Group: Preschool, Babies

Program Type: Storytime

Preschool Storytime

Join Ms. Beth for a good story, fun songs, rhymes, and activities that help get little ones ready to read! For children 5 and under with an adult caregiver.

Author Talk - How Women’s Liberation Transformed America: In Conversation with Clara Bingham

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Online at Essex Public Library

Program Type:

Author Talk, Virtual Event

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Join us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Tra...

Virtual Event

Library Branch: Essex Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event

Event Details:

Join us for a transformative conversation with award-winning journalist and author, Clara Bingham, as she chats with us about her new book, The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973

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