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AARP Tax Aide

11:00am - 4:00pm
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

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts
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.

Author Talk - Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective: In Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event
Event Details:

You’re invited to a riveting conversation with bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel

AARP Tax Aide

1:00pm - 6:00pm
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.

Friends of the Library Meeting

3:30pm - 5:30pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Genealogy Room
Purpose of Meeting

Friends of the Library meeting

Storytime

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool, Babies
Storytime
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.

George Washington Day

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Essex Public Library

Stitch It! Knit & Crochet Club

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts
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.

Author Talk - I Am Nobody’s Slave: An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Hawkins

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Adults
Author Talk, Virtual Event
Virtual Event
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Online
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Talk, Virtual Event
Event Details:

We welcome you to our conversation with journalist and author Lee Hawkins as he talks to us about the examination of his family’s legacy of post-enslavement trauma and resilience in this riveting memoir, I Am Nobody's Slave:

After School Crochet Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Arts & Crafts
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

1:00pm - 6:00pm
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

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool, Babies
Storytime
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: Water

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Children, Tweens
Workshop
Waitlist
Registration
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Too cold to go outside?

Board Game Cafe

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teens, Adults
Gaming
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Gaming
Event Details:

Come play board games of all types on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Bring a game or play one of ours. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided. For teens and adults. 

Making Connections: From Enslavement to Empowerment, A Musical Performance

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Everyone
Performance, Special Event
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

11:00am - 4:00pm
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

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts
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

1:00pm - 6:00pm
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

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool, Babies
Storytime
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

11:00am - 4:00pm
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

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Arts & Crafts
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

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Tweens, Teens
Arts & Crafts
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

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

10:30am - 12:00pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Arts & Crafts, Other, Special Event
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Essex Public Library
Room: Community Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Other, Special Event
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

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

AARP Tax Aide

1:00pm - 6:00pm
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.