Storytimes at the Blacksburg Library
Toddlers 2-3 years – Tuesdays at 10:00 AM
– Wednesdays at 10:00 AM
Preschoolers 4-5 years – Thursdays at 10:00 AM
Tots 12-24 months – Fridays at 10:30 AM
Babies 0-12 months – Fridays at 11:00 AM
All Ages Storytime – Saturdays at 11:00 AM
Storytimes at the Christiansburg Library
Tots 12-24 months – Mondays at 10:00 AM
– Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
Toddlers 2-3 years – Wednesdays at 10:00 AM
All Ages – Fridays at 11:00 AM
Storytimes at the Jessie Peterman Library, Floyd
All Ages Storytime – Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Storytimes at the Meadowbrook Public Library, Shawsville
All Ages Storytime – Thursdays at 10:30 AM
Stay and Play, a Library Playgroup
Every Wednesday after Storytime, 10:30 – 11:30 AM, Blacksburg Library
Under their parent’s supervision, babies and toddlers can play during this informal gathering. This program is for ages 0-4 and meets in the Storytime room.
Stay and Play, a Library Playgroup
Every Wednesday after Storytime EXCEPT the first Wednesday of the month, 10:30 – 11:30 AM, Christiansburg Library
Parents and caregivers are invited to socialize while supervising an informal play group for their babies and toddlers. Ages 0-4 years.
Club M.O.M. (Meeting Other Munchkins)
Every Wednesday after Storytime, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM, Jessie Peterman Library, Floyd
This play group will meet every Wednesday there is a Storytime planned. Relatives can relax and have a cup of tea while their children play with blocks and other toys.
Art Exhibit: Sue Hossack
All Month of July, at the Blacksburg Library
After a long career in software engineering, Sue retrained as an occupational therapist in 2003. She began painting after retiring in 2013. She paints mostly in acrylic and ink, and prefers subjects with strong shadows such as trees, still life, boats, and animals, using vivid colors to bring the objects to life. She has a studio at the Art Bank, 263A Blue Grass Trail, Newport, VA (Facebook @Banking Art).
Art Exhibit: Becca Imbur
All of July
View local artist, Becca Imbur’s amazing work. Imbur creates paper and textiles using nature-based materials sourced from the New River Valley. Creating journals, blank books, art journals and artists books. She collects everyday objects to create the colors and patterns that are found on her papers and textiles.
Artist in Residence: Lisa Wood’s Art Students
All Month of July, at the Christiansburg Library
This season’s exhibit features pencil drawings by the students of Lisa Wood.
BackPack Program Donations
All Month of July, at the Meadowbrook Public Library
The Meadowbrook Public Library is a collection point for items needed for the BackPack Program. Bring your donations of the following items to the library during July: Pop-tops, ravioli, applesauce, peanut butter, plastic bottles of jelly, cereal, 100% Juice boxes, canned tuna or chicken, mac and cheese, Ramen noodles, canned fruit, granola bars or cereal bars. We will also be collecting school supplies for these children.
Children’s Activity Table
All Month of July, at the Meadowbrook Public Library
Make a variety of summer crafts.
Dinosaur Vs. ?
All Month of July, at the Blacksburg Library
Come submit who you think Bob Shea’s Dinosaur should take on next and have the community vote on whose idea is the most popular!
E. Pluribus Unum
All Month of July, at the Jessie Peterman Memorial Library
Looking for something to do? Come in and help put together a 1,000 piece puzzle.
School Supply Drive for Meadowbrook Public Library Backpack Program
All Month of July, at the Christiansburg Library
Support your Community! We are a collection point for items needed for Meadowbrook Public Library’s Backpack program. Bring your donations of the following items to the library during July: highlighters, pencils, loose leaf paper, marble composition, rulers, glue, pens, or crayons.
StoryWalk©
All Month of July, at the Christiansburg Library
Exercise your brain and body as you read and walk the trail! Begin at the library or the College Street entrance of Downtown Park. This month’s book is Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert.
Finding Jessie Peterman
All month
Learn all about our library’s esteemed namesake. We’ve compiled information about the life of Jessie Peterman by utilizing the library’s genealogy resources.
Jessie May Peterman was born on July 26, 1879. Visit the library during the month of July to learn more about Jessie Peterman and visit our interactive display to pick up tips and tricks to help begin your own genealogy research at the library!
In Miss Jessie’s Gallery
All month On display in Miss Jessie’s Gallery are abstract expressionist Adija Wolf and potter/instructor Aaron Moseley. Wolf’s paintings “dance dimensionally from one to the other and back again, musings on the energetic nature underlying the world we think we know.”– Doug Rubel. Moseley teaches classes at the Floyd Center for the Arts and creates functional work with a specific interest in wood-fire and soda kilns. You don’t want to miss this exhibit!
