Archive for “book”
Good press for HRF’s Church Hill: The St. John’s Church Historic District
Edwin Slipek writes about the new Church Hill: The St. John’s Church Historic District in this week’s Style: This is a must-have book for Richmonders who care about their city. The stewardship of the Historic Richmond Foundation (and the hundreds of folks who have painstakingly restored the area), John G. Zehmer’s scholarship and the talented [...]
HRF party for Church Hill Old & Historic Districts
Historic Richmond is throwing a party to celebrate their new book, Church Hill Old & Historic Districts.
Author talk at St.John’s Liberty Lecture Series
John Peters, author of the new Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery, will be speaking Tuesday evening at St.John’s as part of the Liberty Lecture Series. TUES Oct.5 6PM FREE The Liberty Lecture Series covers different aspects of political, social, economic, and national history. Each lecture is based on the scholarly work of the guest lecturer. This series [...]
Author talk on Hollywood Cemetery set for St.John’s
From the Valentine Richmond History Center: “Our new color, hardbound book about Hollywood Cemetery is finally here! Pick one up today in our Gift Shop. Or order online next week.” Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery A new book by Richmond resident John Peters, published by the History Center. This hardbound collection of historical and contemporary photographs and [...]
Chimborazo Elementary Book Fair runs May 3-14
The Chimborazo Elementary School Spring Book Fair runs May 3-14. Visit and have lunch with students, browse the bookstore for purchases, check out the guest readers, and consider purchasing a book for a student in need.
Snoop coming to East End Library
As part of the ongoing book club aimed at high school aged boys and girls in the area sponsored by DTLR, Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, author and actor from the award winning HBO hit “The Wire”, is coming to the East End Library to talk about her memoir, Grace After Midnight on March 30. Teens interested [...]
Urban Book Club takes up Monster at East End Library
DTLR and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation are coming back to the East End Library for their second Urban Book Club discussion. These two generous organizations will be providing free copies of Walter Dean Myers’ Monster, DTLR staff to facilitate the discussion, plus free pizza! The books will be availabe at the East End Library [...]
A Family Affair: Children’s Classics for Adults
In an effort to enrich, empower and inform families, the library is offering an adult year round reading program to introduce adults to books for children and to promote discussions of issues affecting children. During October and November, the Library will “Celebrate Family,” with a series of book discussions lead by Dr. Libby Gruner, Associate [...]
