Presidents Day, or George Washington Day?

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Did you know that in Virginia the federal holiday celebrated on Monday, Feb. 20 is officially named George Washington Day? Section 2.2-330...

Westover's Mid-Week Movies, February and March

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"There's music in the air" during Westover Branch Library's Mid-Week movies in February and March. If you're lookin...

Party at Central for Potomac Overlook on Feb. 5

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Potomac Overlook Regional Park by James A. George Help Potomac Overlook Regional Park kick off its 39th year with exhibits, music, birt...

Landscape Paintings by Westen Muntain at Central

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Paintings by Westen Muntain will be on display in the Central Library from Wednesday, Feb. 1 - 29.   This series of large-scaled landsc...

Truth is Stranger than Fiction Book Club

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Mon, February 13, 7pm – 8:30 pm Central Library, 2nd floor meeting room, 1015 N Quincy St (map) Truth is Stranger Than Fiction book club m...

Friends of the Library Book Club - Central

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Thursday, February 23, 10:30am – 12:00pm Arlington Central Library, Maple Tree Room (map) The Friends of the Library Thursday Morning Boo...

Library Shares in Frida Kahlo Celebration

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Arlington Public Library users have two more reasons to celebrate the works of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her husband, Diego Rivera. A...

Westover Book Group - Book Whisperers

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When:  Tuesday, February 28, 2pm – 3pm Where: Westover Branch Library (map) This month the group will discuss Priceless - how I went und...

And the (Real) Caldecott Winner Is...

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  On Monday, A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka won the coveted 2012 Caldecott Medal !   Caldecott honors were awarded to Blackout by ...

Mid-Week Movies at Westover: A Change for Feb. 1

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As scheduled Jan. 25 will be an evening at the movies with Sean Connery, starring in " Finding Forrester ," as a reclusive noveli...

Friends of the Library Monday Night Book Club

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Monday, February 27, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Central Library The Friends of the Library Monday Evening Book Club meets the 4th Monday of th...

New for Young Language Learners: Muzzy Online

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  Muzzy, the award-winning language program for kids, is now available online, free with your Library card. Muzzy is a fun and interactiv...
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Meet Hairspray Star Nova Y. Payton

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If you've seen Signature's fantastic production of Hairspray, then you've had the experience of switching from laughing to nea...

Grab a Book, Make a Connection

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Join us Sunday, Feb. 19 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. for Book Dating, at the Shirlington Branch Library.   How does it work? Grab a couple of b...
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Arlington Students Pick Mock-Caldecott Award Winners

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With the official  Caldecott announcement later this morning, we wanted to share the results from two more Arlington school groups: Stude...

Randolph Students Chose Mock-Caldecott Winners

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Here are the final results from our "mock" Caldecott committees : Randolph Elementary School selected Bone Dog by Eric Rohma...

Long Branch, Nottingham Students Chose Mock-Caldecott Winners

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Here are more results from our "mock" Caldecott committees: Long Branch Elementary School : Caldecott Winner: Grandpa Gree...

Barrett and Barcroft Students Chose Mock-Caldecott Award Winners

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 Here are more results from our "mock" Caldecott committees:   Barrett Elementary 2nd graders: Caldecott Winner: Bone Dog ...

Drew and Key Students Chose Mock-Caldecott Award Winners

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  Here are more results from our "mock" Caldecott committees: Drew Elementary School:   Caldecott Award: If Rocks Could Sing...

Carlin Springs and Claremont Students Chose Mock-Caldecott Award Winners

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  Here are more results from our "mock" Caldecott committees: Students at Claremont Elementary School chose Blackout by Joh...
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Ashlawn Students Chose Mock-Caldecott Award Winners

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Here are more results from our "mock" Caldecott committees: Ashlawn Elementary School 4th graders: Caldecott Award : A Nati...

Sundance Selections, Available at the Library

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The best of current independent movies up for awards are on display now at the Sundance Film Festival January 19th - January 29th in Park C...

Loving Libraries, Cherrydale-style

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If the winter weather has you down, take a trip back to that wonderful Saturday last July when the Cherrydale community celebrated 50 years...

Patrick Henry Students' Choice for Caldecott

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Over the last several months, students at Patrick Henry Elementary School have been studying and discussing several books to determine whic...

What's Going on with the Internet Today?

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A number of high-profile websites will be unavailable on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in protest to bills pending in Congress regarding Internet copyr...

Winter Weather: Are You Ready?

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When the snow start to fall, do you know where to look for winter weather info? Find links to school closure info, power outage maps, ro...

Library Staff Spot Missing Woman, Help Reunite Her with Family

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Arlington Public Library staff know their community. ARLNow.com has details on how Central Library reference librarians and Library secur...

Happy Birthday Steven Soderbergh!

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Windy, cold weather keeping you inside? Stay indoors and celebrate Steven Soderbergh's birthday this weekend by watching one of his fil...

Financial Education Series Designed for Women

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5 week Financial Education for Women Series: Smart Money Management Central Library , 2nd Floor Meeting Room Wednesdays, from 6:30 – 8:30...

Conversando sobre libros - Spanish book club

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Meets Tuesday, January 17, 7pm – 8pm Central Library, 1015 N Quincy St - Maple Tree Room (map)  The book club, which discusses books in Sp...