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1,000 children’s picture books

By Press release on January 13, 2021 Libraries

A campaign to raise money for children’s books for local libraries is underway. Friends of the Chesterfield Public Library call this the “signature” part of the association’s 50th anniversary celebration. “There is the need for the county’s public libraries to replenish the high-in-demand but very worn collections,” said Kathryn Helen Geranios, campaign chairman. “During 2020, picture books have become the second most in-demand for the Chesterfield County Public Library systemwide,” she said. “The dedicated librarians are attempting to accommodate the requests from ten library branches; this task is especially demanding during Covid-12 with some public libraries still closed to the…

Chesterfield libraries use 3-D printers to aide in fight against COVID

By Elliott Fausz on May 19, 2020 Libraries

Chesterfield County Public Library is donating fabric masks to a women’s shelter and 3-D-printed plastic straps for masks to Chippenham Hospital. Library staff made 75 masks and 100 plastic straps using the library’s sewing machines and 3-D printers. The plastic straps are designed to attach to a mask’s elastic ear loops, which relieves the pressure from the wearer’s ears. Library staff are making approximately 100 additional masks to donate to a doctor’s office and a local company. Recently, the library donated 20 fabric masks to a Chesterfield County company.

‘Unsung women of the civil rights movement’ coming Oct. 26

By Press release on October 15, 2019 Community, Events, History, Libraries

Theresa Ann Walker The Friends of Chesterfield County Public Library will host a fundraising event, featuring an interactive panel discussion called “The Role of Women in the Civil Rights Movement: The Chesterfield and Petersburg Experience.” The program – which will include Theresa Ann Walker, civil rights activist and widow of the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker – will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Central Library, 7051 Lucy Corr Blvd, Chesterfield. The event is free, but registration is required. A networking reception is scheduled at 6 p.m. and has a $10 admission fee. The program…

Meadowdale Library celebrates 10 years in current building

By Becky Wright on November 27, 2018 Community, Libraries

ABOVE on right: Former branch manager John Twombly, Mike Mabe, director of Library Services and current branch manager James Hudson. Meadowdale Library recently celebrated 10 years in its new building. More than 200 people attended a Nov. 10 celebratory event. Many changes have come to the library over the years. The library was temporarily located in a trailer in the parking lot of the old Fulghum Center off Cogbill Road from February 2007 until November 2008. The library was reopened as a 20,000-square-foot facility that was funded through a 2004 bond referendum. During the year such programs and events as Comic…

Event encourages students to read during the summer

By Caleb M Soptelean on June 5, 2018 Libraries, Schools

Trying to help avert a “summer slide” was the driving force behind last week’s first-ever Summer Reading Palooza. The event, which was organized by three librarians at Carver Middle School, drew students from 13 local schools. Stephanie Stargardt, head librarian at Carver, said the event was organized to get “our feeder pattern schools together … to celebrate literacy and promote our summer reading programs.” Students played games, and three authors donated signed copies of their books, she said. The Chesterfield County Public Library sent two staffers to support the event, Stargardt said. She added that the Chester and Enon libraries…

Encourager: Matoaca High grad speaks to youth at annual event

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 10, 2018 Features, Libraries

Helping teens develop leadership skills was one of the ideas behind the Chesterfield County Public Library’s mini-leadership conferences. The fourth annual three-day conference – officially known as the Teen Leadership Institute – was held at the Chester Library last week. It featured motivational speaker Charles McLeod. McLeod – who grew up in southern Chesterfield County and graduated from Matoaca High School – was the first black basketball player at Richmond Professional Institute (now Virginia Commonwealth University). He credits his humble beginnings and early years living in public housing, aka “the projects,” for keeping him grounded and giving him the ability…

Chesterfield robotics team gears up for battlefield

By Press release on November 29, 2017 Community, Libraries

By Kasey Tross, team mentor, Librarybots The LibraryBots, FTC robotics team 7278 sponsored by the Chesterfield County Public Library, is preparing to compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge Northern Virginia Qualifier to be held Dec. 2 at Battlefield High School in Haymarket, where they will face off against thirty-nine other FIRST FTC teams. The LibraryBots brought home a first-place trophy from Battlefield last year, and they are aiming for a repeat performance. The LibraryBots began designing their robot at the season kickoff Sept. 9, and they have been working to build and test it over the past two months.…

Comic Con draws big crowd

By Mark Fausz on April 11, 2017 Community, Events, Libraries

Spiderman stepped aside so Darth Vader could get through the milling crowd. At the check-out desk of the Meadowdale Library, Princess Leia scanned books for patrons. Stormtroopers, super heroes, and all kinds of characters one could imagine wondered about. It was the Meadowdale Library annual Comic Con and the community responded by attending by the hundreds. The event not only gave one the opportunity for “Cosplay,” the art of dressing up as a character from a movie, book or video game, but vendors of many kinds were on hand with items such as graphic novels, comic books, food and more.…

Chester Library launches Teen Art Club

By Press release on October 12, 2016 Libraries, Uncategorized

Chester Library is forming a Teen Art Club for interested teens between the ages of 12 to 18 years to share their love of creativity and self-expression. The club will meet the third Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. There is no pre-registration and no fees to join. You must bring your own art project and supplies. The first meeting will be held this Saturday, Oct. 15.

Merlee’s Moods on exhibit at Chester Library

By VN Staff on October 5, 2016 Libraries, Uncategorized

Merlee’s Moods, an art exhibit opening this week at the Chester Library, will give the viewer insight on the Haida and Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest and their Native-style art. The original brush and India ink drawings of the complex spiritual and animal art is highly stylized and symbolic that is fun and very meaningful. The artist, Merlee Bos, uses a combination of multiple animals and symbols integrated into a stylized design that is elegant and complex yet simple and powerful. “I have been drawing since I was old enough to pick up a pencil,” said Bos. “As a…

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