Join us for Yoga Mondays with Yolanda.
This one hour class will:
focus on the health benefits of yoga for health and wellness
improve flexibility and proper breathing
Join us for this special program series in participation with the Age Friendly DC initiative where participants age 50+ will express themselves through painting.
Space is limited to 12 participants. Please register at the Francis Gregory Library Information Desk. For more information call
202-727-6044.
Whether you've been playing for years, or are interested in learning, come join us for an evening of chess.
This program is for anyone who wants to learn to play or improve their chess moves
All ages and experience levels welcome.
The Chess Meet up will meet every Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, please call 202-727-6044.
It's time to shake, shimmy and dance to the beat. A movement-and-music-oriented story time, this program is dynamic and interactive. As a story time that emphasizes early literacy skills children are engaged in a playful creative manner.
Appropriate for children aged 1-6 and their caregivers.
These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children from birth to 2 years old. Our Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment. With slightly more activity and movement than our lap times, children and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
Story time fun for the entire family, these 30-to-40-minute story times are packed full of books and activities designed to be enjoyed by all ages. Promoting language and literacy skills, these story times are a great way to further your child’s lifelong love of reading and learning. Children and their grownups are encouraged to actively engage and participate with the stories and activities during the program.
Join us for Yoga Mondays with Yolanda.
This one hour class will:
focus on the health benefits of yoga for health and wellness
improve flexibility and proper breathing
Are you ready to get your game on? Drop in for a day of fun with board games, adult puzzles, coloring, brain stimulators and so much more. Every other Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Whether you've been playing for years, or are interested in learning, come join us for an evening of chess.
This program is for anyone who wants to learn to play or improve their chess moves
All ages and experience levels welcome.
The Chess Meet up will meet every Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, please call 202-727-6044.
It's time to shake, shimmy and dance to the beat. A movement-and-music-oriented story time, this program is dynamic and interactive. As a story time that emphasizes early literacy skills children are engaged in a playful creative manner.
Appropriate for children aged 1-6 and their caregivers.
March is full of chances to learn more about technology at Francis Gregory Library. The 3-D printer is visiting from Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library from Thursday, March 27 until Saturday, March 29.
Join library staff members Peter and TaChalla as they discuss the rightfully neglected or undiscovered gems of the Popular Library at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.
Beginning in March, Francis Gregory Library will begin hosting free computer workshops every Tuesday and Saturday. All workshops will be held in the board room on the second floor and will last up to three hours.
It's still cold outside, but it's not too soon for teens to start planning ahead for summer. The Department of Employment Services (DOES) is currently accepting applications for the Summer Youth Employment Program. You may have missed our program helping teens to apply, but it's not too late to get your application in.
In celebration of 2014 African American History Month, distinguished historian C.R. Gibbs will deliver a presentation at theCapitol View, Parklands-Turner and Francis Gregory neighborhood libraries in February, beginning at 7 p.m.
