A fun, easy to follow dance exercise class that meets Wednesdays 1 - 2 p.m. and Fridays 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba® moves at a lower intensity designed for older adults. Enjoy Latin-inspired movements that provide a great aerobic workout while also focusing on balance, range of motion and coordination.
This class is designed for seniors aged 60 and up. Please bring your own water bottle. First 20 participants welcome.
These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old.
Baby and Toddler Story Time features more activity and movement than the Lap Time program. Children and their grownups are encouraged engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
West End Library Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment.
These 20-to-30-minute story times are full of books, songs, rhymes and finger plays for children birth to 2 years old.
Baby and Toddler Story Time features more activity and movement than the Lap Time program. Children and their grownups are encouraged engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
West End Library Baby and Toddler Story Time is a great way to introduce your child to language skills in a positive and fun environment.
Sing, jump and dance with Mr. Lilo and his guitar.
Enjoy original music and traditional songs in English and Spanish.
This is a free event intended for children and their caregivers.
Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years old. Children and their grownups, will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning.
These 30-to-40-minute programs are designed to promote language and listening skills, expand children’s imaginations and arouse their curiosity about the world around them.
This session combines poetry with visual arts.
In the first class, participants will put together a simple pamphlet-style book, using a variety of collage and recycled materials to make a personalized working journal for the work we’ll do in the coming weeks. It will be amazing how intimate these books feel to the maker and how this will set the tone for what is written/drawn/pasted inside.
A fun, easy to follow dance exercise class that meets Wednesdays 1 - 2 p.m. and Fridays 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba® moves at a lower intensity designed for older adults. Enjoy Latin-inspired movements that provide a great aerobic workout while also focusing on balance, range of motion and coordination.
Join DC Public Library users and staff for coffee, conversation and sometimes even a craft on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month.
Coffee & Conversation brings together users from all walks of life in informal conversation focused on relevant and engaging topics discussed over a cup of coffee. Through this exchange of ideas, Coffee & Conversation promotes the library as a place to meet your neighbors and focuses on what people have in common rather than their differences. Please join us!
With the winter approaching, some people may be settling in for the season.
For some of us, this settling offers a sense of a return to self and an opportunity to reflect on the more fast-paced adventures we undertook during the kinetic summer months. For others, this slowing down is an unwelcome change and can usher in loneliness instead of calm.
Explore the mysteries and the latest findings about his assassination
Questions of who was responsible, and why, will be supplemented by a close look at the impact of this tragic event on America's government and its citizens in this talk by Don Fulsom, a long-time Washington journalist, a former White House correspondent, and a former UPI chief in Washington.
This chat will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.
Please join us!
'All Quiet on the Western Front' by Erich Maria Remarque
The West End Fiction Book Club will meet Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 12:30 p.m. to discuss All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, in observance of the World War I centennial.
The novel is acclaimed as a masterpiece of the genre.
Copies are available at the library. Please pick one up and join us!
Officials from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will join us Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m., to speak on ceremonies and programs of the Fund, including the Faces Never Forgotten program, and on care of the memorial site (The Wall) and on the legacy of service of Vietnam veterans, in observance of Veterans Day (Nov. 11).
West End will be hosting a talk with local author Kelly Jacobson on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Kelly is no stranger to the Foggy Bottom area, as she attended the George Washington University for her undergraduate degree. She started writing her first novel Cairo in White while at George Washington, and then finessed it while pursuing her Master's in Fiction at Johns Hopkins University.
Get the scoop on brokers, investment choices, research, and more!
The West End Interim Library is pleased to present a talk featuring financial expert and noted author Kathleen Sindell on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. The Internet brings a world of investment resources to your desktop. But where do you begin?
Now that it's October, we can look forward to cooler temperatures, the leaves falling to the ground, and lots of sweater-wearing.At the West End Children's Room, we can also look forward to lots of new and exciting October programming!
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