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.
For beginner, intermediate and advanced knitters. Any knitting question or issue will be solved. For more information, please contact my.nguyen@dc.gov.
A fun, easy to follow dance exercise class. 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. 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 engage with the books and songs and to actively participate in the program.
A story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers. These 20-to-30-minute story times introduce books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces developmentally appropriate for children from birth to when they start walking. Baby Lap Time is a wonderful way to introduce your child to the joys of reading in a positive and fun atmosphere. This story time is designed so the baby will be in their caregiver’s lap and the grownup is actively involved in the program; it is recommended that each child have their own adult with them.
Come by for an hour of morning writing with fellow creative folks. Everyone works on their own thing. No obligation to share. Just show up and write!
What to expect?
The Audio Publishers Association will present AudioFile's Golden Voices Theatre, a reading of selections on a theme of "changing seasons" and featuring three audiobook superstars--Sean Runnette, Tavia Gilbert, and Robin Miles--on Wednesday, September 3, at 6:30
On August 19 at 7 p.m., Jessica Carlin, the marketing team leader of Whole Foods Foggy Bottom and Lauren Mulcahy, the healthy eating specialist for Whole Foods Foggy Bottom will be presenting on healthy eating at West End Library. To help showcase their suggestions, they will be hosting a food demonstration featuring healthy snack options.
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"—Francis Bacon, English statesman, philosopher, and book lover (1561-1626)&
The West End Interim Library will present a screening of The Golden Honeymoon from the American Short Story Collection as seen on PBS and adapted from the classic short story by
On Saturday, August 23 at 11 a.m., Mary Kay Shaw from the Watergate Gallery will be leading a tour of the 2014 Foggy Bottom Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, entitled Sculpted: Histories Revealed.
I enjoyed Carl Hiaasen's book Chomp, which shows what happens behind the scenes in a survivalist show, such as Animal Planet where the star has to face wild animals and other dangers.
The West End Interim Library will present a screening of "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" from the American Short Story Collection as seen on PBS and adapted from the 1920 short story by
