Storytimes near Broad Rock Library

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

Teen Space - Main Library

The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a forum for teen voice and choice. Middle and high school students who are dedicated to serving the Richmond community will work with library staff in developing YA programs, events, displays, and promotional materials.

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Bring your baby, toddler, or school-aged kiddo for a colorful, crafty, and creative afternoon.

Auditorium - Main Library

Get the wiggles out with songs and activities, then sit for a special cartoon show. Best for ages 2-5.

Teen Space - Main Library

Novice and experienced crafters alike, get ready to create something special as we all get crafty together! Ever wanted to learn basic photography skills? Want to try shooting your own film? Sign up for this photography basics workshop and take home your own disposable camera to take your own photos. Please note: you will need to get your film developed on your own outside of the library as we don't have dark room equipment.

Activity Room - Main Library

Love One Piece? Ready for a side quest worthy of the Grand Line? Join us for a One Piece inspired adventure as you join Robin, the archaeologist, exploring the ruins of an ancient civilization erased from history -- a place that doesn't exist on any map. Solve mysterious puzzles, uncover forbidden lore, steal the lost treasure, and escape before the ruins seal themselves forever. Groups of 2-6 players. 9 sessions offered between 10:00 AM-4:30PM. Registration is required. Call the Main Library to reserve your 30-minute time slot.

Main Children's Dept.

Join artist Reggie Hood as he teaches children ages 6-10 to create with different mediums. July will focus on colored pencils and water color pencils to create a beautiful work of art to take home. Learn about photo realism and how to shade your pictures for depth.

Teen Space - Main Library

It's a Vibe is a relaxing young adult hangout where you can color, sketch, do puzzles/board games, or bring your own knitting/crochet projects to work on while listening to music or hanging with friends. Join us from 1-3 on Sundays to relax and destress before the busy week.

Gellman Room - Main Library

Love to puzzle? Make some new friends at our quarterly puzzle meetup! Bring a jigsaw puzzle to swap then sip tea and chat while working on your new find.

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Join us for a fun-filled, interactive, family storytime! Enjoy songs, rhymes, books, and activities for ages birth-5 with an adult. Come get those Sunday sillies out!

Auditorium - Main Library

Join Richmond City Early Interventions at the Main Library for an enriching playgroup experience tailored for families with children ages birth-5 years old. Discover a welcoming environment where little ones can explore, learn, and make new friends along with their parents. With activities designed to stimulate young minds and foster social interaction, it's an all-inclusive opportunity for families to connect and grow together. We look forward to seeing you there!

Teen Space - Main Library

Love dinosaurs and cute collectibles? Join us for a creative afternoon where you’ll paint your own cutesy 3D-printed dinosaur keychain! Learn simple painting techniques, experiment with color blending, and bring your tiny dino to life. Whether you go realistic, pastel, or totally glittery, you’ll leave with a custom accessory that’s uniquely yours.

Gellman Room - Main Library

A reading group for older teens and adults with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. In collaboration with Parks and Rec. (Previously known as Between the Lines)

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music, and play for babies from birth-17 months with their caregiver.

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Join us for fun and interactive stories, music, and play for ages 18-36 months with their caregiver.

1930 Foyer - Main Library

This group singing event turns attendees from solo singers into an emergent choir, as we learn and teach simple, beautiful songs to each other and sing them on the spot! All levels welcome, no singing experience required. Come as you are and experience the aliveness and joy of voices raised together in harmony and song. Led by K. Stellar Dutcher, local musician and experienced community sing leader.

Activity Room - Main Library

Dig into the past with hands-on activities inspired by archaeology! Each week features a different project and a take-home creation—come to one session or join them all. Ages 6-11. Join us as we recreate Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth! Explore five hands-on STEAM stations, solve challenges, build a thermal raft and compass, and see if you can escape the center of the Earth—then take your creations home! Week 7 (7/22) Herb Gardens Week 8 (7/29) Rock Painting Please register for each event individually.

Richmond Room - Main Library

Richmond Memory Exchange is a community-centered gathering exploring Richmond’s history through conversation, storytelling, and hands-on learning. Each session features a different focus — from guest historians to community memory sharing, presentations, and workshops — offering meaningful opportunities to engage with the people, places, and stories that shape our city. Participants will explore Richmond’s past and present through guided discussion and access to library collections, digital resources, and community partnerships. This series creates a welcoming space for civic engagement and dialogue, where residents can come together to share knowledge, examine local history, and connect across generations. Topics vary each month and are announced one month in advance.

Gellman Room - Main Library

For individuals working on personal projects to come together, socialize, and learn from each other. Some beginner supplies avaliable, first come first serve.

Gellman Room - Main Library

Curious about the history of your home or the origin of your favorite park? Join Special Collections Librarian Chloe McCormick for an introduction to the local history collections and resources offered by Richmond Public Library. Highlighted collections will include microfilm, photographs, ephemera files, maps, and more. Following the presentation, Chloe will be available to assist with your local history research projects.

Children's Storytime Area - Main Library

Join us for our fun, interactive and educational storytime featuring books, songs, rhymes and activities! For ages 3-5 with an adult.

Activity Room - Main Library

Take a journey across time and discover the archeological secrets of our world! This 60-minute, hands-on workshop explores how ancient civilizations worked with the aid of simple machines. In a time when electricity was only lightning in the sky and communications were carried by word of mouth, simple machines ruled the earth! This program is best for ages 8-12

Teen Space - Main Library

Level Up! is a chill gaming hangout where teens can challenge their friends on a variety of different games. This July, we are hosting a special Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament! Get ready to challenge your friends and win.

Gellman Room - Main Library

Join us at the Main Library every third Thursday for Trivia Night! The topics will vary, but because this is a library, expect it to be pretty nerdy. Individuals and teams welcome and there will even be a prize for the winner!

Auditorium - Main Library

Join us for a special showing of Journey to the Center of the Earth (rated PG ). Snacks provided. This movie is perfect for ages 6 and up. It is a movie adaptation of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth that takes our characters through an amazing journey of what is inside the center of the earth and how to get back out again.

Teen Space - Main Library

Show the world who you are--one craft at a time! Each month, we'll explore a new hands-on project like sticker design, pinback button making, or DIY accessories. Come hang out, get creative, and make something totally you. For July, join us as we create personalized necklace or bracelet bubble/globe charms themed for the summer to help you accessorize with wearable art.

Gellman Room - Main Library

Two homebuyer information class sessions in one day that will cover downpayment assistance/affordable housing programs and the homebuying process: Session 1 – The Downpayment Assistance/Affordable Housing Program session will be held from 9:30 am – 10:30 am. This 1-hour session will cover specific information each month on downpayment and affordable housing grants and programs in your local area. If you plan to attend session 1, please be sure to arrive at 9:30 am. REGISTER FOR PART 1 HERE! Session 2 – The Virginia Housing Homebuyer Education session will be held from 10:30 am – 4:45 pm*. This session is a 6-hour homebuyer education class sponsored through Virginia Housing that will cover Managing Your Money, Credit, Exploring Lenders, Mortgages, and the Loan Process, Working with a Real Estate Agent, All You Need to Know About the Home Inspection, and the Loan Closing. This class is a certified Virginia Housing homebuyer education class and meets the educational requirements for Virginia Housing loans, some other loan products, and most downpayment and closing cost assistance programs. A certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the workshop. *Registration is required. Space is limited. Please register at https://www.virginiahousing.com/individuals-families/calendar for part 2 of the day and select the date that you would like to attend, the City of Richmond Main Library location – 101 E Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23219, to attend this class session. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Community Wealth Building at 804-646-6360.

Activity Room - Main Library

An educational talk for community dwelling older adults and/or caregivers about Medicare Part D insurance coverage (deductibles, copays, out of pocket max definitions and how to understand them), Medicare Part D Extra Help qualifications and how to apply with Social Security, pharmaceutical company patient assistance programs to get high cost medications for free, and ways to decrease medication costs.

Main

Join us at the Main Library on the 1st Monday and 3rd Saturday of each month from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM for a free blood pressure screening. Screenings will take place on the 1st floor near the Information Desk. This program is provided in partnership with VCU Health, the American Heart Association, Daily Planet, and Capital AHEC.

Auditorium - Main Library

Nowhere Cinema will present international cartoons on Saturdays at 11am. The schedule: 6/13 Junk Head (Japan 2017); 7/18 The Tale of the Fox (France 1937) and My Life as a Zucchini France 2016); 8/8 Janos Vitez (Hungary 1973).