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America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit Poster

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit

All Day 4/1 - 5/23
MOARTS Exhibit at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit in the MOarts Gallery and Display Case

Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: MOARTS Exhibit
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit in the MOarts Gallery and Display Case

ESL for Everyone! logo

ESL for Everyone

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Would you like to learn, improve, or practice your English? ESL teacher Barbara Stevenson can help you. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Come and meet other people and make new friends.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to learn, improve, or practice your English? ESL teacher Barbara Stevenson can help you. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Come and meet other people and make new friends.

Boating Safety Day

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Moneta Outside at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Community Events
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Join us for a morning of learning about Boating Safety! Open to all ages! Multiple games and activities, including create your own boat! Walk through at your own pace.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Outside
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Community Events
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a morning of learning about Boating Safety! Open to all ages! Multiple games and activities, including create your own boat! Walk through at your own pace.

4th Friday logo

4th Friday: Family Fun & Games

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Bring the whole family and join us for some fun with board games!

Checkers, Bedford Monopoly, or Headbanz.  Other games, Jenga, Tic-tac-toe, and card games will also be available.  

Registration Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring the whole family and join us for some fun with board games!

Checkers, Bedford Monopoly, or Headbanz.  Other games, Jenga, Tic-tac-toe, and card games will also be available.  

Matilda movie poster

Family Movie Morning - Matilda

Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Stewartsville Community Room at Stewartsville Library
Program Type:
Movies
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Join the Stewartsville Library for the conclusion of National Library Week with a special screening of Roald Dahl's Matilda! Seats and snacks are limited, so please register to save your seat!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Stewartsville Library
Room: Stewartsville Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Movies
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join the Stewartsville Library for the conclusion of National Library Week with a special screening of Roald Dahl's Matilda! Seats and snacks are limited, so please register to save your seat!

Side by side images of a harpsichord and a harp overlaid on sheet music.

Doves & Dragons: Harps and Harpsichord Music

Monday, April 27, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Forest Main Library Area at Forest Library
Program Type:
Music
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Join us as we relax and listen to harp and harpsichord music performed by local husband and wife duo...Doves & Dragons! 

No registration is required.

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Main Library Area
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Music
Event Details:

Join us as we relax and listen to harp and harpsichord music performed by local husband and wife duo...Doves & Dragons! 

No registration is required.

Balls of yarn in a bowl and hand crotcheting

Fiber Club: Knitting and Crocheting

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults

Would you like to learn to knit, crochet, or share your talents with others?

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to learn to knit, crochet, or share your talents with others?

Lego® bear and fox in a library

LEGO® Club

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
Lego® Club:

Kids from 5 and up come and join us as we play with LEGOS®. Take on the challenge of the month or just use your imagination to build whatever you want with our LEGOS® or DUPLOS®.

Children 12 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Lego® Club

Kids from 5 and up come and join us as we play with LEGOS®. Take on the challenge of the month or just use your imagination to build whatever you want with our LEGOS® or DUPLOS®.

Children 12 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult.

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Tabletop Gaming

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 12:30pm - 5:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Teens, Adults

Join us on the first Saturday of each month from 12:30 PM until 5:00 PM to play a variety of different board and card games. Feel free to bring your own games as well! 

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Join us on the first Saturday of each month from 12:30 PM until 5:00 PM to play a variety of different board and card games. Feel free to bring your own games as well! 

High resolution square fun colorful magazine editorial style photograph of a beige totebag with the words Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale on the front in green text. There should be bright colorful books popping out from the top of the bag. The bag is sitting in a field of daffodils with the Blue Ridge Mountains of Forest, Virginia in the background. AI generated.

Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale (Members Only Preview)

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Book Sales
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Adults

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Adults
Program Type: Book Sales
Event Details:

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

High resolution square fun colorful magazine editorial style photograph of a beige totebag with the words Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale on the front in green text. There should be bright colorful books popping out from the top of the bag. The bag is sitting in a field of daffodils with the Blue Ridge Mountains of Forest, Virginia in the background. AI generated.

Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Book Sales
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Adults

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

 

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Adults
Program Type: Book Sales
Event Details:

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

 

The Bad Guys 2

Thursday Theatre presents The Bad Guys 2

Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Movies
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Kids

Join us in the fun as we watch a movie on the big screen at Big Island Library.

This month's movie is The Bad Guys 2, featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, and more!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Kids
Program Type: Movies
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in the fun as we watch a movie on the big screen at Big Island Library.

This month's movie is The Bad Guys 2, featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Awkwafina, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, and more!

High resolution square fun colorful magazine editorial style photograph of a beige totebag with the words Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale on the front in green text. There should be bright colorful books popping out from the top of the bag. The bag is sitting in a field of daffodils with the Blue Ridge Mountains of Forest, Virginia in the background. AI generated.

Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Book Sales
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Adults

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

 

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Adults
Program Type: Book Sales
Event Details:

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

 

High resolution square fun colorful magazine editorial style photograph of a beige totebag with the words Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale on the front in green text. There should be bright colorful books popping out from the top of the bag. The bag is sitting in a field of daffodils with the Blue Ridge Mountains of Forest, Virginia in the background. AI generated.

Friends of the Forest Library Spring Book Sale ($5 Bag Sale)

Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 9:00am - 1:00pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Book Sales
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Adults

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Adults
Program Type: Book Sales
Event Details:

Come support the Forest Library with your purchase of previously owned children’s books, juvenile fiction, mysteries, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, Puzzles, and more!

ESL for Everyone! logo

ESL for Everyone

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Would you like to learn, improve, or practice your English? ESL teacher Barbara Stevenson can help you. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Come and meet other people and make new friends.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to learn, improve, or practice your English? ESL teacher Barbara Stevenson can help you. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Come and meet other people and make new friends.

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4th Friday: Family Fun & Games

Friday, May 22, 2026 at 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Bring the whole family and join us for some fun with board games!

Checkers, Bedford Monopoly, or Headbanz.  Other games, Jenga, Tic-tac-toe, and card games will also be available.  

Registration Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Bring the whole family and join us for some fun with board games!

Checkers, Bedford Monopoly, or Headbanz.  Other games, Jenga, Tic-tac-toe, and card games will also be available.  

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit Poster

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit

All Day 5/26 - 5/30
MOARTS Exhibit at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit in the MOarts Gallery and Display Case

Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: MOARTS Exhibit
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

America's 250th Anniversary Exhibit in the MOarts Gallery and Display Case

ESL for Everyone! logo

ESL for Everyone

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Would you like to learn, improve, or practice your English? ESL teacher Barbara Stevenson can help you. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Come and meet other people and make new friends.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to learn, improve, or practice your English? ESL teacher Barbara Stevenson can help you. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level. Come and meet other people and make new friends.

3d pixar style illustration of a 7 year old blonde girl making one of these dirt cup treats with pudding, cookies, and gummy dinosaurs. The background should be blurred out bookshelves filled with colorful books.

Dino Dirt Cup

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Bedford Room at Bedford Central Library
Program Type:
Food/Cooking, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Would you like to try a fun prehistoric treat?  

Registration Required
Library Branch: Bedford Central Library
Room: Bedford Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Food/Cooking, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to try a fun prehistoric treat?  

Pixar style illustration of a dinosaur egg made from baking soda and food coloring and another one showing it bubbling, and dissolving with a small plastic dinosaur hidden inside.

Make a Dinosaur Egg

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Big Island Community Room at Big Island Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Young explorers are invited to become paleontologists for the day. In this hands-on activity, children will create their own colorful “dinosaur eggs” using baking soda and food coloring, with a small toy dinosaur hidden inside.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Big Island Library
Room: Big Island Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Young explorers are invited to become paleontologists for the day. In this hands-on activity, children will create their own colorful “dinosaur eggs” using baking soda and food coloring, with a small toy dinosaur hidden inside.

Balls of yarn in a bowl and hand crotcheting

Fiber Club: Knitting and Crocheting

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Family - All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults

Would you like to learn to knit, crochet, or share your talents with others?

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages, Kids, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Would you like to learn to knit, crochet, or share your talents with others?

Lego® bear and fox in a library

LEGO® Club

Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Forest Community Room at Forest Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Age Group:
Family - All Ages
Lego® Club:

Kids from 5 and up come and join us as we play with LEGOS®. Take on the challenge of the month or just use your imagination to build whatever you want with our LEGOS® or DUPLOS®.

Children 12 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Registration Required
Library Branch: Forest Library
Room: Forest Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:

Lego® Club

Kids from 5 and up come and join us as we play with LEGOS®. Take on the challenge of the month or just use your imagination to build whatever you want with our LEGOS® or DUPLOS®.

Children 12 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult.

Cute pixar style illustration of 3 young dinosaurs in party hats with a banner behind them that says UNEARTH A STORY Kickoff Party and bookshelves.

Unearth a Story™, Kickoff to the Summer Party

Friday, May 29, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:30pm
Moneta Community Room at Moneta/SML Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games, Summer Reading
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Start Unearthing a Story™ this summer at our Kickoff Party! 

Registration Required
Library Branch: Moneta/SML Library
Room: Moneta Community Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games, Summer Reading
Registration Required
Event Details:

Start Unearthing a Story™ this summer at our Kickoff Party! 

Library Board of Trustees meeting

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Bedford Peaks Room at Bedford Central Library
Program Type:
Community Events
Age Group:
Family - All Ages

Monthly public meeting of the Bedford Public Library Board of Trustees

Library Branch: Bedford Central Library
Room: Bedford Peaks Room
Age Group: Family - All Ages
Program Type: Community Events
Event Details:

Monthly public meeting of the Bedford Public Library Board of Trustees