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Original Tarzan of the Apes book cover

The Pop-Culture Legacy of Author Edgar Rice Burroughs

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Yorktown Meeting Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

The year 2025 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), one of the most famous authors of the 20th century, and the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, ...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

The year 2025 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), one of the most famous authors of the 20th century, and the creator of Tarzan of the Apes, one of the top five most globally well-known literary characters of

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Yu-Gi-Oh Testing Grounds

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Tabb Program Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Are you just getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh after a long hiatus or are you a veteran duelist? Either way, you’re welcome to join us on the first Tuesday of every month to play test han...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Are you just getting back into Yu-Gi-Oh after a long hiatus or are you a veteran duelist?

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Teen Book Club: Your Space, Your Book

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Tabb Program Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Middle & High School

Event Details:

Looking for a low-pressure space to relax and do some summer reading? Join us for a book club for teens who love to read… and teens who don’t. BYOB—Bring Your Own Book (or che...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Program Room
Age Group: Middle & High School
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Looking for a low-pressure space to relax and do some summer reading? Join us for a book club for teens who love to read… and teens who don’t. 

Once Upon a Hue: Story Time

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Yorktown Youth Programs Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families

Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Register Now
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

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Jane Austen Book Club: Sense & Sensibility

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Yorktown Conference Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Let’s celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this December by reading (or re-reading!) her work. From July-December 2025, we will meet monthly at the Yorktown Library to discuss on...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Let’s celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this December by reading (or re-reading!) her work. From July-December 2025, we will meet monthly at the Yorktown Library to discuss one of her beloved novels.

Fine Motor Fun

Fine Motor Fun

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool

Event Details:

Fine Motor Fun is a program combining literacy and fine motor skill workouts. Activities will range from balancing, matching, sorting, to tactile sensory fun! Children can make fri...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Fine Motor Fun is a program combining literacy and fine motor skill workouts. Activities will range from balancing, matching, sorting, to tactile sensory fun!

Bubble Art

Bubble Art

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am
Yorktown Patio at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families

Art, Crafts, and DIY:

Event Details:

Adventurers are welcome to come and participate in our Bubble Art Party. There will be a variety of bubble themed activities for the whole family to enjoy!

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Patio
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Art, Fun & Games
Event Details:

Adventurers are welcome to come and participate in our Bubble Art Party. There will be a variety of bubble themed activities for the whole family to enjoy!

Rob Westcott Magic

Magician Rob Westcott

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Tabb Meeting Room at Tabb Library

Age Group:

Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School

Event Details:

Rob Westcott is an award-winning professional comedy magician who has performed thousands of shows for children and adults at parties, schools, libraries, festivals, military and c...

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Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Program Type: Fun & Games, Movies & Entertainment, Other
Event Details:

Rob Westcott is an award-winning professional comedy magician who has performed thousands of shows for children and adults at parties, schools, libraries, festivals, military and corporate events. The magic is fun, fast-paced and amazing.

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Shopping and Travel Safety

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Yorktown Meeting Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

Join Deputy Kevin Taylor from the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office for an educational program on shopping safety and travel safety.  The class will go into great detail identify...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Join Deputy Kevin Taylor from the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office for an educational program on shopping safety and travel safety.  The class will go into great detail identifying the hiding risk around shopping and travel at different time of

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Green Thumbs

Friday, July 11, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Yorktown Youth Programs Room at Yorktown Library

Age Group:

Children, Elementary

Event Details:

Calling all budding (elementary) gardeners! In this program, we will learn how to grow and care for a variety of flowers and plants. Not only will you be able to help care for the ...

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Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary
Program Type: Gardening & Nature
Registration Required
Event Details:

Calling all budding (elementary) gardeners! In this program, we will learn how to grow and care for a variety of flowers and plants.

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Open Play

1:00pm–5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Fine Motor Fun

10:30am–12:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Meeting Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Fun & Games, Story Time
Event Details:

Fine Motor Fun is a program combining literacy and fine motor skill workouts. Activities will range from balancing, matching, sorting, to tactile sensory fun!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Books With No Words

10:30am–12:30pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary
Program Type: Art, Story Time, Writing, Other
Event Details:

The library has so many beautiful books with no words. Let's get together to engage with these stories and use them to increase literacy, storytelling, vocabulary and creativity. We can color our world with pictures that tell a story.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Chalk Art

10:30am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Patio
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Patio
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Art
Event Details:

Adventurers are welcome to come and participate in our Chalk Art Party. There will be a variety of chalk themed activities for the whole family to enjoy!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Messy

Note: This activity may get you a little messy, so wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

10:30am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

1:30pm–2:15pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Family LEGO and Movie Night

4:00pm–7:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games, Movies & Entertainment
Event Details:

Bring your LEGO skills to the Tabb Library for a fun family night!  Come build with our LEGOs and enjoy refreshments while watching The LEGO Movie (PG-13). Movie will start at 5:00. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

10:30am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

1:30pm–2:15pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Mad Science

10:15am–11:30am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Yorktown Meeting Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Program Type: Concerts & Performances, STEM
Event Details:

Kids will get tuned-in to learning with exciting demonstrations focused on sound, including the singing pipe, the surprisingly loud Dinosaur-in-a-can, and a kid-created thunderstorm!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Bright Star Theatre: Wizard of Oz

10:15am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Tabb Meeting Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Program Type: Concerts & Performances
Event Details:

Bright Star Touring Theatre, a national professional touring theatre company based in Asheville, NC, is visiting the area with their performance of Wizard of Oz.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Bright Star Theatre: La Caperucita Roja: Little Red Bi-lingual Edition

2:15pm–3:15pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Yorktown Meeting Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Program Type: Concerts & Performances
Event Details:

A Bi-lingual Bully Prevention Adventure (K-6) – this dual language version of our show “Little Red and the Big Bully Wolf” is sure to delight language learners of both English and Spanish!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

10:30am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Crafts, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

1:30pm–2:15pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Crafts, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

10:30am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Crafts, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

1:30pm–2:15pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Crafts, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Sunscreen Painting

2:00pm–3:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Youth Services
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Youth Services
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Art, STEM
Event Details:

This quick STEAM themed program will give kids a visual understanding of the benefits of sunscreen. We will paint with sunscreen and see the protective barrier it leaves on the paper.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Messy

Note: This activity may get you a little messy, so wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty.

Open Play

10:00am–5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Art Museum Family BINGO

5:30pm–6:30pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Tabb Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families, Middle & High School
Program Type: Fun & Games
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a colorful twist on the classic game with Art Museum Family BINGO! Families with children from preschool through high school can explore famous artworks while playing for fun and prizes. Registration is required.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Open Play

10:00am–5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Open Play

1:00pm–5:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Youth Programs Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Fun & Games
Event Details:

Join us for creative and imaginative play at the Yorktown Library. This is an open program for children to drop in with their caregivers and play and socialize with other families in the community.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Fine Motor Fun

10:30am–12:00pm
Children, Infants - Preschool
Tabb Meeting Room
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool
Program Type: Fun & Games, Story Time
Event Details:

Fine Motor Fun is a program combining literacy and fine motor skill workouts. Activities will range from balancing, matching, sorting, to tactile sensory fun!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Jonathan Austin's 24 Hour Emergency Juggling and Magic Service

12:30pm–1:30pm
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Yorktown Meeting Room
Library Branch: Yorktown Library
Room: Yorktown Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Concerts & Performances
Event Details:

Jonathan orchestrates close-up magic with his outgoing, personable nature to create a highly entertaining and always fresh performance.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.

Once Upon a Hue: Family Story Time

10:30am–11:15am
Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Tabb Meeting Room
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Tabb Library
Room: Tabb Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Infants - Preschool, Elementary, Families
Program Type: Crafts, Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Color Our World through stories, songs, and crafts at this story time. Let us brighten your day with vibrant imagination, new friends, and lively learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop-offs will not be permitted.