Upcoming Events

Join us at Yorktown Library for a festive holiday concert featuring the musical stylings of Lana Puckett and Kim Person, a gifted duo well known for their unique vocal styles, intricate guitar skills and amazing tight vocal harmonies. The duo features Lana on vocals and acoustic guitar and Kim on acoustic guitar and keyboards and sound. For more information, visit their website: www.kimpersonmusic.com

This concert will be held in the Yorktown Library Meeting Room. Registration not required. Drop-ins welcome. Questions? Please email reference@yorkcounty.gov or call 757-890-5207.
 

Hate wrapping presents? Let us do it for you! You can bring up to six small to medium gifts in total. Please allow staff enough time to wrap your presents properly. Questions? Call 757-890-5120 or email reference@yorkcounty.gov.

Disclaimers

• Staff are not able to wrap oddly shaped or oversized items. 
• We will have wrapping paper and ribbon to wrap and adorn presents; however, we will not provide boxes.
• Staff cannot guarantee that all presents will be wrapped in the same paper. 
• Library staff reserve the right to end a gift wrapping session early if materials are exhausted.

Hate wrapping presents? Let us do it for you! You can bring up to six small to medium gifts in total. Please allow staff enough time to wrap your presents properly. Questions? Call 757-890-5120 or email reference@yorkcounty.gov.

Disclaimers

• Staff are not able to wrap oddly shaped or oversized items. 
• We will have wrapping paper and ribbon to wrap and adorn presents; however, we will not provide boxes.
• Staff cannot guarantee that all presents will be wrapped in the same paper. 
• Library staff reserve the right to end a gift wrapping session early if materials are exhausted.

Hate wrapping presents? Let us do it for you! You can bring up to six small to medium gifts in total. Please allow staff enough time to wrap your presents properly. Questions? Call 757-890-5120 or email reference@yorkcounty.gov.

Disclaimers

• Staff are not able to wrap oddly shaped or oversized items. 
• We will have wrapping paper and ribbon to wrap and adorn presents; however, we will not provide boxes.
• Staff cannot guarantee that all presents will be wrapped in the same paper. 
• Library staff reserve the right to end a gift wrapping session early if materials are exhausted.

Join Carol Bartram of Peninsula Chicken Keepers (PeCK) to learn about the basics of keeping a small flock of pet chickens in your backyard. Registration is not required. 

You asked for it and we delivered--puzzle swap time! Donate your great condition, unwanted puzzles starting on January 13th by dropping them off at the Tabb Reference Desk. All donors who donate between January 13 and January 24 will receive their swap tickets and be able to immediately enter the swap at 1:30 PM. 

Criteria

• All puzzles must be in the original box and contain all their pieces. 
• Puzzles/puzzle boxes should not show excessive signs of wear or age. 
• Puzzles should be from the last 20 years. 
• The swap ratio is one to one, and you can swap a maximum of five puzzles in total. 

Anyone is welcome to donate more than five; however, you can only receive five maximum.  If you intend to bring puzzles to swap on the day of, please drop them off at least 30-60 minutes prior to the start of the event; otherwise, you will not be able to enter the swap until your donations have been assessed and received.

Anyone can participate in the puzzle swap; youths must be accompanied by an adult. The puzzle swap ends at 3:00 PM. Staff reserves the right to end the swap early if attendance significantly dwindles in the last half hour.

Drop in to participate in our Seed Swap program. Please bring at least one variety seeds to share. Purchased and harvested seeds are both welcome as long as the seeds are not more than 3-4 years old. If you bring bulk seeds, you will need to provide your own small empty bags or packets. Labels will be available as needed. Leave some seeds, take some new ones! But please only take what you need. For more information or concerns, email reference@yorkcounty.gov. 

Beekeeping is a wonderful way to bring the magic of nature into your own yard and to help provide habitat to key pollinators.  But what is really involved with becoming a beekeeper?  How much does it cost, what do you need to know, and what are the first steps that you should take to get started?  Come and join us to learn more about it from the York/Poquoson Master Gardeners, and to see if beekeeping might be right for you.

Registration recommended. Questions? Call 757-890-5120.