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Information about the program on a knit background. A sample dishcloth is portrayed as well.

Learn to Knit a Dishcloth

Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults, Family, Everyone
Come to the library and learn to knit with us! This beginner-friendly program features a dishcloth as the project. All materials will be provided; however, participants may bring their own yarn and needles if they'd prefer. Registration is required.
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults, Family, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
Come to the library and learn to knit with us! This beginner-friendly program features a dishcloth as the project. All materials will be provided; however, participants may bring their own yarn and needles if they'd prefer. Registration is required.

Main Branch Book Club

Monday, March 16, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Genealogy & Local History at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Discuss the book of the month with other readers at 7 p.m. You can get a copy of this month’s selection by attending a meeting, or by visiting the circulation desk. Join us for this fun, informal book chat!
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Genealogy & Local History
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:
Discuss the book of the month with other readers at 7 p.m. You can get a copy of this month’s selection by attending a meeting, or by visiting the circulation desk. Join us for this fun, informal book chat!
Flyer for a 12 week artist workshop open to adults ages 55 and older.

Weaving Memory: Artist Bookmaking and Collective Voices

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!

Afternoon Readers

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Join our daytime book club! Discuss the book of the month with other readers on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. You can get a copy of this month’s selection by attending a meeting, or by visiting the circulation desk.
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:
Join our daytime book club! Discuss the book of the month with other readers on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. You can get a copy of this month’s selection by attending a meeting, or by visiting the circulation desk.
a flaming twenty sided die surrounded by crumbling buildings and a dragon

Other Lands

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
clipart of people reading and journaling, journaling supplies

The Art of Junk Journaling

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Monrovia Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Health & Wellness, Workshop, Writing Group
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

We’ll talk about why you might want to start a junk journal, how to get started, share examples and start working on our own. Some journals and supplies available.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Monrovia Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Health & Wellness, Workshop, Writing Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

We’ll talk about why you might want to start a junk journal, how to get started, share examples and start working on our own. Some journals and supplies available.

Dungeons & Dragons

Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:15pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Join us for Dungeons & Dragons!
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
Join us for Dungeons & Dragons!

Make a Scrap Fabric Bookmark

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Large Meeting Space at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Create a fabric bookmark using scrap fabric, cardboard, needle, yarn and beads. Cutting fabric required. please bring your own scissors. Not all of our scissors are suitable for cutting fabric. Registration is required.
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Large Meeting Space
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
Create a fabric bookmark using scrap fabric, cardboard, needle, yarn and beads. Cutting fabric required. please bring your own scissors. Not all of our scissors are suitable for cutting fabric. Registration is required.
Flyer for a 12 week artist workshop open to adults ages 55 and older.

Weaving Memory: Artist Bookmaking and Collective Voices

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Event Details:
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
a flaming twenty sided die surrounded by crumbling buildings and a dragon

Other Lands

Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!

Sew What?! Fiber Group

Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Bring your current fiber project and join us for the monthly meeting of Sew What!

Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Bring your current fiber project and join us for the monthly meeting of Sew What!

Canvas and Coneys

Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Unwind at our After Hours Painting program for teens and adults, where you’ll create a festive Easter bunny painting while enjoying delicious coney dogs!
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:
Unwind at our After Hours Painting program for teens and adults, where you’ll create a festive Easter bunny painting while enjoying delicious coney dogs!
12 book covers

Book Club

Monday, March 30, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Monrovia Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Love talking about the books you read?  Challenging yourself to read more?  Looking to meet some folks in the area?  Need a night out of the house?  Whatever the reason we'd love to have you at our book club!

Library Branch: Monrovia Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Love talking about the books you read?  Challenging yourself to read more?  Looking to meet some folks in the area?  Need a night out of the house?  Whatever the reason we'd love to have you at our book club!

waverly walkers book club

Waverly Walkers Book Club

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Off Site
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Step into a good book - and the great outdoors - with our walking book club! Each month, we'll meet at Old Town Waverly Park to enjoy a stroll and lively conversation.
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:
Step into a good book - and the great outdoors - with our walking book club! Each month, we'll meet at Old Town Waverly Park to enjoy a stroll and lively conversation.
Flyer for a 12 week artist workshop open to adults ages 55 and older.

Weaving Memory: Artist Bookmaking and Collective Voices

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Event Details:
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
easel with painting and supplies

Paint & Popcorn: Adults & Teens

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Meeting Room at Monrovia Branch
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

We'll lead you through a simple painting and enjoy a bit of popcorn!  Painting to be revealed soon!!!  Registration is required.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Monrovia Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

We'll lead you through a simple painting and enjoy a bit of popcorn!  Painting to be revealed soon!!!  Registration is required.

a flaming twenty sided die surrounded by crumbling buildings and a dragon

Other Lands

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
a sprig of tarragon on a pale background with information about the program

Spice Club: Tarragon

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Join us for April's spice club where we celebrate tarragon! Bring your favorite tarragon dish and we'll eat and chat together. Registration is encouraged.
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:
Join us for April's spice club where we celebrate tarragon! Bring your favorite tarragon dish and we'll eat and chat together. Registration is encouraged.

Dungeons & Dragons

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:15pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Join us for Dungeons & Dragons!
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
Join us for Dungeons & Dragons!
girl holding book over her face

Silent Book Club

Friday, April 3, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Monrovia Branch
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

You and your book, cozied up in the library, reading to your heart’s content with no interruptions for one solid hour...then we’ll close it out with a few minutes chatting about what you read.  Registration required, ages 18+ only.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Monrovia Branch
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

You and your book, cozied up in the library, reading to your heart’s content with no interruptions for one solid hour...then we’ll close it out with a few minutes chatting about what you read.  Registration required, ages 18+ only.

YA for Adults Book Club

Monday, April 6, 2026 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults
Do you enjoy reading young adult literature and need a place to discuss what you read? Join our book club, where we read nothing but YA books! We meet the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:
Do you enjoy reading young adult literature and need a place to discuss what you read? Join our book club, where we read nothing but YA books! We meet the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Flyer for a 12 week artist workshop open to adults ages 55 and older.

Weaving Memory: Artist Bookmaking and Collective Voices

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Program Room at Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop
Event Details:
Weave your memories into a work of art in this 12 class workshop series!
a flaming twenty sided die surrounded by crumbling buildings and a dragon

Other Lands

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Meeting Room at Waverly Branch
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens, Adults
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
Library Branch: Waverly Branch
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:
Explore Other Lands in this Dungeons and Dragons style role-playing adventure. Beginners welcome!
three women sitting at a table knitting

Crafty Night

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library (Martinsville)
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults
Crafters, join us at the library for Crafty Night! Bring your crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, drawing, painting, chain maille, or other craft project with you and we'll chat and craft together!
Library Branch: Main Library (Martinsville)
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:
Crafters, join us at the library for Crafty Night! Bring your crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, drawing, painting, chain maille, or other craft project with you and we'll chat and craft together!