Library
Join us Thursday, March 25, for a discussion with author Wil Haygood, on his book Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson, at 7 p.m, in Central Auditorium.
In his new book, Haygood - an acclaimed biographer and Washington Post writer - tells the captivating story of Sugar Ray Robinson, the African-American champion who brought grace and style to the boxing ring in the 1940s and 50s.
- Westover Book Club - Book Whisperers
Tuesday, January 24, 2pm ? 3pm Westover Branch Library (map) Discussion of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is Robinson's first work of fiction in more than 20 years. John Ames, a 76-year-old preacher who lives in Gilead,...
- Garrett Peck Serves Up "prohibition In Washington" On June 9
Join us at Central Library on Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m., for an entertaining author talk with Arlington resident Garrett Peck, author of Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't, on how the "noble experiment" unraveled in the nation's...
- Author Talk: "images Of America--fort Myer" - March 24
Join us Thursday, March 24 for a discussion with author John Michael Kupik, author of Images of America - Fort Myer, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in Central Auditorium. During the Civil War, Washington DC was the most fortified city in the world with 70 fortifications...
- "k Blows Top" Author Talk At Central, 2/23/10
Join us at Central Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 23, for K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist, with author and former Washington Post writer, Peter Carlson. Nikita Khrushchev?s 1959 trip across...
- New Books In August!
It's the early 1970's. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. The daughter of Ringgold's third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted,...
Library
"Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson" Author Talk at Central - 03/25
Join us Thursday, March 25, for a discussion with author Wil Haygood, on his book Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson, at 7 p.m, in Central Auditorium.In his new book, Haygood - an acclaimed biographer and Washington Post writer - tells the captivating story of Sugar Ray Robinson, the African-American champion who brought grace and style to the boxing ring in the 1940s and 50s.
- Westover Book Club - Book Whisperers
Tuesday, January 24, 2pm ? 3pm Westover Branch Library (map) Discussion of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book is Robinson's first work of fiction in more than 20 years. John Ames, a 76-year-old preacher who lives in Gilead,...
- Garrett Peck Serves Up "prohibition In Washington" On June 9
Join us at Central Library on Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m., for an entertaining author talk with Arlington resident Garrett Peck, author of Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren't, on how the "noble experiment" unraveled in the nation's...
- Author Talk: "images Of America--fort Myer" - March 24
Join us Thursday, March 24 for a discussion with author John Michael Kupik, author of Images of America - Fort Myer, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in Central Auditorium. During the Civil War, Washington DC was the most fortified city in the world with 70 fortifications...
- "k Blows Top" Author Talk At Central, 2/23/10
Join us at Central Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 23, for K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist, with author and former Washington Post writer, Peter Carlson. Nikita Khrushchev?s 1959 trip across...
- New Books In August!
It's the early 1970's. The town of Ringgold, Georgia, has a population of 1,923, one traffic light, one Dairy Queen, and one Catherine Grace Cline. The daughter of Ringgold's third-generation Baptist preacher, Catherine Grace is quick-witted,...