Spring Book Sale is April 4-7, 2019
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Note: this website is under development – a new website will launch this spring! We also have a new logo:
Friends, We promise not to burden you with frequent emails and notices but we have some exciting events coming up that we don’t want you to miss! On Thursday, April …
Remember all that reading we did over the warm, summer months? FOAL just made a donation to The Reading Connection for every person who completed the Arlington VA Public Library …
Summer Reading Pays Off, Thanks to the Friends of the Library Read More »
Novelist, non-fiction writer, PEN/Faulkner award and Guggenheim fellowship winner Ann Patchett spoke at Central Library on Oct. 23 at an event made possible by the Friends of the Arlington Library. …
Video: Ann Patchett talk at Arlington Central Library Read More »
The Second Annual Lit Up Ball on Oct. 18 was another night to remember, with dancing to excellent music performed by the Hot Society Orchestra, delicious deserts and a spy …
Novelist, non-fiction writer, PEN/Faulkner Award and Guggenheim Fellowship winner Ann Patchett visits the Arlington Public Library’s Central branch auditorium on Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. to discuss the writing life …
Arlington Reads Extra Author Event: Ann Patchett in Person on the Writing Life Read More »
April 24, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Richard Ford will be interviewed at Central Library Auditorium by Jeffrey Brown of the “PBS NewsHour.” His “Independence Day” was the first book ever awarded both …
April 10, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Ann Beattie will be on stage for a conversation with Library Director Diane Kresh at Arlington Central Library Auditorium. Ann Beattie’s Arlington Reads featured title, “The …
Due to a planned Dominion Power disruption on Saturday, November 2, the 2013 Arlington Puzzle Festival has been moved to the Reed School gymnasium, adjacent to the Westover Branch Library. …
Puzzle Festival Moved to Reed Gymnasium in Westover Read More »
The Eight-Thirteen Ball is this Saturday, Sept. 28, from 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. at the Artisphere: 1101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington VA Do you still need tickets? You can buy them …
The Eight-Thirteen Ball is less than 2 days away! Read More »
Friends of the Arlington Library is inviting you to the Fall Book Sale! September 26 – 29, 2013 at Arlington Central Library parking garage Thursday, Sept 26, 5:30 – 9pm FOAL Members …
Eight-Thirteen Ball Benefitting the Friends of the Arlington Public Library and the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Initiative September 28 – 8pm to 11pm @ The Artisphere – 1101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington …