• Storytime With Hannah

    Storytime With Hannah
    Bluebird & Co. 5792 Three Notch'd Rd, Crozet, VA
    Learning Fun

    Join Hannah Barnaby, local author and bookseller, every Wednesday for an engaging storytime featuring the reading of 2–3 delightful books.   CharlottesvilleFamily connects you with what matters most! From education resources [...]

  • Baby Buds

    Baby Buds
    Virginia Discovery Museum 524 E Main Street, Charlottesville, VA
    Arts & Crafts

    Baby Buds is an open-exploration activity time for newborns, infants, and toddlers. It supports their parents and caregivers by encouraging physical growth, social-emotional development, and emerging language skills. Engage in [...]

  • Mixed Fruit Painting with Ryan Trott

    Second Street Gallery 115 2nd St. SE, Charlottesville, VA
    Arts & Crafts

    Join Second Street Gallery and exhibiting artist Ryan Trott to create a unique painting using real and papier-mâché fruit as reference! Participants will arrange and render their own still life [...]

    $25 – $30
  • Toddler Time

    Toddler Time
    Frontier Culture Museum Staunton, Virginia
    Learning Fun

    Join the Frontier Culture Museum this January, February, and March for Toddler Time! Each Toddler Time at the Frontier Culture Museum will include a story time. Then, there will also [...]

  • Storytime

    Storytime
    New Dominion Bookshop 404 East Main St, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
    All Ages

    Join for Storytime! New Dominion’s weekly Storytime, held at 11 AM on Saturdays, features both recent storybooks and the classics kids know and love. Rain or shine. All ages welcome. [...]

  • Virginia Readers’ Choice Book Tasting

    Jefferson-Madison Regional Library - Central 201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Elementary School Age

    Ages 5-9.  Registration Required Come for a fun Book Tasting featuring Virginia Readers’ Choice titles! Sample a variety of exciting books, explore new favorites, and then create your own mini [...]

  • Create With Nature

    Botanical Garden of the Piedmont 950 Melbourne Rd, Charlottesville, VA, United States
    Arts & Crafts

    Create With Nature on Wednesday, March 11th from 10:30-11:15 am! Visit the Garden for a nature themed art activity with Bruce Gatling-Austin. Stay for a stroll through the Garden. Keep an [...]

  • WTJU Family Radio Day

    WTJU 91.1 FM
    All Ages

    Sure, you take your kids on playdates… but have they been on a playdate at a community radio station? On Sunday, March 15, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., WTJU 91.1 [...]

  • Voices of Adult Learners

    The Dickinson Fine & Performing Arts Center at PVCC
    Especially for Parents

    The 30th Annual 'Voices of Adult Learners' is a storytelling showcase where PVCC passes the mic to adults in our community working on learning English, securing a high school credential, [...]

    Free
  • Virginia Festival of the Book

    This beloved annual tradition brings together writers and readers to promote books, reading, literacy, and literary culture. Themed broadly around the concept of “Revolutions” in recognition of the America’s 250th [...]

  • StoryFest – Childhood is Magic: Stories of Land & People

    Jefferson-Madison Regional Library - Gordon Ave. 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Two books illustrate children's connections with the land and their heritage. In You Are the Land by Steph Littlebird, a child's bond with the natural world shows her that she [...]

  • TYDE Hackathon

    Contemplative Sciences Center 403 Emmet St. South, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Learning Fun

    There’s a lot of discussion about the effects of social media on teens’ mental health, but rarely do we actually ask teens and young adults what they want and need [...]

  • StoryFest – VPM Building Brains 90by5 Storytime

    VPM Charlottesville
    Festivals & Fairs

    Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain develops by age five? VPM’s Early Childhood Care and Education team is partnering with community organizations to share resources and messaging [...]

  • StoryFest – Roots and Resilience: Stories of Heart for Children

    Jefferson-Madison Regional Library - Gordon Ave. 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Festivals & Fairs

    Two children's books tell stories of brave children in the face of adversity.  Even though Henry's family gardens — especially his mother — he can't make his plant grow. When [...]

  • Archaeology Day at the Fralin

    The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA Charlottesville, Virginia

    Join us for a fun family day celebrating Archaeology at the Fralin Museum, UVA. Activities include a Q&A with the curator of the exhibition The World Between: Egypt and Nubia [...]

  • StoryFest – A Bit of Whimsy! Imaginative Books for Kids

    Jefferson-Madison Regional Library - Gordon Ave. 1500 Gordon Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia
    Festivals & Fairs

    Join us for fun books for young readers! In the newest book in bestselling author Tom Angleberger's series, Two-Headed Chicken: Chaos in the Cosmic Library, its plucky protagonists, having hopped [...]

  • StoryFest – VPM Building Brains 90by5 Afternoon Storytime

    VPM Charlottesville
    Festivals & Fairs

    Did you know that 90% of a child’s brain develops by age five? VPM’s Early Childhood Care and Education team is partnering with community organizations to share resources and messaging [...]

  • StoryFest – Middle Grades That Matter

    New Dominion Bookshop 404 East Main St, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
    Festivals & Fairs

    Three authors discuss their middle-grade stories, each written with honesty and meaning in true-to-life fiction. In Dionna L. Mann's Mama's Chicken and Dumplings, a ten-year-old girl living in segregated, 1930s [...]