As many of you know, the Berryville Public Library has long needed a new building, and we have been raising money for that since 2021.
And, today, we have some very exciting news.
Continue reading “There’s Still Time to be Part of This Story!”
This week is National Friends of Libraries Week, which means it is the perfect time to celebrate and tout our very own Friends of the Berryville Library group!
Continue reading “Friend the Library!”
Thanks to a grant CAMALS, our regional system, received from University of California in Los Angeles’s Rare Book School, as part of a grant from the Mellon Foundation, we’re going to be hosting a zine competition and workshop this fall!
Interested? Read on to find out more about the zine station, the zine workshop, and the zine competition we’ll have.
Continue reading “Introducing Berryville Library’s Community Zine!”
Usually, I try to highlight newer releases on the blog, but this year, the CAMALS Foundation is launching a new Community Book Read, and the first book selected for it is perennial favorite To Kill A Mockingbird. And I thought it was the perfect opportunity to revisit this classic.
Precocious Jean Louise Finch–or Scout as she’s affectionately called by her family and friends–has a comparatively idyllic life in Depression-era Alabama. The youngest child of a widowed lawyer, she enjoys playing with her older brother Jem and their quirky sometimes neighbor Dill in their small town and being read to by her father Atticus. But her carefree existence comes to a screeching halt when her father begins representing Tom Robinson, an African American accused of rape. Scout is too young to always follow what is happening, but she recognizes the palpable shift in public opinion toward her family.
Continue reading “Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird”
Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our summer reading program! We had 299 readers of all ages who recorded 10,725 hours in 8 weeks. In addition to the reading challenge, we hosted a range of programs including a hot air balloon demonstration.
Continue reading “Summer Reading 2024 Update”
Today is the first day of sign-ups for summer reading, and we’ve got adventure-packed programs and activities for all ages!
Continue reading “Adventure Begins at the Berryville Library This Summer!”
Be sure to keep an eye out for the Friends of the Berryville Library’s upcoming raffle. Starting in May, you’ll be able to buy tickets for the Friends’ Make It a Summer of Adventure fundraising raffle. A special thank you to our presenting sponsor, Tonya Williams at Shelter Insurance, and all of our other generous sponsors. The prize drawing will be held Saturday, June 8, at the Ice Cream Social.
Continue reading “Make It A Summer of Adventure Sneak Peek”This year, our system greatly expanded our digital collections! In addition to our preexisting collections on ArkansasLibrary2Go (ebooks, audiobooks, and–as of this year–magazines), Mango language courses, DMV permit test resources, and Gale Legal Forms, we now have 4 exciting new digital collections you can check out with your card: Comics Plus, Creativebug, Hoopla, and Kanopy. You do need a card issued from our Carroll and Madison County Library system to access these resources.
Continue reading “Check Out Our New Digital Collections!”
The Friends of the Berryville Library are very excited to present our next author talk, Love Your Audience!
This discussion panel will feature two authors with ties to Berryville, Amanda McKinney and Craig Froman.
Continue reading “Join us on February 3 for Love Your Audience!”
In early November, our Berryville Library Building Project launched a fundraising challenge: raise $300,000 before the end of the year. If we reach this goal, we have an anonymous donor who will donate $100,000 to the building fund. The combined $400,000 from this challenge would get us to $3.2 million already raised since April 2021 and allow us to set a date to break ground in 2024. The plan is to then raise the remaining $300,000 needed during the building process.
In November, we raised an amazing $150,000, 50% of our goal, through a mailing, radio spots on our local KTHS and KUAF stations, and a telethon on KTHS.
We cannot thank the people who donated and helped us with the telethon and mailing and other fundraising efforts enough. However, we still need to raise that other 50% to reach our goal!
Continue reading “$150K Down, $150K to Go Before December 31st!”
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