Join
Us for the 25th Annual Literary
Awards Celebration!
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Don’t miss our biggest literary event of the
year and help support the education,
community outreach, collections and programs
of the Library of Virginia. Celebrate the
best in Virginia literature at the
25th Annual Literary Awards
Celebration on Saturday, Oct.
15! Presented by
Amazon and Dominion
Energy, the gala begins at 6
p.m. and includes cocktails, a seated
dinner, awards presentations and book
signings with outstanding Virginia authors.
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Hosted by best-selling Virginia author
Adriana Trigiani, the event includes James
Beard Award-winning author and culinary
historian Michael W. Twitty as the featured
speaker and honors veteran journalist Katie
Couric for outstanding contributions to
literature and journalism. Get your tickets
today!
Leading up to the awards, join us for free
virtual conversations with literary award
finalists on Thursday, Oct. 6
(Poetry Discussion Panel), and
Wednesday, Oct. 12 (Nonfiction
Discussion Panel). And don’t
miss the Art in Literature: The Mary
Lynn Kotz Award event at the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on
Friday, Oct. 14. For more
information, call 804.692.3592 or visit www.lva.virginia.gov/public/litawards.
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Virginia
Archives Month Celebrates 20
Years
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Virginia
Archives Month is 20! For two decades,
every October, the archival and special
collections institutions around the
commonwealth have joined together to
celebrate and raise awareness about the
importance of our shared documentary
history. What began as Virginia Archives
Week in 2002 has grown into a statewide
celebration of the institutions and
professionals who safeguard, preserve
and make accessible records of enduring
value.
Participating
institutions will share information,
videos, programs, tours and resources.
Join us for a free Archives
Month Tour of the Library of
Virginia on Saturday, Oct.
22 at 12:00 or 1:00 p.m., as well as a
panel discussion, Memory's
Journey: Addressing Difficult Family
History, on Wednesday, Oct
26 at 6 p.m. This in-person event will
also be livestreamed on our Facebook and YouTube
pages.
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Pardonnez-nous
les amis! Can Can Café Opening
Delayed
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Can Can Brasserie is waiting on a few more
pieces of equipment before they open their
doors on the new Can Can Café in the Library
of Virginia’s lobby. We will share the new
opening date as soon as it's confirmed! You
can also follow Can Can Café on
Instagram for updates.
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Hours will be Monday through Friday, 8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. Can Can Café will offer
indoor and outdoor seating. Breakfast will
include fresh-baked pastries and lunch will
feature soup, salad and sandwiches, as well
as to-go pastries, desserts and other items.
Can Can’s signature coffee service will be
available throughout the day.
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Learn
a New Language with Transparent
Language Online
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This month the Library has added a new
digital language-learning tool, Transparent
Language Online, to the Library Development
and Networking Division’s Find It Virginia
collection. The program offers online
courses that support a variety of learning
styles for more than 120 languages,
including 24 Indigenous languages and
American Sign Language. For younger
learners, KidSpeak offers animation-based
instruction in six different languages for
children in grades K-2. Transparent Language
also supports English-language learners with
ESL/ELL materials for speakers of 34
different languages as well as an American
Citizenship Test prep course.
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Transparent Language Online is now available
(on computers and tablets as well as through
an app) from Virginia’s public libraries (find your local
library) and at finditva.com. Free
access to Transparent Language and other
resources in the Find It Virginia
collection, supported by funds from the
Institute of Museum and Library Services,
ensures that all residents of the
commonwealth have equal access to essential
resources for lifelong learning.
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Regional
Writers Discuss the Creative State
of Our Union
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Join us online on Thursday, Oct. 20
at 6 p.m. for an inspiring look
at the Creative State of Our Union from a
panel of regional writers and poets.
Award-winning writers Caroline Bock, Jona
Colson, Melanie S. Hatter, Holly
Karapetkova, and Nathan Leslie will read
from and discuss the anthology This is
What America Looks Like: Poetry &
Fiction from DC, Maryland, and
Virginia.
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VPM
Documentary Explores the Effects of
Urban Renewal
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Join us in the Library’s Lecture Hall on
Friday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m.
for a free screening of the VPM documentary
feature film Raised/Razed followed
by a discussion with filmmakers Lorenzo
Dickerson and Jordy Yager moderated by
cultural organizer and public historian
Justin Reid. The film weaves original audio
interviews of former Vinegar Hill residents
from the early 1980s with modern-day
interviews with their descendants and
explores the lasting effects of Urban
Renewal on this large African American
neighborhood in the heart of
Charlottesville.
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