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Dying for Tie-Dye
Feel like putting a little free spirit in your summer? Get on your oldest clothes, grab some buckets and rubber gloves, and head for the backyard to create beautiful tie-dye crafts.
CRRL Presents: Toni Crowder and Tessitura the Opera Clown
This interview airs beginning June 24.
With a dazzling voice, a horse named Wagner, and some clever props, Toni Crowder as Tessitura, the Opera Clown, is introducing young audiences to the world of opera. She gives us a taste of her performance in an interview with Debby Klein on CRRL Presents, a Central Rappahannock Regional Library production.
CRRL Presents: Mary Jane Bohlen, Inspiring Artist and Teacher
This interview airs beginning June 10.
Mary Jane Bohlen's work delights all who view it. From printmaking and papermaking to painting and sculpture there is always something new to explore and appreciate and her teaching is legendary. Before her move to Rhode Island, Debby Klein met with her to talk about her long career in Fredericksburg.
Atrium Gallery: 14th Annual Teen Art Show
View the library's annual Teen Art Show, co-sponsored by It! Magazine, through June 29, in the Headquarters Atrium Gallery. The show is open to students in grades 9-12, who live in the city of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford or Westmoreland counties.
CRRL Presents: Lorene Nickel and Joseph Detwiler, Ceramicists
This interview airs beginning June 3.
Creating beautiful works in clay and teaching others to do the same, at the University of Mary Washington, keep Lorene Nickel and Joseph Detwiler busy. Debby Klein visits this delightful husband and wife team in their lovely home created to house their spectacular works.
Salem Church Exhibit: Cornelia Raring
A small sampling of artist Cornelia Raring's works will be displayed in the lobby of the Salem Church branch in June. An opening reception will be held Sunday, June 7th from 2:00-4:00. The public is invited. Please come and celebrate a vibrant life and dearly missed friend.
Blond Bombshells: Sirens of the Silver Screen
We kick off our Blond Bombshells Film Series on Wednesday, May 27, with a screening of "I'm No Angel" featuring Mae West and Cary Grant at 7pm, in the Headquarters Library theater.
Find out more about our film series bombshells Mae West, Jean Harlow, and Marilyn Monroe.
Atrium Gallery: Jim Ellis
Watercolors by Jim Ellis are on exhibit in the Headquarters Atrium Gallery through May.






