Name: Used Book Sale
Start: 2025-03-17T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-17T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Used Book Sale

Monday, March 17, 2025 at 10:00am - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Book Sale

Age Group:

All Ages

Book Sale:

Roughly every other month we hold a used book sale in our Upper Level Conference Room. Get great bargains on books, compact discs, and DVDs for all ages. (Any time you are in th...

Event Details:

Stop by our used book sale Saturday, Sunday, or Monday!

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Book Sale

Event Details:

Stop by our used book sale Saturday, Sunday, or Monday!

Book Sale

Roughly every other month we hold a used book sale in our Upper Level Conference Room. Get great bargains on books, compact discs, and DVDs for all ages.

(Any time you are in the library you can also check out our smaller ongoing book sale on the two shelves in our Main Reading Room.)

All proceeds support library programs and services!

Prices

Hardback: $3.00 + tax
Paperback: $2.00 + tax
Kids Board Book: $1.00 + tax
DVD/Blu-ray: $0.50 + tax
Audiobook: $1.00 + tax
Specialty Item: As marked + tax

MRSPL Foundation

Thank you to the MRSPL Foundation, which purchased our moveable book sale shelves and whose volunteers help with the book sale set up and staffing.

Armchair Travel: South Africa

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Film

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Armchair Travel at the LibraryWe will be meeting in the Upper Level Conference Room of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library to continue our "travels." Join us the third Tuesday, Ja...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Film

Event Details:

Armchair Travel at the Library

We will be meeting in the Upper Level Conference Room of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library to continue our "travels." Join us the third Tuesday, January through December,

Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped. The practice of mindfulne...

Registration Open

Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Required

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped.

Operation EarthWatch

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Lower Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Community & Culture, Health & Wellness

Age Group:

School Age (Grades K-5, Age 5-11)

Event Details:

Join Operation EarthWatch at the library! Students in Grades K-5, accompanied by their caregivers, are invited to the MRSPL conference room to work on this month's activities. Regi...

Registration Open

Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Lower Level Conference Room

Age Group: School Age (Grades K-5, Age 5-11)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Community & Culture, Health & Wellness

Required

Seats Remaining: 14

Event Details:

Join Operation EarthWatch at the library! Students in Grades K-5, accompanied by their caregivers, are invited to the MRSPL conference room to work on this month's activities.

Library Board of Trustees Meeting

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Library Board of Trustees

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Library Board of Trustees:

The MRSPL Board of Trustees holds its regular monthly meeting on the third Wednesday evening of the month (unless otherwise specified). More Info: To view agendas, ...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Library Board of Trustees

Library Board of Trustees

The MRSPL Board of Trustees holds its regular monthly meeting on the third Wednesday evening of the month (unless otherwise specified).

More Info: To view agendas, minutes, and more information about the Library Board, visit the Library Board of Trustee's webpage.
Recordings of Past Meetings: Visit the City's webcasts website. Scroll to the Archives section, then the Webcasts section. Scroll to find meetings.

"Fiber Artists of Falls Church" with photo of yarn and kinitting needles

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Falls Church Fiber Artists:

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own proje...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own project! All are welcome.

English Conversation Class

Monday, March 24, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

ESOL & Language

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: ESOL & Language

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No registration required. Walk-ins are welcome.

Great Books Discussion Series

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm

Virtual Programs at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Great Books Discussion Series:

A "Great Books" discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) usually meeting at 7 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.&nbs...

Event Details:

The group will discuss: “Ward No. 6,” by Anton Chekhov (1892). Available at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57333/57333-h/57333-h.htm 2024-2025 Schedule & Reading Li...

Virtual Event

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Virtual Programs

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Book Discussion

Event Details:

The group will discuss:

Great Books Discussion Series

A "Great Books" discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) usually meeting at 7 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.

Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped. The practice of mindfulne...

Registration Open

Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Required

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped.

Falls Church Writers Group

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Lower Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Writing Group

Age Group:

High School (Grades 9 - 12), Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

A group for local aspiring writers. Share your work, give and receive feedback. All kinds of writing considered. Bring something that you're working on. Usually meets the fou...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Lower Level Conference Room

Age Group: High School (Grades 9 - 12), Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Writing Group

Event Details:

A group for local aspiring writers. Share your work, give and receive feedback. All kinds of writing considered. Bring something that you're working on. Usually meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm.

Sleep With Strangers by Dolores Hitchens

Mystery Book Club

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Mystery Book Club:

Come in, get cozy and enjoy a group discussion of books of mystery and suspense by famous and lesser known authors from the Golden Age of Mysteries. Meetings will be held eve...

Event Details:

Come join us as we venture onto the highways and byways of Long Beach California of the 1950s. Sleep With Strangers is a classic hardboiled murder mystery - taut, suspenseful,...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Book Discussion

Event Details:

Come join us as we venture onto the highways and byways of Long Beach California of the 1950s.

Mystery Book Club

Come in, get cozy and enjoy a group discussion of books of mystery and suspense by famous and lesser known authors from the Golden Age of Mysteries. Meetings will be held every other month, usually on the 4th Wednesday of that month. We have been holding Hybrid meetings; you can join in-person or via zoom

Need a copy of the book? Please search our online catalog or our Overdrive ebook/audiobook collection to check the availability of this book. Special book group copies are also set aside roughly one month before the discussion and can be requested on a first come, first serve basis by emailing circ@fallschurchva.gov.

Thank You, MRSPL Foundation!

Special thanks to the MRSPL Foundation, whose support enables us to purchase extra copies of each title for this book club. To learn more about the Foundation, which is an independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing library materials, services, programs, and equipment, please visit mrsplfoundation.org!

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Falls Church Fiber Artists:

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own proje...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own project! All are welcome.

English Conversation Class

Monday, March 31, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

ESOL & Language

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: ESOL & Language

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No registration required. Walk-ins are welcome.

Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped. The practice of mindfulne...

Registration Open

Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Required

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped.

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Falls Church Fiber Artists:

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own proje...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own project! All are welcome.

New Yorker Discussion Group

Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

New Yorker Discussion Group:

Enjoy reading The New Yorker but wish you had someone to chat about it with? Drop into the monthly New Yorker Discussion Group to share your thoughts on what you’ve read ...

Event Details:

Article to be determined. This program will be held in person at the library and via Zoom. Please email to request a Zoom invite.

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Book Discussion

Event Details:

Article to be determined. This program will be held in person at the library and via Zoom. Please email to request a Zoom invite.

New Yorker Discussion Group

Enjoy reading The New Yorker but wish you had someone to chat about it with? Drop into the monthly New Yorker Discussion Group to share your thoughts on what you’ve read in a variety of articles. The group meets on the first Thursday of the month from 2-3 pm on Zoom.

Board Game Sunday for Adults

Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Lower Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Community & Culture, Games & Puzzles

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Come check out the wonderful and varied world of modern board games. Play various tabletop games that are simple to learn and fun to master. This is a great way to meet new p...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Lower Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Community & Culture, Games & Puzzles

Event Details:

Come check out the wonderful and varied world of modern board games. Play various tabletop games that are simple to learn and fun to master. This is a great way to meet new people.

English Conversation Class

Monday, April 7, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

ESOL & Language

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: ESOL & Language

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No registration required. Walk-ins are welcome.

Great Books Discussion Series

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:45pm

Virtual Programs at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Great Books Discussion Series:

A "Great Books" discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) usually meeting at 7 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.&nbs...

Event Details:

The group will discuss: “Philosophy and Its Critics,” in Some Problems of Philosophy, by William James (1911). Chapter 1. Available at https://ia801305.us.archive.org/29/item...

Virtual Event

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Virtual Programs

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Book Discussion

Event Details:

The group will discuss:

Great Books Discussion Series

A "Great Books" discussion concentrating on literary classics (both traditional and modern) usually meeting at 7 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. All are welcome.

Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped. The practice of mindfulne...

Registration Open

Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Required

Seats Remaining: 20

Event Details:

Most of us are always on the go in some capacity, tasking ourselves to keep things running smoothly or remedying situations that aren’t going as we hoped.

Lego Club

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Lower Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

School Age (Grades K-5, Age 5-11)

Event Details:

Calling all Master Builders to come and create at the library! This drop-in program is open to students in Grades K-5. No registration is required. Preschoolers are welcome if supe...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Lower Level Conference Room

Age Group: School Age (Grades K-5, Age 5-11)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Calling all Master Builders to come and create at the library! This drop-in program is open to students in Grades K-5. No registration is required. Preschoolers are welcome if supervised at all times by an adult.

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Falls Church Fiber Artists:

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own proje...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Drop in for this informal weekly group to knit and crochet. Share what you're creating. Get advice from other knitters and crocheters. Or just chat while you work on your own project! All are welcome.

English Conversation Class

Monday, April 14, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

ESOL & Language

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: ESOL & Language

Event Details:

Join us for a Free English Conversation class for adults to practice your language skills with other learners, and improve your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. No registration required. Walk-ins are welcome.

Armchair Travel: Paris

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Upper Level Conference Room at Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Program Type:

Film

Age Group:

Adults (Ages 18+)

Event Details:

Armchair Travel at the LibraryWe will be meeting in the Upper Level Conference Room of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library to continue our "travels." Join us the third Tuesday, Ja...

Library Branch: Mary Riley Styles Public Library

Room: Upper Level Conference Room

Age Group: Adults (Ages 18+)

Program Type: Film

Event Details:

Armchair Travel at the Library

We will be meeting in the Upper Level Conference Room of the Mary Riley Styles Public Library to continue our "travels." Join us the third Tuesday, January through December,

Library Holiday Hours

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Book Sale

Prices

MRSPL Foundation

Armchair Travel at the Library

Library Board of Trustees

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Great Books Discussion Series

Mystery Book Club

Thank You, MRSPL Foundation!

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Falls Church Fiber Artists

New Yorker Discussion Group

Great Books Discussion Series

Falls Church Fiber Artists

Armchair Travel at the Library