Alert: the Central Library parking garage will close soon for structural repairs, which may last through Spring 2025. 🚧 Visit our website for alternative parking options and project updates. 🔗

Due to weather conditions, all Arlington County Public Library locations are closed on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. All library programs and room reservations are canceled. All materials due Feb. 12 will be extended an extra day. Holds for pickup will also be extended by one day.

Due to anticipated snow, all Arlington County Public Library locations will close at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. All library programs after 3 p.m. are canceled. All materials due Feb. 11 will be extended an extra day. Holds for pickup will also be extended by one day.

RT @ArlingtonVA: Arlington County, in partnership with @EcoActionArl, has officially launched the @GetGreenApp Arlington app!📱✨ 🔍 Discover…

Due to the weather, Central Library will operate on a delayed schedule, opening at 12 p.m. on Tue., Jan. 7. All library locations will close early at 6 p.m. Morning programs at Central will be canceled, as well as all evening programs after 6 p.m. at all library locations.

Due to weather conditions, all Libraries will be closed on Mon., Jan. 6. All library programs and room reservations are canceled. All materials due will be extended an extra day. Holds for pickup will also be extended by one day. Please stay safe.

We're so excited to read "Custodians of Wonder" by Eliot Stein. 🤩 This exploration of endangered cultural traditions and the people keeping them alive is out now. 🔗

RT @susantran: For all my book lovers and library fans 📚💕... you can celebrate your #LoveStory with a FREE wedding 🥂at @ArlingtonVALib!!!…

Happening now: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (@NK_Adjei) joins our final #ArlingtonReads event of the year. His debut novel, “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” imagines a dystopian future prison system that leverages gladiator matches for public entertainment. WATCH ▶️

This Sunday, join a board game meetup for the ages! ♟️🤩🎲 Make friends, win prizes and try 200+ new games—including Dungeons & Dragons—at our free #ArlingtonGameFest event on Sunday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 🔗 @NovaBoardGame @ArlingtonVA

All Arlington Public Library locations will be closed on Election Day, Nov. 5. Please note that select libraries will still serve as polling places. Locate your polling place and find more information. ⤵️ 🔗

Tonight for #ArlingtonReads: authors and illustrators Damian Duffy and John Jennings discuss their award-winning graphic novel adaptations of Afrofuturist architect #OctaviaButler's “Kindred” and “Parable of the Sower.” Watch ➡️

Happening now: #ArlingtonReads welcomes acclaimed authors Nnedi Okorafor (@Nnedi) and Roseanne A. Brown (@rosiesrambles) for a conversation exploring the fantasy worlds both authors have crafted drawing from African cultures and folklore.  Watch ➡️

Happening now: author-illustrator @hopelarson joins a free #ArlingtonReads event focusing on her Eisner-winning graphic novel adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s sci-fi classic “A Wrinkle in Time.” 🌌👧⌛ Tune in ▶️

Learn about Elections in Arlington with the Arlington County Office of Elections (@ArlingtonVotes) as officials discuss their roles and answer your questions Sept. 18 at #APLCentral! 🔗

9/13/2024 UPDATE: Power has been restored and Central Library will resume normal operations today, Sept. 13. 🔗

RT @ArlingtonVA: 9:37 a.m. -- The moment of impact at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when 184 lives were lost. #NeverForget

@smokey_bear turned 80 this month!🧯🐻🌲 Celebrate Smokey’s birthday with our Charlie Clark #CenterForLocalHistory's feature on Arlington resident Rudolph "Rudy" Wendelin, who was Smokey’s “caretaker” for decades. 🔗

RT @aplstacks: Have you read the delicious romance, "A Proposal they Can't Refuse" by Natalie Caña? Check it out today!