What’s your story?

Boy, do we have a festival planned for Radford! On Saturday, July 12, from 10 to 5. Authors, storytellers, performers and musicians will invade Glencoe Museum and regale us with their stories and hijinks. Take a look at some of the folks who will be here: Beth Macy, Ralph Berrier, Charlotte Rogan, Jan Neuharth, Kathryn Starke, Tim Jackson, Roland Lazenby, Michael Abraham, Fred First, Madelyn Rosenberg, storyteller Wally Scott and our very special guest Bil Lepp who has appeared on Comedy Central–a cross between Bill Cosby and Jeff Foxworthy! That’s somebody you don’t want to miss. The Java Brothers music will be our finale. There will also be workshops on storytelling and archiving your family’s histories, story times for the kids and juggler/street performer Cyrus Pynn. This festival is the first for Radford and southwest Virginia. Thanks to the generous donation of the Rockwell family in memory of their mother, Jean Rockwell, who attended the Festival of the Book in Charlottesville every year. Her daughter Susan says, “My Mom was an avid reader her entire life. She so enjoyed the 20+ years she spent working at the Radford Public Library and interacting with the Radford community, and always looked forward to attending the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville each year. The Radford Literary Festival is a fitting way to both honor her memory, as well as a way to give back to the city of Radford and the New River Valley area.”
So mark your calendars for Saturday, July 12. Go to the library’s website and click on Radford Reads Literary Festival. There will be a live radio broadcast on Wednesday, July 2nd from noon until 1:00 pm. To participate in the radio show on July 2nd, call 347-327-9168 to find out more about it. Summer reading program is well under way from birth to infinity. You’re not too old or too young to benefit from reading in the summer. Today is the first day for our new youth services librarian Hannah Pierce. Drop in and say hello. She would love to meet you. Story time starts again Tuesday, June 24th 10:00 for the wee ones. 11:00 for toddlers. Any questions? Give us a call at 731 3621 or text us on your smart phone by calling 66746 and precede your initial question with askradford.