Appomattox Regional Library System » Sticky http://www.arls.org 209 E. Cawson St., Hopewell, VA 23860 804.458.6320 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Dr. Christopher Stevenson Presents the Archeology of the Golden Ball Tavern http://www.arls.org/2010/09/the-golden-ball-tavern/ http://www.arls.org/2010/09/the-golden-ball-tavern/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:30:08 +0000 cmcpherson http://www.arls.org/?p=2977 Dr. Stevenson, head archeologist for the Golden Ball Tavern archeological site, will give a presentation about this pre-Revolutionary site at the Rohoic Branch of the Appomattox Regional Library System on September 9th at 6:30 PM. The Golden Ball Tavern, originally built in the 1760s, was a significant location in what is now Petersburg’s Old Town area. The presentation will cover the results of three years of excavations at the site.

]]> http://www.arls.org/2010/09/the-golden-ball-tavern/feed/ 0 Shrouded in Silk: The Great Tubize Strike of 1934 http://www.arls.org/2010/09/shrouded-in-silk-the-great-tubize-strike-of-1934/ http://www.arls.org/2010/09/shrouded-in-silk-the-great-tubize-strike-of-1934/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:18 +0000 cwiegard http://www.arls.org/?p=2932 Join us at the Hopewell Library Thursday September 16 at 7:00 pm to learn about one of the most notable events of Hopewell history: the Great Tubize Strike of 1934.

Postcard representing Tubize Silk Mill

This program will be presented by library staff members Chris Wiegard and Jean Langford. Wiegard will provide perspective on the year 1934 in American History, a dark and disordered year of the Great Depression characterized by labor unrest, homelessness, and hunger. Langford will cover the specifics of the Tubize strike and its aftermath in Hopewell.

“We chose to title our program ‘Shrouded in Silk’” says Langford. “Tubize was a producer of luxury goods which for a time was known to employees as an ideal workplace of friendliness and good times. But when economic reality hit, things fell apart in a confused and mysterious way. This is a story with more drama than most fiction, and one that also relates to the modern day!”

The lecture will feature a digital display of photographs from 1934, some of which are from the Local History and Genealogy Collection at the library, and a display of physical objects from the Tubize company.

For more information, call the Hopewell Library Information desk at 458-6320 x 1005.

]]> http://www.arls.org/2010/09/shrouded-in-silk-the-great-tubize-strike-of-1934/feed/ 2 Fall Story Time Hours @ Your Library® http://www.arls.org/2010/08/fall-story-time-hours-your-library%c2%ae/ http://www.arls.org/2010/08/fall-story-time-hours-your-library%c2%ae/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:50 +0000 janderson http://www.arls.org/?p=3075 Our fall story time series begins September 13th – stop in for stories, songs & rhymes!


FALL STORY TIME SCHEDULE:

Monday: Hopewell @ 10:30 am

Wednesday: Dinwiddie @10:30 am

Thursday: Hopewell @ 10:30 am

Friday: Carson @ 10:30 am

We look forward to seeing you there!

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