The Brooke County Public Library and Follansbee Branch will be closed Monday, Sept. 1, for Labor Day.
Area Events
“Cook by the Book” Recipe Club
Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes? Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes with good company? Then join us at the Brooke County Public Library for Recipe Club!Every month will have a theme; you choose a recipe, make it up and bring it into the[Read More…]
WV Author Book Talk at the Library
Join us for an in-person book talk at the Brooke County Public Library with WV Author, C.L. Johnson on Thursday, August 28, at 6 p.m., in the Vincent Room.The author will be discussing their book series: Hiding, Hunting, Healing. Listen to excerpts from their new book Healing, while they discuss[Read More…]
Book vs. Movie at the Library
The Brooke County Library will be showing the movie News of the World Rated PG-13 on Thursday, August 28, at 2:30 p.m.War veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd embarks on a new mission five years after the conclusion of the Civil War: he goes from town to town to share news[Read More…]
Box Lunch Sale
Wellsburg Christian Church, located at 1001 Charles St. will hold a boxed lunch sale Sunday, Sept 14.Each box will consist of a hot dog with bun, baked beans, potato chips, a piece of fruit, a cookie, and a bottle of water.Cost is $5 per box and orders must be placed[Read More…]
“Sounds of Summer” to Bring Music, Games, and Family Fun to Weirton
The Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau invites the community to soak up the season at Second Saturday: Sounds of Summer on Saturday, August 9, at the Weirton Event Center. All ages are welcome at this celebration packed with music, food, games, and vendors.Kick off the afternoon with[Read More…]
Tai Chi Class Offered at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will now be offering a weekly Tai Chi Class instructed by Mike Turrentine every Monday at 11 a.m. in the River Room of the Brooke County Library.Tai Chi is a moving meditation in the form of a series of gentle exercises that create harmony between[Read More…]
Afternoon Movie at the Follansbee Library
The Follansbee Library will be showing the movie “Drop” rated PG-13 on Friday, August 15 at 12 p.m.Violet is a widowed mother who has worked up the courage to go on her first date in years with a charming photographer named Henry. The cute couple’s killer chemistry is rudely interrupted[Read More…]
Family Movie at the Library
The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the film “A Minecraft Movie” rated PG on Thursday, August 14 at 5 p.m.Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they embark on a magical[Read More…]
Free Strength Training Workout for Older Adults
The Brooke County Public Library is offering Geri-Fit, a 45-minute evidence-based strength training exercise class for older adults. Most of the bodybuilding exercises are performed seated in chairs with a set of light dumbbell weights. As participants become stronger, they can advance to using heavier dumbbells to challenge themselves even[Read More…]
