Meet this year’s Rocktown Festival Authors!

Massanutten Regional Library 174 S Main St., Harrisonburg, VA

Come meet 15 great local authors on Saturday, April 29th from Noon - 4PM during MRL's Rocktown Author Festival! Genres represented include fiction, historical fiction, children's literature, romance, young adult, […]

Free

First Friday: Furious Flower Broadside Gallery presents “Writing on the Wall: Reading Black Poetry”

Furious Flower Poetry Center 500 Cardinal Drive, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Join us at Furious Flower Broadside Gallery for another Arts Council of the Valley First Friday Downtown Art Tour. Our third exhibit, "The Writing on the Wall: Reading Black Poetry," […]

Free

First Friday: Furious Flower Broadside Gallery presents “Writing on the Wall: Reading Black Poetry”

Furious Flower Poetry Center 500 Cardinal Drive, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Join us at Furious Flower Broadside Gallery for another Arts Council of the Valley First Friday Downtown Art Tour. Our third exhibit, "The Writing on the Wall: Reading Black Poetry," […]

Free

Harry Potter Birthday Bash

Brothers Craft Brewing 800 N Main St, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Come celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday with us and our friends at Massanutten Regional Library during our 5th annual Harry Potter Birthday Bash! We have plenty of festivities, including: -$1 OFF […]

Author Signing

Barnes & Noble 289 Burgess Rd, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Saturday, July 29th! From 1-4PM, we'll be having a signing even for Safety Seal with the authors, Samuel Griffin III and Theresa Caldwell. See you there!

Poetry Night at Sage Bird

Sage Bird Ciderworks 325 N Liberty St., Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Futile Poetry presents "Slow Heat," a Futile Poetry Reading featureing Caleb Nolen, followed by Poetry Open Mic! Come experience the work of featured reader, Caleb Nolen, whose poetry appeared in […]

When the Moon is Low: Author Talk with Nadia Hashimi

Massanutten Regional Library 174 S Main St., Harrisonburg, VA

Join Church World Service Harrisonburg (CWS), MRL, and author Nadia Hashimi (attending virtually) to discuss Hashimi’s novel, "When the Moon is Low." Guests will also learn how CWS welcomes refugees […]

First Friday: Furious Flower Broadside Gallery

Furious Flower Poetry Center 500 Cardinal Drive, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Join us Friday, September 1 and Friday, October 6 from 5-7 p.m. at Furious Flower Poetry Center (Cardinal House, 500 Cardinal Dr.) for the debut of our fourth exhibit, Be)Holding: […]

Free

Kate Baer, 3x New York Times Bestselling Poet, EMU writers read

Lehman Auditorium 201 Park Pl, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

EMU's Lehman Auditorium. Free and open to the public. No tickets necessary. Book-signing follows. Kate Baer is a 2007 EMU alum and New York Times bestselling author of three poetry […]

Furious Flower Presents Safia Elhillo: Open Mic & Poetry Reading

The Golden Pony 181 N Main St, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Join us for an open mic (6:30 p.m.) and poetry reading (7:30 p.m.), featuring Safia Elhillo. Elhillo is the author of The January Children (University of Nebraska Press), which received […]

Free

October Book Club

Barnes & Noble 289 Burgess Rd, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

 Join us Wednesday, November 8th at 7PM for a discussion on our October Book Club pick, The Prospectors by Ariel Djanikian!

Tawanda Mulalu: Poetry Reading

james madison University 800 S Main St, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

Join us for our final reading Thursday, November 9 at 5 p.m. in Warren 256 (The Union) in the Fall 2023 Furious Flower Reading Series, featuring Tawanda Mulalu. Mulalu was […]

Crossing the River Styx-WMRA Books and Brews

Pale Fire Brewing Company 217 S Liberty St Ste 105, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

WMRA’s November Books & Brews will feature retired chaplain Russ Ford and Dr. Todd C. Peppers discussing, Crossing the River Styx, the memoir of a Death Row Chaplain. Tuesday, November […]

First Friday: Furious Flower Broadside Gallery

Cardinal House 500 Cardinal Dr., Harrisonburg

Join us on Friday, November 3 and December 1 from 5-7 p.m. for another First Friday at Furious Flower Broadside Gallery, featuring our fifth exhibit, "Home: Place, Flight, and Memory," […]