Join us for the 2024 Rocktown Author Festival on Saturday, April 13th, from Noon to 4PM at Central Library in downtown Harrisonburg. Come meet 18 local authors (chosen through a competitive application process) as they discuss, sign, and sell their books. 2024 Festival authors include: Cara Sue Achterberg, Ryan B., Everett Brubaker, Heather Cole, Laura […]
Beginning in February, Rocktown Readers will be meeting once a month to read a play. Anyone is welcome to come and read or listen. We will focus each month’s play on relevant events, holidays, etc. We will meet in the Main Meeting Room at the Central Library downtown Harrisonburg.
"The voice is the muscle of the soul." We harmonize contemplation and play, giving voice to easily learned songs and chants. No prior experience needed. This month, we sing Freedom Songs and Community Anthems in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Free (donations appreciated).
The Traveling Lantern Theater Company presents: "The Story of Ebenezer Scrooge - or A Christmas Carol." Ebenezer Scrooge is a nasty, mean, snarling old man with no care for anything other than his money. His one and only friend visits him as a ghost, and starts him on a journey that melts his icy heart […]
Misti Furr, lead interpreter from Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, will present a talk on the medical history of Virginia's Colonial frontier. This program is part three of the 2023 five-part Deyerle Program Series on Local History at MRL
If you know how to play, dust off that Uke and join us!
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 and newcomers to the Shenandoah Valley and ways for the community to be involved in welcoming work. This event is part of CWS' Welcoming Week […]
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, and much more! The festival is free and no advance registration is required for the drop-in Rocktown Author Room, where local authors will be on […]