The Main branch of Richmond Public Library continues to reach out to the surrounding community. PLease consider this event on September 20.

From FaceBook event page:

After many months of workshops and endless help and support from the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library (especially the incredible teens!) the People’s Library is opening to the public! What does that mean? It means you can check out one of our homemade books, write your history in it and return it to the library to be included in their permanent collection! It’s all free, all you need is a library card. But come out for the opening for food, friends, and brainstorming sessions on how to allow the project to continually to evolve and expand!

The People’s Library is a highly collaborative, sustainable and interactive public art project. Since February 2013 community members have been working together to design and build a library authored by the community. During a series of workshops participants transformed discarded books into hundreds of blank books for anyone to write their histories in. Every book will be included in the library’s permanent collection at Main.

On September 20th, from 5-7:30 at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library, the blank books will be available for any community member with a library card to check out and take with them. The books can then be filled with histories, photos, drawings, anything. Once they checked back they’ll become part of the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library’s permanent collection. The books can then be checked out by anyone in the community creating a real and symbolic meeting place for our diverse state.