[Archived] Alexandria Library’s Barrett Branch Celebrates 5th Open House

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

Alexandria Library’s Barrett Branch
Celebrates 5th Open House

Alexandria Library’s Barrett Branch will celebrate its 5th Open House and with a variety of activities on Saturday, April 23, from 9 am to 5 pm.

The Friends of Barrett Branch will conduct its first Silent Auction from 9 am to 4:45 pm. The public is invited to bid on a variety of items including two round trip tickets to anywhere Independence Air flies.. Bids will be collected at 4:45 sharp. All proceeds will be used to enhance library services for children and adults, and provide funds to supplement library resources.

A luncheon by Bittersweet Catering will be served at 12:45 pm. Face-painting for kids will begin at 11 am and end at 3 pm. A short Library Employee Recognition Awards ceremony will begin at 12:30 pm.

Musical performers will include The Mount Vernon Dixieland Jazz Band, playing from 1 pm to 2:30 pm, and Fuzzy Logic (contemporary soft rock), playing from 3 to 4:30 pm.

The Barrett Branch library was built in 1937 and named in honor of Kate Waller Barrett, a humanitarian, social crusader and political reformer. The branch offers a large collection of adult and juvenile books, books-on-tape, books on CD, music CDs, videos and DVDs, with an emphasis on popular materials. In addition, the Barrett provides Internet and word processing stations for free public use.

Barrett Branch is located at 717 Queen St. in Alexandria. All events are free. Call 703.838.4555 for more information.