Community Matters @ your library.  Enjoy May Fest at the NEW Richland Library Eastover location.  Get your picture taken and take a memory home with you. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Saturday, May 4

Pulitzer Prize−winning author Elizabeth Strout has released a new novel titled The Burgess Boys.  A Booklist review describes this latest work as a story “in which the fabric of family, loyalty, and difficult choices is revealed in layer after artful layer.”

Check out this week's featured new arrivals, below.  Whether you're interested in a grand adventure or an informative read, there is something new in Richland Library's collection for you!

Encompasses all aspects of aging, covering a variety of disciplines including biology, medicine, economics, law psychology, sociology and history, and also explores related issues such as religion, spirituality, and ethics. Also provides a topical outline, primary source documents, addresses, and Web sites. 4 volumes.

This 3-vol. set presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. Children and Childhood examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare.

Every Wednesday, Cynthia Byrd heads to the Children’s Room at the Richland Library. But she’s not there to check out books or attend a storytime. The mother of three simply walks to a tree at the edge of Maurice Sendak’s Wild Things mural and spends a few quiet moments remembering her son.

Head to Eastover Town Hall, 624 Main St., for family fun and art!  The Columbia Musuem of Art will  provide a special art project each session.  10 a.m., Wednesdays Jan 9 & 23, Feb 6 & 20

If your preschooler can't get enough of cutting, drawing and painting, check out Hands on Art at the Main Library this Friday at 11 am.  This program features simple art for the very young (ages 2-5) plus stories and songs.  Hands on Art focuses on activities that, not only encourage creativity, but also build the skills children need for kindergarten.   The books below will also increase your child's knowledge of art and the world around him.  So check them out and head downtown on Friday, January 4th at 11 am with your own pint-sized Picasso for free, fun, Hands on Art!