Friends of Duncan Library

📚 What's your favorite thing to do at Duncan Library? Whether it's diving into a good book, attending a workshop, or enjoying the beautiful garden, we want to hear from you! Your experiences help us celebrate all the wonderful ways our community engages with the library. 🌟
🤍🩵Friends of Duncan Library is dedicated to supporting and enhancing the Duncan experience.🤍🩵
⬇️Drop your favorite activity in the comments below!⬇️

📚 Exciting news! 📚 New books are on their way to Duncan Library! 📖✨ From thrilling mysteries to heartwarming romances, there's something for everyone. Stay tuned for the latest releases and get ready to dive into your next great read.👓

🩵💚Friends of Duncan Library LOVES to support Duncan in bringing these new titles to the library's shelves.💚🩵

🌿🍂 The Duncan Library garden, lovingly maintained by the Friends of Duncan Library, is flourishing with new additions! We’ve just planted a variety of gourds, squashes, and pumpkins in one raised bed, and wildflowers in another. 🌻🎃 We invite families to visit and read to the garden—your stories will help our plants grow strong and vibrant! 🌱📚 Come join us in nurturing this green space and watch it bloom!

A million thanks and a huge shout out to our neighbor the Del Ray Citizens Association for donating $20,000 from their May House & Garden Tour to the Friends of Duncan Library. So many wonderful surprises for the community as a result of this generous gift!

Did you know that Friends of Duncan Library is run by volunteers? Even our amazing book sales are! Check out some photos from our spring sale.

We would like to highlight (and deeply thank) two very important volunteers who work tirelessly to help make Friends of Duncan Library as impactful as it is.

A BIG THANK YOU TO:

Patti Reilly, President of Friends of Duncan Library

AND

Ali Filipowicz, Book Sale Chair

We so appreciate everything you do!

We want to extend an emphatic THANK YOU to our Friends of Duncan Library spring book sale restaurant supporters and sponsors🤍:

Taqueria Poblano
Del Ray Pizzeria
Cheesetique
Spice Kraft
Jersey Mike's
Evening Star
Piece Out
St. Elmo’s/M2M
Holy Cow
Pork Barrel

We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to our Friends of Duncan Library spring book sale sponsors🤍:

Jen Walker
Passionately Pets
Del Ray Psych & Wellness
The Toomey Group
Paxton Storage

Support our friends at Burke Library! 📚

Shop the Burke Branch Friends spring sale:

5/2 from 3PM-7PM *members-only preview
sale (become a member at the door)
5/3 from 11AM-4PM
5/4 from 11AM-4PM
5/5 from 1-4PM

4701 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22304

FINAL DAY of our spring book sale. Run over to Duncan Library (2501 Commonwealth Ave) between 10:00am-1:30pm TODAY (4/27) - we have $5 bags of books!!📚

TOMORROW (4/27): Our book sale ends TOMORROW. And, we have something SPECIAL for our last day - starting at 10:00AM, buy a bag of books for $5.

Come visit us from 10:00AM-1:30PM at Duncan LIbrary (2501 Commonwealth Avenue), and indulge your book-loving tendencies!📚

TOMORROW (4/24): Friends of Duncan Library's book sale starts with the members-only preview sale. If you're not a member, but want to join in on the fun, visit https://www.friendsofduncanlibrary.org/ and become a member now!

Hope to see you there!📚

Be an early bird and shop our members-only sale on 4/24 from 5:00pm-8:00pm at Duncan Library (2501 Commonwealth Avenue). Not a member? Visit our website at www.friendsofduncanlibrary.org to join and shop early! See you soon! 🐦

SO SOON🤩:

Friends of Duncan Library Book Sale 📚
2501 Commonwealth Avenue

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 5:00-8:00 p.m.:
Members-Only Preview Sale

Thursday, April. 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.: General Public Sale

Friday, April. 26, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.:
General Public Sale

Saturday. April. 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.:
General Public Sale

Hope to see you there!

COMING SOON: The Friends of Duncan Library Book Sale! Save this post for reference and see you there! Duncan Library is located at 2501 Commonwealth Avenue in Del Ray. See you soon!

The Friends of Duncan Library used book sale is COMING SOON📚!! Shop with us and find some book treasures!

Join us on April 24th for our Friends of Duncan Library members only preview sale. Visit https://www.friendsofduncanlibrary.org to join and fish for treasures early! DM us with any questions or
comments!

Make sure to mark your calendars for the Friends of Duncan Library book sale 📚 - to keep up follow our account HERE 📕 (Instagram and Threads: ) or DM us. Hope to see you at our sale!

⏰ IT'S THAT SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR AGAIN ⏰

Mark your calendars for the Friends of Duncan Library Book Sale --

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 5:00-8:00 p.m.:
Members-Only Preview Sale

Thursday, April. 25, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.: General Public Sale

Friday, April. 26, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.:
General Public Sale

Saturday. April. 27, 2024, 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.:
General Public Sale

Hope to see you there!

☔️ Get out of the RAIN TODAY☔️ --

Friends of Duncan Library Symposia Series📚 -

Attend an educational seminar on estate and finance planning for today's household led by attorney Olesya Sidorkina of Essential Legal Planning and financial advisor Johnny Garstka of The Harvey Group

Saturday, March 23 from 11am-12pm

Location:

Duncan Library's 2501 Commonwealth Avenue in the Beth Patridge Meeting Room.

Friends of Duncan Library Symposia Series📚 -

✨INAUGURAL EVENT TONIGHT 👇✨

Attend an educational seminar on estate and finance planning for today's household led by attorney Olesya Sidorkina of Essential Legal Planning and financial advisor Johnny Garstka of The Harvey Group --

Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm

AND

Saturday, March 23 from 11am-12pm

Location:

Duncan Library's 2501 Commonwealth Avenue in the Beth Patridge Meeting Room.

Friends of Duncan Library Symposia Series📚 -

Attend an educational seminar on estate and finance planning for today's household led by attorney Olesya Sidorkina of Essential Legal Planning and financial advisor Johnny Garstka of The Harvey Group --

Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm

AND

Saturday, March 23 from 11am-12pm

Location:

Duncan Library - 2501 Commonwealth Avenue in the Beth Patridge Meeting Room.

INTRODUCING the Friends of Duncan Library symposia series📚 - a space where we congregate to listen and learn. In the series, area experts teach us about timely and significant topics - and we discuss them to learn from one another.

Our series launches with an educational seminar on estate and finance planning for today's household led by attorney Olesya Sidorkina of Essential Legal Planning and financial advisor Johnny Garstka of The Harvey Group.

Attend one or both seminars:

Wednesday, March 20 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm AND Saturday, March 23 from 11am-12pm

Location:

Duncan Library - 2501 Commonwealth Avenue in the Beth Patridge Meeting Room.

Everyone is welcome! DM us if you have questions or comments!

LAUNCH PARTY:

The Ortiz Friends are Coming Home

2/24 from 6pm-8pm

Alexandria History Museum - at the Lyceum

Purchase tickets at: ortiztwins.com

The DIY Watercolor workshop was well-attended and great fun!

Look at this beautiful painting! 🖼️

Thanks to everyone who attends Duncan Library and Friends of Duncan library events!

SPECIAL EVENT:

Join Alexandria Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam and Alexandria Library for a multicultural poetry reading that celebrates our celestial neighbor, the moon!

Listen to poems about the moon, or come as a reader!

Bring your own poems-or those by other poets — in English and in other languages to read together.

Burke Branch Library
Saturday, March 2 at 2 PM
4701 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA

More more information, visit:

https://alexlibraryva.org/event/10159559

COMMUNITY EVENT:

The Ortiz Twins are Coming Home
2/24 6pm-8pm

Tickets available at: ortiztwins.com

💕DIY EVENT💕 - sponsored by Friends of Duncan Library

2/28 from 6pm-7pm
2501 Commonwealth Ave (inside Duncan Library)

Register online to claim a seat!

DM us if you have any questions.