ALPHABUZZ: Workshop Registration & Mailing List

Folks Love to Print! and printing is a powerful key in the development of literacy. The AlphaBuzzzz project explores how a simple printing press can be used to encourage learning about alphabets, books, and literacy. AlphaBuzzzz is a program of the Virginia Humanities Virginia Center for the Book.

The Center for the Book can provide a simple traveling printing press, educational activities, and supportive instruction for using this tool in the classes or educational activities of public and private schools, libraries, and clubs and organizations in our community.

Aplhabuzzzz Workshop – Saturday, January 25, 2025
A free drop-in open house for the community will be held on Saturday, January 25, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Virginia Center for the Book, located in the Jefferson School City Center in downtown Charlottesville.
This free-form workshop will introduce visitors to the BookBeetle Press and many of the educational activities that have been developed for use with students of any age.
Participants will have the opportunity to use the BookBeetle in hands-on printing activities.

The BookBeetle is a sturdy, desktop printing press modeled on the original Gutenberg-style screw press. The press is completely friendly with no pinching hazards. Its use is straightforward and very easy to master. Materials used with the press are non-toxic and can be cleaned up with soap and water.

Aplhabuzzzz Workshop with Children – Saturday, March 15, 2025
A second drop-in workshop for the community with the encouraged attendance of children will be held Saturday, March 15 from 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM at the Virginia Center for the Book.

, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the Virginia Center for the Book,

The event is free and open to all.
If you would like to be added to our mailing list please register (registration is suggested but not required)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Virginia Center for the Book, Jefferson School City Center, Charlottesville, United States