2025 Shakespeare-by-the-Book Festival Features "The Merchant of Venice"
October 2025
Deception is the currency. Love is the jackpot. Justice is always a roll of the dice. For 2025, Fort Bend County Libraries’ Shakespeare-by-the-Book Festival will feature The Merchant of Venice: Vegas Edition – where every secret is a wild card, revenge has a price, and the fate of the players hangs on a single hand.
In conjunction with The Live Oak Playhouse, Fort Bend County Libraries presents the 2025 Shakespeare-by-the-Book Festival featuring live theatrical performances of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice at George Memorial Library in Richmond on Fri... Read Full Blog
Libraries Add Morning Hours Starting October 6
October 2025
Fort Bend County Libraries will expand its business hours to include earlier opening times at most locations starting on Monday, October 6, 2025. The hours of operation will be as follows:
George Memorial Library, Richmond
Monday – 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Tuesday – 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Wednesday -- 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Thursday – 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Friday/Saturday – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday – 1:00 to 5:00 pm
Albert George Branch Library, Needville
Monday – 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm
Tuesday-Thursday – 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Friday – ... Read Full Blog
Libraries’ New Network & Online-Catalog Access Launches September 2!
August 13, 2025
Fort Bend County Libraries is excited to announce the launch of a new, state-of-the-art online network, catalog, and computer/Internet access for library users starting September 2.Library users will once again have access to computers and Internet, as well as digital collections and traditional services and materials they have come to enjoy over the years – and much more!
The library system experienced a network outage that began on February 24 that impacted its online catalog and computer/internet access for six months. The outage affected the online catalog, t... Read Full Blog