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Preschool Story Time

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Enjoy great stories, songs, and fingerplays, while your child develops essential early literacy skills. For children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years with an adult.  Registration require...

Registration Closed
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Required
Event Details:

Enjoy great stories, songs, and fingerplays, while your child develops essential early literacy skills. For children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years with an adult.  Registration required. 

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Teen Gaming

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 3:30pm - 6:00pm
TeenSpace at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens (Grades 7-12)
Event Details:

Come hang out and play some Nintendo Switch games with other teens after school. No need to register, just show up and join in on the fun!

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: TeenSpace
Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12)
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Come hang out and play some Nintendo Switch games with other teens after school. No need to register, just show up and join in on the fun!

ESOL Homework Help

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Children's Workshop Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
ESOL
Age Group:
Grades 1- 6, ESOL
Event Details:

Homework Help for Elementary school children

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Workshop Room
Age Group: Grades 1- 6, ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Required
Event Details:

Homework Help for Elementary school children

Exercise Class (Please see description for lottery information)

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 5:15pm - 6:15pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for a series of exercise classes incorporating yoga, Pilates and stretching. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer and certified Pilates instructor, will lead the sessions...

Registration Closed
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Required
Event Details:

Please join us for a series of exercise classes incorporating yoga, Pilates and stretching. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer and certified Pilates instructor, will lead the sessions.

Adventures in Classic Readings Sponsored by the FOL's Ruth D. Bogen Memorial Fund

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

This reading group, facilitated by Dr. Laury Magnus, Professor of English, will feature great classic works -- ancient to contemporary -- as well as participatory reading out loud ...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Required
Event Details:

This reading group, facilitated by Dr. Laury Magnus, Professor of English, will feature great classic works -- ancient to contemporary -- as well as participatory reading out loud of selected passages. 

Advanced Beginner Guitar Lessons with Reno Bracchi

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults
Event Details:

Join us for advanced beginner guitar lessons with PWPL's own Reno Bracchi.  Classes will be on five Mondays: April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20 (no class on May 27) and June 3 – ...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults
Program Type: Music/Theater Performance
Event Details:

Join us for advanced beginner guitar lessons with PWPL's own Reno Bracchi.  Classes will be on five Mondays: April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20 (no class on May 27) and June 3 – all classes are from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Sing and Swing

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admit...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Sing and Swing

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 10:15am - 10:45am
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admit...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Weekly Chess Meetup

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults
Event Details:

Come in and join us for a game of Chess.

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Come in and join us for a game of Chess.

Chess

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Children's Workshop Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Games, Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Learn the rules and strategies of chess and practice what you have learned by playing against your peers. For children in 3rd to 6th grade. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lib...

Registration Closed
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Workshop Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Games, Workshop
Required
Event Details:

Learn the rules and strategies of chess and practice what you have learned by playing against your peers. For children in 3rd to 6th grade. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library in memory of Lawrence Kamisher.

Needlecraft BYOP (Bring Your Own Project) Night

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Bring your embroidery, crochet, quilting, or sewing project to this weekly gathering. Share ideas with fellow crafters, and get inspired from our collection of pattern and instruct...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Bring your embroidery, crochet, quilting, or sewing project to this weekly gathering. Share ideas with fellow crafters, and get inspired from our collection of pattern and instruction books, generously provided by the Friends of the Library.

Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet

'For the Record': Conversation About The Rolling Stones' 'Beggars Banquet'

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

The Rolling Stones' album Beggars Banquet, released in December of 1968, marked a return to the band's more classic sound, following their previous release, a psychedelic 'misstep'...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Lecture, Music/Theater Performance
Event Details:

The Rolling Stones' album Beggars Banquet, released in Dece

Baby Rhyme Time

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

A lap-sit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills.  For children ages birth to 17 months. Admittance is on a first-come, fi...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

A lap-sit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills.  For children ages birth to 17 months. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis.  

Baby Rhyme Time

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

A lap-sit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills.  For children ages birth to 17 months. Admittance is on a first-come, fi...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

A lap-sit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills.  For children ages birth to 17 months. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis.  

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
ESOL
Age Group:
Grades 1- 6, ESOL
Event Details:

Is your child struggling with their Elementary or Middle school homework? The Port Washington Public Library ESOL department provides a Homework Help Program in which your child wi...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Grades 1- 6, ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

Is your child struggling with their Elementary or Middle school homework? The Port Washington Public Library ESOL department provides a Homework Help Program in which your child will be tutored by an academic achieving high school volunteer.

Books for Dessert

Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Book Discussion
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Books for Dessert is a book club for adults over 21 with intellectual disabilities, who live or work in and around Port Washington. Read about Books for Dessert in American Li...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Event Details:

Books for Dessert is a book club for adults over 21 with intellectual disabilities, who live or work in and around Port Washington. Read about Books for D

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Park Story Time

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Off Site
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children, Ages 0-5
Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the library) for Park Story Time! No registration required.  

Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the library) for Park Story Time! No registration required.

 

Sandwiched In with Sal St. George - The Making of the Dick Van Dyke Show

Sandwiched In with Sal St. George - The Making of the Dick Van Dyke Show

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join Adjunct Professor and TV and film historian Sal St. George, for a multimedia presentation about the making of the Dick Van Dyke Show.  Carl Reiner discovered Comic G...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Required
Event Details:

Join Adjunct Professor and TV and film historian Sal St.

Weekly Scrabble Meetup

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Mezzanine Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Drop in and play a game of Scrabble. No registration required. 

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Games
Event Details:

Drop in and play a game of Scrabble. No registration required. 

Dungeons & Dragons for Kids

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Children's Workshop Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Dungeons and Dragons is a game that engages players in collaborative storytelling, creative problem-solving, artistic expression, and exploring a world you help create. Come join o...

Registration Closed
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Workshop Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Games
Required
Event Details:

Dungeons and Dragons is a game that engages players in collaborative storytelling, creative problem-solving, artistic expression, and exploring a world you help create.

Community Chest Exhibition

All Day 5/28 - 5/29
Community Gallery at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Exhibit
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Community Chest Exhibition Celebrating 75 years

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Community Gallery
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Exhibit
Event Details:

Community Chest Exhibition Celebrating 75 years

Sing and Swing

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admit...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Sing and Swing

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 10:15am - 10:45am
Children's Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Story Time
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admit...

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:

Interactive stories, rhymes and songs emphasize early literacy skills and help instill a lifelong love of learning. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis.