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"A Step Back in Time" - Jim Graf - Art Advisory Council Exhibit

All Day 5/1 - 5/24
Art Gallery at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Exhibit
Age Group:
Adults, Everyone
Event Details:

Art Advisory Council Exhibit - "A Step Back in Time" - Jim Graf

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

Art Advisory Council Exhibit - "A Step Back in Time" - Jim Graf

Community Chest Exhibition

All Day 5/1 - 5/24
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 

Books for Dessert

Thursday, May 16, 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

Story Time written in black text on a green background

Park Story Time

Friday, May 17, 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.

 

ESOL Low Intermediate Class

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:30pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
ESOL
Age Group:
ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Low Intermediate Class with Rachel

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Low Intermediate Class with Rachel

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Remington, Russell and the Making of the "Old West"

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Remington, Russell and the Making of the "Old West"

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

After the official "closing" of the frontier after the 1890 census, the myth of the west reached its apex in the painting of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, whose contrasti...

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

After the official "closing" of the frontier after the 1890 census, the myth of the west reached its apex in the painting of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, whose contrasting work was the basis for our c

Weekly Scrabble Meetup

Friday, May 17, 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. 

Coding for Kids

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Workshop Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Ignite the love of coding by learning to create animations and computer games using Scratch, a graphical programming language developed by MIT. Taught by AP Computer Science high s...

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

Ignite the love of coding by learning to create animations and computer games using Scratch, a graphical programming language developed by MIT.

Dungeons & Dragons for Kids

Friday, May 17, 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.

Shipwreck and Salvation

Shipwreck and Salvation: The Wreck of the Prince Maurice 1657

Friday, May 17, 2024 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Civic Engagement, Lecture
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

On the night of March 8, 1657, a Dutch ship, The Prince Maurice slammed into the coast of Fire Island with 129 souls aboard.  Ashore were Indigenous people who heard...

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

On the night of March 8, 1657, a Dutch ship, The Prince Maurice slammed into the coast of Fire Island with 129 souls aboard.  Ashore were Indigenous people who heard the ship crash. 

Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Course

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 9:30am - 3:30pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Community Service, Workshop
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

The Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Course will be offered on Saturday, May 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Seating is limited and registration is required and begins o...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Service, Workshop
Required
Event Details:

The Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Course will be offered on Saturday, May 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ESOL Citizenship Class

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Learning Center Room B at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
ESOL
Age Group:
ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Citizenship Class with Janet G.

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room B
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Citizenship Class with Janet G.

Reverend Jefferson

SoundSwap: 'Reverend Jefferson' Performs the Music of Jefferson Airplane Live

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Music/Theater Performance
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Join us for a psychedelic SoundSwap event featuring Reverend Jefferson playing the music of Jefferson Airplane! Jefferson Airplane's music originated from San Francisco's Haight...

Registration Open
Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music/Theater Performance
Required
Event Details:

Join us for a psychedelic SoundSwap event featuring Reverend Jefferson playing the music of

Books for Dessert

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:45am
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

Books for Dessert

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:45am
Mezzanine 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: Mezzanine 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

Chair Yoga (Please see description for lottery information)

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Adults
Event Details:

Please join us for a series a Chair Yoga classes led by certified instructor Beth Lipset. Classes will be held from 12:30 -- 1:30 beginning January 22, and running through May 20 (...

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 a Chair Yoga classes led by certified instructor Beth Lipset. Classes will be held from 12:30 -- 1:30 beginning January 22, and running through May 20 (no class on February 19 or April 22). 

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. 

Gaming written in black text on a grey background

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.

Citizenship Preparation Class

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
North Wing at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
ESOL
Age Group:
ESOL
Event Details:

Citizenship Preparation Classes

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: North Wing
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

Citizenship Preparation Classes

ESOL Beginner Class

Monday, May 20, 2024 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Hagedorn Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library
Program Type:
ESOL
Age Group:
ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Beginner Class with Haydee

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Beginner Class with Haydee

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.