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Name: Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - Rabbi Seixas - First American Born Rabbi
Start: 2024-05-03T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-03T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Port Washington Public Library

Featured Events

Sandwiched In with Ron Brown - Rabbi Seixas - First American Born Rabbi

Friday, May 3, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas was born in New York City in 1745 of old Sephardic Jewish stock. Like many of the founding fathers of the United States he was convinced that this new nation was a virtual utopia where the prejudices, hatreds, intole...

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - The Last Caravaggio

Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

In May of 1610, Caravaggio (1571/3-1610) was in Naples, Italy working on the last picture he'd ever paint. By July he was wounded in a knife fight, disfigured beyond recognition, and dead after a mysterious boat ride in route to a planned papal pardo...

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

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Civic Engagement, Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join presenters Toya Dubin, Project Director and Drew Shuptar-Rayvis Algonkian Historical Consultant for a richly illustrated presentation that includes 3D models, documents, and interactive maps. On the night of March 8, 1657, a Dutc...

Blood Drive - May 30 from 1:30 pm to 7:30 pm

PWPL Blood Drive

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 1:30pm - 7:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Civic Engagement, Community Service, Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Civic Engagement, Community Service, Health & Wellness

Event Details:

You may be astounded to learn that New York has never been self-sufficient in meeting its need for blood. There is no substitute for human blood and 1 in 3 adults will require a blood transfusion at some point in their lives. You can help remedy this...

Sandwiched In with David Hymowitz - Learning How to Truly Disconnect

Friday, May 31, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Health & Wellness, Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Health & Wellness, Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join David Hymowitz, licensed social worker, and a professor at Hofstra University and at Stony Brook University, as he provides guidance and instruction on how to truly disconnect from the daily stressors and tasks of everyday life. Many of us...

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Books for Dessert

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Book Discussion

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 Dessert in American Libraries Magazine. Books for Dessert collaborates with groups ...

Retirement Planning Presentation

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Career and Finance

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Career and Finance

Event Details:

Join us for a presentation by Jonathan Roth, CPFA, CSSCS, PPC, on Retirement Planning. Topics will include: Social Security, Medicare, Tax Planning and Income in Retirement. Please bring your questions! ...

Park Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Story Time

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

11:00am - 12:30pm

ESOL

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 Ron Brown - Rabbi Seixas - First American Born Rabbi

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lecture

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Weekly Scrabble Meetup

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Games

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

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Workshop

Registration 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. Taught by AP Computer Science high school students from Port Washington for children with no prior program...

Taylor Swift Album Listening Party

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Arts & Crafts, Technology

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: Grades 1- 6, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology

Registration Required

Event Details:

Come to the library and listen to the new Taylor Swift album, Tortured Poets Department, while making your own TS themed bookmarks. This album may make us cry, but we can cry while crafting. We will be making the bookmarks by using the Cricut Maker 3...

Dungeons & Dragons for Kids

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Games

Waitlist

Registration

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Games

Registration 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. Come join our game to expand your horizons and imagine exciting adventures with o...

RCP - Reanimación o Resucitación Cardiopulmonar - CPR (por sus siglas en inglés)

6:00pm - 8:45pm

Community Service, ESOL, Health & Wellness, Workshop

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults, ESOL

Program Type: Community Service, ESOL, Health & Wellness, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Curso de RCP - Reanimación o Resucitación Cardiopulmonar - CPR (por sus siglas en inglés). Atragantamiento y AED. En este curso aprenderemos técnicas y pasos para prestar los primeros auxilios a una persona en situación de emergencia.&nb...

For Kids by Kids: Aerospace Engineering

11:30am - 12:30pm

STEAM

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: STEAM

Registration Required

Event Details:

Children will work together to design and build a satellite and learn about developing an engineering mindset. For children in 4th to 6th grade. Registration required. ...

ESOL Citizenship Class

1:00pm - 2:30pm

ESOL

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. ...

M.A.C. Concert: Anthony Trionfo, flute /Albert Cano Smit, piano

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Music/Theater Performance

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Music/Theater Performance

Event Details:

The Port Washington Public Library's Music Advisory Council presents flutist Anthony Trionfo with pianist Albert Cano Smit. Known for his “soaring flute… where dance and song become possible again” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), Ant...

A Time For Kids-Baby Start

10:00am - 10:30am

Other

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Ms. Karen as we introduce our littlest learners to the wonderful world of library programs. Activities include music, movement, fine and gross motor development and circle time. Focus is on early literacy, early language development and socializ...

Books for Dessert

10:30am - 11:45am

Book Discussion

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Discussion

Event Details:

Books for Dessert

10:30am - 11:45am

Book Discussion

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Discussion

Event Details:

A Time For Kids

10:45am - 11:45am

Other

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

Ms. Karen presents educational activities, movement, music and a craft. For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult. Registration required. Please note: each month is a separate registration. ...

Chair Yoga (Please see description for lottery information)

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Health & Wellness

Registration Closed

Registration

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Registration 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). Registration for this e...

Preschool Story Time

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Story Time

Registration Closed

Registration

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Story Time

Registration 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. ...

Teen Gaming

3:30pm - 6:00pm

Games

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

4:30pm - 6:00pm

ESOL

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Grades 1- 6, ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Registration Required

Event Details:

Homework Help for Elementary school children ...

Exercise Class (Please see description for lottery information)

5:15pm - 6:15pm

Health & Wellness

Registration Closed

Registration

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Registration 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. Classes begin January 22, and run through June 17, from 5:15 -- 6...

Citizenship Preparation Class

6:30pm - 7:45pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: North Wing

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

Citizenship Preparation Classes ...

ESOL Beginner Class

6:30pm - 8:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Beginner Class with Haydee ...

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