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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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Advanced Beginner Guitar Lessons with Reno Bracchi

7:00pm - 8:15pm

Music/Theater Performance

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. Learn advanced playing ...

Sing and Swing

9:30am - 10:00am

Story Time

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. ...

ESOL Intermediate class

9:30am - 11:00am

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Intermediate class with Jane ...

Sing and Swing

10:15am - 10:45am

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

Weekly Chess Meetup

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Games

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. ...

Annual Lucy Salerno Story Time and Craft

6:30pm - 7:15pm

Story Time

Registration

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Garden

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Story Time

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join the librarians in the Children’s Garden to enjoy some of Ms. Lucy’s favorite books, rhymes, and songs, and make a craft. For children in kindergarten and up with an adult. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Registration required. ...

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 Alejandra ...

Advanced ESOL class

11:00am - 1:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Advanced class with Mike ...

Chess

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Games, Workshop

Waitlist

Registration

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Games, Workshop

Registration 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. Registration required. ...

Needlecraft BYOP (Bring Your Own Project) Night

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Arts & Crafts

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. ...

Photography Club of Long Island (PCLI)

7:30pm - 9:00pm

Lecture

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Event Details:

Please join PCLI on Wednesday, May 8, at 7:30 pm at the Port Washington Public Library for an exciting slide show presentation by Port Washington Photographer and PCLI member Dan Kasle. His presentation will cover a variety of locations from Vietnam ...

Baby Rhyme Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Story Time

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

10:30am - 11:00am

Story Time

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. ...

Nonfiction Book Club

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Book Discussion

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Discussion

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join fellow readers at the library for an engaging discussion of Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo on Thursday May 9th at 1:30 p.m. In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieve...

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - The Last Caravaggio

3:00pm - 4:30pm

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:

Bicycle Rodeo, Helmet Safety & Story Time Event

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Other

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Other

Event Details:

Come on down to the Bicycle Rodeo. The Town of North Hempstead, along with the Port Washington Police Department and Bicycle Playground will inspect your child's bicycle. All attendees will have their tires, seat, handlebar height, chains, and helmet...

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024

4:30pm - 6:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop 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. Join us ...

ESOL Intermediate - One on One

5:00pm - 6:00pm

ESOL

Virtual Event

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL intermediate class with Kathy ...

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 ...

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 ...

PLEASE NOTE - There will be no Sandwiched In Program on 5/10/24

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lecture

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Event Details:

There will be no Sandwiched In program today. ...

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. ...

Medicaid Sign-Up Help

2:00pm - 6:00pm

Health & Wellness

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: North Study Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Event Details:

Free, walk-in assistance from the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council. ...

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