Upcoming Events

Featured Events

Meet Stephanie Butnick - Author of "The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia"

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Author Event

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Author Event

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join author Stephanie Butnick as she discusses her book The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between. Enlightening, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irre

Sandwiched In with David Hymowitz - Impacts of Loneliness

Sandwiched In with David Hymowitz - Impact of Loneliness

Friday, May 23, 2025 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:

Join David Hymowitz, licensed social worker, and a professor at Hofstra University and at Stony Brook University, as he explores the impacts of loneliness.

Art Lecture with Alice Iglehart - The Arts of Isamu Noguchi

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 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:

In celebration of Asian American Heritage Month, join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart for a talk on Isamu Noguchi, architect, sculptor, and furniture designer.

PWPL Blood Drive

Thursday, May 29, 2025 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

View Details

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.

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Chinese Painting from the Song Dynasty

Friday, May 30, 2025 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:

Join Dennis Raverty as he explores Chinese painting from the Song Dynasty.

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Park Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Children, Ages 0-17 months, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Children, Ages 0-17 months, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians for stories, songs, and fingerplays across the street from the Library at Blumenfeld Park. For children ages birth to five with an adult. No registration required.

Mother's Day Bouquet

5:15pm - 6:15pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration Required

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Grades 3-6

Design your own personalized mug then put together a beautiful, real-life flower bouquet to make a gift for Mother’s Day! Registration begins April 21.

Cricut Craft: Mother's Day Card

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Arts & Crafts, Technology

Waitlist

Registration Required

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: The Lab

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

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology

Registration Required

Event Details:

Celebrate Mom by making her a personalized card this Mother's Day. In this class Tech Librarian Meaghan will show you how to make a pop-up card, as well as one that does not require as much detail.

Read to a Certified Therapy Rabbit

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Children, Grades K-3

Other

Waitlist

Registration Required

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

For children in 1st to 3rd grade.

Cherry Blossom Painting

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Registration Open

Registration Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Grades 3 to 6

Sing and Swing

9:30am - 10:00am

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult.

Sing and Swing

10:15am - 10:45am

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult.

Cherry Blossom Craft

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children, Grades K-3

Arts & Crafts

Waitlist

Registration Required

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Event Details:

Grades K to 2

Celebrate the beauty of spring with this cherry blossom craft. Join us to make cherry blossoms out of tissue paper and markers. Registration begins 4/28.

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024-2025

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Children, ESOL

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, 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.

Preschool Story Time

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Full

Registration Required

Full

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Registration Required

Event Details:

Ages 2 1/2 to 5 years with an adult

Enjoy great stories, songs, and fingerplays, while your child develops essential early literacy skills. Registration begins April 21.

Crazy 8s Math Club

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children, Grades K-3

STEAM, Workshop

Full

Registration Required

Full

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3

Program Type: STEAM, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

For grades K-2.

Free Tutoring for Port Washington Middle School Students- Grades 6-8

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Children

Community Service

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Community Service

Event Details:

A non-denominational community service coordinated by the United Methodist Church of Port Washington; students and tutors of all faiths (or none) are welcomed. Grades 6-8

Chess

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Games, Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration Required

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Program Type: Games, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

For children in 3rd to 6th grade.

1-2-3 Play with Me

10:30am - 11:15am

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration Required

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Ages 18 months to 5 years old with an adult.

Come and enjoy 45 minutes of open play time with your child! Registration begins April 21.

APAHM: Folktale & Craft

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Arts & Crafts, Story Time

Registration Open

Registration Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Story Time

Registration Required

Event Details:

To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we will read an Asian folktale and make a craft!

Registration required, registration begins on Monday, April 28th at 9:00 a.m.

For children in grades K-6.

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Children, ESOL

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

Park Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Children, Ages 0-17 months, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Children, Ages 0-17 months, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians for stories, songs, and fingerplays across the street from the Library at Blumenfeld Park. For children ages birth to five with an adult. No registration required.

APAHM Movie: Spirited Away (2001, 125min.)

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

Film

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Film

Event Details:

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Rated PG, 125 minutes.

Cricut Craft: Flowerpots

6:30pm - 8:00pm

Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Arts & Crafts, Technology

Full

Registration Required

Full

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: The Lab

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

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology

Registration Required

Event Details:

As Spring arrives, design a flowerpot for future gardening, using vinyl and the cricut maker 3!

Sing and Swing

9:30am - 10:00am

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult.

Sing and Swing

10:15am - 10:45am

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

For children ages 18 months to 5 years with an adult.

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024-2025

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Children, ESOL

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children, ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

All things "Wicked"

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Arts & Crafts, Games, Other

Registration Open

Registration Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games, Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

Grades 2 to 6

Step into the magic of Wicked with crafts, games, and activities inspired by the Land of Oz! Registration begins 5/5.

Preschool Story Time

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Full

Registration Required

Full

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Registration Required

Event Details:

Ages 2 1/2 to 5 years with an adult

Enjoy great stories, songs, and fingerplays, while your child develops essential early literacy skills. Registration begins April 21.

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