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Name: Virtual Sandwiched In with Patricia DelGiorno - Women War Correspondents During WWII
Start: 2023-03-31T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-03-31T13:30:00-04:00
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Virtual Sandwiched In with Patricia DelGiorno - Women War Correspondents During WWII

Friday, March 31, 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Online at Port Washington Public Library

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Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

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In the 1940’s, women journalists had to fight to cover WWII, the biggest war in history. Although female correspondents were barred from combat zones, women writers were determined to go where the action was. As part of the Library's celebration of W...

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - Earthworks in the Ancient Americas

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm

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:

As part of the Library's celebration of Earth Day during the month of April, join Professor Thomas Germano as he explores the Earthworks in the Ancient Americas. Before contact with the European world, civilizations throughout the Americas...

Sandwiched In with Jane Shapiro - A Trip to the Galapagos Islands

Friday, April 21, 2023 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:

As part of the Library's celebration of Earth Day, join Jane Shapiro on a journey across the globe to the Galapagos Islands. Have you ever seen a blue-footed booby bird? What does a magnificent frigate bird look like when he’s hunting for ...

Earth Day 2023 Celebration at Sunset Park

Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Off-site at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Civic Engagement, Music/Theater Performance

Age Group:

Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Off-site

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

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Civic Engagement, Music/Theater Performance

Event Details:

PWPL invites you to our third outdoor Earth Day celebration at Sunset Park. Back by popular demand, the Library’s own Tony Traguardo will lead a band of local musicians in a rocking concert of well-known hits at the Sousa Bandshell. In addition,...

Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz - Albert Bierstadt - An American Painter

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

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Albert Bierstadt was a member of the second generation of American landscape painters of the 19th century. As part of the Library's celebration of Earth Day and the beauty of our planet, join museum educator Alice W. Schwarz as she explores Bier...

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Weekly Game Night

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Games

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Games

Event Details:

Come in and play a variety of board and card games. ...

College 101: Maximizing Your College Financial Aid

7:00pm - 8:30pm

College

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12)

Program Type: College

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Richard Milella, founder and director for Long Island Funding for Education (L.I.F.E.), as he discusses methods to maximize your family’s eligibility for college financial aid. High school teens and their parents may register for this event at P...

Baby Rhyme Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Story Time

Waitlist

Registration

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Story Time

Registration Required

Event Details:

A lapsit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills. For children ages birth to 17 months. Registration required. ...

Baby Rhyme Time

10:30am - 11:00am

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:

A lapsit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills. For children ages birth to 17 months. Registration required. ...

Weekly Card Game Meet-Up.

12:00pm - 3:00pm

Games

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Games

Event Details:

Come join us for a variety of card games. ...

ESOL Homework Help

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:

Homework Help for Elementary school children ...

Books for Dessert

7:00pm - 9:00pm

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. For more information about our book club, p...

Ready, Set, Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians for stories, songs, and fingerplays. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis for 35 participants. ...

Ready, Set, Story Time

10:15am - 10:45am

Story Time

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Ages 0-5

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians for stories, songs, and fingerplays. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis for 35 participants. ...

Virtual Sandwiched In with Patricia DelGiorno - Women War Correspondents During WWII

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lecture

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

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Weekly Scrabble Meet-Up

2:00pm - 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. ...

Beginner Mah-Jongg Class

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Games, Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Games, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join instructor Alex Pollack for an 8-week Beginner Mah-Jongg class beginning on Friday, February 17 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Classes will continue on Fridays (2/24. 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/14. There will be no class on 4/7). No...

Coding for Kids

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Workshop

Registration Open

Registration

Registration Open

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...

Film: "Queen of Glory" (2022-78 min.).

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Film

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Film

Event Details:

Ghanaian-American Sarah Obeng (Nana Mensak) is all set to abandon her Ivy League doctoral program to follow her married lover across the country. Nana Mensah scripted and directed. In Akan, English and French with English subtitles. Up first, a stran...

Creative Readers

10:00am - 11:00am

Other

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Other

Event Details:

Creative Readers is an arts and literacy inclusion program where children in kindergarten to second grade will use theater, art, movement, and music to bring books to life. Facilitated by Program Director Elise May. Professional behavior support will...

Creative Readers

11:15am - 12:15pm

Other

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Other

Event Details:

Artist Talk with PWPL Artist in Residence Michael Manning

3:00pm - 4:00pm

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:

Artist in residence, Michael Manning, will discuss his exhibit Yellow More ... currently on display in the Library's Adler Gallery. This exhibit is a series focusing on the color yellow and abstraction: narrow parameters enacted to fo...

Double Feature: "They Won't Believe Me" & "Boy Who Caught a Crook"

1:30pm - 5:00pm

Film

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Film

Event Details:

Irving Pichel's "They Won't Believe Me" (1942-95 min.). Scoundrel Robert Young sponges off wife Rita Johnson, seduces and abandons Jane Greer, then runs off with Susan Hayward! Jonathan Latimer scripted, from a story by Gordon McDonnell. After a brie...

Virtual Premiere - Ecosystem Restoration at the Science Museum of Long Island

All Day

On-Demand

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Online

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: On-Demand

Event Details:

In case you missed it, the Ecosystem Restoration at the Science Museum of Long Island program (recorded on 12/8/22) is now available on the Library's YouTube page. CLICK HERE to access the video. The Port Washington Public Library hosted a spec...

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:

Come join A Time for Kids, Inc. 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 develop...

Books for Dessert

10:00am - 12:00pm

Book Discussion

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn 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. ...

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:

Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to come play Nintendo Switch games with other teens after school. No registration required. ...

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