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This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.
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

This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Everyone" group.

Community Chest Exhibition

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

Community Chest Exhibition - Celebrating 75 years 

This event is in the "Teens (Grades 7-12)" group.

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!

This event is in the "Grades 1- 6" group.
This event is in the "ESOL" group.

ESOL Homework Help

4:30pm - 6:00pm
ESOL
Registration Open
Registration
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

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Exercise Class (Please see description for lottery information)

5:15pm - 6:15pm
Health & Wellness
Registration Closed
Registration
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.

This event is in the "Teens (Grades 7-12)" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

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

This event is in the "Children" group.

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:

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

This event is in the "Teens (Grades 7-12)" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.

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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Annual Story Time and Craft in Memory of Lucy Salerno

6:30pm - 7:15pm
Story Time
Registration Open
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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

Chess

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Games, Workshop
Registration Closed
Registration
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
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.

This event is in the "Children" group.

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.  

This event is in the "Children" group.

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.  

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Nonfiction Book Club

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Book Discussion
Registration Open
Registration
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Art Lecture with Thomas Germano - The Last Caravaggio

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Lecture
Registration Open
Registration
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.

This event is in the "Grades 1- 6" group.
This event is in the "ESOL" group.
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

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 D

This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Ages 0-5" group.

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.

 

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

The FOL's 55th Annual Book & Author Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 10, 2024, at the Garden City Hotel, 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

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.