Upcoming Events

Name: Earth Day 2024 Celebration at Sunset Park
Start: 2024-04-20T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-04-20T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Sunset Park

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Earth Day 2024 Celebration at Sunset Park

Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Off Site

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Civic Engagement, Music/Theater Performance

Age Group:

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

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Library Branch: 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 fourth annual outdoor Earth Day celebration at Sunset Park. Back by popular demand, Tony Traguardo, the Library’s resident musicologist and Media Librarian, will lead a band of local musicians in a rocking concert of Beatles h...

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...

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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 Sal St. George - The Making of the Dick Van Dyke Show

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lecture

Registration

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Adjunct Professor and TV and film historian Sal St. George, for a multimedia presentation about the making of the Dick Van Dyke Show. Carl Reiner discovered Comic Gold when he saw Bye Bye Birdie and spotted actor, singer, dancer and c...

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. ...

Dungeons & Dragons for Kids

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Games

Registration

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...

Library Closed for Memorial Day Weekend

All Day 5/25 - 5/27

Closing

Branches:

Port Washington Public Library

Description:

The Library is closed in observance of Memorial Day weekend. ...

Community Chest Exhibition

All Day 5/28 - 5/29

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Fiction Book Club

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Book Discussion

Registration

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Book Discussion

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join fellow readers at the Library for an engaging discussion of Prophet Song by Paul Lunch on Tuesday, May 28th at 7:30 p.m. Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she kno...

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

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. Registration required. ...

Cricut Design Space for the perplexed

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Technology, Workshop

Registration

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room

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

Program Type: Technology, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Are you confused on how to use the Cricut Design Space app? Cricut Design Space is the software used for the PWPL Cricut Maker 3, available for patron use in The Lab. In this class we will not be making crafts but learning how to use Cricut software ...

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. ...

Be the Rainbow Exhibit

05/30/2024 @ 9:00am - 05/31/2024 @ 11:45pm

Exhibit

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Community Gallery

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Exhibit

Event Details:

Be the Rainbow Set-up ...

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. ...

PWPL Blood Drive

1:30pm - 7:30pm

Civic Engagement, Community Service, Health & Wellness

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:

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024

4:30pm - 6:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Hagedorn Meeting 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 ...

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