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Art Lecture with Alice Schwarz - A Closer Look: The New Bonnet

12:00pm - 1:30pm
Adults
Lecture
Registration Open
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Painted by Francis Edmonds in the mid-1800s, The New Bonnet is a quintessential American genre painting complete with a moralizing message of materialism and consumption.

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

Weekly Chess Meetup

3:00pm - 6:00pm
Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults
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.

Make Your Own Trick or Treat Bag

3:30pm - 4:45pm
Children
Arts & Crafts
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Workshop Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Design your own Trick or Treat tote bag using our sublimation printer and Cricut heat press. For children in 1st to 5th grade. Registration required. 

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

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024-2025

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Grades 1- 6, ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham 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.

This event is in the "ESOL" group.

ESOL Beginner Class

6:30pm - 8:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Beginner Class with John

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Fiction Book Club

7:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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 James by Percival Everett on Tuesday, October 22nd at 7:30 p.m.

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

ESOL Advanced Class

11:00am - 1:00pm
Adults, ESOL
Community Service, ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, ESOL
Program Type: Community Service, ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Advanced Class with Mike

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Exercise Class (Registration is Closed)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
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.

Horror Music Teen Trivia

3:45pm - 4:45pm
Teens (Grades 7-12)
Other
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12)
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

  Celebrate Halloween by partaking in the Horror Music Trivia.

This event is in the "Grades 1- 6" group.
This event is in the "Teens (Grades 7-12)" group.

Homework Help PWUFSD

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Grades 1- 6, Teens (Grades 7-12)
Community Service
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: Grades 1- 6, Teens (Grades 7-12)
Program Type: Community Service
Event Details:

PWUFSD Homework Help

This event is in the "Children" group.

Chess

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Children
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.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Needlecraft BYOP (Bring Your Own Project) Night

6:15pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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.

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Purpose of Meeting

Receiver of Taxes for the Town of North Hempstead Mary Jo Collins will visit to speak about available services and exemptions.  The presentation will provide an overview of the many services the Tax office can assist with and include an overv

This event is in the "ESOL" group.

ESOL High Beginner Class

9:30am - 11:00am
ESOL
Community Service, ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: Community Service, ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL High Beginner Class with Laura

This event is in the "Adults" group.
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 for a new poetry discussion led by Nassau County Poet Laureate Paula Curci.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
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:

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention is a free program from NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island that uses the principles and movements of Tai Chi to help older adults improve their balance and increase their confidence in d

This event is in the "ESOL" group.

ESOL Beginner Class

6:30pm - 8:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Beginner Class with Haydee

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Books for Dessert

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Book Discussion
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine 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 "Adults" group.

Food Day Program

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Adults
Health & Wellness
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Food Day Program

Join Nutritionist Jill Eisenberg, MS, RD, CDN, for "Food Day," which celebrates the movement towards more healthy, affordable and sustainable food. 

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

Park Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Children, Ages 0-5
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 "ESOL" group.

ESOL Low Intermediate Class

11:00am - 12:30pm
ESOL
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

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores the work of Italian Renaissance artist Raphael Sanzio.  Raphael is sometimes said to have combined the grace of Leonardo with the power of Michelangelo into a new

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Weekly Scrabble Meetup

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
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. 

This event is in the "Children" group.

Coding for Kids

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children
Workshop
Registration
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.