Week Calendar

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 with Jane

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 for 24 participants.  

ESOL Beginner Class with Laura

Join your favorite librarians at Blumenfeld Park (across the street from the library) for Park Story Time! No registration required.

Early Voting for General Election

Additional Books for Dessert meeting

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

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. 

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 for 24 participants.  

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.

ESOL Low Intermediate Class with Kathy

ESOL Advanced class

Spend time with your child and meet new people in an educational and creative environment.

ESOL Low Intermediate Class with Rachel

Scavenger hunt on Main Street.

1. Download your card or pick one up at the Library  

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

Join us for a series of Chair Yoga classes with certified Yoga instructor Beth Lipset. Classes begin Monday September 11, and run through Monday December 18 (no class on September 25 or October 9).  

Come join us for Mahjong.  The Library has two Mahjong sets for up to 8 people to play.

The ‘Inside The Musician's Mind’ series returns as the library’s resident musicologist Tony Traguardo conducts an on-stage interview with Grammy Award winner Laurence Juber. Mr.

This reading group, facilitated by Dr. Laury Magnus, Professor of English, will feature great classic works -- ancient to contemporary -- as well as participatory reading out loud of selected passages. 

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. 

Join us for a special musical event celebrating Italian-American Cultural Heritage co-sponsored by the John Michael Marino Lodge of Port Washington.  Tom Smith plays piano and sings standards with an e

This 6-session guided journaling group will inspire you to record the unique details and stories of your life, both for yourself and for your family and friends.

As part of a series of film festival events, the Gold Coast International Film Festival presents GREAT SHORTS: Series 2 – a fantastic collection of short films including narratives and documentaries; comedies and dramas; true stor

Drop in and play a game of Scrabble. No registration required. 

Young Norman Babcock has the ability to speak with the dead -- and he often prefers their company to that of the living.

Join Award-Winning Director Stephen Nachamie as he celebrates the life and legacy of Irving Berlin.  Born Israel Beilin, he was a Russian who came to America at the Age of 5.  In his 100-year life he wrote songs that are now a part of ou

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

Come in and join us for a game of Chess.

Join Tony Traguardo and members of the cast of the Fab 4 Free 4 All podcast for a multimedia presentation featuring rarely-seen video clips of Paul McCartney & Wings, circa 1979.

Homework Help for Elementary school children

Join us for our monthly meeting of anime club! Come on down after school to discuss your favorite manga & anime.

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.

Ignite the love of coding by learning to create animations and computer games using Scratch, a graphical programming language developed by MIT.

Please join us for a twelve-session exercise class incorporating yoga, pilates and stretching. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer and certified pilates instructor, will lead the classes.

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.

ESOL intermediate class with Kathy

ESOL Beginner Class with Alejandra

Join award winning author Jane Breskin Zalben in this three-week writer’s workshop. This is a guided three-part workshop series where Zalben will help aspiring writers work on their manuscripts or help draft ideas into potential book ideas.

Learn the basics of knitting andcomplete a small beginner project, such as fingerless gloves or a scarf.  For children in 4th to 6th grade. Sponsored by The Friends of the Library. Registration required. 

Únase a nosotros para aprender sobre las diversas formas de robo de identidad y obtener información sobre cómo protegerse y proteger a los miembros de su familia de ser víctimas de estas trampas.

Welcome to your first shift at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! Keeping watch of an empty pizzeria made for children's birthdays should be easy...right? However, things are not what they seem as you begin to hear strange sounds in the night.

Create a pumpkin origami just in time for Halloween. For children in 4th to 6th grade. Registration required. 

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

Join fellow readers at the Library for an engaging discussion of Trust by Hernan Diaz on Tuesday October 24th at 7:30 p.m.

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

Water quality is a critical issue. Our drinking water is safe because it is treated.

The Port Washington Public Library is proud to welcome back Grammy Award winner Laurence Juber.