Week Calendar

Registration for this event will be determined using a random lottery system.

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

ESOL High Beginner Class with Laura

Join your favorite librarians for stories, songs, and fingerplays. For children ages birth to five with an adult. 

No registration required.

The Empire Safety Council Defensive Driving Course will be offered on Saturday, January 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 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

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. 

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.

Blood Pressure screenings sponsored by St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center.

ESOL Advanced Class with Mike

Enjoy 45 minutes of free play with your child. For children ages 1 1/2 to 5 years old with an adult. Registration required. 

ESOL Low Intermediate Class with Rachel

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.

Join Museum Educator Alice W.

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty as he explores the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of Caspar David Friedrich in thirty years which will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from February through

Long Island-based folk-rock trio Gathering Time (Stuart Markus, Gerry McKeveny, and Christine Sweeney) has toured across the US and internationally for over a decade.

Move through seated and standing poses to increase flexibility, balance, and range of motion. A chair is used to meet a variety of fitness levels. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer, and certified Pilates instructor, will lead the sessions.

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

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.

In honor of Braille Literacy Month, teens can participate in a fun craft in which they decorate a canvas, using beads, glitter and other art supplies to design their name in braille. Registration begins January 2. 

Draw your own winter wonderland—think snowflakes, mittens, or cute snowmen—and watch your design magically transfer onto a mug! Kids will use the Cricut Machine and its accessories. Materials will be provided. Registration required.

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.

Plant A Row Exhibition Reception

PWUFSD Homework Help

Make yummy winter themed hot chocolate bombs! For children in 2nd to 6th grades. Registration required.

*Please contact Children's Library Staff in advance to notify for any food allergies.*

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

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.

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. Open to Port Washington residents free of charge.

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.

Citizenship Preparation Class

Beginner Class with Alejandra

ESOL Beginner Class with John

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.

ESOL Beginner Class with Haydee

Put on some comfy pajamas, grab your favorite stuffed animal, and gather around to enjoy some books, rhymes, and songs. Registration required.

The Zoom log-in information will be emailed to you with your confirmation. 

Board of Trustees 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

Join presenter Danilise Diaz (AAMS™, CRPC™) of Edward Jones Financial for the second in a three-part series of Career and Finance programs designed to help you get the new year off to a great start professionally.