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Sandwiched In with Eco-Photo Explorers - Baja: Sea of Cortez

Sandwiched In with Eco-Photo Explorers - Baja: Secrets of the Sea of Cortez

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

As part of the Library's celebration of Earth Day, join Eco-Photo Explorers as they explore the beauty of our natural world.  Between the Baja peninsula and the mainland of Mexico lies the fabled Sea of Cortez.

Earth Day 2025 Celebration

Earth Day 2025 Celebration at Sunset Park

Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Off Site

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Civic Engagement, Health & Wellness, 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, Health & Wellness, Music/Theater Performance
Event Details:

PWPL invites YOU to our fifth annual outdoor Earth Day celebration at Sunset Park featuring live music by students from Bach to Rock.

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North Shore Reads at the Crescent Club in Bayville

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Off Site

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come and enjoy an evening of lively book discussion and exciting raffle prizes at The Crescent Club in Bayville.

Author Event with Stephanie Butnick

Meet Stephanie Butnick - Author of "The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia"

Monday, May 19, 2025 at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Author Event

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join author Stephanie Butnick as she discusses her book The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between.  Enlightening, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irre

Sandwiched In with David Hymowitz - Impacts of Loneliness

Sandwiched In with David Hymowitz - Impact of Loneliness

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join David Hymowitz, licensed social worker, and a professor at Hofstra University and at Stony Brook University, as he explores the impacts of loneliness.

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ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room A
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room B
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

ESOL Evening Classes

2:30pm - 9:00pm
ESOL
Community Service, ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room A
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: Community Service, ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

ESOL Homework Help Program 2024-2025

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Children, ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, 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.

ESOL Evening Classes

5:00pm - 9:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room B
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

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

Imagination Unleashed: A Fantasy Writing & Drawing Workshop

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Children, Grades 4-6
Workshop, Writing Group
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Workshop Room
Age Group: Children, Grades 4-6
Program Type: Workshop, Writing Group
Event Details:

Grades 4-6

Cavallaro

7:00pm - 8:45pm
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Admin Conference Room
Purpose of Meeting

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Fiction Book Club

7:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Book Discussion
Registration Open
Registration Required
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 Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:30 p.m.

ESOL Morning Classes

11:00am - 2:00pm
ESOL
Community Service, ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room A
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: Community Service, ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Morning Classes

ESOL Morning Classes

11:00am - 2:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room B
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

Senior Stretch, Sculpt, and Balance (Registration is closed)

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Health & Wellness
Registration Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Move through poses to increase flexibility, balance, strength, and range of motion. Marlene Kirsh, athletic trainer, and certified Pilates instructor, will lead the sessions. Chairs will be available, if needed. 

ESOL Evening Classes

2:30pm - 9:00pm
ESOL
Community Service, ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room A
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: Community Service, ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Evening Classes

Teen Writer's Corner

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

Join us for an engaging afternoon with creative writing prompts and an opportunity to share your work with other teen writers. Writing prompts will be provided.

Crazy 8s Math Club

4:00pm - 4:45pm
Children, Grades K-3
STEAM, Workshop
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Workshop Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-3
Program Type: STEAM, Workshop
Event Details:

For grades K-2. 

Free Tutoring for Port Washington Middle School Students- Grades 6-8

4:30pm - 6:00pm
Children
Community Service
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Mezzanine Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Community Service
Event Details:

A non-denominational community service coordinated by the United Methodist Church of Port Washington; students and tutors of all faiths (or none) are welcomed. Grades 6-8

ESOL Evening Classes

5:00pm - 9:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room B
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

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.

Great Moments in Shakespeare: Script, Stage, and Screen (Adventures in Classic Reading)

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Book Discussion
Registration Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Discussion
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Dr. Laury Magnus for a special edition of the Adventures in Classic Reading book club! 

In celebration of The Bard's birthday, Dr. Magnus will present : Great Moments in Shakespeare: Script, Stage, and Screen.

 

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room A
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm
ESOL
ESOL
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Learning Center Room B
Age Group: ESOL
Program Type: ESOL
Event Details:

ESOL Classes

Baby Rhyme Time

9:30am - 10:00am
Children, Ages 0-17 months
Story Time
Registration Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children, Ages 0-17 months
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Event Details:

Ages birth to 17 months with an adult

A lap-sit story time with books, songs, and bouncing rhymes. Registration begins March 17.

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

St. Francis Bus

10:00am - 2:00pm
Adults
Health & Wellness
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Parking Lot
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

The St. Francis Outreach Bus will be in the parking lot from 10 am -- 2 pm. 

Health screenings include a brief cardiac history, blood pressure check and simple blood tests.