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

AccessABILITY Cooking Class

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

Join Chef Julie Reilly to create a Waldorf-style salad with chopped apples, celery, grapes, dried fruit, and walnuts, tossed in a light mayonnaise lemon dressing. Take it home or eat it at the library.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
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. 

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

Cricut Craft: Keychains

5:30pm - 7:00pm
Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Arts & Crafts, Technology, Workshop
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Design keychains by using vinyl and the Cricut Maker 3. This is a beginner Cricut class, you do not need previous crafting experience to enjoy.

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 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:

Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), a Black woman artist of the twentieth century is finally receiving long overdue attention in a traveling exhibition of over 200 works at The Brooklyn Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The National Galle

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Health & Wellness
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 slow, gentle movements of Tai Chi to help older adults improve their balance and increase their confidence in doing ev

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Books for Dessert

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
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 D

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

Join presenter Danilise Diaz (AAMS™, CRPC™) for the first in a four-part series of Career and Finance programs designed to help you to establish and perpetuate personal financial stability.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Sandwiched In with Reno Bracchi - Origin of the Blues - Part 2

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

Join Reno Bracchi, longtime blues musician and aficionado, for Part Two of “The Origin of Blues: A Uniquely American Music”, as he explores how the electric guitar played a crucial role in shaping “the electric blues”, an exciting and v

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

3D Printing with Tinkercad

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Technology, Workshop
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Hagedorn Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Technology, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come to the library and design a 3D model. We will be designing the project in the library and then you will pick up the project at a later date. Registration begins January 24th. 

This event is in the "Adults" group.

MAC Concert - Ken Kresge - American Jazz Songbook

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Adults
Music/Theater Performance
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Music/Theater Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Pianist and vocalist Ken Kresge has performed for live audiences around the world and was a past winner of the Michelob Jazz Search.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Books for Dessert

10:30am - 11:45am
Adults
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 D

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Books for Dessert

10:30am - 11:45am
Adults
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 D

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Chair Yoga (See 'Event Details' for lottery information)

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Adults
Health & Wellness
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Apply for a series of Chair Yoga classes with certified instructor Beth Lipset. Free to Port Washington residents. Classes start January 27 and run through June 2 (no class on February 17, April 14, and May 26).

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:

As part of the Library's recognition of Black History Month, join award-winning stage and film director Stephen Nachamie as he celebrates the groundbreaking African American artists and creators on Broadway.  He will explore some of the

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
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. Open to Port Washington residents free of charge.

This event is in the "Adults" group.

Hypertension Screenings

11:00am - 2:00pm
Adults
Community Service
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Joan and Arnold Saltzman Reading Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Community Service
Event Details:

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

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:

Mary Sully, born on the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota, was a little-known, reclusive artist who, between the 1920s and 1940s, created highly distinctive work informed by her Native American and settl

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

'Self-Care Is Self-Love' (2 of 4): Rules of the Road: Career & Finance Program

7:00pm - 9:00pm
Adults, Everyone
Career and Finance, Lecture
Registration
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Everyone
Program Type: Career and Finance, Lecture
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join presenter Danilise Diaz (AAMS™, CRPC™) for the second in a four-part series of Career and Finance programs designed to help you to establish and perpetuate personal financial stability.

This event is in the "Adults" group.
Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library
Room: Lapham Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
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. 

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.