Upcoming Events

Featured Events

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

Registration Open

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

Registration Open

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.

Art Lecture with Alice Iglehart - The Arts of Isamu Noguchi

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

In celebration of Asian American Heritage Month, join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart for a talk on Isamu Noguchi, architect, sculptor, and furniture designer.

PWPL Blood Drive

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 1:30pm - 7:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Civic Engagement, Community Service, Health & Wellness

Age Group:

Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

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Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Civic Engagement, Community Service, Health & Wellness

Event Details:

You may be astounded to learn that New York has never been self-sufficient in meeting its need for blood. There is no substitute for human blood and 1 in 3 adults will require a blood transfusion at some point in their lives.

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Chinese Painting from the Song Dynasty

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lapham Meeting Room at Port Washington Public Library

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Dennis Raverty as he explores Chinese painting from the Song Dynasty.

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Low Intermediate Guitar Lessons

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Music/Theater Performance, Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration Required

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Program Type: Music/Theater Performance, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Reno Bracchi for “Low Intermediate” Guitar Lessons, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on five Thursday nights April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22.

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

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm

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

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room B

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

Park Story Time

9:30am - 10:00am

Children, Ages 0-17 months, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Story Time

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Children, Ages 0-17 months, Ages 18 months - 5 years

Program Type: Story Time

Event Details:

Join your favorite librarians for stories, songs, and fingerplays across the street from the Library at Blumenfeld Park. For children ages birth to five with an adult. No registration required.

ESOL class

10:00am - 11:30am

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: North Study Room

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Class

ESOL Low Intermediate Class

11:00am - 12:30pm

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

Sandwiched In with Sal St. George - The Making of 'Young Frankenstein'

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Adults

Lecture

Registration Open

Registration Required

Registration Open

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Lecture

Registration Required

Event Details:

Join Adjunct Professor and TV and film historian Sal St.

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.

Medicaid Sign-Up Help

2:00pm - 5:30pm

Adults

Health & Wellness

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: North Study Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Health & Wellness

Event Details:

Free, walk-in assistance from the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council.

ESOL Evening Classes

2:30pm - 9:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room A

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

ESOL Evening Classes

3:00pm - 7:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room B

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

Mother's Day Crafts

05/09/2025 @ 3:45pm - 05/10/2025 @ 4:45pm

Teens (Grades 7-12)

Arts & Crafts

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: TeenSpace

Age Group: Teens (Grades 7-12)

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Event Details:

Throughout the week before Mother's Day, from May 5th until May 10th, crafts will be available for the teens to make one of a kind Mother's Day gifts. Supplies will be distributed in the Teen Space on a first come first serve basis.

Mother's Day Bouquet

5:15pm - 6:15pm

Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Registration Closed

Registration Required

Registration Closed

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3, Grades 4-6

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Workshop

Registration Required

Event Details:

Grades 3-6

Design your own personalized mug then put together a beautiful, real-life flower bouquet to make a gift for Mother’s Day! Registration begins April 21.

Cricut Craft: Mother's Day Card

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Arts & Crafts, Technology

Waitlist

Registration Required

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: The Lab

Age Group: Children, Teens (Grades 7-12), Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology

Registration Required

Event Details:

Celebrate Mom by making her a personalized card this Mother's Day. In this class Tech Librarian Meaghan will show you how to make a pop-up card, as well as one that does not require as much detail.

E-waste Collection and Paper Shredding Event

9:00am - 1:00pm

Adults

Other

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Parking Lot

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Other

Event Details:

Do you have outdated & unwanted electronics and metal cluttering your house or workspace? Lots of sensitive documents that need shredding?

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 1:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room B

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room A

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

Model Boat Regatta - 3rd Grade Port Washington Students

11:00am - 1:00pm

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Lapham Meeting Room

Purpose of Meeting

3rd Graders to build Model Boat Regatta

North Shore Repair Cafe

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Adults

Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology

Offsite Event

Library Branch: Off Site

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEAM, Technology

Event Details:

We are collaborating with some of our neighboring North Shore Libraries to bring a series of Repair Cafes to our Libraries in 2025 to provide our communities with access to experts who can help repair broken items as an alternative to tossing them

ESOL Evening Classes

1:30pm - 5:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room B

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

Read to a Certified Therapy Rabbit

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Children, Grades K-3

Other

Waitlist

Registration Required

Waitlist

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Children's Workshop Room

Age Group: Children, Grades K-3

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

Event Details:

For children in 1st to 3rd grade.

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room A

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Morning Classes

9:00am - 2:00pm

ESOL

Library Branch: Port Washington Public Library

Room: Learning Center Room B

Age Group: ESOL

Program Type: ESOL

Event Details:

ESOL Classes

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