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

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 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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. 

Babies need lots of Tummy Time to develop their muscle strength and coordination.  You and your child will be led in songs, rhymes, and simple stories.  There will be time for playing with rattles, soft blocks, and oth

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 with Mike

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

ESOL Low Intermediate Class with Rachel

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 museum educator, Alice W.

Since 1819, powered passenger vessels have traveled the Great Lakes.  Join William Van Dorp, for a visual presentation, which will include a brief history of 19th and 20th century passenger vess

In 2010, a small group of residents, concerned about hunger in our community, came to a transformational realization: if they could collect and distribute the excess vegetables from those gardening in Port Washington, they could begin to make a de

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

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.

Feel like you could be getting more out of your smartphone or tablet? PWPL staff experts will cover the basics and offer tips and tricks. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own devices.

The Music Advisory Council of the Port Washington Public Library welcomes pianist Chaeyoung Park to the Library for a special performance.

Come in and join us for a game of Chess.

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.

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

Dungeons and Dragons is a game that engages players in collaborative story telling, creative problem solving, artistic expression, and exploring a world you help create.

ESOL Beginner Class with Alejandra

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.

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

When so much in Washington and elsewhere seems broken or dysfunctional, what can everyday citizens do about it?  Before voting, every citizen has a responsibility to be accurately informed about the is

Join us for a unique experience! Be a part of the live video shoot and recording of '4 Way Street', who will perform the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (CSNY) on stage in the Lapham Room at Port Washington Public Library.