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 Thomas

A lap-sit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills.  For children ages birth to 17 months. Admittance is on a first-come, first-served basis.  

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

No registration required.

Nassau County Board of Elections - Presidential Primary Election

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

AARP Tax Help 

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. 

A lap-sit story time with songs, music and bouncing rhymes that emphasizes early literacy skills.  For children ages birth to 17 months. 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.

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.

Please join us for a series a Chair Yoga classes led by certified instructor Beth Lipset. Classes will be held from 12:30 -- 1:30 beginning January 22, and running through May 20 (no class on February 19 or April 22). 

Frank Sinatra conquered records, radio, movies, nightclubs and concerts. But the most elusive entertainment medium for him to conquer was television.

ESOL Citizenship Class with Janet G.

Enjoy great stories, songs, and fingerplays, while your child develops essential early literacy skills. For children ages 2 1/2 to 5 years with an adult.  Registration required. 

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

Foundation's Roots Leadership Initiative Meeting

GED Tutor Meeting

At this free event hundreds of patrons of all ages share thousands of books. We only accept books DURING EVENT HOURS in the Lapham Room.

CROSS ISLAND- Cellist Suzanne Mueller and pianist Elinor Abrams Zayas present an eclectic program of duets and solos spanning centuries and styles, seamlessly blending beloved favorites with delightful discoveries.

Join Award winning Stage and Film director Stephen Nachamie when he returns for a look at some of the exciting upcoming Broadway Productions of 2024.  This lecture will include a look at the making and evolution of The Who’s TOMMY;

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.

Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), was a Polish painter who spent her working life in France and the United States.

Register to read out loud to a certified pet therapy rabbit for a 15-minute session. For children in 1st to 3rd grade. Registration required. Priority will be given to first-time registrants.

Homework Help for Elementary school children

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.

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

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.

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.

Join the Port Washington Public Library for a Free game of Transit BINGO where you will uncover tools and strategies to maximize local public transportation.  Learn about tourism by rail, fare reduction strategies, trip planning apps and more

The very popular vegetable gardening series returns in 2024, presented by Bea Helft of Plant a Row for the Hungry Port Washington and her special guest speakers. 

Individuals who are thinking about starting a new business will benefit greatly from this program being presented by the Long Island chapter of SCORE. Topics that will be covered in this installment, the sixth of seven, include:

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

Ours is a world of information. The internet, 24-hour news, social media and, lately, the rise of Artificial Intelligence all contribute to a society increasingly dependent upon, and influenced by, information.

Drawing from 50s and 60s pop, American Songbook standards, and much more, this vibrant duo (Brad Bensko and Kathleen Parks) channels and fuses these influences through two voices, a guitar, and a violin to bring